Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-07-25

Fcrrli"ry are ultimately to form a
constitution 10 their own way with
out US we arc satisfied with the ex-
Drrlmeni as far as it has gone let
it 60 on, and let them 90 On with
their legislation let them 90 on as
a Territory aud when they get nine
ly-lour thousand people, then, and
not lill then, shall they form a State
constitution But now. what do wo
here ; Here is a proposition in this
body, coming from the same COM
mttee, that now census shall be Ia
ken, aud may the people form a con-
slIlution immediately, no matter what
the number Is. Why this change ;.-
What has occasioned it? fancy
gentlemen will hardly be willing to
concede that they have suddenly as
cerlaiued that II may be the domin-
ant party may not remain in power
long enoughto carry out that expert
ment IA lhar own way. There mas
be some apprehenslons on that point.
The power may pass into other
hands, and they may not be able 10
carry it through as gentlemen may
wish. That may be the occasion of
the present change and alteration Of
the proposition. do not say that
lhat Is the occaslnn Of the change
fancy they will be hardly willing to
concede that such is the case. Al
any rate, tins great change has taken
place. II the reason which have
last suggested is not the one. what
Is DO: What IS the difficulty What
has occasioned this great change Z
Why do they not have the expert
mcut 90 on for the purposes for
which 1t was originally designed, as
10 is said was proposed IN the first
bill Why not let 1t proceed !
have no doubt sufficient ex-
cusc, or reason, il that be a prefer
able term, can be found IN the con
dluou OF affairs there. Gentlemen
have become convinced that the CON
dtuou Of aliars IN the Territory is
such-lhe exigencles Of the time
and place are such, that change Is
required. They have hardly under
gone much alteration though they
have somewhat by acts of violence,
since that period. Bot what Is I'M
Piled 10 this concession, II II be one;
II Is this Our experiment Is "A
failure our squaller-soverelgniy eX-
pertinent which we put on foot,
does not work ii will not do to let
+ II 90 through to its ultimate or orig
iua ends. 1t is producing, in some
way or other, great deal OF difficult
" there, such as we cannot endure
10 have n longer continuance Of"
grant it, That is the TACT bow
ever gentlemen may plume them
selves on the excellency of squallei
scycreig ~ and The success OF the
experiment, at present il certainly
does not present a very favorable
aspect It is said It lisa good expert
mrnl, because 1t succeeds n Nebras-
ka, aud therefore you ought NOT to
pronounce 1t bad ID works well
enough where YOU do not Try it.
Mr. CAss 1t is going on.
Mr. CoLLANER 1t will work very
well where you do not try it. They
have never tried the experiment IN
Nebraska The different sides have
never gone in there to make an at
tempt to Try the experiment. If the
experiment Will not do for a trial
with two sides to it, do not see
/ that there IS any use for II. There
Is no paraIIeIisn IN the cases. You
cannot pronounce on the goodness Of
the experiment by the result IN a
place where 1t has never really been
ired. Where II is trled--where the
/ parties undertake to settle under It,
/ we see what the results are we see
and know what the condition OF
I things is.
have given the oulliness of my
objections to attempting this expert
ment at this Time, in new Terrific
/ ry. But gentlemen say we are afraid
of II, though we have always been
saying there was majority of free
Stale people in this Territory. Sir,
those statements are IN no way IN
consistent with the statement which
( | now make. Such was the condI-
uon OF things ia that Territory when
that was SAID but the operation Of
the causes aud Influences which |
have mentioned mas produced an en-
llrely different state of things. | ver-
/ lily believe that the gentlemen who
are now pushing this experiment are
satisfied that thai IS so,
But it is said there is full proyi-
sion made by the amendments TO he
bill, for the return of the people who
have been driven out. II is said they
can return aud vote. Mr. President,
tina, seems to be about as lll-founded
as all the rest OF this movement. |
do not say that there should not be
such a provision in the bill. do
not object to that provision but It
furnishes no redress-I mean no
practical redress. There are two
ways to settle the balance Of power
between parties one is 10 make ac-
cesslons to your own party and the
other is to deprive your opponents of
theirs Any way IN which you can
lessen your opponents numbers, adds
to your own relative and comparative
strength. Let us see what is this
provision, The people have been
hunted out, in the manner which |