Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-03-24
March "a, ts4i.

,eicn, and is governed by his laws. Sub
2et |. To bring under the power or
domiuion Of. 2. To put under or within
me power Of 8. To enslave; to make
obnoxious 4. To expose; to make liza
! No g. To submit; to make accountable.
s To make subservient. Z. To cause
10 undergo Webster.
Now nothing is more clear than that
The Districts taken from Virginia and
MARYLAND, were without law when they
had ceased to be governed by those States,
until the Congress Of the United States
enacted laws for them. Those who were
considered slaves under the two States,
were fire.. until Congress re enslaved them.
IF Congress had no constitutional right
70 reenslave a portion of the people OF
that Distri:,, the Supreme Court of the
United States has constitutional right to
declare the ac, Of enslaving, null and void.
And if Congress had the right, it has an
unuues,ionable right to set them free.
Let us hear the President once more
"If there is anything in the great princi-
Piles of inalienable rights, so emphatically
ins,sted upon in our Declaration OF lnde-
peudence, they could neither make, nor
the United States accept surrender OF
their Liberties, and become the subjects, IN
other words the slaves of their former
fellow citizens" Here again we see it
admitted that those who were free land all
the people of that District were so for a
lime) could not yield, nor the U. States
accept such rights as are in themselves
inalienable. This is right but let us quote
again" II this be true, aud it will scarce
ly be denied by any one who has a cor.
rect idea of his own rights as an Ameri-
can citizen, the grant to Congress o! ex-
. elusive Jurisdiction in the District of Co.
lumbia, can be Interpreted, so far as re-
spccss the aggregate people Of the United
States, as meaning nothing moro than tc
allow TO Congress the controlling powe1
necessary TO afford free and safe exercis,
of the function assigned to the Genera
Government by tho Constitution. To al
olhes respects, the Legislation Of Congress
should be adapted to their peculiar posi-
ton and wants, and be conformable with
their deliberate opinions of their own in
.eres!s." This is evidently designed a:
meaning the white people of the Distric
of Columbia. Then if the majority ash
Congress to aid them in enslaving III,
minority, it must be done. If that is tn
case, there is palpable contradiction il
the sentiments expressed here, and il
former quotations. And it looks TO m
TO be a selfevident truth, that Congress
has no right TO protect three-fourths {
the people Of that District in their Robin
the other fourth Of their inalienable right
will close respecting the District. ar
quote little relative to the States" I'll
citizens Of each State unite in their pc
sons all the privileges which that chara
Der confers. and all that they might clai
as citizens of the United States; but
no case can the same person, at the sam
time. act as the citizen of two separa
States, and he is therefore positively pr
cluded from any interference with th
reserved powers ol every State but TIL
Of which he is. for the time being, cit
zen" The people Of the free States ha'
constitutional and moral right to int
fere with slavery, with the tongue, pr
and press. And if these are proper
applied, slave holding will soon cease
Slavery in.erferes with freedom by drivir
the free people from Maryland. by CO
finng in Jail 10 S. Carolina free color
people who 90 there from the northe
States. and in various other ways. Ere
dom and slavery ever will interfere wi
each other, until one Of them becom
conqueror and drives the other from /
land. But the President admits that /
citizen Of one State may offer his advi
to the citizens OF another State. as to the
management, &c. in such form as
o'scFet'on and sense Of propriety sh,
dictate In's Is what we are doing, al
intend to do in regard to slave-holding.
But says he, " Il may be observed. no,