Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-07-25

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I Sai.tatt Precisely btel 3, 'h' treaty OF
I1-.-'h. iLr Corrru expressly De-
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~ant. : cannes br9 pef-.ir'rc 'hai tho 500.
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ar3. bose al,horay slgnc.arv were ta'n
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Ann The Constitution Aas made no
rfr,roa nfolr boiling foreign territory -
.f.Ilru ar Incorporating for,icH "3i''0'
isn 8ut iaioa @. Jdetson, 5l% }
Tie taf,hltc 81 Leuislaua was me result
.rf,tsi was d,rmoi ara overriding necessity
fr tHc a,eaj-.uou of New Oficaus With iis
a.t.,t f.ri.r rnuuicfcc 81 Tho Mississippi, in'
,'.ffus 81, free navigation. 10 the can, an
sr-.,.firn certainly 81 very great importance,
ss was al.l Size removal 81 foreign lufs lic.
u1a fum itc ronrIry west Of that river, and
SOC uc violation ot ihc Constitution 10 ihc
.is>e of tie Territory. with lr. more flag
fsnf tI1. su.n, 10 the s.lHgl4.i.a iut as admis-
sion ss . State o. States into t.c Z on. and
rs admission a,roijinr'y, constitutes very
gtcs'. % not prePoadera.iug wcighiin 10,
opposite scale.
b., tie preceien, does not ouycrtLis case.
That necessity does not eKist-unlcss Tie eN-
tension az s1-cry. 10 enable 30 90 maintain
succc,.'ul competition with freedom, is 20 be
,am.arct with ,he purpose IN the acquisition
of Louisiana Thai was n purpose at once
noble and national in It's character. THIS Is
Is doies'.aje as slavery, and as sectional as
It's end, aud aims are Al war with the spirit OF
The Constitution. II j.. moreover, not The
mere purchase # Territory, which, IN the
progress 81 time, might bc moulded 10y the
Legislation a. Congress, into fitting cundi-
ton 90 become a state in our coniederaied
Republic. bat it is an attempt 10 Introduce
AZ once, into tho coriedcfacy state. ushered
into existence in the act of revolt from a TO-
reign government, with slavery made per-
pc,uai hy is organic law.
| Will ouly add, that the annexation Of
Texas would as certainly work dissolution
OF ,bc Union in fact as 1t would be, IN theory
a violation Of the Constitution. II is lmpos-
slie--ulier;y impossible tha, the free States
should submit 10 the measure. They have
been long enough ruled 10y Slavery. In the
absence ofarrhcill means to check theGrowt1
or balance the power of freedom, It viii one
day, obtain lis just ascendancy in this Union
The attempt 10 check or control this natural
tendency, 10y colonizing slavery in a foreign
crnment--onectiug a revolt from that
government, and then auneXing the rcvolters
10 this Union to peuuate Slavery's dotestabe
and detestcd rule, Is an outrage too iia9Tani TO
be Submitted 70 by the sons Of the Pilgrims.
No Slavery mus, not attempt tins There has
been A time when IT might have been submitted
10 when the nation was dTugged with the
opialc Of slavery, 10 siupeiact.on. But the |
s,upor is passing away. The North is reused |
NOT so much as it should be, but 50 much !
that II wW ncrcr steep again on his subject. |
Slavery is growing old; while Freedom is !
bounding onward with the vigor Of youth, in
her glorious career.
Tie North has 10 motive for a coniinu.
ince Of the Union which can outweigh the .
nolerab,e curse cf Slayery's endless rule. /
But the days Of that rule are numbered ; (
md no forced effort to augment the power OF
Slavery can aver, its doom.
('o be coniiaued)