Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-04-18

Epeech for which he has been so much laudeo,
that cannot in anything IN what may say "uu
10 those lauditionS, and therefore VIII Ho' az
temnt 1.-THE Senator attempts to charse 0'' tne
Democracy of the North that they were g"Veru-
ed nv the purpose, in their support OF tue an
nexaton Of Texas, agowed by the Admnlstra'
tion seeking it--and that was the desire OF ex-
tending slavery But the Senator from ILLINOIS
(Mr. Dmglasl says that it is not so, ana ne
shows IL the record as exhibiting the lact mat
every Northern man in Congress who spoke on
the subject cast from him the proposition OF inc
Administration, and took another broad compre-
hensive, liberal, enlightened, patriotic, and
Christian view of it, and supported 1t solely or
these considerations. Well, sir, there have
been some remarkable and most astonishing CO.
medicines. and this IS surely one of them.
remember reading in the Pickwirk Papers of al
other equally remarkable one. Young Weller
was relating the circumstance Of his father be-
ing once engaged to take some voters IN
his coach to an election poll. While Thus en-
gnged the committee on the other side met him
and suggested to him that there was danger
Gus place on the road, where the coach must Ger
tainly upset, at the same time insinuating Ego
note in his hand. And said the son, in telling
of the circumstance; one Of the most rXtraordi-
nary circumstances was, that VIXEN father got TO
the place, til. coach actually upset, and the vo-
ters were all thrown into the ditch, and dId not
get to the polls to vote. We'll, sir, it seems that
in this transaction in regard to Texas there Is
coincidence equally astonishing The moment
the Senator from South Carolina perceived the
necessity of the annexation Of Texas for the
purpose of sustaining, strengthening, perpetual
ting. and rendering eternal the institution Of nn-
man slavery, that moment the Northern Democ-
racy. before opposed to it. opened their cyes,and
saw it as n great and glorious nlt'0naI IN assure.
Just at that moment did tn Y see all this, ana
supported the measure, not Tor the reasons as
signed by the Administration, but for other ret
SONS OF very different character. THIS, IN my
Judgment, is certainly one OF the most remaFka-
bic and astonishing condolences on record
There is another equally astonishing, on TINS
side Of the chamber, exhibited in the course OF
the honorable Senator from Massachusetts, who
filed cnrent against anybody taking a patent
out for the use of his thunder, and who avo we'd
his determination to defend it at all times and
on all OCCASIONS. At the very time this thunder
becomes little annoving in soRe quarters and
threatens to annoy the Administration, the Sen
atnr discovers all at once that the laws of God
take care Of the Provso and that it wants moth.
ing at eur hands Where were H"Se laws OF
God when the Oregon bill was under consldera-
ton? Were not those laws OF God in as full
operation in 1913 as thew are IN 1886? Does
not the law Of God take care OF the ProVlsO up
to 40 degrees as well as below }b deg 30 min
uteS !? Or, sir, are the laws Of God aud the in
stitulnnS of plety more potent under the present
Administration than they were under the last
Then 1t was absolutely necessary to insert the
ProvlSo into the Oregon bill but now that
new Administration mas come in, and this thnn
der is very annoying and disturbing to them,
all at once il is dlsCOvt red that there is no sort
Of necessity for having any thunder at all and
that the laws Of God take care of the whole
question. And the Senator SAYS he would not
re- enact the laws OF God What would he do
then? Would he enact laws in reputation and
condemnation of the laws Of God? All the
laws we pass must he either N accoriancr with
or against the Divine will. Have they not laws
III Massachusetts against uturdcr stealing. and
perjury? and if 50, what are they bot the re-
enrichment Of the laws of God? Yet the Seua-
tor declares he would not re enact the laws Of
God. We'll. sir, would. AMI when he tells
me that the law OF God Is against slavery il 1t
most potent argument to my mind why VIZ
should Incorporate it with any Territorial bill
s1I WIN Rri@ these remnlGa winch
mr., masking to u cItse. viii pass to- n"hn'
subjrct, the bH for the SURRENDER OF Iu4HlN'
slaves. That is a sine YUH non. We mus
hive a bill to carry out those provisions. Gma
fault has been found with til" remarks Of 'hC
honorable Senator from New York, Mr. Sew
ard.) that the obligations which we owe 10 tho
Creator of all the earth are greater than those
we owe tn the Constitution. | do moi stand III
to take care of or defend the remarks of til,
Senator from New York, because he can do i
better than can do It.
Bat, however strong the Senator from New
York may hve made his position, However h
may have said that the Constitution shonld III
get aside when the laws Of Gl connavene h'
fell very tar short Of the position assumed b.
high authority laid down on this subject abou
the year 1895.
will now read an extract from letter writ
ten by Amos Kendall, then Postmaster Genera
to the Postmaster Of Charleston, in reference T.
the opening Of packages in the mail. He says
"rhe Postm General ma m ie.il auth rly cY
tiulc newspapers from III NJ pr lM their earring
nr delivery but am not prepared to direct yd ia lorwa,
or deliver the papers II which you speak. ny act
dire ion Of mine, official private, could be induced
aid Knowingly in giving circulation 10 pnper Of that d.
scrptl"n directly or Indirectly We 1--WE obligation To tn
laws, hat higher on" % the communities in which W
i've aud if th' rm3r b. perverted to destroy tie latter
is patriotism odtSresnd them "
Now, sir, where is the fanatlcsm Of the Ser
ator from New York? Why, it does not com
up to the A B e of this fnalicisn; aud th
wa doctrine promulgated by The AdminstI a
ton. by its official organ in 1885 that we owe
obedience 70 'th" laws under which we lived, bl
that we owed higher obhgit0n to any mob i
the Union who choose TO dlsreg I'd them. No'
do not stand here to defend or explain anythin
the Senator from New York may have said BIT
let 1t by as tInatlcal as it may he. it is milk an
unit ,uhu uIfru
ted by the United Stntes Postmaster General I
his subordinates in 1885 that the obligations
the Constitution might be set at naugh by a
ofheer OF the Government, when he suppose
that the Interests Of the community in which h
lived required 1t. What is the doctrine her
maintained? want to know Is the Senat
reaay To answer that question which was pre-
pounded more than 1860 years ago by the apo.
tie, when he asked whether it be ruht IN III
sight OF God to hearken unto YOU, more tina
unto God, Judge ye." Has it been settled, the
that this doctrine implied by the interrogation
proposed bp the apostle, viz: the unqualified ST
premaey of Gods law, is to be set at naught,
be derded, to be treated contemptuousy, to /
trodden under foot by every mOn? j. sens
Of religious obligation to be- scorned rs unwo
thy OF place IN this Inpubiban assembly ?
| d. not know how far such doctrines may p
but will say that while am disposed to vie
all obedience to the constitutional laws und
which we live, will stop great deal short
the ina k laid down by the honorable Senate
from North Carolina yesterday He says"
Judgment is obtained by fraud or violence, it
the duty OF the citizen not to arrest that iud
ment, but to see it carried ont"
have stated on another occasion what are II
objections to the bill before the Senate. The
are. that while it recognizes slavery. it rccogr
yes nothing else but slavery. This bill is n
framed with reference to negroes; 1t is franc
with reference to anybody and everybody an
proceeds on the assumption that the man who
seized in free State is Of course slave. No,