The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-03-03

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immigration there flowing into Califor.
MIA from Europe and from Asia. With.
er, then, shall they, the drpossossed
unpitied heirs Of this vast Continent.
gof The answer Is, nowhere. II they
remain in Nebraska, of what use are
your charters OF what harm is the
Missouri COMPROMISE in Nebraska. ia
that case Whom doth it Cypress p
No one.
Who, indeed, demands territorial or
ganization in Nebraska at all The In
diansy No. Ii is to them the cousum-
nation OF a long apprehenlod doom
Practically, noonc demands it. | am
told that the whole white population.
scattered here and there. throughout
these broad regions, exceeding in cxtont
the waole Of Inc inhabited part of the
United States at the time Of the Reyolu.
ton, Is loss than i6ccn hundred. and
that these are chiefly trappcrs, missiona-
rlest and a few mechanic, and agents
employed by the Government. ia connec-
ton with the administration Of Indian al
,airs, amt other persons temporarily drawn
around he post of Fort IGayenworlh.-
IT Is clear then. thai this abrogatiun of
the Missouri COMPROMISE is not necessa.
~ for the purpose Of establishing Terri
toral Governments in Nebraska bat
that, on the contrary, these bills. catab-
fishing such Governments, are only a
vehicle for carrying, or a pretext for car
rying, that act Of nbOgation.
1t is alleged that the non-slavcholding
States have forfeited their rights in Ne
braska, under the Missouri Compromisc,
by first breaking that Compromise them
selves. The argument is that the Mis-
sour Comnromisc line, of 30 deg. 30
min, IN the region acquired from France,
although corresponding to that region
which was our westermost possession.
was, nevertheless. understood as intend
ed to be prospectiyoly applied also to tho
territory reaching thence westward to the
Pacific Ocean, which we should after
wards acquire from Mexico and that
when afterwards having acquired these
Territories, including California, New
Mexico, Utah, We were engaged in 1918
in extending Governments over them.
the free States refused to extend that
line, on a proposition to that effect made
by the honorable Senator from Illinois.
1t need only be stated in rcfntation Of
Of this argument that the Missouri Com
promise law, like any other statute wis
limited by the extent Of the subject Of
which il treated. This subject was the
Territory Of Louisiana acquired from
France, whether the same were more or
less, then in our lawful aud poaccablc
possession. The length Of the line Of
36 deg 30 min. established by the Mis-
sour Compromise, va, the distance be-
tween the parallels of longitude which
were the borders of that possession -
Young Amorici--l mean aggrandizing .
conquering America-had not yet been
born nor was the statesman then in be-
ing who dreamed that, within thirty
years afterwards. we should have pushed
our adventurous way not only across the
Rocky Mountains, but also across The
Snowy Mountains. Nor did any one
then imagine. that even II we .hould have
done 50 within the period / have named,
We were then pro-pectiyoly carving up
and dividing not only the mountain pass
es, but the Mexican Empire on the Pa
cdhe coast, between Freedom and Slave