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

no Union Ia which thcy shall mol 50 /
rule
The sla,choliinr Slalrs already pos
scs, lhc months Of the Mississippi. their .
territory rrachc. lar uouhwari along
ts banks. ON one silr 10 lhr Ohio. and .
ou the other even tn the confluence ut
the Missouri. They stretch lhcr do
miniun now from ihc banks 81 lhc Del
aware. quite around the bay, hcadland,
and promoutol, to ihc Rio Gmndv
They will not stop, although they nov
think they may, ou the summit Of Siern
NeNeda nay, their armed pioneers arc
already 10 Sonora and their eyes nrr
already fixed. never to be- taken of, on
the island Of Cuba, the Queen Of the An.
TILES. II We Of the non-slavoholding
surrender them NOW the eastern slope
of the Rocky Mountains, and the very
sources of the Mississippi, what terri
tory will be secure, what territory can
be secured hereafter, for the creation
and organization Of free States, within
our ocean bound domain What terri
tories on this continent will remain un-
Appropriated or unoccupiod for Us TO an-
mex? Wha, territories. even if We are
able to buy or conquer them from Great
Britain or Russia, will the slaSeholding
States suffer, much less aid US to annex,
to restore the equilibrium which by this
unnecessary measure we have 20 un.
wisely. SO hurriedly, so suicidally sub
vcftcd
Nor am | TO be told that only few
slaves will enter into this vast region,
One STAKEHOLDER in new Territory, with
nrcess to the Executive ear at Wash
iugion, exercises more political inilu-
cnce than five hundred freemeu. 1t is
not necessary that all or majority Of
the citizens Of State shall toe slnvehold.
crs, TO constitute slaveholding State.
Delaware has only 1000 slaves against
$1,000 freemen, and yet Delaware is
a saveholding State. The proportion
is not substantially different in Mary
land and Missouri, and yet They are
slavcholding States. These. Sir, are
the stakes in this legislative game, in
which lament TO see, that while the
representatives of the shvehoding
States are unanimously and earnestly
| playing TO win, so many Of The reprcsen-
talives from the non-slavcholding States
are with even greater zeal and diligence
playing to lose. Mr.. President, the
! Committee who have recommended
I these twin bills for the organization OF
the Territories of Nebraska and Kan
sas hold The affirmative in the argument
upon their passage.
What is the case they present to the
! Senate and country
They have submitted n report but
that report, brought in before they had
introduced or even conceived this bold
and daring measure Of abrogating the
Missouri Compromise, directs all its ar.
gumenls against it.
The Committee say, in their report
"Such being the character Of the con
troversy, IN respect 10 the territory
acquired from Mexico, n similar QIes,
ton has arisen in regard TO the right ic
hold slaves in the proposed Territory
Of Nebraska, when the Indian law.
shall be withdrawn, and the country
thrown open 10 emigration and settle
mcnr. BY the slh section of an act IL
authorize the people Of the Missour
Territory to form Constitution nnC
State Government, aud for the admis
sion Of such State into the Union on M
equal footing with the original States
and 10 prohibit Slavery in certain Ter
rilories, approved March 6, 1920, !
was provided That, ia all that Terri
tory cedcd by France to The Unite,
States under the name Of Louisiana
which lies north Of fhiuy-siN deercc
and thirty minutes north latitude, no
included within the Limits of the Stat,
contemplated 10y this act, Slavery an'
Involuntary rvsudc. otherwise thai
IN the punishment Of crimes whcrco
The parties shall have been daily convict
ed, shall be-. and l. hereby, forever pro
hibited Pcocided, ai,cays. That ans
person escaping into the same, from
whom labor or service is lawfully claim
ed, ia any Slate or Territory Of ia,
United States. such fugitive may b,
lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed 10 ih,
person claiming his or her labor OF ser
vice, n aforesaid
Under this section. ~ IN the case o
the Mexican law in New Mexico an,
Utah, il is disputed point whether
Slavery is prohibited in the Nebra.k'
country by rdiid enactment The de
ci-ion Of this question involves the con
sliiulioual power Of Congress, 10 pas
laws prescribing and regulating the do
mestic institutions Of the various Ter.
tories Of the Union. IN the opinion %
these eminent statesman. who hold TIA
Congress i invested with no righifu
authority 10 lceislaie upon the subirr
Of Slavery IN The Territories, The 81
section Of the aei preparatory 10 ih'
admission OF Missouri is null and void
while The prevailing sentiment 10 large
portions 0i the onion snstains the dsci
rine that the Consultation Of the United
Slavs secures 10 every citizen an 10.
anienable night to move into any of fbs
Territories with Lis property, Of what
ever kind and description, and 10 hold
aud enjoy the same under The sanction
of the ias Your Committee do not
feel lhemselye- called upon 10 enter inia
tho diseassions Of these couiroreued
questions. They Involve the same
grave issues which produced The agiia-
I ton. the sectional strife. ard The fearful