Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-01-13
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owe, John C.dc, so ier,,,cd OF our SUPP scJ
"(Or rather for stealing radc Of irrrinys)
''lnspired with the spirit Of putting down kings
and princes valiant am |!
"U'eggary is vali0nO
81 am ahl, TO endure much
"(No question Of THAI! have seen him whip.
ped tire" marker days ,ogrlhuD
"Be brave then for Your captain is brave and
vows reformation. ! will make it felony to d ink
small beer. All the realms shall he in Common.
and in Chcapsi 10 shall my p.iircy 60 to grass
There shall be no tparcr money: all shall, eat and
drink on my secret and will apparel them all in
one livery, and ,icy shah worship me as lord
The fits, Thin, We do. let. kin The lawyers!
"Nay that mean 10 do! l. il not il laucn,ablc
thing that the skin Of an in',"t cnt lamb should br
mad parchment, and than parchment, being srrb.
hled Der, should undo u :'@ s"l'lc country
is manned, and fain togo with u slaf.-bul thai
my puss;nte holds i, up"
eff We mean 10 thrive and do good, break open
the aaols and let ont the prisoners
''Iear no, ,hal: Imarrant Mre!" IL "a way
Iurn all the records Ofhe realm, Tor 'nxpungc'
them -- Mn month shall be The parliament And
henceio,ward all things shalI be in conl,non,''
2d Part Henry VI, Act ". Sccnc7.
One would think, had Shakespeare been
Tour day, aud had select cd subj"C's from
ins. that the prototype Of ms "lnck Cadr'
nigh, have been our from Brnton." !
was very iorclbly struck by his r,il'cliun
while listening to what fell from thai mos
cont, mp'lblc d' magosn, during the ii :
cassion of the Michigan Admission Bill, in
the Senate Chamber, his morning. J.
was n bold ind unb'ushng avowcl of prin-
ciplcs, identical with those shadowcd forth
in the quotation from Shakcspcnr above
cxtI.. =. s..
The subject under discussion wns NJ
Grundy's bill to admit Michigan into the
Union. Congress, i, will be rccolcctcd a.
it's last session passed on act admitting this
Territory, on certain conditions. The
legislature on receiving the act, im'ncd'
ntely called convention 10 pass upon 'h"
conditions annexed 10 The bill.
That Conreniion THIS tnilcd c,nrcncd AND
REJECTED THE CONDITIONS. In December
1886, months afterwards, n second Convcn,
ton, called by no legislative act, is rnm l.
have convened, in all The counties IN Mich,
igan but two, and decided TO ACCEPT ihost
conditions! And it is the acceptance by
this last contention, 50 called. that the BlI
now introduced by Mr. Crundy is based up
-. "s being the condition precedent in'cn'
.dcu Uy the Act of June last! And i, vii
be seen that this admission takes in The
whole ground assumed ny Mr. Daiias ii
his letter on The power of The people to alb
roga,c The laws Of n lcgisla,nrc,-as wei
as lha, taken by the Maryland dlsorgani
Zcrs last summer.
TINS DOCTRINE HAS THIS DAY roUNr
Two SUPPORTERS IN THE SENATE OF TIL
UNITEp STATES, IN THE VERSIONS OF Sen
AroRs BUCHANAN AND BENTON!
- The former advocated a'lcng'h The prn
ciples assumed by Dallas, in his letter, mt
made most imPassioned speech in sup
port Of the preamble of the above Bill
8Jas especially corroboratory Of, and sane
tioning most fully those principles.
Benton took the ground, in SO many dis
!inct terms, that iran assembly Of the PEG
ple.--a, any time lin any place, --how
cvor called, --cOuld abroga,e any law G
any former legislature, without referenc
, to time, limitation, operation, guaFontry Q
consequences. The people were the dc
positarios of sovereign powcr,--anc coul
use that power as they pleased, wi,hou
reference 10 written laws ~ written cor
stitulions. They were not bound to n