The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-01-09

10 u. hlJnouHN conscious OF tnelt III
ability to heal admitted aud palpoble so.
cial evils of their own, and which are
conn letely within their iulisdict on, they
engage in the offensive and hopeless un-
dertakiug of refor ming the domestic in
stitutions of other states, wholly beyond
their control aud authority In the vain
pursuit of ends entirely unattainable aud
which they may not legally attempt to
compass, they peril the very existence Of
the Constitution and all the countless
blessings which it ha, conferred. While
the people Of the Southern states confn.
ed their attention to their own affairs,
not presumng ofliciously to intermedde
with the social institutions of the North
orn States, too many Of the inhabitants |
of the latter are organized in associa'
tiOns to infict injury on tho Former by !
wrongful acts which would be cause of
war between foreign powers AMI only
fail to be such in our system because
perpotratcd under cover of the Union,
1t is impossible to present this subject
as truth and tn OCCASION requires with.
out nniicing the irriiated. but ground
less allegations, that the South has per-
sstcutiy asserted claims and obtained
advantages in the practical administra-
ton of the general government, to the
prejudice of the North, and in which the
latter has acduiesced. That is the state
which either promote or tolerate attacks
on the rights Of person and Of property
in other states to Disguise their own in
/ Justice They pretend or imagine, and
constantly aver hat they, whose consti-
tutioral rights are thus Systematically
assailcd. are themselves the a,gressors.
At the present time. this imputed az
erosion. resting as it does only in the
vague declamatory charges Of political
ugitltors, resolves itself in its misappre-
hcnsion or misinterprctation of the prin-
cipes and facts of the political organiza
tion OF the new territories Of the United
States
What is the vpcc Of history when the
ordinance which provided for the govern
mcnt of the territory northwest of the
river Ohio and for its eventual subdivi-
sion into rev States was adopted in the
congress of the confederation 1t is not
to be supposed that the question of fu
ture relative power as between the states
which retained and those which did not
retain it's colorcd population had escaped
notice or failed to he considered. Ant
vet the concession Of that vast territory
- III. interests and opinions If ia,
Northern states. territory now the sea
Of five among the largest members o
the Union. was, i'll great measure
,h.so,t of,hc state If V:r 5inia anil of III
SaHh when J,ou;si.na was ocon;rc
Ly ,Io T,itcd States il was m ocnuis
t;ou M, lass to tLc North tLon - IA
S'nth ror while il w,. imnortnnt +
, 81" n'u,t,y ot ,Lo mouth nf ,ha r;vo
| Ni.,;.s;,,i 10 Lccomc the emuorium +
40 ,on,,rv ,hnvc if 81 ,Iso il ~,
a,.o, n'oro ;,n,ort,,t 70 ,bo ,rLoIo Ir,,;n
n =, l..o ,I,.,, o,,,,nr;,,,, onl olt,on,
;. ,Lo na,r nrorn,co he ro,son of ;,s imne
n foo, sot,lemont yos r,.i,ly roa,r5nj =
+ ~, Il l., ,,lf If Ncxico yet in f,ct !, o,
= ,onIol 70 rho o,ros;to boundaries If II
{ I,,;,.A S,a,os Nm f,r ,rcotor hro,A,
'han hc,ow md WAS in The ,orr;torv ,
l. in an,tL;po eIse.-enn,llv At least q
: occ,s,i,n ,o tho Mart, horn stotos II
It ,,,ro doIu,ior ,nJ nro;n1;ca ,borcf,r
c ,,a..,,1. - a,;,;,,a .;,;o,
It H., s,.o,;.I ;,..oros, Of ,lo So,,h ~,
r n.,r;n,;n ma ;nst man ,,Lo n,r,;o;notl
l. n tb,, NET wcro influenced Inv motiv
A Ear nl,nro Al, scc,;on,I ;no,ousiss T,
9. j.. f'ot H., a,oat avon, rL;cL ~, co,n,I,
1t ina Ear ma Tho nossossi,n If TIA v,l,cr
Is he N;s,;s.;, =; with conwc,c;ol ACCESS
le ,l,o C,,lf IF Nov;,, ;,n,,nr,al unity =,
IS STRENGTH 10 the whole G ,nfederoti,n \,
rs attached ,ooothcr bv indissolnble ii
lie the East ana West a. well as the Nor
n ma Son,h
es As,o Flor;do that wo. but tho tr,,
f.r hy Sna;n ~ ,ho Un;tod States az :,
De ritory ON the East side Of the river If
in siss;n,i in ovchonoc for LARGO terrific
in vLirh tho Tnitea States had tronsforr
he TO Snoin on the West side Of that riv
! {; nc ,ho on,iro d;nlomotic history Of 7
as transaction serves to demonstro
cd Moreover il was an acouisi,ion dema,
er cd r. tho commercial Interests and
as sccuri,y IF tho whole Tuion. tn
Of me,nt;wc tho nconln Of the Tpit
lst ! c,..as L,J ,ro,., 49,, "a nronor ,ors