The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-10-16

.,,schn,. az. air.; an uuoallcd f,r profession
= faith IN reverence for the Union aad
con,ti,u,ion. ,nigh, imply that &c had here.
,ofirr hs 1t usn',ns in that reverence.
.tllc, .rcc 70 the government Of the Uni
tel States d ponds not ur,n our will; NC
csaa,,,. w..,ls W eny,y lis p:o.ectso''. ali
nolyc olralycs, uot can any state. or any
cou',;n. ,,n Of states. al,-o!ye II. from that
s!ie .iar". AL shs'ld nny STATE. OF any
na.p',s7 %. inhlh,,i.s within any other &c
ogra,s lea! limits. sac,rp. Il. the Law II the
INTEL States and It's con ai;a'ion would
Ill, ,.c in force within their territory, and
wa.l he rendered incEI .c,usl. w. tho want
81 ability and p,wsHn the authorities I"
the L ION. 70 emf oaeaiercc. ] haze
no re-, on io donb TIN, the neccs'ar,
power v,ul I've {, ~. aud ,ac aid afforded
Ia ,o-sp" submission 10 lf;w and authority
For tbs rca,oa haze regarded, pcrhaP'
10, lightly. al .',rcis nf n d'>n|nt,'"i Cd
III. Union a. futile. an! have noticed with
"A -pri- :. il IN. resolution, Of pablic ''olics,
anil in executive messages, a declaration, OF
oven an intina,ion. tl,a, adherence to any
ac.s OF measures of cpngtc,s. /, I" lac The
condition If ,i,ci, 6le!ity to the Cn;"n, rs
.hoag', ,hl~ allrs.encc Depended ul~n thei'
will ani pleasure alone.
hope tia, the cry of danger TO the I'm
ion, Ike TIC cry Vi dang,r to the Church
in the roun,ry Of oar ancestors. III Other
times, l. 40. 20 ba made the pTc'cxt for ar
htrary and oppressive measures, or hum''l'
atny and degrading Submission.
In an extended territory, ike that Of the
United States, the diff sections will
have different. Interests, and legislators will
l., influenced iy their locol situations.
flenec they will be liable to the imrata'on
ii being governed by sectional and not IA
,ional views. This wa, the complaint against
those laws which were enacted in favor Of a
protective tariff. a..! which. II, ono time,
came very near involving the county IN Il
riyil war |, shnu!d he remembered. low
over, that what advances the interest Of one
soction in measure advances the interest
Of all The protection. which has hereto
FIRE been ex,cnicd TO the manufacturing in
tercs,, hp, also benefited that Of asricu'-
tara anl commerce. An abandonment Of
this interest was truly a sectional and not 4
national measure We ought not to look
with jealousy or cuvy. on the wealth which
may have been accumulated, in consequence
oc this protection, when ii has been so lib
orally expended in works Of usefulness, anl
hcncvolcncc, extending to every part of this
republic We hope that We shall again
witness n resort to protective tariff, and
Ina, the doctrine Of free trade will be given
up as a sectional and narrow feeling, not
adap'cl to the wants of the whole Union.
Sensible, however, that in our government
n majority mus. determine what measures
s,,all be adopted, even If our wishes should
10 disrcsardal, aud policy sill more fatal
10 onr Interests should be pursued, We shall
cnlcavor to seek redress in the Union, and
not out Of it.. .....
There is another subject, connected with
the action Of this state. which l ought not
TO pass over in silence, inasmuch as our state
has been mos. unjustly illuminated by
those who haze ofhciously intermcddled
with our concerns. Some VI the states in
the confederate republic, our equals. and
not our supcriors. have undertaken to sit in
judgment, and reprovc and reprimand our
Legislative acts, as though wc were account
able to them. Those Of our own citizens,
who have either approved Or condemned any
nets or proceedings Of the legislature, have
Int exercised the right Of expressing their
own opinion, and cn1eavoring to influence
'hc opinions of others, which all undcubt-
cdly possess; and so far as it cvinccs an
nnyieiy to keep rulers and Legislators within
the pale Of constitutional authority, or to
protect the natural rights CT liberties Of man.
or 10 procure the repeal or modification of
any law, whether Of the state or general
government, it cannot be subject Of con-
sure. but merits appreciation. Those be-
longing to other states, and other govern
m'nt4, who have reflected injuriously on the
legislation Of this slate, are not entitled to
his charitable construction Of their motives
oi acts. We are not bound to consult their
wishes, or conform to their views, when We
lcgisla'r for ourselves 1t is no time for
them to complain until We violate their
rights.
These remarks are elected frr m consid-
Grafton O. the law Of the congress OF the
! nited States, on the subject of fugitivcs
from labor, and the act of the legislature Of
this state, relating to the writ Of habcas
corpns, and of the view .akcnit them by
others. OF the former, | ia Of no dispo
sition to enter into any diseussve and shall
not speak Of it in the languageof rcproach.
all certainly not of approbAtioion, early
learned, in the resolutions of the general
assembly Of this state in the year 1899, in
answer to certain resolutions transmitted
them by tho state of Virginia that - it
belongs to the state legislature to decide
on the constitu.ionality Of laws made by
general government. that Eower being cx-
clusively vested ii the judiciary courts Of
the Union.'
may remark for myself individually
that whatever other powers congress may
possess, in order to insure domestic tranquil
ny and promote the general welfare, to war
rant the passing Of the law in question, I
have not Leon able to find in it that clause
oi the constitution, in relation to fugitives
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