The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1856-04-29
VOL. .x HILIsDALE McIs TUESDAY APRI.


the time Of tho Senate ms possible The first ohjoc
ton hc should consider the one suggested r,ih-
er than insisted on, BY the Senator from Dclsware
and that was, that act had been passed by Con-
gress for the purp Of enabling the people of Mich,
igan 10 forn State constitution, in obedience la
what had been supposed to be the custom in regarl
TO other Stntes Tint have been admitted into the
union. Now, was tl,orc he would nsk, any reassy
for passing such an scty iYakjl required by princi
PIE, or was II required hy Former practiccf He ut
terly denied that il required either by the enc or
the other. before new State may be admitted into
into the Union: and whether il was given previously
or subse qucnly 10 the application Of State for ed
mission into he Union wnsof M earthly Importance.
lie admitted that the passage ef such an act pre-
yiorsly ~ the admission Of new State was the best
course to adopt but, II people had formed repub-
lican constitution and Ii Congress should think that
they had assumed proper boundaries. was there my
objection to their admission whether the pfelrnina-
ry law had been passed OF otl.crwisef'
~ y y
"0ught they 10 DO offended with the cseerness cf
the new Stnie for admission into all the rights, priv
ilegcs ana benefits Of this Urion at a time when
Of the Oh States were threatening TO Leave Ill
Ought we not tsaid he Ia hail tho coming in of those
new States, our oan flesh md blond, nnI ac
countof The absence OF lt,la form, not 'end them
~.
'fIc did bore that by this bill oil objections would
beremovcd and that this State, od TO rush in
to our arms. would not be repulsed because OF the
absence Of some formnliiies which, perhaps, were
The gentleman who closed this discussion
was Mr.. Niles, Of Connecticut--a Democrat
who, with honorable consistency, maintains
the rights Of the residents of Kansas to-day
as gallanly as he defended tho pioneers Of
Michigan twenty years ago. In fact his re-
marks apply SO pertinently to the present
case, that it only requires to substitute the
word "Kansas" for "Michigan,' to make it
capital free State speech, as will be seen by
the following extract: -
"Not being able to 70 admitted In ,he wa, they
sought they have been forced to take their ow n
course, and stand upon their rights-rigts socnrcd
TO then, by the Constitution and a solemn irrepcal l.
Bile ordinance. They have taken the census of the
! Territory they have formed constitution elected
| their officers, and the whole machinery OF a State
goyernnents ready to DO put in operations they are
only awaiting yonr action Having assumed tis nj
| titude, they n,w demand admission II matter OF
right; they demand it as net OF Justice at your
hands. Are they now 10 be rcpelled W 10 be told
that they must retraca the stspa and ccne into the
Onion in the way ttey at frst sought to d.. but
could no. obtain the sanction of Congressl Si- [
| fear the consequences OF such docisicn tremb!e
| at IN act Of such injustice
"lhero is point beyond which n free people can
not be driven Why ore the people of Michigan to
DO vexed and harrassed in this way7 They feel that
they arc treated harshythat grent injustice 10 done
them they have been opposed and resisted in every
course they have pursued to ch,an admission into
the tnn; ard you have now divided their Terrific
ry, and taben from them part Of it, to which they
attach great value. In thcso measures of opposi-
'ion to Michigan, the Senator from Ohio has acted
prominent part he has succeeded in opposing their
former application, and in keeping them out Of the
Union; he Inns carried through bill TO divide their
territory, q The justice or injustice Of which viii
not spcak, but the po,ne Of Michigan r,sardit ms an
act of greui injustice Will the genth nan still per-
sist in his opposiiionf Does he wish 10 drive thai
people to iospcration 10 force them into acts of vio.
.encef Does he think that by breaking mp wha,
| has been done, by creat z an excitement, and
urcinS lc people to organize their again.
The result may be difcren7thnt II may favor
able u certain party or rtion Of the population
which. he insinuates took no part In the proceed
ngs IN organizing tho State government. Whatever
may be The object, such a coGrse 10 frausht with
much DANGER. Let us not presume too much ia the
forbeaTance OF the people under measures which, in
whatevcr light We may view them, they will regard
rs unjust and oppressive. Who willing 10 be ro-
| sponsbe fJr an act operating On whole people,
with their passions excited and innamed and calcu-
lated to rekindlc the extnguished flames ard TO pro.
duce evils worse than the border hich has hap
ply suhsidcd. Should the amendment of the Sena
tor prevail, heavy responsibility will rest
where; und fear as much IF it will fall on that hon
orable Senator as be will find 1t convenient to ear
And when the vote was taken on the sub
stitute offered by Mr.. Ewing, it received on
ly serea affirmative votes, (page 276, vol. 81
and among the negative votes | find such
names as Mr.. Benton, Mr.. Buchanan, Mr.
King of Alabama, Mr.. Grurdy, and Others
of like fame and sentimcnt--,nen whose
claims TO Democracy cannot well be disputed; ;
and the bill providing for admission was Or
dered to third reading with only eight votes
in the negative; aud it was subsequently or
dered to n third reading in tho House of
Representatives by vote Of l53 to As; and
franklin Pierce, then representative from
New Hampshire, made one Of TIC ono hind
red and jffty-ts7ee!
And here let me call the attention Of the
committee to the decisions Of n Democratic
House of Representatives when the appli a.
tion of Michigan was first made TO that body
find by reference TO the congressional re-
cords of that day, that, in January, 1886, q
member presented memorial from the Sem
ate and House of Representatives Of the
State Of Michigan; and this, he it remem-
bcrcd, was months previous to its admission
into the Union. Ii was not a memorial from
citizens of tho Territory of Michigan--not a
memmorial from the Territorial Legislature
not memorial from any territorial author
ity known to Congress--but it came from
sovereignty, self-organizcd and of revolution
ary origin, according TO modern political
ethics, ms expounded by the President in his
message.
When this memorial was offered. mo.on
was at once made "hdt IL be rejected" and
a few extracts from the speeches on that oc-
casion will best show the reasons why that
motion was urged.
Mr.. Hannegan, who moved TO reject the
petition, remarked
The memorial purports to como from power
Viii neither himself nor tho Iibuse could recog-
nize II II came from the Territory of Michigan,
assuming powers he would willingly lot i q, to
the connnittre. I'm hat situation would this House
place itself by accepting this memorial, coming as
u purpnrted, rom the sovereign Stats Of Michigan
IL would be recognizing her right TO end her com
mnnications here as n so,cr ign State. lf we nc
cept one coinnnnication we must acert NIL she
chooses TO send Us. here is one thing IN thi, be-
yond the mere acceptance OF the memorial"
Mr.. Bond said HelN
"rhe memorial did no, pnrpoTt ~ come from cit'-
zens OF tho Territory of Michigan. but frum the
senate and House Of Represent ati,cs OF the State
cf Nchig IN We ought % take care how we estah-