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

souri aDi, ~ bv any at hvtiagtfoty 81
itc msaniue ot The Constetian in ~.
srofi 10 ihc local roinis ia diaImir
This nrori gives ~. ,be deliberate
iademon, 1t ihc COMMITTEE an Two i'm.
rorlan, points First, iha, the Compro.
mise ~ 1850 iid not. D., iis lri,cr &c by
rs .piti, rrpcal ar rynlct necessary, or
even propose thc nbwrH'ion of ihe Mis-.
souri, Cumpvmi.c aud secondly. that
the Missouri Compromise ought no,
nov 10 d. nbrorBicl Aud now, Sir,
Wha, do We next hrat from th.s Com-
miiioc firsf. tvo imimr and Alndroi
bills, actually abrogaljng lhe Missouri
Compromise, which, la thoir report
thcs had told ~ ourl,, not to Rbroea,ed
ut all Secondly, these bills declare on
their face, in suhs,nncr. that that Com
promise was alreod, Rhmgaicd hy tho
spirit If that very Compromise Of 1850,
which, In their rrror, they lnd iud
shown W.. lco the Compromi.c OF 1920
absolutely unaffected aud unimpaircd.
Thirdly, the Committee favor us. hy
their chairman, with an oral eNplnpe-
lion, that the amended hills nbrorstine
the Missouri Compromise arc identical
with their previous bill, which did not
abroenir Il, and nte only made To differ
in phrnseology, 10 the end that the pro.
visions contained IN their prc,iou. aud
now discarded bin, shall be absolutely
clear and certain.
entertain great respect for the
Committee itself, bat must take leave
to say that the Inconsistencies and seli.
contradictions contained in the papers
| it has given Us, have destroyed all
claims, on the part of those documents,
10 respect, here or elsewhere.
The recital OF the effect Of the Com.
promise Of 1920, rs finally revised, cor
recied, aud amended here Ia the face
OF the Senate, means, after ALL substan-
TALLY what that recital meant rs il stood
before il was perfected, or else It means
nothing tangible or worthy Of consider
alton at all. What if the spirit or even
the letter of the Compromise laws
of 1880 did not conflict with the Com
promise Of 1920? The Compromise
of 1920 was, by is very nature, u
Compromise irrcpcalablc and unchangc-
able, without violation Of honor, JUS
tice, aud good faith. The Compromise
of 1850, if il impaired tho previous
Compromise TO the extent Of the loss Of
free labor of one acre Of the Territory
of Nebraska, was either absolutely void
or ought, in all subsequent legislation,
to be deemed and held void.
What If the spirit or the letter Of the
Compromise was a violation of the
Compromise Of is20y Then, innsmuch
as the Compromise Of 1920 was inyio-
liable, the attempted violation of il
shows that the so-called Compromise Of
1880 was 10 that extent not a tonpro-
mise nt all, but iaciilious, spurious,
aud pretended Compromise. What II
the letter or the spirit Of the Compro'
mise of 1850 did superscde or impair
or even conflict with the Compromise
of 1920 z Then that is the reason, not
for abrogaling the irrepealable nnd IN.
violabIe Compromise Of 1920, but tho
spurious and pretended Compromise OF
1880.
Nj. President, why is this reason for
the proposed abrosalion Of llle Compro-
mise Of 1920 assigned in these bills at
ALI II IS unnecessary. The assign
meni of a reason adds nothing TO the
force or weight Of the abrogaiion itself,
Either The fact alleged rs reason 10
true or is il not true. II il be untrue
your asserting 1t here will not make II
true. II il he true, il is apparent IN
The text of the law OF 1880 without the
aid Of legislative exposition now IL 4
unusual. II !. unpnrlIamenlary Tho
angungrSf the lawgiycr, whether lh'
sovereign be Democratic, Republican
or Dc-polic i, always The same. IL Is
mandatory imporiiVe. II the h~g''
er explains at all IN statute the reason
for It, il, reason il that It 4. his pleas
ure-sic roio, sic ja5so. Look at tho
Compromi-r Of 1920. Does Il need ~
excuse fur It's commands. Look at ~,
Compromise Of 1850. drawn by mas
ter hand Of our Amernan Chatham ---
Does that bespcak your favor Wy nqDib
bling or -huiillns apologyf Look al
Your own, nos rrjecied, iiTsi Nrbrnska
bill, which. by conclusive implication
saved the effect Of tie Missouri Com.
promise. I.oDk al any other bill osel
reported by the Committee on IcniiD'
ries. Lob At any Other b'il NOW ON
your calender EAamlur ail iiig iani
on your .itufe books D. y0u Hal
any one bin "r statute Which eyoi
came b1sins stopping, and wuggiin2
ioio thr Sruiia ,i,,aliug an eEcusr t,r
iis clear and explicit declaration of ihc
severe 90 auI irfgsisia,le viii u ihe
American pc ,.ie Tie dopa1ur,
fron ll,i, hah.t p This solitary cssss by'
tray. selfd.ayad ai.4 an hiieinpi an
he part rihe OH 90 d',rr the pabie
attention. io raIsr romplsz nnd inmate
nal is.nrs. 70 i.rrpleE ani bcsiidcr 'nl
coniouui lhe people ~ whom ih's
lransaciioa T. b. b. re,iewej I.fnk
again at the ,srriliaiion betrayed in the
irrqoeni changes of tLe structure oi
lh.- aladosy. Ai lrst ihs recital ield
ss timf ihe eisiah scclion of the CDm-
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