Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-10-17

,,ston But stop the national nppfopt'a'
Ia, n the fupd .for pufposttos improvement,
a n. same limo. Withhold II from ihc
go. !. 10 sbandon The object altogether,
IA ihn, fofgo the great national advantages
,,t,-b ihi. huud from Re premature charac
,,, a, we'll o. from ne large amount, IS pc
,g.a,,, siap.r1 % secure
This fun5 may moreover under the state
.iB.nisra,on, Ne made to reach one object
Improvement, which u would probably
,e,er N the hands Of the general govern.
1,nt Il mean. the oij,ct Of rducsion--2n
oaieci Of more Importance io,hIs nation than
sl o,hrr objects combin,i TO which the fund
can possibly b. appropriated II is thus thar
,sr great domain may be- madr To r,ach aud
ourify the fountains Of thought aud feeling
among the masses upon whom ross. and
must always rest. whils, our institutions are
ftnablican. the government Of this nation
sni whose moral and intellectual character
uH shhpeils dosincs, trough hew them as
zee will, 4" by the most carefully malured
schemes of national policy
1--we would make ,hlsa ,rulygrea, milton,
VIC must give activity and vigor 10 the el-
,ncn,s Of greatness in the hearts and minds
Of its people. These elements must be
brough, out their capacities fully devel.
opcd, aud their energies rightly directed -
And here are the means OF doing it. finish.
"a 20 our hands LIT the nation either use
them, or place them where they may be
used, for ihis grea, purpose and thus render
tho encficial effects OF The appropriation OF
the national domain. as solid and enduring
As IRE domain itself !, IS thus Ia the night
USE ofthc means for national improvement
which God has given US tina, he will bless
us-will make us n grea, aud good nation
and enable us to accomplish the ends of his
Providence in giving US national exis.
ionce.
There is another question of grea, and O.
overwhelming in,eres, which recent events
have forced upon our attention. BY sud.
den and unexpected turn of party policy,
we are called upon TO decide the momen.
Gus question, whether foreign nation shall
he annexed TO, and become part of this con.
fcdetacy As this is a question in which
the States as members Of the Union, have
spcclal interest, and upon which they NAV,
and ought Immediately, 10 express their
opinions, through their respective legisla.
lures, it will not be deemed, in any sense,
foreign to my duty, TO bring the subject to
your notice, and urge itupon your special
attention
Vermont came into union whose
bond was a written constitution. granting 20
is government certain specified powers
No question in regard TO the powers con.
ferrcd by that constitution, can be OF greater
importance than that which relates 10 the
membership ofthe confederacy. The exten,
10 which new members may be admitted
involves a question vital to the Union. -
\ violation Of the constitution on this POM
reaches far beyond question of mere ad
ministration Of the government 1t strike:
at the exis;ance Of the government ITSELF
An authorized admission of new state, i.
nothing less than an attempt to make a new
confdrracy. This cannot, of course, b,
done, without destruction Of the old it'll
out an exercise of power BY the existing
government, equivalent 10 suicide
Such is the proposition Tor the annova
lion Of Texas to this Uuion--involvno
question Of much more importance thar
whether the territory 10 be added shall form
one or FIVE states. or whether they shall b,
slave states or free states, or equally div
vldei between these opposite, irreconcieabl
elements fpower. 1t is question wheth
er, by an acl OF arbitrary po,cer, Vernon
shall be forced, without her consent. into
federal union with state or states, not ad
missabe by the compact into which sh
has entered Il is as though majority q
the members of an ordinary parlnershi
were TO attempt to forcea member into tn
concern without the common consent
compelling the dissatisfied member or men
bers to subject the whole business and dest
nv of the establishment TO the hazard of tn
connection with a new partner-it may
bankrupt in fortune and character or trair
ed 10 habits of business. or possessing inf
mites ol constitution, rendering the come!
ION valueless An ordinary violation
the constitution such. for example, as q
aIlrdgcd Unauthorized regulation OF con
merce for purposes of protection, might /
submitted TO. until the action of the appr
pirate judicial tribunal could reach an
remedy the evil But this is case whic
no Jude Al power can reach. Tho foreio
state once admitted, and the mischief is don
ifrevocably; and resistance on the pa
oflhe injured states becomes the only rer
cdy, though it may involve the hazard
forever quenching the watch-fircs of OF
liberty and nuon in blood,
The righ,to annex is claimed TO rest {
the giant ofpower in the constitution to a
o,i, ,,aw states into the union Ifthere HI
bcos 40 tel i,ory within our original limi
spoa which this rowHr could operate, q
right to admit staiesfro.n beyond them won
seem necessarily TO have been embraced
The general grant Of power. Blu, snch e
ri,ory existed, large and ample. The cdV
catrs Of annexation would seem, lher