The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-07-16

they would present Let them tell Ms villa
is to be done. If this measure is not palatn-
blc to them, what do they propose Sir
we have the Missouri compromise, will these
gentlemen 90 for il l.? Will the Senators, e
lhrr Of them, 90 for it? viii the Senator
from New Jersey 20 for it They answer II
no. II they will not sustain it, will lhcy cen (
sure the committee for not recommendinep
what they condemn? Will they ccnsurrE
me for not proposing compromise against 4
which both they and are comniitied1
"Wcll, what else ia there The Wiimol
proviso. These gentlemen will 90 for t'iat
50 will |. am not behind them on that /
subject. But will a majority of the Senate
,lo soP | knew, and every member OF the (
committee knew, tha, if we met this ques
ton upon the ground Of the Wilmot pro,i-
30. we would be voted down. and it was no
my disposition 10 present the question to the
Senate in such farm thai It coud not fa
to BE- decided against me- 1t is not my pur
pose. in carrying out the principles and viewsI
aof my constituents. TO make up an issue nI
! my case, which know must be decided a !
j icainst me. may be permitted hope toI
lborrow something from my personal expert
rnce. II were about to present case be-
3 fore a Judge whose capacity disirusied. o:
4 II jury in whom had no confidence, should
feel at Liberty TO save my case it could hv
moving for continuance, or BY chan .ing
he mere form Of the issue. knowing lha,
he Senate could not be b ought 10 carry ou'
my purpose in thar form ! feel at lib ,riy to|
attain my object in another way and at tn,
same time 10 obtain an arrangement al:o
1elher more satisfactory TO the advocates ot
< freedom than unfavorahle decision upon the
Wilmot proviso. The proposition Of the
Y committee is the only one which has beer
presented which affords the lgh,csi chance
Of an adjustment Of this matter. even fol
II the present should be gratfeG if an,
\ gentlemen Of the Senate could propose anv
thing more satisfactory The purpose of The,
committee was to eXtrcate Congress from,
J the difficulty in which we are placed in re
gad TO this subject. am well aware Of the
4 effect its a.itaipn is likely to have through.
out the country. II is Il very convenient e..
lrcloneering topic. Nv own sentiments are
known am hostile to the institution o
slavery. but ] trust that my hostility is 10 b.
4 regulated by national and constitutional
4 views; but my sentimrns shall not be de
graded by heing applied TO This wretchcd
l business of demnEogulSm or popular excite
mcnt. caution gentlemen on this subject
\ Gun-powdcr IS n very good thing 10 fight
4 with bat /, Is Il 'ngerous to explode 100 much
Eot 1t ut once. Popular excitement is not u
matter to be triilrd with in this country, or
in any other. All experience shows us the
danger OF iamperng with popular feeling
Z There is not page in history. from the ere
Cation 10 the present day more pregnant with
4 warning than the page that is now being en-
acted. There is inquie,Hde, rcstlessnesS.
Z desire for change pcrvaling every portion
Hof the world. We have seen the wheels OF
q Hrevouiion revolving in Europe. and can anv
y one tell when those wheels will stop.or who i,
4 the last victim that shall be crushed beneath
& them? 1t is but few days ago that we were
Z 5congraiula;ing people upon their success.
a thus far in the course of a revolution An
individual who had spent his life over hi,
Il books, unknown 10 ;hc political world
fsprung into political existence in moment
Mas the presiding officer of the Provisional
n Government Of one Of The most powerful
lEaud restless people in the world and sir
nur congratulations had hardly reached him
b before the revolutionary wheel. which bore
him triumphanty TO the top. threw him from
a his high position into comparative insignf.
kcancc and obscurity.
81 "Where will this movement now rro.
Needing with such em,ndons Power, ter.
Eminae? There is but one Intellipence
(which ran predict its termination, and but
Hone Power that can control its results and
81 that Power is not a human power. We are
Il following in the footsteps of our fellow men
Ein the old world popular excitement and
Unpopular violence are not unknown in our
Scountrv. The man who cndcavors TO cary
Ethis excitement TO extremes, and TO alienate
& the feelings Of this people from each other.
Rto the danger and perhaps destruction of our
kinstitutions should be careful TO ascertain
Ewhethcr he can control the tempest upon
(which he attempts to ride. The history of
the old world shows that The dcmagosur
Swho puts in motion the passions Of men, aud
! drives them to anarchy and boodshed. de.
posts his bones at last in one undisiinruisha
I bic mass with those of his victims And in
this more peaceful hemisphere, which rcvolu
! lion and anarchy have rot yet reached the
4 political agiator who rises upon a whirlwind
Of excitement finds, 10 say the least of him
an early political grave"
The disinteresied and patriotic motives of
1 Senator Phelps-if there is NOT, indeed, a
universal conviction among his constituents
/ tor the correctness Of his views and conduct
in this mAttcr--arc fully conceded al home :
and we believe it to be the general impres.
4 sion that as a learned and discriminating
slawyer, knowing what the effect Of the pro.
vision OF that bill must be. so far as Slavery
is concerned. Judge Phelps-for to him is
! the proposition of leaving the Mexican laws
j in force in the territories, prohoiring anv
alteration therein in respect to Slavery. due
Ia proposition which gave the distinctive
acharacter TO the whole bill-circumvented
4 MIR Calhoun. the politician. who. probably
I ir vain, expected Of the Supreme Court a
5decision in accordance with his own views
Aof the Constitution, as an instrument FOR ex-
tending Slavery.
The speech Of Senator Phelps on the
! Anti Slavery Resolutions OF Vermont, pre-
senred in the Senate last Winter. secured
for its author at once high position as an
7oraor and n statesman. and was received
with admiration by the Senate and BY the
5rountry. The topic was extremely delicate
and difficult. for the character of his State
had been assailcd,the language Of the resolr.
iions was pointed and direct on tho suhieci
lof Slavery the whole subject was treat
ed calmly. dispassionately, and in man
ner that, while it was firm. and decided, wa.
marked by no disorGanizing spirit, and gave
no just ground of offence to an, portion of
tho countrv