Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-08-23

how far they are honoring their ancestors
in.the course which they are now pursuing
Since the formation Of this government
with TIE original thirteen Staits, eighteen
have been added to the Union, making the
present plumber Of thirty one; and Of these
eighteen 50 added, nine have been slave
States. Aud these new States, with the
exception Of one or two, have been ad nit
ted pori pasins, or with very short inter
walls between the admission of the north.
ern and southern States, in order that the
equilibrium might be kept up between
the North anc South in the Senate. Let
me call attention to the order in which
they came into this Union under the rule
and influence Of our ancestors, who filled
the seats ~ Congress which are now held
BY US.
Vermont and Kentucky. Tennessee and
Ohio, Indiana aud Mississippi, Illinois
and Alabama, Maine and Missouri, came
in together, or near the same time. And
mark you, sir, when Missouri was admitted
the State of Maine was cut off from the State
OF Massachusetts, for the purpose Of keep.
iEg up the equilibrium between the North
and South. W hen has slaveholding State
been divided for any such purposes as this
III the history of the government And
is the record to show that our fathers from
the South were then; as you are how, re-
sisting every effort to keep up the eqai TO-
rum between the North and South aud
thereby preserve the rights Of both Sec
tions by the equipolse in the Senate p
So il was with Florida and Iowa. But
how IS it now The equilibrium is de-
stroyed. You have, therefore, a majority
Of the Senate you have a majority Of
both branches OF Congress. And if row
you are to have the Executive, if you can
WELD the power Of the Senate az you can
WELD the power Ct the House, to what
extent do you propose to go? Do you
propose to try the experiment how far
we will submit-quIetIy and tanely sub.
nit to your demands Do you propose.
as suggested by the gentleman from Ohio.
to exercise your powes moderately aad
temperate!y, to draw a line aronna the
slave States, aud see whether we will sub.
nit.
| Not only that, but look at the advantage
you have gained over US in another re-
spect. Out OF the seven organized Terri.
tories now in existence, SIX oil them are
free, TO wit: tine Territory Of Minnesota
which understand you propose to divide,
TO admit one portion as State now iuto
another Territory, which is also 10 he
free the Territory of Oregon, the Terri
tory Of Utah. the Territory Of New Mex
leo, the Territory oil Washington, and the
! # ui,a Loo o,ls h.,
Territory OF Kansas 10 become slave State.
Here you have sis Territories, all oil
which are TO be free, leaving but enc in
hich there is a chance fer :he continu.
ance of slavery. All OF these Territories
will come into this Union nearly about
the same time, aud at time, too, when
YOU have one majority Of the States IN
your favor and. therefore, the undoubted
CONT oil OF the Senate. To obtain this con-
troll, New England is divided into six
States the whole six about the size OF
Missouri, and greatly less than Texas
The slave States are large IN territorial ex-
tent, whilst the free States are generally
small and hence representation in the
Senate is grossly unequal. Rhode Island
is made equal to Missouri; Connecticut is
a coun,erpoise to Virginia; Vermont. with
all ITS aboli:ionism, is offset to Georgia. the
Empire State of the South. Aud yet you
talk about iliberaity, and of the injustice
of the South Northern and Southern
men have voted together liz the organIza-
ton of Te,rit,rles-they have stood side
BY side, and no question was raised in re-
gard to them. Now, after you have these
advantages secured, you undertake to say
you viii have all, or--as the gentleman
from Ohio (Mr. Wade) says-you will
draw the liEe round the slave States, and
exclude Us from all participation in the
territory secured BY the common blood and
treasure of all the States OF the Union.
Well. what is the Yretext now for all
the clalnor that has been gotten up in the
country The pretext is, that there is a
bare possibility that the Territory OF Kan
sas organized in 1854, may become slave
State. That they are DO, cure they have
obtained sll has so excited the Northern
people that they feel bound to resist, and
are determined 10 resist the laws Of Com
gress, unless Kansas shall be surrendered
by the Sou,h-shall become free Terri.
tory and consequently free State When
the Kansas territorial bill was under con-
sideralion here, the editorial Leader of the
present revolutionary party who wieds
the power in this House-none other than
Mr.. Greedy, of the New York Tribune
proclaimed that he would rather see Thu
Capitol "blaze by the torch of the incen,
diary than that the Kansas bill should
become law. 5I
The following Is an extract from one o.
his many incendiary articles ON this sub.
jeet;
ave urge. therefore, unbending deter
mination on the part OF the Northern mem
bers hostile to this intoerabe outrage, and
demand Of them, in behalf Of peace, in
behalf Of freedom, in behalf of justice and
humanity. resistance 10 the last. Better
that confusion should ensue-better thai
discord should .eisis IN fhe national coun.
cils-better that Congress should break w
in wild disorder-nay, better that the Cap.
itol itself should blaze by the torch Of the
ineendary, or fall and bury all its Inmate.
beneath ITS crumbling ruins. than that thi.
perfidy and wrong should be finally &C.
compl'shed. $3.50
! From the time tais article was writer
TO the present hour Greedy and his allie.