The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-05-28

IN lnulan ME, afl uepOslleu Noles Wnlcn 'ney
could not write, or read, or understand, when
spoken. The convention, that gave assent
to the conditions of admission, was not call
ed by legal authority, but by the chairman
of a Democratic State Committee. Not one
third of the people of that State ever assent
cd TO The terms of admission. had pre-
pared myself TO discuss the whole question,
but others, more fortunate in gaining the
floor, have brought out The main facts. ! do
not propose to repeat them. | have no dis
position to turn over the old kaleidoscope to
get new reflection from the same bits Of |
broken glass | consider the objections as
really given up. The gentleman from Geor-
gia, across the way, [Mr. Wcllborn,1 whose
spirit we all admired, and | wish all might |
have inflated proposed TO admit California
with her present constitution. restricting her
southern boundary to SO , 3O' north latitude
Was there any more irrcgularity in the want
Of congressional action, or in want Of cen
sus, or in votes of foreign population south
of that line, than there was north of it If
not then that offer surrendcrs the whole
question, on the ground Of iiregulariy. AL
most every southern speaker has consented
TO give up his objections, provided territorial
governments are given TO Utah and New
Mexico without the proviso. What does
that provcP One Of two things, most cer-
| n, ,,f, III. Il = Al
or else, that it stands on such slippery moral
ity that it can be moved for fair price.
Every one can have his choice in the horns
OF that dilemma.
But when you have given up all contro-
versy about California, why link it with 9TH
ers, many of them old and offensive, about
which there is dispute? Why bind the car
cass to the living man? | have right to
vote on California as Il distinct measure.
have right to put myself and my constitu.
cnts on the record in her favor. No man
can justly deprive me of that right by com
pelling me 10 vo!e against California because
you have united il with other hostile meas
ures in Il huckslering compromise. Why
are al the measures 10 be settled from one
section We have measures at the North
! in which we feel strong interest. We wish
a change in the tariff policy of 1916 The
growing and manufacturing Interests
and the iron interest, are all staggering or
l the verge OF ruin; they are in state o.
siege, looking, MS they have right 10 look
for the Government TO come 10 the rescue
! Many of the manufacturers Of the Nortl
c have struggled against adverse fortune with
= out dividend since the passage OF tao tar
. if of 1916. Intelligence has just reached
are thrown out of employ in single Gay
e aud that in three months, probably NOR
Il than ten thousand will share the same fat
# in New England. In these Circumstance
i we are tortured by this perpetual delay. A
. Il northern man, feel mortified that fy
r months Of the session arc now passed am
y the Committee on Manufactures have no
o had their first meeting. We feel anxiou
that something should be done by establish
# ing an agricultural bureau TO aid the farmer.
who constitute two.thrds of the people {
=. this nation, The Government has work c
# long enough for the benefit of politicians an
- placemen it is time that something was don
?. for the people themselves. We wish 10 Sc
: Improvements in the rivers and harbors i
h all parts Of the land, measure that wa
n ,nwarled by an Executive veto. Now, sur
J.. pose we insist on Inserting in a comproms
all these measures for commerce and agri
p culture and manufactures, and declare tn
. one shall not pass without the rest, Calforni
. will appear with tail as long and ominou
rs the tail of a comet, portending war an
:. pestilence to the land. Why are sectioni
interests linked with her? Is it not a cor
-, fession that they cannot be risked on thei
y, own merits-that they cannot 20 alone, an
therefore they must come crouching alor
under the wing of California ? The spler
:, did vessel, rigged and manned on the distau
!, shore, starts on her voyage she doubles tn
! cape; at length the signal announces tina
she has reached the olling. The masses {
i people, reused and joyous at the tiding
ihrong the beach to witness her advent. tn
cry arises, why does she delay her coming
: The only answer tha: can be aiven is tha
= there is a bantering process going on in tn
" commercial diyan. Each one wishes TO prof
" by her coming. She must tow in his packet
i OIL his sooty' whaler or junk, or ishin
> smack At length ii is graycly decided tho
she must put out to sea again, or come drag
E ging on behind her all the old, crazy, Grip
!, Piled, water logged craft on all the coast.
The second proposition of this bill is to C
rect governments for Utah and New Mexi
90 / object TO it, because ii excludes the or
dinance Of 1887. Vermont was :hc first Il
exclude slavery from her borde's. She wa
= the first to take the position now held by th'
} free States in regard to slavery in the terri
tories. On November IL, 1919, she passe,
> this resolution
Is GENERAL Assembly, Nov II, 1919.
The General Assembly of the State Of Yer
+ mont view with deep concern, the attempt {,
r introduce slavery into the territories OF tie l
4 ntod States, and TO lCgalize it in STATES to b'
admitted into the Union. They regard il as
i measure maniicstly tending to increase on'
n perpeiuate an evil of no ordinary magnitude
and danger; of magnitude, as It dcprives !
portion Of mankind Of those privileges whicl
3 republican principle guarantees to all; Of dan