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

| HOb cSldrllsh eldNcly VII
by act of Congress, that was never zone
The whole history of the Federa' Io.ern'
ment, from 1889 to 1s50,is of prob oition;
prohibition by almost every Congress t>r'-
hibition with the ascent of every President;
| prohibition with the approval Of statesmen
of every school, and jurists in every court;
and prohibition with the acquiescencc Of
the people and the States. SO much for
the past. t.u olfi. 1pg
The new ideas, so radically different ~
| to deserve the epithet 4" revolutionary"
have been Of rapid growth. They sprang
not from tho Constitution, for they wers
never dreamed of by those who made it,
and never known to those who, for the
first half century, administered it. The
| late distinguished Senator from South
| Carolina, Mr.. Calhoun, was their father;
and the errand on which they were sent
was rather sectional and political, than
peaceful and patriotic. So long as there
was slaveholding territory to make slave
holding States, these new ideas were never
known. Until the acquisition Of vast
domain from Mexico, IN ,chich sfdre'y
did not criSt, they were never known.
With that emergency came the necessity
purely a political one-for a new
scheme of constitutional law, which would
admit slavery into free territory in spite
| of congressional intervention, without any
act of Congress, and against any. Mr..
Naiaouh u uevlseu 'he seeene' nnu vn -" :.
l9tn OF reoruary' io4.. nc Svoln,eu ,''.:o
10 the senate IN a series Vi resoius'ohn'
w9ich were consigned 10 sleep upon 'ae
taole' without te Iormaii'y oi Wv"
AS tne very origin OF 1he la:e osol'.oo =.
'he ouprenls ooqr', 'lmos ~ ~
OF tne court anu o. Oh 'he rresiuen.'
call them mere Iney were Us ionous.
Refored That the ItaTsoIe. S, oI ,ne Un,s NE.
Union. and are held by them ns their joint ana
common property. ,o,,.
and as Of Ike State, of Hi. Union
has no right TO NIKE any law or do any act what
ever that sha aIey or by Us ees's I'M Tsa
hy rhieh any one of them shall be deprived Of
It, full and equal rights in any territory of the
bss ,be ersc,ment g, of snv law
which should directly. or by its eHect,, deprive
the citizens Ct any Of the States Of this uniSn me-,
tfy,; ,y e,ies "S s Irtsd Se,'s would make such
| u Hiiu "Seih
om c me 81 ana srs sn, ,S d in deross
ton ton Of that perfect equality Shich belong. to
item a. members Of this Union, and would tend
arrct! 10 su'vef, 'he Union ''''h'
here was distinct rfoposit,on 10 90.
tam legislative declaration OF tne lea'
10 take saves as properly ,n'o az 'ne
territories ana aleg,siauve 1eniai OF ,ny
r,ght IN Compress 10 1oroio' ou. 'aneH ~
Mr: benton dehounced IL asa "nre-Dfano
and 1t ial ed.
In the neAt year. io4o' an a''e"P' "s
mado 10 erect the seme purpose oy dJn'
d'c'"1 arrI0'Gf'o" ~ !'o" one oUp,eMe
Co.'t' 10 euect inns Clause was iuset.
TED IN one OF the piiis lor tne go'e'nmsus
OF territories aiiowing siares 70 sn.sl
court oy way OF peu'ion ior iper'y, VIVA
the rign. OF appear 10 .he SuPrsms Nou1'
OF the T.. inat Dill PasseS 'ue oen,
ate by the comoineo Vo'es OF Sers.e,: VI
entirely dinerent opinions-some pe,iev'
ing that tho Ooart woula % lot irssaom,
! and others Tor slavery II out Inc nSoSe
on the hrst appeal anee OF tne pn.'
promptly naiieo II 10 tne oPeaKeIs Ap',.
In March' 1oo!' wheh Dr. OAinouA
: scheme was preciseiy ten years anu que
B.. month oIo, the court aoop'ed II az IL: OWE;
, and President buchanan piedged ni%sel.
y "eheeriuIly to submit The Cour'
: adopted as law what congress nad ever
: denied from i'og TO 1903; what VA,
y Calhoun and Mr. Buchanan potn denied
# by excluding slavery nor'n OF 90 So, u
: the Texas resolutions OF io4o wn.'
d congress refus'd 10 oeciare as law OF io4 !
a what Mr'Caihoun himsef denied IN 1910
n by his vote 10 extend the Missouri CON-
It promise 10 the faeine ocean wnat the
,. southern Democratic Senators denied a
}, the same time' by the same vote; what
4 1870. and what Congress- also denied. bv
H. ,I;.a,,,.? .,;.. 80
:, retaining .ue "issouIi eonipfolnise' u0"I
q to the Both May, 1904.
Tn view of tbese facts an utterlv ;rr~.oc.
IS -, -N" - -,
il chaple win any settieu CONVICTION tns'
70 Congress- had not constitutional power tc
70 l?l;. ol.,,,r,- 7 Lo.;.o.o ~. Al :,
)f ProhipIt s'uNeiyi ueSta'e nol ~ say
q the purpose which Mr.. Calhoun conceived
y and which the President and the ;ndicisr >,
i
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