The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-03-01
NUMBER 45.

main channel to the boundary of Louis
lana, then backward on that boundary to
the mouth of the Sabine.
This is the only matter affecting tho
present question Texas had othor
claims. When admitted, it was settled
that a lirc should be run from the
Tooth to the Tooth : or to the Rio
Grande. west longitude, on the parallel
Of 80 : 80, and that slavery should be
allowed south Of that line. and forever
prohibited nssth of it. Was that tho
Missouri compromise Not at all; it
was the Icras compromise. Ia the re-
solutions for admitting Texas, the Mis-
souri, compromise is named, and thereby
recognized in legal existence but it was
only for the more oasy definition Of tho
boundary between slavery and free ter
ritory in Texas The Missouri compro-
mise was from 907 TO l007 west lon
gitude the Texas was from 1902 to
l0G west. on the parallel Of So so
north latitude. Keep that in mind, and
VIC shall not bc confused as to how the
spirit of the act Of 1850 repealed the
act Of 1870. That piece OF red paper
covers the territory made free by tho
Texas compromise Of 1915. Its length
is about six degrees of longitude, its
width about one aud half degree Of
latitude l will remove the paper re-
presenting the portion taken off aud Civ
Ell to New Mexico in 1850 1t has the
same width and just one half the length
of the Whole. That paper remaining on
the map represents the free territory in
the State Of Texas. The first Nebraska
bill would have taken the whole Of it in
to that territory, By running on SO : 80.
The present takes two thirds Of it into
Kansas, Take of the paper represent
ing it, and YOU see how much free terri
tory remains in Texas-a strip Of land
one half degree If latitude in width,
and three degrees Of longitude in length.
| wish there was even as much good
faith as there is good free land remain
ing Of the transaction Of lSij.
You may very justly say that the Texas
compromise ha, been broken that tras
compromise. That piece Of free soil,
now nearly wasted, trapped member
from Vermont to vote for the admission
cf Texas. You have seen that not ona
jot or title Of the Louisaua purchase
has been transferred to New Mexico
Of course it has not Effected the Nilsson
ri compromise bu, there is ono other
point, very small one demanding at
tcntion The boundary Of Louisiana
ran from the source Of the Arkansas due
north to parallel Of IL - Of north lati'
tude The map shows tie source on
parallel l06 west longitude ; that be-
ing true, the portion cut of by the boun-
Diary Of Utah, following the ridge of the
mountain, will take a very small part Of
Middle Park \ tuc sinl,le Of that
part Of the map you can see, looking on
that piece Of court plaster on that piece
Of white paper. 1tis about large enough
to make pair Of fashionable patches
for the chin of fop and the check Of a
irt That land is hardly large enough
to make decent sepulchre for a giant,
even a western giant If one should 60
there, and from Pisgah get peep ct tho
land, then die, and be buried in that dis
tant region, the world would be MS igno-
rat of his grave az the grave Of Moses.
But suppose it true that it be cut off,
what them Does it repeal the compro-
misc over the whole Certainly not.
The law | suppose to be this that
second act in regard to any subject,
which does not e1pres.l y reIeal prevl-
Gus set on the same subject, releals it
only pro tanto-so far-no further than
the second infringes and overlaps tho
first. Apply that law 20 this subject
Certainly no one will declare that tho
act Of 1850 expressly repealed that Of
1870. How much then does it repeal
just so much, snd 10 more. as the Utah
boundary ovcrlaps the Louisiana bound
airy, which, on all hands, is confesscdly
small
Turn from the law TO the morality Of
the thing. In ls-0, you and | settled
aud marked out the boundary between
our lands That stood unqucstoned till
1850 Ina re,urvey of that line, We di-
rectcd our agents to run the boundary
Just as it was in 1870. 1t was done,
md put on record without either of us
ookins to the line. because the line Of
lS20 was to bs followed Ia 1851, you
iud that, by fraud or accident, our a
geuts varied the line from a strait to
'urycd liue, ana takes a portion of my
and You come to me, and announce
hat fact What do | expect of you, as
man Of honesty and honor2 l expect
iou to say, That was done without de-
ign | will see ii restored How can
ook on you, if on say the uuintoutional
,hange in that liue included a part, and
orfeits the whole Of your farm And
ct that is the naked morality of this
movement If it is determined to re-
.epeal the compromise Of lo20 ON pre-.
ext, pray find decent enc. I will
'how one better than has been named by
he friends Of the measure, in public or
private.
When Missouri was ADMITTED. her
western boundary was parallel of lon
,itude that cut the Missouri river at tho
mouth of the Kansas; By an after act,
he northern boundary was extended to
he Missouri river and down thar stream
10 The mouth Of the Kansas, wipiug out
he parallel line horth Of that point
That was a portion of land worth men
ioning taken from freedom to slavery.
Did any one ever suppose that the spirit
If that act made void the Missouri COM
promise Such thing mas never been
named 1t did make it void in law, pro
so much aud no more.
There is another point taken as agarss
he friends of the Missouri compromise
that they were not willing to e1tnnd il
10 the Pacific. When tho Thirty First
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