Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-02-29

and Territories, and it has. in spirit OF
compromise implied assumed that right;
the sooner the bill making that assump>
ton. is repealed, the better and it was
in accordance with this proposition that
the repeal of the Missouri compromise.
which was palpable violation of the
Constitution. was directly incorporated
into the Kansas. Nebraska bill. Mr.. Car
lie speaks commendingly of the position
which Virginia has ever occupied on this
question and says:
!" She has resolved again and again in
her,Legislature. that Congress hasno COM
troll over the subjectiofa slavery, so as to
impair the rights of shareholders in the
Territories" 9 laza se-f1o
Yet. after having taken an. oath to sup
port the Constitution. he says, distinctly.
thathe would not have voted for the re-
peal of this act, which he acknowledges
to be unconstitutional. Hear him:
Had been a member of the last
Congress, should have done precisely
what wrote TO the worthy gentleman
who then represented my district should
do, and that was this-that were mem
Der of Congress. acting as. have always
done, according to the dictates of my
own judgment, should vote against the
bill for two reasons if not more"
The repeal of the Missouri compro-
mise was in accordance with strict con-
struction of the Constitution, which none
know better than Mr.. Garlic, and knowing
it, we are somewhat surprised to find him
opposing the Kansas.Nehraska bill in
his speech. audusing the following dcmago>
gical language
" Is it strict construction OF the pow.
ers of the Federal Government as defined
Democracy of to-day Nor, sir-no.
sir but it is an approval of this Kansas
and Nebraska bill. +"
Hon. Mr.. Garlic can reconcile his con-
stituents, to his position on these questions
it is impossible for US to tell.
He appeals feelingly to the Democrats
to forget their party feal:y and remember
that they have a country to serve failing
to remember that they presented to the
House candidate after candidate, in the
vain attempt to find national man that
could command the support Of his wing
of that body, while their opponents voted
for their first choice with pertinacity
that defed all compromise, and finally
By trick secured the election Of one Of
those northern fanatics whom he, ostensi.
bly,, so much denounces. If Mr.. Garlic
and his friends had forgotten their allegi-
ance to q secret conclave sworn on the BIZ
BILE and cross. and recollected that Mey
had country to serve," that country
might now be saved the humiliating spec,
tacle of sectional organization of the
House of Representatives and all its con-
sequcnt humiliation of the South.
Upon no principle of justice could Mr.
Garlic and his friends expect the rs OF
80 Democrats to abandon their organiza,
ton and go over to the IS or 40 recu
SAINT Know-Nothings. who knowing thai
they would hold balance of power. pro
badly bolted the caucus nomination o
their party for the purpose of forcing
them to surrender Of their principles.
If Mr.. Garlic had really sought in spi
rit and in truth to find the causes which
prevented an organization of the House
and eventually secured the election of ar
abolitionist as Speaker. he would have
found them in the insidious wiIes of Know
Nothingism, which at the North has beer
used as a cloak to conceal the deadly
weapons of the inscriptions enemies o
tho South, and which has precipitated in
to Congress such an unusual number o
members who are willing to sacrifice eve
ry consideration to false sentimentality
for the negro of the South.
The GOVERNOR FINANCIAL MESSAGE
In our Legislative proceedings to-day
will be found an extract from specia
message of Governor Wise to the Legisla
ture. upon the financial and internal i'm
provemcnt policy of the State. The Gov
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