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

hat dectee oi latitude, ! vii rrmnNc
the paper rvprcscnl,ng The portion
iatcu of ard given To New Mexico IN
1850 u has ,hc same width, and inu
one hall ,hc length ot the whole. Tha,
paper remaining on The map represcnu
the free territory In ,hs State OF Texas.
Tho Rr.t Nebraska hll would have
takcn the wholc Of J, into that territory,
by running on $3.50. Thr present
takes two Thirds of 1t into kpn.as---
Take o1 the paper representing it, and
You see how much free territory remains
in TcSns--a strip Of land one half a
degree Of latitude IN width. aud three
degrees Of longitude IN length. ! wish
there Nps oeon as much good fa,,h es
there Is good irce land remaining Of tho
transaction OF lSi5.
You may very justly say that the
Texas compromhc has been broken
that tcas compromise. That piece Of
free soil, nov nearly wasted, trapped a
member from W. TO vote Tor the admls.
sion OF Texas. You have seen that not
one jot OF iitllc OF the Louisiana pur-
chase has been transferred to New Mex
leo. OF ronrsc 1t has not affected tho
Missouri compromise bat there Is ono
other poinl, very small one demand
ing attention. The boundary Of Louis
lana ran from the source OF the Arkan-
sas due north to the parallel OF ~ deg
Of north latitude. The map shows the
source on parallel l0G deg. west longi-
,ude; that being true, the portion cut
oil by the boundary of Utah, following
the ridge OF the mountain will take a
very small part of Middle Park. \
fac simic Of that part of the map YOU
can see looking on that piece OF court
plaster on that piece of white paper
II is about large enough TO make a pair
OF fashionable patches tor the chin OF
fop and the cheek Of Airl. That land
is hardly large enough TO make decent
sepulchre for giant even western
giant. lC one should go there, aud from
Pisga get peep at the land then die
aud be buried in that distant region the
world would be rs ignorant of his grave
as the grave of Moses. But suppose 1t
true that it should be cut oil, what them
Does it repeal the compromise over INC
whole? Certainly not, The law l
suppose to be this tha, II second act u"
resnrd to any subject which does not e''
prcssly repeal previous act on Tue
same subicet, rspsal. Il only pro fdhfo--
so iar-no further than the second IN
frnges and overlnps the first Apply
inat law 10 this subject. Certainly 40
one will declare that the net of looo
expressly repealed that Of 1920. How
much then does it repeal just 80
much, aud no more, as The Utah bound
AIRY overlaps the Louisiana boundary
which, on all hands, 10 conlessedly
small.
Turn from the law TO TO the morality
Of the thing. In 1920, you aud set
tied aud marked the boundary between
our lands. That stood unqnesliphed
ill 1850. In resurycy OF that lne'
We directed our agents to run the bound
AIRY lust ms it was in 1920, II wa'
done, and put on record without eilhef
Of Us booking TO the line, because iho
line Of 1850 was To be followed. IL
1854, you 6nd that, by fraud or neei
dent, our agents varied the line from
straight 10 curved line, and takes n
portion of my land. You come to me
and announce the fact. What do eN
pecl Of you rs a man OF honesty hn'
honori cSpcc, you 10 say that "h
done without design, ! will see II re
stored" How can / look on YOU,
Won say the uninicn,ionnl change IA lhn
line included a part, and iorieils 'h
whole Of your farm. And yet that
the naked morality Of this movement '--
II ii Is determined to repeal the CON
promise Of 1850 ou "A prctcxi, plcas'
find decent one. will show on'
better than has been named by th
friends Of lhe measure, in public OF pr
Vaie.
When Missouri was admitted, he
western boundary was parallel q
Longitude that eat the Missouri Rive
NJ lhe mouth of the Kansas by n
after act. the northern boundary VA
extended 60 the Missouri nter, an
down that stream TO lhe mouth Of lh
Kansas. wiping out The parallel lio
north of that point That wis Po'
ton u land worth mentioning fakc
from fferdom to slavery. Did any on
. ever suppose lhal tho spirit Of that a.
, made void the Mi.soori compromiso
. Such a thug has never been named -
, Il did make II void IN ln@, Psa f'sho, %
Tor 70 much aud 30 more.
J There i nnOihfr point taken
: against the friends Vi tie M,ssouri con
! promise that tl,ey we're noi willing
! extend II ~ lie I'ariGc. When IL
, TLiuy First Consfrss assembled ihsl
/ vas a decided majority Ia this ilooi
e IN favor of applying ihg ordinance
r 1907 10 ia. n.w Territories. Whl
{ illnns,i iLe ranks Of lhs majority 90
{ leh h poNsrless; There were 10
r Arguments made use of 70 sho~ ihi
Q osdinnnre uselrss. One vas, that q
A Msa ieAn laW lad abolished slavery
, il,.se Terfiiories. There being n nj
E a,eipal tau IN force 10 tho ferr'lof'
3 1t the tine of iAsir iTalafrf, Il uaa o
) biled from theta ~ charge II psiilie