The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-10-14

g W. 'e Gie hg Mr-hall and all the
lg"ieg nnn If .le untry both from
the North aud the Sln'l. with the sin
Gle exception Of Mr. Calhoun, deemed
10 his Wife Time, even by his fellow dave.
holderA, rs extreme aud flnatical in his
support of Slavery In that portion Of
the decision touching the citizenship Of
the African race, it pcrgerts aud mis-
rcrrcschis Tho plain aud obvious lrulbs
ct history Under the ruling Of To?
MAJORITY Of the Couit, the acquisition
OF nov territory will result In tho' Ger
tam extension Of Slavery Not even
the people sl the Territory themselves
ar" allowed to exclude Slavery from
thor midst; they arc doomed to il,
witlcring curse, and notwithstanding
the sounding pr mise in the Kansas ard
Nebraska Bill. that they should be lef.
perfectly fred TO form and regulate
their domestic institutions ia their oNn
way they cannot while in The Terrific.
rial condition, shake it off The great
improbabili'y that, when Slavery has
once planted its foot upon a Territory.
it will ever be abolished is proved by
the impotent efforts Of the best citizens
OF the older Slave States, TO rid them
selves Of the system of Slavery, which
is degrading and ruOing them.
The logical results Of this decision are
alarming in The extreme, and may we'll
arouse the Free States from their dan.
gerous apathy If, as declared BY the
majority of the Court, the Constitution
guarantees property in Slaves, aud pro.
hlbits any law interfering with the right
OF the master to his slave il is a fair in.
ference. If not a necessary conclusion,
that the Stakeholder may for purposes
OF pleasure or profit, take bis slaves
with him in his journeys through the
Free States, aud hold tham there. not
withstanding the absolute prohibition of
slavery by their laws But fortunately,
most of the abhorront doctrines enun.
ciated by the majority of the Judges
were unnecessary to tho determination
of the case before them, and are there.
fore not clothed with the authority of
law. They have been we'll and boldly
characterized by one of tho dissenting
Judges, tho oldest member OF the Court
and the only surviving associate of the
veneratcd Marshall, as extra judicial aud
of no binding force as authority. am
sure. when one of the Judges themselves
use this indignant and unqualified Ian.
guage, that the people of Vermont will
not quietly acquiesce in an unnecessary
and unauthorized declaration of doc
triDes they have always loathed and
which they consider hostile to tho gen.
Jus and spirit of the Republic to which
they belong.
When. if the alarming prostitution of
every department Of the general gov.
eminent to the nefarious behests of sla.
very shall continue, the Supreme Court
shall declare authortatively, what they
have already foreshadowcd, that tho
STAKEHOLDER may bring into the FREQ
states his train of slaves, and be Id them
there as bis property, notwithstanding
the absolute prohibition of slavery by
their Constitutions and laws, it will then
10 that day of the doom of the Repub.
lie, be time for Vermont and her sister
Froe States to consider what course they
shall take to maintain and enforce a
right she has never yielded and will
never surrender, the absolute and total
prohibition of slavery within her Dor
ders.
My grateful acknowledgements are
due to the people of Vermont for tho
honor conferred by my reelection. The
best return | can make for the generous
confidence reposed in me, is the solemn
pledge hero upon the threshold Of my
duties, thar my every effort shall be to
promote the highest interests of orr
cherished Commonwealth.
RYLAND FLETCHER.
Montpelier, Oct. 9th, 1857.