The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-03-17

Them, trust Il may be brought from
abroad. Import the crcscen, aud creed
ard sword ct Mohammed 10 convert the
Indian. bot in such political and COM
pulsory bene,olcscc, pray You not to
degrade the religion OF Christ.
had read, with deep interest. the
report on the progress Of the trans.
planted Cherokecs. Many Of thcm, 50
soon ahor their migration, are living in
style equal 10 southern gentlemen IN
easy circumstances. They are iuclos-
ing and culiiNaiing their farms build-
ing beautiful dwellings -aadorning their
gardens. maintaining their schools, rear
ing churches, printing and circulating
the Gospel. acknowledge that II
feeling OF Indignation aud horror came
over me when saw thai the boundary
Of the first bill ran directly through the
whole Cherokee country. and clclt il in
twain. And are we so soon TO make
our pledges to them a Kissing and by
word among the heaihenf ls,hat tribe.
who so nobly conquered themselves,
and moved peaceably westward under
the guardian care of our great military
cheliain, again TO be torn up, and It's
bleeding roots retransplanied into some
sterile and distant soil ? The new bill,
for some other political reasons, without
any reference TO the Indians. has moved
| the line 10 their northern frontier. But
| other tribes incloscd are treated with
equal injustice. Where, if their con-
sent could be ganed---and il CANNOT
1 can Won locate them! You have no
other place for them. II not safe here.
| in what province of Jchovahs empire
can the hunted aud prosecuted Indian
find refuge from the erasping and re-.
morseless cupidity of the white man
Pause where you are. Look long and
well as to what you are doing. Re
member, that this act Of injustice and
atrocious ireachery may provoke the
wrath of the Eternal TO nllict on this
nation the woes he has denounced
against the truce-breaker and against
him who movelh his neighbor's land
mark
The third objection have to these
bills is the proposed boundary. The
first bill took the Rocky Mountains as
the western line the present one cross
es the natural barrier, and takes in a
large portion Of Utah-amost six de-
grees of longitude and three of latitude
Into Kansas, and triangular section
of four degrees of latitude and more
than -four Of longitude into Nebraska.
| think the gentlemen from Indiana
entirely right in his opposition TO this
change; and as he proposes TO discuss
il and as ! do not wish TO occupy the
whole time allotted me, will not be 50
uncourteous us 10 take the matter out
Of his hands.
The fourth reason for opposition to
these bills, ] hardly need to say, is, be-
cause it aims, by indirection, to destroy
what it dare not say-Repeal the Mis-,
souri, compromise. ] have no new
light in instruction from home on lh,
subject. and need none The resolu
tions of the Legislature of my State OF
the Missouri question were introduced
into the Senate 10y Mr. Ticknor. The,
are on record before me. One Of thos,
resolutions is in these words
ReSoiced, That this Legislature
views with regret aud alarm the at
tempt of the inhabitants Of Missouri I,
obtain admission into the United State
under n constitution which legalize
and secures the introduction and con
tinuance of slavery"
The seniimeis of that State are III
same now as they were in 1919. -
She does not belong TO that party q
progress always moving backward i
the cause Of freedom. II shs was iher
T opposed 10 opening sixiy-seven thou
! sand square miles TO the incursion q
slavery, she is now still more oppose
r TO opening four hundred and eighty fv
| thousand square miles for the sam
purpose. II the territory in q1esiio
was divided into States, with an are
= equal 10 Vermont, il would make fu
. fifty States, and send one hundred Sen
= afors TO the other branch Of Congress.
. ] do not propose 10 travel the beaie
| path in the history of legislation on ire
- or slave territory. II has been trodle
% so often Ia the past five years that
T. child can follow it. II can be conde.r
r ed into few sentences. ln the earl
stage Of our Government the who
: country believed slavery moral an
p political evil. They wished il exte
p minated. That was the sentiment
i 1887 Il was the sentiment and expe
:. latiOn when the Constitution was adop
S ed, and Ear beyond that lime--all ~isI
a ed acquired territory 10 be free ierri,or
= Then came a change The products
}, slave labor in their staple articles b
r, came profitable, and change ia NOR
a sentiment Men reasoned as they q
n ways will, according TO their interest
S. They thought II bes, 10 have slaves. b
e cause slaves brought pecuniary prot
4 Thi. makes the difference between n,
Is snj 1854, This may reconcile conir
q dieiions, showing how particular Stat
= voted then ard vote now. Louisial
'e wRs purchased IN 1903. The souihe
n portion had large number o. slave
he and a State by the same name MAS a
y miiied with slavery. The portion ne
A.. . s.gsfi A rLaNes. tsaz mad. 4. TarF'fo.