Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-03-21

be returned 10 the Oenate ~
was here in December, 1919, when the acS1p
,ance INV Twas of the conditions proposed oy
4 CONGRESS were laid before us by the rres'ue"''
and an act for the consummation OF the cohhe* :
,or ,v,s la;d before the two Houses. The con-
,,ox;on was not completed A final law, dong
Tho deed of annexation ultimately and finally,
bnd not been passed; and when IL was upon It's
final passage here, | expressed my opposition to
! it, and recorded my vote IN the negative anu
there that vote stands, with The observations thai
I made UPON that occasion II has happened
thar between 1887 and this time, various &C
casions and opportunities, have expressed my
entire opposition 10 The admission OF slave States,
or the acquisition of new slave territories, TO be
added 10 the United States. | know, Sir, no
change in my own sentinen's or my own purpo-
ses in that respect. ! will nov again ask my
friend from Rhode Island to read another ex-
tract from speech Of mine, made at wing
Convention in Springfield, Massachusetts, IN lhe
month of September, lei1.
Mr.. Greene here read the following extract:
ave hear much Just now of a pdHocea for the
dangers and evils OF slavery ami Save anneXa-
lion, which they call the Hifmot ProUiso
That certainly Just sentiment, but 1t Is not
sentiment TO found any new parry upon. X Us
not sentiment on which Massachusetts w hl9s
differ. There is not man IN This hall " ho holds
to il more firmly than do, oue who adheres
to il more than another.
feel some little Interest in this mltter, str. -
Did mol | cunmlt myself in 1888 TO the whole
doctrine, fully, entirely And must be per-
,niited TO say that carnoi quite consent that
more recent discoveries should CLAIM the merit
and take cut patent.
| deny the priority of their invention. Allow
me TO say, SIT, II Is not their thunder"
" We are 10 use the first ana last and every
occasion which offers, 10 oppose the extension OF
slave power.
But speak of it hire, as in Congress,
political question, question for statesmen 10 act
UPON. we must 50 Tegard 1t. | certainly do
not mean 10 SAY that Is less Import nj IN niur
al point Of view, that Ii Is To' more lMpoTt1nt IN
many other poin OF vie" ; hut, as legislator,
or IN any Official capacity, must look at ~ con-
slider II, aud decide 1t Il matter OF political &C.
tom
Mr.. WEBSTER. Ga o,her occasions, ia de-
bates here, have expressed my determination
to vote for no cqIlsilon. or cession, or annexa
ton, Nrth or South, East OK Vest. Ny opinion
has been, that nave territory enough, and that
we should follow The Spartan maxin, - improve,
adofn what you have, seek further" think
that it WAS in some Dissertations :hal made here
on The three million loan bill, that ayowed that
sentiment. In short, sir, the sentiment has been
dVowed quite as Often, III as many places, and
before as u.ahy assemblies, as any humble senlI-
menis OF niae ought to be avowed.
Blu, now, that, under certain conditions, Tex
Is In, with ali her territories, as sia,e Stale,
with solemn pledge that 1t she is divided into
many States, those states may come in as slave
States south oi IS deg. 10 nin., how are we 10
deal with TINS SUBJECT; know 10 way oi hon.
crabie legislation but, when the proper time
comes Tor The enactment, 10 carry inlo effect all
J tlst We have stipulated to do | do not entirely
agree with my honorable friend from Ten
neSsee, (hr. beil,) that, as soon as he time
comes when she Is entitled 10 another Rrpresen-
latve, We should create new Sale. The rule
IN regard TO 1t take 10 be thus That WHEN We
have created new States out Of territories. we
nave generally gone upon the idea That mhen
there Is population enough to form STATE, Sixty
Thousand or soue such hing, we would create
Siaie; but Ii is quite different thing when
Siaie is clvided, and two OF more States made
out oil II. IL does not follow, 10 such Case that
lie same rule OF apportiuninent should be ao-
pied. That, however, is a matter far the con
sIderatlon Of Congress, when the proper time ar
uves. my not then be here. I may have no
vote 10 give Oh The occasion, bat " isI il to be
distinctly understood today, that, ACCORDING 20 nv
view OF the matter, tits Government is so!emnly
Pedged oy Ia" 10 create new States out of Tex
as, with her Consent, when her POPULATION shall
justify such Il proceeding, and so far as such
States are formed out Of Texan territory LYING
south of 81 deg. 30 min, to let them cone IN a,
slave States. That Is the meaning of the re.o
luton which our friends, the Northern Democra
cy, nave ieit us 10 f'iii; and l. for one mean to
iulhI H. because viii not violate the taith oil tie
Government.
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