The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-20

torm ~ torn ana onJoiuteo
"Life nutters convulssd Ia its quiverng limbs,
And lis blood streaming noslril Ia agony swims.'
Still another and a wider range is given 10 these
ina inary evils by the Senator from Kentucky. II
the power 10 annex contiguous territory Is establish
/ cd be the thirst for dominion aud sggrsndze-
bear sway, until the Celestial Empire shah form
part Of this Coniederacy, and representatives from
| Patagonia monsters, sava.es and cannibas-shalI
hold their horrid carnival within the walls Of the Capt.
/ toll
But did the Senator ever caution the Kentucky
planter against enlargng his plantation TO suit his in
leresi or convenience, by advising him that attempt
TO extend II TO Patagonia or The Celestial Empire
would be runous ia It's consequences Or has he
taken care TO admonish bis young friends, when about
10 form one Of the most Interesting relations IN life,
to avoid the fair and yir,uous Of the sex lest per-
chance Ia the exercise of his discretion he should pro-
pose terms Of an~eratioa not TO PalaRonisn," or
70 her of the tiny feet from the Celestial Empire, but
TO hideous Amazon crone or To her whose steps
lead down To the chambers OF dealh
The Senator from Kentucky had well said there
was strong party 10 the early formation Of Gov
eminent who opposed the admission OF States TO the
Coniedsrsey beyond the original thirteen. At that
time said MIR d. scarcely comprehendiDg the
ture Of the Government they we're forming, those
who proposed the restriction had some apology, for
they evidently supposed that If a Stats should be
erected so far at the West that II was beyond the
ieve To DC the Government, it would be lost for
ever. Like the too fond mother who, accustomed To
watch the infancy Of her offspring, is unwilling
TO trust them ia after years beyoGd the circle o. her
own magic influence. Experience had shown how
mistaken the belief and how unjust the suspicioo that
Western States would be less patriotic less ably
represented than those washed by the waves of the
Atlantic. The carly objections TO their admission
now matter OF history aud we're full OF instruc
ton.
Mr.. ID. said he would read some Of the debates
upon the formation Of the Constitution proceeding
from the party who proposed TO limit the mum
Der Of States for The benefit Of the Senator from Ken
lucky, and other western Senators who were unne-
cessary alarmed at the admission Of new States.
In the Convention which formed the Constitution,
Gouyerueur Morris, distinguished member, said
"The remarks Of Mr.. Mason relative to the west
country had not changed his opinion that head.
Among other objections must be apparent they uoiild
not be able 10 furnish equally enlightened 10 share in
the administration Of common Interests The busy haifnis
Of not the remote ,odsrres, the proper school
Of political talsnis BLhe iostsrn people get the pOo
IN their hands they iol ruin the Atlantic interests. The
back members aiicays most apers 10 the best MA
sues"
Mr. Gerry too, wished that the attention Of the
| House might be turned 10 the dangers apprshended
from pssieru States: He was for admitting them on
liberal terms but not for putting ourselves in their
hands They will, like all men if they acquire pow
or, abuse IT, They piH Cypress commerce, and
dyain our tOeaih into The Cssisrn country"
| He further said
! "There a rage for emigration from the east
ern States 10 the western county, and he did not
wish those left behnJ to be at the MERCY Of the IuI
GRANTS. Besides, foreigners resorting 10 that eoun-
Try, and " is uncertain pohai turn thing, may take
i there"
| But the admission Of Louisiana furnished some
"reminiscences which ought not TO be lost and with
eayehe would give few specimens from tn. histo-
| ry OF The times. A member Of the Massachusetts
| Legislature declared:
+" In word, consider Louisiana the grave of the
Union.''
Il On the bill for the admission of the territory of
Orleans (Lousiana) into the Union in 1871, Josiah
Quincy, jr said, and, after being called to order
committed his remarks 10 irritug;
If this bill passes it is my deliberate opinion that
It is virtually dissolution Of the Union that il will
free the States from their moral obligation and il
will be the right of all it will be the duty of some
definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably il
they can, violently If they must"'
Mr.. ID. said these texts were too significant to ad-
nit Of commentary, and were worthy to be placed
side by side with of the objections of the pres
ent day.
/ Ii was not perhaps, surprising at this early peri
3D. that those who had been accustomed to look upon
government central power, literally ruling the
people, should fail to comprehend fully the opera
tons of government OF mere opinion, by which the
whole gave laws to themselves, and which was po-
tent for the protection of the humble coter beyond
the mountain, for him who basked in the govern
mental sunshine of the capitol, and subsisted upon
the drppings OF the treasury.
/ Many who united IN laying the broad and deep
foundations of our fabric had not contemplated in an
pf M fnra
ment. They had seen the great masses as subjects,
not as sovereigns-overawed by but not welding,
power They had been educated where the govern.
ment, by alleged divine right was the principal and
the people the agents to execute its will and they
looked not without apprehension upon a system
which proposed to leave the power with the many,
lest in its exercise they should endanger their own
well being and safety. In the same mistaken spirit
they desired to limit the boundary of their untred
system, that too many erroneous opinions combined
might not control the enlightened tep. But there
were those, too whose patriotic vision penetra-
ted the mist of error and deluson under which
| tyranny and oppression had been for ages con-
cealed, and who proclaimed to the world the sublime
and interesting truth that all men were created equal
The great cardinal principle they sought to incucate
was equality; and the system of rational liberty
which they established was designed to distribute
equally the benefits and the burdens Of conventional
existence They saw, too, that mind did not weake en-
mind that the many were as wise and virtuous as
The few; and that extensive territory numerous popu-
lation and diversified interests, would add strength
and beauty to the structure and ensure its
duration.
The Persian kings, in their secret literature were
taught to observe the laws which governed the cees
Iiai bodies, that they might copy their example, and
extend the benefits of their rule alike to ali their sub
jects-a lesson which might be studied with profit,
and its Irecepts practised with advantage in modern
times. ......
| Even the commissions of the elements in tho ,,t,
raj world furnish models for instruction in the moral
The agations of the earthquake, when local, no.
roots towns and ci,ies-when widely extended, pro-
duces scarcely momentary tremor. The storms of
human passion in localities gather blackness and furu
and increase in awful density for a moment and are
lulled to by the pacific elements whenever thew
transcend their boundaries
The inhabitants Of Texas were now, like ourselves
governed only by opnion--woud they cease to Weld
obedience to its stern behests if they should be adj