Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-05-05

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thr stock to enter lut the fence is not pulled
d,yyu ,.t The limo is NOT vet inourratiye
and void II is an existing. Substantive line.
.l;ve and ourrntiu,r cfIrctuallv to bar the
urnorrss of slavery tn the North. and will SO
rnntinuo tn oucr;itc until Cunrrrss shall stop
;ts nncrotinn Thcn rnmns tLc final reason
that 'thcrc never was any such line in the
word-thnt it was unconstitutional and void.
that il had no existence from the beginning.
and that it must not be rercalcd hv A direct |
act for that would he to nc knowledge its pre- |
yious existence. and nulify the constitutional |
,rpument. and what is more terrible, involve |
the authors of the doctrine in an inconsistency
of their own. and thereby make themselves in. |
onorative and void-and this is the ANALYSIS of |
/ tho reason fnr the Ncbrnska hill That mart of !
! il which is To oct rid of the CotnprOmise of /
1890 is untrue. contradictory. suicidal and pre-
nosterous: and why such iarraro of nulities. |
/ incongru;t,es and Inconsistencies; Purely and
smply to throw upon others npon the Congress |
of 1850 and the innocent Constitution, the blame
of what the bill itself is doing, the blame of
DESTROYING the Compromise of 1920, and with
il des,royinp all confidence between the North
and the South. and arravinr one half of the
Union against the other in deadly hostility 1t
is to be able to throw blame and what is all
this hotch potch for 1t is to establish prn-
ciple-they say the principle OF non-lnterven-
tlon Of squater sovereignty. Sir, there is no
such principle. The Territories are the chill
drcn of the States they are minors under Il
years ot age, and 1t is the business of the STATES
through their delegations IN Congress, TO take
care OF these minors untll they are OF age
until they are ripe for State Government
then give them tnat government and ad'
init them to an equality with their fathers-
That is the law and the sense OF the case ana
has been so acknowledged since the tirst ordi-
nance in l7sl, by all authorities, Federal and
State, Legislative, judicial and Executive ne
states, IN congress are me guafu'anS VI '"e
territories aho are oound TO exercise the guar
dianshp and cannot abdcate It without breach
of trust and a derelictlon of duty. Territorial
sovoreirn,v is n ,nonstrositv horn of tin,dity
ord o,nb,,ion batcbod into ey,s,once in the h6,
incubation Of Presidential canvass, and re-
voting TO the beholders when first presented
We'll do remember that dav when it was
FIRST shown in the Senate Mark Anthony
did not bctter remember the dav when Cesar
sr.t ,ut on that mantle thrnngh which he
,ras n., rds ,icrred with three-and.twen-
~. s.onvin,s stalls II was in the senate in
ISis and ,,ns rccoi,cI os ronsonso--as tho
r asso,,.o or rorsnr,o--os tho onirtessence of
nonsnn,e-ns tho five fines distilled essence
~ n,l;ti.ol n,.,son.icolitv
VI
WY s'r' '"' t'IrILor! i'sr'l !, .lr PIplrl,
~ VI t'c S''''s anu ."'S Nv N.i"J ''.l Pi'"9o
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'n'S l'eaH' Heli ~ vi ElIe 'c """t &c Ivy
please cI'Gs' N,'!' prolle i.pHi Ii ~ "o ','e
please. Ai'er tnis 'rr"So-'','s o." P"n' :
""-tV,n'S d li'u' n'"'"p oI'I"' ~! I'su ,. II,
the nei'E sle oIi' anu N"itn nus. mts:
pr3ulEiouS en'Gt Wiltn t'':i,e' III ,ne i'un,.i
ana ou' 'oM"Ire rus ',Ic ".l' 'oT ~
t'e hca'H ~ t,o .r V'oIN, NV "':t
sati"h:l VIII r'"' IT a.'i ""l'' "i't'ou
i"'SuinT 'l'e iiouS' ,oi 1t - 'o'" i''' '''''
pc"u'liul' anu runs ''"S
: 1t being the true intent and meaning of this ac
not t" lcsi,IaG .a,eIy INTO any futeS "t ia,,a.or
nor TO eAruug ,n r omd ond w rcat ,bsr d
nestle institutions in their own way, subject only
Z Z the constitution of the United States
a This is the speech, and a pretty little thin,
: stumn in the rrairie. 1t has intent. and {
= true intent which is neither to legislate sla
very into or out of state or territory The
: why lerislate at all WHY all this disturb
. ance if no effect is produced. and things t
Il remain lust as thev were Let we'll enoug
- alune. was the old doctrine to make we
> enough still better, is the doctrine of progress
o and that in suite of the Italian epitaph. whic
says. | was well and would he better too
physic and here am But the states mu-
:, be greatly deli GIFTED at the polteness and fol
" bearance of this bill Ii puts states and tel
:, ritories upon precise equality with respect t
II the mower of Congress over them Congres
y does not mean TO nut slavery in or out Of an
state or territory. To all that polite abnt
CATION | have to say that, in respect of tn
sc states. It is the supereroyation of modest
and humility, as Congress happens to hay
VI no mower TO nut slavery in them or out
r them and in respect of the territories, it
Vi an abdicatiou of a constitutional power an
u; u duty it being the right of Congress to legi
'ur 'u late upon slavery in the territories. and i
or o duty to do 50 when there is occasion for it
VI as in 1877 and 1920.
~ | object to this shly-shally, willy-wont
VI donty-canty style of legislation. Exec
sive lauphterl IL is not legislative,
Oh is no, parliamentary. il is not manly -
a ;s no, womanly. No woman would tai
en- that wav mere is no sbilly shally in worna
nu NothinG of lAe female gender was ever boz
al vaunp enough or lived long enough to get b.
ho fopoed in such n Ouandary as this. Renewe
'e- lanGhter.l 1t is one thing or the other Wi
,hem and what thew saw they stuck to-
TO hr.ok,n1 horna,ns with them. But the end
Is ,b,s s,,,mn sneech is the best of the whole
nc Different from rood milk. IN which the crea
* r;ses to the ton If here settles TO the bottol
IN and IN these words leave IT to the people the
H. of-that Is to say, OF the States and oi the !
ID r,,or,es-,o reqnIate Slavery for themselves
Is ,bey nloase. only snh,ec, to the Consultation
m the iJnitcd States Certainly this is a ne
oi sub,ect,on for the States. Heretofore they ha
an been free 10 regulate Slavery for lhenlselv,
'er admit il or reject II. and that not hy virtue
.nc any grant Of power IN the Constitution nut
'o' Urine of an unsurrendered part of the old so
e) ererntv--lt is also new OF the Territories.
bo Heretofore they have been held to be wards
me Congres,. and entitled TO nothing under t
ION Constitution but that which Congress extend
IRE IN them Bu this clause is moi accidental
re. hove, It,s 10 keen up the DOGMA of the Co
'uS summon IN Terrltorles but only there IN re-
M -. =. Sl,,,-,. .,,l tho, t,r -. od,n,.s,,n r.