Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-08

mitied 10 The injustice of which she wa
the victim AT the last session, and. Tor
this submission, and her forbearance to
assert her right TO sell. government, is held
as AN unworthy associate of the less re-
| spPcttul Maine.
Various other objections have been
suggested by the member from Rhode
! Island, but II must be palpable they are
| intended merely as light corps for Skin
tnishineg. and IN cnnceal he rea! ;:o::;: efs
| attack lie says That he does not know
| That the people of Missouri wish to be
| admitted into the Union. fear were one
! tn come from the dead 10 testify the fact.
the gentleman would be still incredulous.
Were you not peiitioned by the Legisla-
inre OF the territory at your last session?
Did not the people during the last sum-
| mer. IN every possible form, Indignantly
denounce the attempted usurpation Of
Congress And has not their Delayaie
| IN The other branch of the Legislature
signlfied The wishes of his constituents
by obtaining leave TO bring in bill for
| that purpose in few days after our meet
ing But why need | refer TO these
| Facts! Is there any circumstance which
| renders 1t less desirable TO the people of
| Missouri than al the last session What
1t they pray for ?-the right of self
government-the choicest blessing of
| Heaven TO human kind. And, does an
| American Senator wish any other evil.
| hence OF the existence of this wish, but
that Innale desire Tor This high privilege
| In man wherever he is found but more
especially with people principally com
posed of native born Americans. who
have enjoyed The blessing and know how
TO appreciate ii? Bat, he does mol know
| The number or people In the territory
since Arkansaw was detached. No! Was
not The latter territory detached during
lie last session cOntemporaneously with
The bill for the admission of Missouri q
| ihen no objection was heard as To her
waning tile number TO justify her admis-
sion into The Union -! But if her number
were sufficient then, much more so is il
now, when they have been intellectually
| encreased by That tide OF emigration
which has so steadily flowed into the
lerrllory during the last year. He is also
no, satisfied with the boundaries. Vel
they, too, were critically scanned during
The last session, aud finally assumed such
d shape as TO he uneXceptIonable. | will
not lose more time in meeting objections
OF Tins kind, which carry with them their
own reiuiailon, than barely 10 remark that
Tie gentleman who used them must have
ieit himself pressed To The wall before he
|
say tile least, such doubtful propriety.-
II would have been better at once fairly
TO acknowledge the real object. Let 1t
BE- presented without ambiguity. Let the
Issue be made up, and, according To- the
VIII OF the majority, let The contest be
settled. will sta tc frankly what il is
| The gentlemen wish 10 impose restric
tons on the people Of Missouri, and not
on The people of Maine. Here lies the
difference, not in the unequal claims of
the people of these two portions of terri
tories, but III the new tangled scheme,
The result OF modern and nIwise coun-
sells, which seeks 10 fix Oh Missouri the
badge OF Inequality and degradation. [
had iondly hoped that The good sense of
ibe Senate, and Ills regard To The just
rShis OF every part of tie Union, would
have resisted all attempt SO repugnant 10
Tie pliShied fdia OF the nation, the letter
aud The spirit of the constitution, and d.
bove all, the great and unaliena bic right
of the people 10 selt-government but,
III his hope, fear shall be disappointed
1T Is ibis attempt which constitutes the
only difference between Maine and Mis-
sour. Now 1 submit Ibis question TO
the candoT OF gentlemen on The opposite
| side.
II the design alluded 10, that of impos-
Ing restrictions, Oh the people of Nilsson
| H. did not exist, or, existing, We were
ready TO agree 10 il, would they have any
/ dIiIcEliy III agreeing To- lie union OF these
siaIes ia Tic same bill | answer for them:
they would not: The bill would have
| passed, Notwithstanding this union, with
out criiIclsm or question. But the uues-
lIon, III our view, Is as though this ditI-
| Gully did not exist for That which does
uOi exist, aud that which ought not 10
exist, Is, as To- It's effects, precisely the
same. Now, we say you have no right
| 10 impose these restrictions, and, having
no right, you shall claim no advantage bV
| The aItempi. This would be TO suffer YOU
TO pIOfit by your own wrong and, if
AM correct III saying you would have 10
objection 10 the proposed consolidation,
we're IL not Tor this attempt TO control Tie
| people OF Missouri IN the exercise OF Tie
| 8rcal privilege OF making their own go
J Nefniheul, also That you have 10 right so
! 10 control them, We, who assume both
| these as UNDERSTANDABLE truths, can see no
serious dithculiy to the proposed union.
| ioIDedr 10 investigate them AT this lime,
because | have been told by The chair,
aud properly told, That upon this question
| such an investigations, would, as the law
/ yers say, he travelling out Of the record.
La the proper stage Of the question, will,
as iar as my feeble, capacity will enable
me, eGdeaVOr to sustain them, to the
| satisfaction ol every unprecedented mind.
Bat gentlemen confidently ask us, why
seek 10 compel US 10 vote for measure
OF which we disapproVe, by uniting il
| with ahOtber, OU which there is 40 differ
ence OF opinion For Tie plainest of all
possible reasons. You WHO ssk, shall
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