Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1848-08-24

State or territory OF the Unned states, such iuS
tive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed t
the person claiming his or her labor or service
aforesaid"
This compromise had the effect of calming IN
troubled waters, and restoring pence and good WI
throughout the States of the Union
The Missouri question had excited intense aglta
ton of the public mind, and thTca'nIng to dN'd
the country into geographical parties, alternating IN
feelings of attachment which each portion OF gu
Union should bear TO every other. The comprom
isc alIuyed the excitement, rrnnqulIi2ed the popu
lar mind. and restored confidence and rraelnN
feeling, Its authors were hailed as public bcno
factors.
do no; doubt that similaf adjustment Of tht
questions which now agiAtc the pnbllc mine
would produce the same happy results. the
legislation Of Congress on the subject of the othc
territories shall not DO adopted in spirit of con
citation and compromise it is impossible that the
county can be satisfied or that the most disaslrou.
consequences shall fail to ensuc
When Texas was admitted into the Union, the
same spirit Of compomise which guided our prode-
cessors in the admission Of Missouri, quarter Of a
century before, prevailed without any serious OPP
position The Joint resolution fer anncXins Tex
as 10 the United States, approved March the LIST,
one thousand eight hundred and forty five, provides
that "such states as may be formed out of that
portion of said territory lying South of thirty six
degrees thirty minutes North hliluLe commonly
known as tho Missouri compromise line shall h"
admitted into the Union with or without slavery,
as the people of each state asking admission may
desire. And in such state or states as shall be
formed out of said territory North of the Missouri
compromise line, slavery or involuntary servilude
Except for c'me) shall be prohibited,
The territory Of Oregon lies far North
of thirtysix degrees thirty minutes, the
Missouri and Texas Compromise line, Its
Southern boundary is the parallel of 40,
leaving the intermediate distance to be
three hundred and thirty geographical
miles.
And it is because the provisions Of the
bill are not Inconsistent with the provis-
ions Of the Missouri compromise, if ex-
tended from the Rio Grandc 10 the Pacific
oCe""' ''"' navy ""' 'T,' At "orF'! 10
""n"ot" ~! Su"''c'"' Ia" II embrace"
'e''' ''eo 'oO'" VI ,""' '"'"P'''l'S'' t"c
q"o'"",' p''0o"'0u 'or ny o""s'"e' "''o''
"ou'u nave oeV.'' VI TAI "'"''cI,' c'ar"c''
er, and my action upon it must have cor.
''Spo''u'0 WIZ" W! '"n'''''ohs
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0 t! sro', ,, o''iS'oHS ana JF"'o""ieS-'"
'h i' ''e peoF'e y, u'"gr'"' portions OF
'"o o"'U' ',o'' '"o' ',"', ,-"''" W s"'
0'I IS ''.G eAs'e, , OF 'Gs On'2" ''Scl''
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", ~ WV %""I'' VI ''s'J, o""o'
'"e P'o'oo''o' Vi oo""'!"' lro''oehce,
VIC nave advanced WIN giant S'FIdes III me
G"reeF OIL We1I''l ana prosperity. we
nave enjoyed Inc dressings OF freedom to
greater extent man any other people,
ancient or moderh' under government
""'ch nuS preserved order ana secured to
e eve c'""e'' me- nOer'y an" property.
'. We t. nave no" oeco'he al, example Tor I'M
''a,'oh 10 VIC "noe world Inc friends
o' ''ecooi' !" every cIl'he, point WIN adj
n'fa'loh 10 our institutions Shall we,
men, al the moment When Inc people OF
Europe arc oo'o'ihg al 'neIr energies IN
'"o "''e'''P' |" asS',nl'a'e 'iic'r institutions
10 our own peru at our blessings by des-
Wsi"g 'he lessons OF experience, and re-
toS'"9 70 urea" IN inc footsteps which our
'"'"cr' nave iFoddeh! ANA Tor what cause
"9 ,,n we f"uohser our glorious Union'
ne n'S'onf' compromise contains a /
PFoh'o''ion OF slavery throughout all that
v'S' region extending twelve and haiti
uesrces a'ohs the Racine, from the paral-
lei OF lhlf'y's'x degrees thirty minutes To
na' OF 'or'y-hne degrees. and East from
mat "cea" TO ana beyond 'he summit OF
he Rocky mountains. why, then, should
'ur institutions DC endangered because II
IS proposed TO submit to 'he people OF Tue
oil our newly acquired territory
ylng SoG'" OIL 'h'E'y-slX degrees ,h'r'y mn
''eS' embracing less 'Nah lonr degrees OF
'o''uae' me question whether, IN the Ian c
guage OF the lex1s compromise, they a
oil 4.H I,.an al Ign,l (,, y IL. l..