Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-07-14
Ncyy Series, Vol. :s---No. =.
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Debate IT, guUyFcss on the Oregon Bin.
.ln = or sESAroR PHELPS.


Tho Senate h1s been occupied for n week or
two mast if, ii-or.sn,r ,Lc Droron Ell. The
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grcli point Of interest in the debate grows OUT
of tho o0,,r, T., iu.ort , c',u-n in ,hc bill per-
uniting slavery 10 be introduced into that I'M
,npnsa Vrrr;i,r, I,'~o purrr. r,,jo an allie
speech on tie slavery Clause. the ioiIoWing
abstract Of vIieh vyn Gul in fhc n. Y. ErprpsS.
Iuude IiLLPS unI'f5tllI' wei Inc sCnili'cntoi
this Whir State. Il il iuyincihlv hostile to the
oy,orsior Sl.r,.- Xt:.L ,.y Ji.nos;.ior IN
W. ''.'vt!; go" II" "'s.PO''.o" ~
N'o''tl ulc io"cst OF me " c~ompr'm'Scs OF Tue
contitutlon," The Wings 81 Vermont viii never
consent 10 any yc.rarGl of those comnromises for
fine nrrDo.n If ,~,g,i,g t..,ge vi,b inc slavery.
,r,r, NAN, H., g.tr;, ra ' ,,,ma .iayo S,otos
g.' '".,l .t'''' ~" n.''r '''tEO '''"V0''
no NiiFc territory ffcc sou Tor rec men p;
is the motto Of the Nhigs Of the North.
Tho lo.otyiur is The abstract of ,Tudre
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WAsHiS1Toy, June 90.
senator Phelps, OF Vermont, acquitted himself to-
gay .i a most handsome manner, on the Oregon
hl. li' .lHto pm reply 70 h.ss7. Inlboun and Der
r'l, HHi uttered many truths which ! ain confident
cannot Dr. reunited. Without attempting n complete
abstract, VIII llye you "a few oi hls more pointed re-
ulft'. li' look th' GROUND tllt II Congress iad a
right TO the territory OF Oregon, it ulJ.G11tedIy had
me power 20 I'StSi'le i9rl It's WeIarr' lhcre was no
cause M me constitution W.!lch PROMPTED Stntt
from passing its laWs,oud iHe shlnc was true with
rcg1rd to tln national laws. lut having larry en-
tered upon ms remarks, winch were IN opposition
to the extension OF slavery ~ tie new territory, he
spoke OF the slave ~ property. lie denied that any
human being could consistently be called property
and, what proved this assertion was, that when a man
from Virginia went into New England with a Slave,
that very moment the slave was cmancipated. The
slave holder and his slave were subject to the iuris-
diction Of the State into which the latter may be ia
ken, and it taken to Oregon the question OF his be-
coming free or remaining in bondage, should be de-
cifcd hv the ncoplc of that territory. Slavery stood
upon local leEislation. lie denied the right of slave
holders TO carry their slaves into the new territory
though they had a right to cmirraic themselves.
They arlred the rleht of following our victorious
armies. and. MS we arUrirod now dominion, of plant
i'm hair p.-n',ar institution in evcrv new country con-
q1-rcd. lie rnnld not admit this doctrine, and wish
ed TO see n sn-.c clause in the Constitution which
countcnanrcd Nh. idea.
Would the Introduction of Slavery into the new ter
ritorv b, O, any aly9n,a-c TO lis Inhabitants HE
ARMED that f. w5 not, and illustrated his position
Inv aIlpJing r., th, state of Ohio. where n slave had
never bern harbor.d and olso hv comnariur the great
west to its ADVANTAGE, with that other section OF the
country which ,r,E,ls,l +, be bicgScd with the ins,i-
tuition of ayr',. lie ALLEGED that Congress had a
rioht To l.rls.9,c Tor the benefit OF the whole people,
bnt no rloht whaf,yer TO pr3nlote the interest of one
State nj the cyner-, of nuo,Ler. CONGRESS had now
or thus TO larisiatc. but vas in duty bound to protect
the minority oftnosp imr1cJiat..y Interested. What
effect V;oul1 the introdgction of slavery into Oregon
have npon the happiuess oi the people This was a