The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-03-27

Representatives? Two-thrds of the Ser
: ate, then, exceeding majority of tn
S Senate by only four votes Were thes
t four votes a greater security than m;
t jority of the whole House of Rcpresentg
= lives? Let gentlemen strip their mag
] nation of these Gorgeous hyd,'as, md CHI
mcraS dire.
; Let it be noticed further against tn
, argument that such power of acquirin
) territory, or admitting States is not S
safe in Congress as in the hands of tn
treaty-making power, that Congress is ex
) pressIy authorized to dispose of territory
Why was not that given TO the Presiden
and Senate, if safer? But we can tall
seriously of a want of safety in this meas
ure! Does any man in his sober senses
believe that we, Christians and republi
cans, are likely to admit a State of pa
gans and monarchists, which continued
to retain government and political ant
religious views totally contrary to ours
No. Its government must be republican
Could we in this mode force foreign
State into our embrace from ambition anC
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? Did the resolution CON
template such a thing? No. We only pro-
pose to open the door for others to come in
or not, at their pleasure. And he asked
gentlemen whether twas likely that peo-
pie who differed totally from us in lang.
guago, in religion, in political habits and
opinions, and who lived in Europe on the
other side of the globe, we would ask to
become part of the Union' Or, if they
did, was it likely that majority of Con-
gress would permit so unnatural union?
Was not majority in both Houses a
sufficient guaranty to the country? And
if it was not, would the treaty-power be
a greater, or alter the case much for the
better.
But what had been our past history
We had admitted new States into the
Union, but had we admitted hordes of
savages, and cannibals, Or States ruled
by tyrants' We had never yet admitted
a single government, as a government
because none such had ever applied We
acquired Louisiana but we did not there
by admit the State until long after the
annexation Of the territory. The States
we had admitted were, when admitted as
States, chiefly inhabited by men of our
own blood, and men trained to the prin-
ciples Of our own constitution. Could
there be SO great danger as was pretcn-
ded in this case, in admitting hundred
thousand people residing on our own
border-our own brethren
our own childrcn-our fellow-soldiers,
who had fought with US side by side; our
fellow patriots, who, like ourselves, had
contended for their liberties and iude-
pendcnce, and, like ourselves, had estpb-
lished free constitution? BY receiving
such people we should not alter a sin
gle guaranty of the constitution, but on
the conrary,we should increase the num-
Der of its securities, as in local resistance
we should have twenty-siX States against
one, as formerly. In the case of a cor
poratlon, could not new corporators be
without altering the charter?-
How would it hurt the people of Massa-
or New Hampshire, to admit to
1 share in their privileges people trained
ike themselves?-a people more than
eavened by Americanism---a people pos
'cssng unity of birth and religion--unity
IF education-unity Of social habits-uni-
y of principles, throughout, with ourselves
md our immortal fathers, They were
enough, likewise, to be State
1t once, and none disputed that their
erritory was large enough to be
State; and their training to republican
orms and self government long enough
md strong enough.
Another reason which has been urged
against this measure being within the
pirit Of the constitution, was, that the
balance of power between the North and
south would thus become deranged, and
made unfavorable to the North.
The effect Of this resolution would be to
xtend our Union five degrees further south
n eight in some places; whereas, by the
cquisition of Louisiana, we had stretched
north eighteen degrees at one stride be-
ond the compromise slave line, and we're
low running in width also at the South on
y TO the Del Nor,e, but at the North aIrea-
" across the whole continent to the Pa
ifc. Mr. W., thought the danger, if there,
vas any, lay in the opposite direction. lie
vas here to do justice as well to the South !,
S to the North, and he did not believe in
he danger of adding so little al the South,
,hen such vast additions as Oregon were
in the North and Northwest;
nd when the new States in these last
uarters filled up much the fastest. Talk !
fdanger to the North! 1t is hope--it is ,,
rcatness to the North.
Again it had been said that the trainers :,
{ the Constitution never contemplated
UGH measure as this, nor ever expected d
nat ,hesUnion was to be enlarged;yet in the =
Iadison Papers they might find even at
nat early day, proposition by member U
ON Massachusetts to limit the number of :
tates that should be formed west of the P
lount aims But the limitation had been
opposed by Roger Sherman, who, with his :
lain, good sense, avowed the desire to W
lgment our population and spread our s. ,
Dctrines. There would be no DANGER if