The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-05-12

more, IN the course Of 80 many years,
renewed their application Cor The ten .
,cars suspension cf the ordinance, II .
was rejected each time, AVID once IN the .
Senate. where the North Carolina Sen. .
nior tMr. Jesse Fmnklo) WAS chn,f.
man Of the committee which made the
report against Il. Five times. 10 as MA.
ny years. rejected by Congress and
the rejection the more emphatic ia some
instances. because Il was the rcvvr-pl
hy the House OF favorable report FROM
a committee. And nov, what nhnbi.
lant Of Indiana does not rrioicc at the
delivcmncc which the irmness Of Con.
gress then gave them, in spite Of the
request Of ils inhabitants diiy years
ago.
Thus. FIVE times IN the beginning of
this century five different times, aud
without any distinction between north
crn and southern members did Con
grcss refuse TO "impair" the slavery
compromise Of 1857. Notwithstanding
FIVE times asked for by the people OF
the territory. Oh, squailcr sovereignty :
whore were YOU then? II WAS a case
for YOU to have shown your head--io
have arisen in your might and cslab-
lished your supremacy forever II was
case Of convention of the sovereign>
themselves aud neither this convention
nor the Congress had dream OF their
sovereignty. The Convention petition
ed Congress as n ward would rs guard.
ian, or children under age would peii-
tlon their nuhri, and Congress answer.
ed like II good guardian, or a good faith.
er, that it would not give them an evil
although they begged for IT, Benght.
ed times these, and infinitely behind the
present age. The mares nest had not
then been found in which hnd been laid
the marvellous egg out of which has
been hatched the nondcscript wl,yclcpt
"squallcr sovereignty" daughter
The illustrions principle of non.nter
vcntion had not been invented III,
ignoramuses Of that day had never heart
OF 1t, though now to be learned in ever,
horn-booA and, believe no wher,
else put in the horn-books. (Rencwe,
merrlmcnt)
now IT PROPOSED TO ptsrrRn Tul
COMPROMISE.
Five times in the beginning of thi
century did Congress refuse to impai
the slavery compromise Of 81; aud now
in the middle Of the century. and aiic
thirty wears Of peace under the Nilsson
ri Compromise the offspring and cor
tinuaion of that of 'S7--we are calle
upon, not merely 10 impair for seasor
f but To destroy for ever far create
compromise--exiending to far more tel
ritory, and growing out Of ncccssilc
far more pressing. And how callc
upon' Not by the inhabitants ts---not b
any one human being living, or oxpec
/ ing TO live on the territory to be aiirc
i ed-bul upon motion in Congress
silent, secret, limping, haliug, creepini
squirting, impsh moion--conceived
the dark midwifed in the committc
room, and sprang upon Congress an
the country in the style Ia which Ga
/. Fawkes intended TO blow up the Pa
= Lament housc, with his five hundrc
Y barrels Of gunpowder hid in the celia
!. under the wood. (Laughter)
o My answer To such motion Is 10
/. found in the whole volume Of my poll
!. ical life. have stood upon the Nj
|. souri, Compromise for above thirl
n years, and mean 10 stand upon il 10 Il
o end Of my life; and, ia doing so. slri
IS act, not only according to my own che
e ished convictions of duty, bat accorlir
d. 10 the often declared convictions Of d
II General Assembly Of my State I
inyiolability Of Ibh compromise line h
Ie often been declared by that Genel
ie Assembly sud, as late as isl7, "a rhc
4 words:
~ Resoired That the pcace, permanc
~ cy and weIlarr Of our National Uni
'- depend upo1 a strict ndhrrense TO I
'' letter and spirit Of the eighth section
n the act Of Congress- Of the niled Stat
y entitled, An net 10 authorize the p'
81 pie of the Missouri territory 10 form
1t constitution and stale government. a
u iui the admission Of such state into +
10 Union on an equal footing with lhe or
y inal states, and 10 prohibit slavery
" certain territories approved March
We 1920.
!, with an instruction TO the Senate
n. and request 10 the Representative
n Congress, 10 vote accordingly
ri- The peace, permancney and Welt
Of the Union depend upon a strict
.ci herence 10 The Missouri Compromise
er 1920 So resolved the General !
iy sembly Of Missouri as late as lsi7.
ui believed The Assembly was right The
- believe il nov and 50 belle, ing n
ih "ndhere' 70 The compromise now
,e. then, 10 spirit and in letter"
10 should oppose any movement
%, impair that compromise. made in
Is. open, direct, manly manner much ~
es shali oppose !, II made 10 a COZ eit
10 direct and unlnanly way. The bin
q! bills before u' undertake 10 aecompi
to their object without protesting 70 i--ut
Ie. reasons which are contradictory nnd
lls fonndrd--in terms which are smbigu'
ID ard unfognjei and by lhrosing VI
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