Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

MR.CHAsE's SECOND SPEECH.
AGINST THE

''tiloe IoenSns m,a' NJ ,Daions pt..:, 49,, 49,,
noss u;,hs,. thn ' ,,t.o polris .nio ohi !"
The The rs;act;on [ S1' "f tho oe a'naOd u lew WTras.
wa ba W ;,,st rotoS IL 'emens "aa. upon whicn
,lo not H. ioss 49, uiumpn ~ Pflnci-
opponents by necessity 9u 10 vb;cb - thar .O h.. no
Welded so Reluctantly pbe Nil a. l,s. ~ - a..
a fuJI annie and connloto ,aao,.,,;t;a !. -
new Territories of th, rinbt ne e..
the Old World to IN oc,,,.l rart;a;-s II
the native. born IN tba orcor! ~a 49,. -
of the Territorial GovernSnants '-u ''''''"'
Bnt sir wh;la this rr;no;r,lo = ..Sos A..
great wrono of the b;If st;Il ror,.;,s. w
ons and a,9rant The San.ts. G.. Ty:oP:s;u
has ss1mnhat,caIlv doola rod I,aVi .a;. aom snsln -
he ts Vital nr;n.;re ua ,S .a,,s sua ~. ~
mos, of tba M;ssoi,r; ,,rch;h;t;n,, of .,s,sr,,
rhE rRINcIrIs "a tl.r I'M. s..sis..r Tbsss -
peal every word TERED hv ma gron tbis flooy.
in opposition to the bill. has been directed.
have never controyerted tbe right Of the
people of the Territories to govern Themselves.
The prohibition of slavery in the Territorv il
nothing more or less than a simple declaration,
that every inhabitant of the Territory shall he
recognised as full man. and protected in the
enjoyment of all the rights which man derives
from God. Join with the Senator from Mich
igan in the assertion of the great doctrine Of
inalienabe rights. 1t is to protect these riehts.
that Governments are instituted among men
and it is because the prohibition of slavery full
fills this greatest object of Government, that I
revere and defend it.
But, Mr.. President. 7 differ widely from, that
honorable Senator in some imnortant narticu.
lars have no doubt whatever as to Tho con.
stitutional power of Congress to lep;slatc for
Territory. 1t is needless now to INQUIRE into
the source from which that mower il derived.
The Senator from Michigan denies its existence.
but at the same moment. as it seems to me. CON.
cedes it in the assertion of the right Of Con.
gress to organize Governments for fbs Tary;to-
frics. That right the bonorahle Serator has Dis.
tinctlv and emnbaticallv assortsd baro to-,;rht
And # Conorass csn nycan;za Gor.n,naS,. S.
can authorize the anno1tmaut of n Govarno,
and .Judres and tha eIoct;on IF a Tsa;satnra.
can define the snbara Of execnt;ve ;ndc;a, ani
Ilegislat;ve antbor;tv and can nyescr;hs y' tha
Iounli6cations If voters how "a + noss;b,s to
maintain that Congress cannot lcpisatc for a
Territory, There can he no bipher mower Of
llegislaton that which nrpscr;bes tba fnrda.
mental law This greate,t mower necessar;1v
includes every lesser power When the Senator
from Michipan therefore osserts tho right nc
Congress to organize Government, define its
departments, prescribe their powers, and de-
terlnine who shall exercise the right of suffrage,
he necessarily asserts right Of Congress to
legislate for the Territories, quite as ample as
that for which any man will contend e&ssgN
The Senator asks, Can the Government Of
the United States own the people of tho Terri.
tories1 He answers, and he may we'll answer,
No say, No. Everybody saYs, No. But
why not For the plain and simple reason thst
the individuals of the people have inalienable
rights, and these rights the Declaration eff In
dependence enumerates as the rights to life, to
Liberty, and the pursuits of happiness. = ---~--'
The very first step toward self-goyernnent -is
the inylolable security of these rights. The
highest duty OF Congress to the people Of the
Territories is to furnish this security The
Senator from Michigan, l trust, Will find few
converts to the doctrine that 1t Is necessary to
seli-government that this security Shall be bro
Ken up and destroyed .
For thlrty-ieur years the Missouri prohibition
has stood at the gateway OF the vast Northwest
as guardian angel, prociaimlng to all Its fu'
ture inhabitants absolute security IN the ENJOY.
ment OF these rights. it Is for the sake OF that
security that tnls prehloltion Is 10 GEAR 10 enc
people Oh the country.
have heretofore expressed the opinion, Mr..
President, that the exclusion of slavery from
the territory northwest of the Mississippi was
parcel of Il compact between the two great sec.
tions of the country. But when have insisted
upon the fulGllment of this great stimulation.
have been told that have no right to claim Il
because was no friend to the original com.
nromise of which II formod a nart WIN .;r
irhan that comnromss WAS maJe T was q i;ttis
how .t school Of oourse ,yos no;thor ort
,,oy nart Of IL R,t as nra,v Nv, 10 n,a,,,s asU
900 ord hoaoso onona;nto ,r;th H. nroot ,,,h
Wv IT, nraato, "f o'. stnSv oSrtsnIs, -.
ms d'tson fnr a,I;r tIn on,rro';ss Tf .Ls
,"i';n + ,ro 81 on;i;naI omost;n,
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neples.a'ses .I "a .ho ife. a"''rs aaI w;
VI 'i'o say oSaesS uleu Io.t - ~
was acquieseeu IN oy 'no p'VPiooi 'oIn az
OF .ne ccan'ry r9f more 'n1n Thoa eniu a. =. .ha
oon'uiy naS S,oou VI, m .I~;af:.;as ~.
great lacs' Iislesara al inu,e SI Sona Isoo
anu Pe''y duiogies aoou1 Wias ~as uon1 III. - .lt
anu IN ioAl. 'aAe 'ne pam sene,a s.i ,hot "
the "noie, anu sce III '.ii' Jun "uas Ia
1le neh vi 'he ',nie sa" ii Nv "nu "-' ~
people OF the "hoie COUNTY, na'e esei '.neS J
seen IN ~, SoArAII' oihu.s 'ton 'O Jar;a,. So
good ialth, altnougn emo9daeu Jl IL i's'''A'''s
ace, ana therefore repeai'oae. n. ,; d ,noxs.,tod
or, ha t,'s bn tbe nart;as who mad.
~ mhe ~ ch 70 either Rmt Il does not
~, m;I mnsvecnt~J II has baen comnetslv fn.
fIIad I On the mart Of the free States Their Sen.
n.nrs IN thO Ehan,ber and their REPRESENTATIVES,
to ~ tbe other @ Hall Of Gongress consented to thu
admission mis- % Of M;ssour; and Arkansas as slave
States solely nnon the Ground Of this conpact,
Nor can It bs doubted that the admission Of all
the slave States. which have come into the Un-
ion ion since Missouri. was secured through its in
fuence upon public sentiment and the legisla-
tion of the country. And now, sir, after the
slave States have gained all that could be gained