The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-24
Speech on WR ENEWErFoT NAs.-
ACiU AITIs

Ftht VS. 90 Aff'h- Nlflt''iAl 'NNthmN NNN
OF thc highest order to the region OF Ne.
bm>ka and Aansls 40 the prcsont timc.
last year thc whole region did not en-
bucc moro than four or Eve hundred in
h|abitiui4 ana the whole rumbor of votes
received By the delegate representing It N
Congress VAS only 20. In population,
then, that vast country which 1t Is proposed
to supple with two governments. Is only
equal TO one Of the smallest towns in Yer
mont IS
lie nest objected to the bill on the
ground Of bad Gath to the Indians, who
had been removed, during the adnlnistn
ton Of Gen. Jackson, west Of the Mlssis-
sippi. The third section OF the act proyid.
ing for their removal declared that III shat!
aud may be lawiul for the President solemn
Is to assure the tribe or nation, &C., that
the United States will forever secure and
guarantee to them, and their heirs and sue
cos-ors, the country so exchanged with
them. Sc. F.; provided always, that such
binds shall revert 10 the United States, If
the Indians become extinct, or abandon
the slmc." Without proper safeguards
on this point, then, Mr.. Everett sand he
could vote for neither this bin nor that of
the last session.
Mr.. Everett then proceeded to discuss
the amendment, which declares that the
Conpfomse of $50 was Inconsistent with
the principle Of non-intcrycniion in Con
gross with slavery, recognized by the acts
Of 1850. lie donlei that any such general
principle Was established. II was not even
tru, that 1t was established in reference TO
New NJ yico and Utah. which were par
t~iculirly embraced in the nets Of 1850, be-
cause every act of those territories is sub
ject 10 Congress for approval or disipprov-
al, aud it would be competent for Congress
at any time to pass any law on the subject
Tho act of lSd0 wnra aneciic aud Hunted
to certain territory, aud cannot be regard
cd as establishing u general principle Of
legislation, much lees as a repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise. This view was H.
l%ustraied by parallel cases-as the admis-
SION Of Missouri with lands free from
tuNltion, and the subsequent admission Of
Aakansas without this privilege. Nobody
pretended that the latter repeated or super
seeded the Missouri act, or affected the
public lands anywhere except in Arkansas.
So also the ordnance OF 1857 prohibited
slavery in territory northwest Of the Ohio,
while IN 1890 lands ceded by North Caro-
lima were accepted on the condition that
slavery should be admitted but no states
man ever thought for a moment that the
act of 1870 superseded the ordinance Of
l7-7. Mr.. Everett then quoted from Doug.
lass report TO show that the committee had
Itself declared that Congress IN 1850 did
not undertake 10 decide the questions as to
slavery. "Surely, # they dad not under
take TO decide them, they could not decide
a principle which Is at stake Ia them
aud, unless tiay did decide them, the
measures then adopted must BE- considered
ns specific measures relating only 10 those
eunses, aud not establishing a principle Of
general operation" M. Everett then
referred to the debates Of 1850 10 show
that nobody in Congress Jhen claimed the
establishment Of any principle such as Is
now commended for but that, on the other
hand, there was much said which shosw
that no such purpose was cntertlned.-
The Wilmot proyiso WAS voted down IN
IN thc Senate; then Mr.. Souie moved the
proyiso for the admission Of New Mexico
aud 9TH, with or without slavery, as their
constitutions at the time Of admission
should pro, ide. M. Webster voted for
thai, bat Win these remarkeable Words
BE 1t remembered. sir, that now speak
Of Utah and New Mrxlcl, and Of them
0l0ue.'
That was Mr.. Webster. careai he oy.
identity designed not H. establish d general
principle. Again "A the 7th Of March
speech, Mr.. Webster used cqullly remark
able lauguigci
" And I now say, sir, az the proposition
upon which stand this day, gnd upon tha
truth aud hunness ~ which ! intend 20 act
until n Is oyeuhrlwn. thar there Is not Al
th.s monen within the United States a
s,u2ie loot II land, the character Of which,
ia nglrd 10 is being fire. soil Territory OF
slave territory, ~ not fixed by some lia,
ana some iurpaalabie ltw, beyond the pow
or uf ue acupu Of ths Government"
H. INFANT, of course, % give 70 the Ms.
sour RESTRICTION ths character u a eonp4ci
wa.ch iha government IT. good faith could
not repeal and thor. VAS in ne course ri
the speech D great dr1l more s4A To- tie
"a ae purpose.
Do reference T. tlis 80, Eycrcu--llds
"sp, auatspeeeh bis ggiutil intsa cl
brought together 40 ibsiu could gihai
f.1a %. lse si nature. from the Cou.,tu,
taa Of Use United satas. from OR pa-t
leeisauou from iba physical fsafnfes 81
ue r7Ian 20 Strengthen h.n boo ihli piai
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