The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-12-04

ol8not xeSUtss NV SyT N~~s "
dr. OF society require all Questions u per.
sonal rishn To- b settled and done sitr.
Pat in Shm political dssirion. in whioa The
Ssprpns Cosst acted spon . question BE-,
yond IL iurisdiosicn, cd Aaegvdit in - q
tail TO q question of negro froedom md In
winch it decided upon u Wow OF the consti.
tuition which hid NO more TO do with 1t than
the adventures Of Robinson Crusoe, and then
reyersed tho action Of the government for
seventy ysars, and made new constitution
in all that relates u Territorial Liquidation |:
in such case have felt 1t 70 be my duty, o.
one of the few survivors OF the old school,
70 raise my voice agsinst 1t, and to appeal
To the oapdid intelligence Of my fellow citi-
,ens ~ % . come to the defence Of our constitu.
ton, such - our fathers made 1t, and it wss
administered fur two gcnerstions
mean what I say, when | s.y tho Su-
prune Court had ss we'll bsrn 10 king into
Robinson Crusoe Us looking into tho Con-
s,itution Of the United STATES "a find the
power oil Congress 70 legislatc tor territories ;
iJr il was not there, but 10 tn, ordinance oi
81, Adopted by the Constitution aud by the
first Congress under Washington. und in
their right ~ sovereign prvprlstors, having
che right To acquire. and b. o0mo their duty
| under the State Session and under the trea.
t,ss OF session. The 'nevdful rules und rsgu.
latiun clause, ~ the court said, gave NJ
power 70 govern the territories 1t only up.
piled " property, ind that the property O
the United Staus--its territory, "a est, land
and In no otter propsrty, ID est, psrsSps
estate. Il conferred no powers Of govern
usnt, and that Tor the rs.s n known " ey
cry body nc the time, and u nobody (i,ardly !
now. ridehcet BECAUSE the government VI
the territories was provided for In snorhe'
place namely, in the ordinance of .l7S7
and protected by clause in the constiiuao,
and adopted by Congr -, August ., l7S9
and IN the righ Of sovereign pruprieton.-
The Court looked In the wrvng place " fnd
the power Of Congress " lsSislate for terri
tories"
Ia conclusion Colonel Bon ton espresso
himself rather gloomily Inspecting the pres
emit condition Of politics and, though some
thing OF the sombrs tiuge that his view
have acquired US the Consequences Of the d.
cline ol life, We fear that there 10 only TX
mush truth in what he siys. The follow
ing are the closing paragraphs OF his lot
ter '.... .'.....
at is long time since We saw each 9th
or ami what Is called politics have IL. j!
run down since that time, and especially 10
the last Presidential term, Irvsentiny bu
little Tor the attraction ., any man who lia'
nothing bnt the pull good IN view bu
here In question vi . new kind, nations
and elevated ON which all who are for tn
Constitution as our flters made it, and ~
they administered itln mlr day a"d genera
ton, and as the next generation auniiiiis
tered II, land that without distinction .
party Or default Ut u man may come ~
gether and stand. For one, can give ~
political aid or comfort 10 any man or part,
IN any future election, who shall uphoid tn
opinion Of tho Supreme Court In deciarin,
the nullity oi the Missouri Compronlse
aud in decreeing the seii.sxtenson OF th'
constitution 0i territories, carrying SLAYER.
with it and preventing Congress und tn
: people Of the territory IRON saying yea u
nay 10 its introduction Or repuision.
IL ain now we'll recovered, and working
as usual, and expect to finish the AbrIdgnen
next summer, and then ~ add another vol
ulno to the two Of tho Thirty Years R1c
bringing it down to 1860. IL I live that long
at all events to the time Ut the Pierce admin
isrrativn, II We must Call by his nsme an nd
ministration in which he was imperative
and 10 which nulli6er, disunionsts ant
renegades used his name and his power To-
their own audacious and criminal purp 'ses.