The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-03-03
SPEECH or WN. II. SEWARD.
DtIircrd in the I. \. senate, Feb, II.



all, but was only Inconsistent with" it
us If local net which was irrcpeal-
able was nov to be abrogated, because
it was iuconsisien, with a subsequent
enactment, which had no application
whatever within the region to which
The first enactment was confined. On
q third day the meaning Of the recital
was further and finally calculated by
an amendment, which declared that the
first irrcpealable act protecting Nebras-
ka from Slavery was noW declared in
operative aud yoid,' because 10 WAS
inconsistent with the present purposes
OF Congress not 60 lecislate Slavery
into any Territory or state, nor to ex-
clude it thcrcfrom.
But take this apology in whatever
form i may be expressed, and test is
logic by a simple process.
The law Of 1920 secured free insti-
buttons in the regions acquired from
France ia 1903, by the wise and pru.
dent foresight Of the Congress Of the
United States. The law Of 1880, on
the contrary. committed the choice be-
tween frye and slave institutions in
Ncw-MoNioo and Uiah-Touiiorio,
acquired from MeXico nearly fifty years
aiicrwards--to the interested cupidity
or Ihc caprice Of their earliest and ac-
cidenial occupants. Free Institutions
and Slave Institutions are equal, but The
interested cupiliiy OF the pioneer Is a
wiser arbitcr. aad his Judgment a surer
safeguard, than the collective wisdom of
The America people and the most solemn
aud i%ime-hoaorei statute Of the Ameri.
can Congress. Therefore, lli tie law Of
ifccdom 10 the territory acquired from
France, hc uow aunullci and ahropatcI.
and let The fortunes and fate of Free.
dom and Slavery, IN the region acquir.
ell from France. be-, hcncelorwarl, de-
iermined by lhe votes Of some seven
hundred camp followers around Fort
L~eaycnworth, anl the still smaller mum
Der OF Uappers, Government school
masters and mechanics, who attend the
Indians in their seasons OF rest from
hunting ia tho passes OF The Rocky
Mountains. SIR, this syllogism may
satisfy yoa and other Senators bui as
Tor me, ! must be content to adhere to
dc earlier system. Stare super anti
quas Was.
There Is yet another difficulty la this
uew theory Let it be granted dat, in
order 60 carry ous a nea principle rc-
ccutly adopted Ia New AlcAico ysu
cin supPlau, a compromise ia Nebraska
yci there Is a mnNim Of public law
which lorbids you from suppiaujiug that
compromise, and establishing "a new
sys,cm there, until you hrsl restore the
parties Ia interest there 10 their stain
qno before the compromise 10 Doe sup
planted uas established. Fir-t. ilen.
remand Missouri and Arkansas back to
tbe u~useUiiei condition. ga regard 60
Slavery, which they held before The
Compromise of l-2o eas enacted, aud
chen $50 vil hear you talk OF re-c.Bd-
ing ia, Compromise. lou cannot DO
ibls lol ought mol To- d. g., if YOU
oPald and bccau,e you cannot aad
onelt 90 do b, you cannot, without ,.o-
iaiiHf law justice, equity. ami honor,
ahrogaie 'bu guarantee OF Freedom Ia
Nebraska
There s sul another aud not les,
scrioas difficulty Nou call the Slave
~ laws oflSjo a Compounds between
the ,la,cholling and non..lareholdins
sl~'es For he purpose Of ihis arsu.
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