Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-07-18
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TIE SLAVERY QUEsrIO
SPEECH OF
HON. j. S. MORRILL,,

IN he House Of Representatives., June %, 80.
know, sir, that il Is the practice Of me
who claim 10 be pte-emnenty the cons va
tors Of the Uuion-to dem ln acrimn Gus
phlhpDies, and with studied fore though tto
pluu, thorn io the eids ~ of slne ) dos
situated north or south OF a certain line, as If
that were proof OF true patriotism, Of ele ted
statesman.hlp / have o scrp-buok % self
Of" stubborn things" bot hopo never be
provoked so far as 10 call a1i Gull them rom
their hiding place, h'weyer pertinent they
may be-, aud | acknoUiedIe they may
be So, iu sclEdefencc, or 900 carry ! a
wsr INTO Africa Never DO [ iuten %
throw an ink-boltIe across the map the
United States trust we ol feel pro of
our country, whatever we mny think the
men OF 10 day or the parties of yest, lay.
! The glory OF Kentucky is American ory
| The glory of New England, of NrgI, 8, of
I that western empire whose stars are ref cted
/ 10 the lakes and the Mississippi, Is oil ner-
lean glory; and feel, AS trust Ways
may. that nothing American isaien to ie.
( While am willing TO accord praise lere-
I ever II may be due, so too, | intend DIS
tribute censure whero, 10 my Jundgu 1t, It
may be deserved. The south has sins
quite the color of scarlet. bur ought no TO be
made Ia bear these and the sins Of the iorth
also which are not altogether wniie as wool,
The South say, and | believe truly, At II
they have slaves, northern traders eatly
aided ln their introduction The % Of
northern traders is not yet extinct. II the
slave power has increased. Il is b auso
northern traders have largely contrib ed 70
that result. Northern doe-iaces-the duck
auans-ior he purposes Of thrift and pollu-
cal ambition have sneaKcd INTO the c mp of
the South, and rendered from time time
various outposls of liberty, and yet " heap
the lofobloquy upon those who were erely
the recipients of such disgacelu gen Oslty.
As wei might we md fault with the rltish
tor not kicking Arnold out OF their p. sence
when he offered to surrender West Point
} As well tauut the receiver OF stolen oods,
and let the theft 90 unrcbuked.
propose to discuss the propriety # the
! immediate admission Of Kansas as a TO OF
9 this Union, and, To some cXteat, the h dram
ces thrown IN the way by the voXcd ston
Of eayely-not all Of which are s. lheru
men alone responsible for. ln dong Ills, II
ID my purpose not to speak par,icnli y fol
Buncombe, though | am far from hay tho
, vanity Of hoping for the ear oi this iuse
A for my constituents care more that l0ulC
do my duty here, than that should, vote
or speech, manufacture political anna, htiul
Tor them. They are accustomed, and quite
able, 10 take care Of themselves.
The American people, though they hay,
little Of that art deuded by the ancient reek
O. have much Of that of which he was lustlS
prond-the power to make great clties of in
considerable towns. Ciues are their ,ndi-
work. States their peculiar product. her,
is no section Of our country where sci
4, ence Of seli-govemment Is not studio anC
, understood aud no portion of The ople
b. wheresoever located and howsoever sur und
ed, that cannot furnish for themselves D A,
mercan republican constitution on dc land
a, practically more perfect than any his rlca
,s example or classic model OF ancient or mod
ern date. It is no marvel to us, BE- aust
ID common, that our Territories ripen int,
States with facility unknown to 9th ua'
tons. 1t is no marvel that they presen con
- sululons with republican and tautIes pro
portions. Kansas is the youngest, ties
, prooucto Of our institutions, and not in
ieror to any OF her predecessors in the arr.
galaxy Of our new States. She is stock b.
,e men unsurpassed ia all the elements Of ltel
at igeuce aud manhood by any Of the pIu 'er
who have shed luster upon our ma ni
growth and they will us surely ira m
their men Of mark as have the gallant sc lea
io of Kentucky or Ohio.
'' As the highest compliment which na
eau tende. a woman ls tho proposal of 'a
a.i and hnnd-a united destiny foreyes--so {
an a llatenng compliment which our Terri i,
an. tender 10 our national character when io
exhibit an eagerness To form more 90
rs feet union by asking admission as Su g.
by the act establishing tho Ferrlor -
Kansas snd Nebraska, the people wer lie
perfectly free to form and regulate the d.
- tnestlc institutions IN their own way"
Under the right SO broad, gwen, IT
-, nave, m their own way-ln spite of per-
do, hnf, peIlls by presidenta whir'pools, al
's pcrils among false brelhren--turmed NJ,
' siiiuuons IN their own way, and they nr