The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-05-05


real despotism." Ibelicve in Washington.
Said President jackson:
" The opinion Of the judges has no more author
ny over Con g'ess than the opinion of Congress
has over The Judges: and O. that point The P,qsi-
d'm is ind ptNd,nt IF 10th. The omho,iyct ne
>npieme tcuf must nat, therefore, b. pttmitied 10
toHnttde topgr,ss o. he frtcuire, when acting
III their eel intire cnpnciti.-, but TO have only
such il fuence Ms the force uf their reasoning may
,e.cive."- p, tsiatd Jotisu,'s Veto Mesage on
.ufo Chofhr The Lti'od States Bank, July 10,
1891.
sir, thought, and honestly thou hit,
that declaration Of President jackson ar
oganr, then; | think it admirable now.
l. contains the constitutional rule.
pass to t mex announcement of the
Pnsi",ht, nvr r.untns after the inau lur
address. and the decision of the court 1t
is IN that l. markable dt cument, then un.
official, ut since made offical-tho Presi.
dents letter OF August Is, 1857, to Pro.
lessons Silliman and others, citizens of
Connecticut
Slavery existed at that period, (the passage of
the Ka ss-Nchr sna ball and still exist, in Ku-
sas under The Constitution ofMe United States. I his
point has ut lat been decit ed by the highest ri-
bunal known to laws. How it could ever
nave been doubted, Is Mystery
Behold the advance In March, only
Eve months before. it was mere question
of time that was submitted to the court;
in August, it was grave constitutional
principle that had been asserted. In
March, it was merely a question "when
the people Of a Territory shall decide this
question of Slavery for themselves" in
August, they cannot decide it at all In
Narch, it was squatter sovereignty or State
sovereignty; in August, it is neither
slavery exists under the Constitution of
the United States" In March, it was "a
question oflittle practical impt rtance" that
was submitted to the court; in August,
the court had asserted supreme rule of
law, and a rule utterly subversivc of all
the ideas and intentions of the trainers Of
the Constitution, and of the practice of
the Government /; rule of law never even
dreamed Of until lSi7, and then consigned
by common consent, TO quiet sleep upon
the table of the Senate. The dream of
the South Carolina Senator has been real.
lied by the court. 1t has received the
ineaments and power Of new divinity
from the breath Of the court. The Presi.
dent ignorantly worshipped' it in March;
but in August, his faith was fred by sight
and in all the glow of new conviction,
he shouts, BELIEVE! THE WONDER IS THAT
| EVER DOUBTED! And what is the new
Democratic creed imposed by this new
Democratic divinity? 1t is a rerersai of
the common law as to the Territories. 1t
is that slavery went into Kansas, and goes
into every new Territory, "u"der Mc
/ onSfitntion." 1t is, that Congress can
not exclude it, and the territorial people
and government cannot exclude it. It lie,
that slavery must 60 there, and stay there
at least until the people, by virtue of
their sovereignty as an organized State,
shall turn it out. 1t il, that we are to
have no peace but an overcoming strug.
gle in the Territories on their settlement,
aud in Congress on their admission as a
State. No peace. no more peace! but
strife and heart-bulnings; dcarth and
death Of patriotic sentiments, fraternal af.
fectons, and mutual respect; passion re.
spending to passion, and threats to threats
in this Capitol in the States, and among
all the people; struggle upon struggle, and
conflict upon conflict, involving at last, the
Territories, the States, and the nation. in
all the horrors of civil war These are
the promised fruits of this bud OF revolu-
ton.
Transmgraton is the new article of
Democratic faith, and trouble is the inev-
liable result. Transmigration is the doc
trine declared by the President and he
quotes upon US the authority of the court.
As well might he quote the ancient Greek,
and hope thus TO force us all.
ITO hold opinion W III Pythagoras.
That souls Of animals infuse themselves
Into the trunks OF men"
Transmigrntion Of slavery is the new
Democratic doctrine transmigraton from
State to Territory, and Territory to Terri.
tory, till all your broad domain is doomed
TO bear the faint CT slaves to bear the
wrongs, the wrath, and know not but the
ravage, of sluvcs and with all these, and
because of all these, the hatred of freemen
and the scorn of the world.
But we have had further revelation
lIOu tuS iSSiNSu't III VIZ uicbSdHc
transmitted to the present Congress:
1.-THE slaves were brought into the Territory
(of KansHs) under the Constitution of the United
states, and now the property Of their masters.
THIS point has at length been finally decided b.
| the highest judicial tribunal Of the country-and
| this upon .he plain principle that when Confed-
eracy Of sovereign States acquire new territory
| at their joint expense, both equality and justlc.
| demand that the citizens cf one aud all OF them
shall have the Ri ht to take into il trl1 tsoereI is
recognized as property BY he common C1nslithion
70 have sumrurilv cOlfscGtedh The property in sares
alre1dy IN the Ter'ioTg, rOuid hare been IN act Of
gross stice, and contrary to the practice Of the
| older States Of the Union, which have abolished
slavery. - President Buehanaas Annuai Message
| Dec,, 1867, p. 8.
The plot advanoes-,he consequences
advance and again we have the testimo-
ny OF The President that the advance isby
the authority Of the court. In August we
learned that slavery went into Kansas
"under the constitution !" in December
We learn harder lesson: property in
sIures rs recognized Gy the common can.
@rintioH; and the common property in
land e. E. in tn, Territories) ioas ocqHir-
Ell BIZ o,,d beiones 10 the States, in their
coufederated capacity. TIE consequences
are, that slavery eOeS there, and st7us there