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

10 DC PRONOUNCED nun anu NOlu Dy lnc
courts of law, possessing no possible of
fcency to control the rights Of tho
States which might thereafter DC organ
lied out of any part of tie original ter
ritory of Louisiana. In all this, If any
aggression there wcreany innovation up
on the processing rights, to which por-
ton Of the Union are they justly charge.
able ? This controversy passed away
with the occasion, nothing surviving it
save the dormant letter of the statute
but long afterwards, when by the propos
ed accession of the republic of Texas the
United States were to take their next
step in territorial greatness. a similar
contingency occurred, and became the
occasion for systematized attempts to in |
tcrfcrc in the domestic a fairs of one sec
ton of the Union. in defiance of their
rights as States and of the stipulations'
of the Constitution. These attempts as
sumed practical direction in the shape
of pcrsevcring endesvors by some of the
representatives in both houses of Con-
greys to deprive the Southern States of
the supposed benefit of the provisions of
the act authorizing the organization Of
the State of Missouri,
But the good sense of tue people and
the vital force of the Constitution tri
umphed over sectional prejudice and the
political errors of the day, and the State
of Texas returned to the Union as she
was. with social Institutions which tho
people had chosen for themselves. and
with express agreement. by the re-annex-
ing act that she should be susceptible of
subdivision into a plurality of States.
Whatever advantages the interest of the
Southern States. MS such, gained by this.
veto far Inferior in results as they unfold
cd in the Progress of time to those which
srrang from previous concessions made
by the South Ia every thoughtful friend
| of the Union. to the true lovers of their
country.to all who longed and laborcd for
the full success Of this great experiment
of republican institutions. it was cause of
Capitalization that such an opportun-
y occurred to illustrate our advancing
power on this continent, and to furnish
to the world additional assurance of the
strength aud stability of the Constitu
ton. Who would wish TO see Florida
still European colony2 Who would
rejoice TO hail Texas as lone star in
stead Of one Of the galaxy Of States
Who does not appreciate the iualculabl
benefits Of the acquisition of Louisiana
; and vet narrow views aud sectlona
purposes would inevitably have exclude,
+ them all from the Union Blu: nhothe
. struggle on the same point ensucdt whe
. yip arp.ipa rntnrua1 From
! Mexico. it devolved on Congress to Pre-
vide for the territories acquired by til
G treaty of Guadalupe lIidalgo; the erea
0 relations Of the subject had now becon
r distinct and clear to the perception q
I the luhlic mind. which apr rcciated til
: evils of sectional controversy upon tn
u question of the admission of new State
h III that crisis intense solicitude rcrvade
= the nation, but the patriotic impulses {
$ the popular heart, guided by the admon
I. tory advice of the father Of his couutr
e rose superior to all the difficulties of a
b incorporation of a Lev empire into tt
$ Union
n In the councils of Congress there vi
IS manifested extreme antagonsm Of OPT
e. ion aud action between some represent
IA tives who sought by the abusive and u
lie constitutional employment Of the legi
i lativc powers Of lhe government to i
ss tcrfcre in the condition Of the inchoa
IS state. aud to interposc their own soci
t. theory uponthe latter, and other rcrreser
f aivcs who repealed the in'erpositon
to the general government, while in realit
ID it was the cndeavor 10y abuse of legs
ID tive rover. to force the ideas Of intern
es policy entertained in particular Stat
tn upon allied independent States. On
more the Constitution and the Uni'
IS triumphcd signally. The new tcrritori
n. were organized without restriction
is, the disputed point, and were thus It
ry in that particular to judge for the
ed selves, aud the sense of constitution
er. faith proved vigorous enough in Cor
he ress not only to accomplish its prima
te. object. but also its incidental and han
%. ~ less important one of so amending
he provisions of the statute for the extra
he ton Of fugtvcs from service, as to IL;
ed that public duty under the safeguard
G.. the general government, and thus relic
IN. it from obstacles raised up by the /
'us islatiOn of some OF the States. VI
On defamation regarding the provisions
err law for the extradition of fugitiv9s fir
he service. with occasional episodes
in. frantic fort to obstruct their execut
re. by riot and murder. Continued for bI
at time to agltate certain localities
er. the true principle Of leaving each St
and territory to regulate its own laws
les labor according to its own sense of ri
vas and cxpcdicucy had acquired fast Ii
ess Of the public judgment to such dog
ure that. by common consent, it was obse
Of cd in the organization of the torritor.
ov. Washington. When, more recently,
the became requisite to organize the terri
ion rics Of Kansas and Nebraska, it was
Dor natural AID legitimate if not ineyita
the consequence Of previous events, and
rice isaton that the same great and sol
ties principle which had already been app
,on- to Utah AID New Mexico should DO
ain piled to them, that they should SIT
alb exempt from the restrictions propo
IN in the act relative to the State Of
ted souri,