Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-01-15

'I'h ior themselves, constituted an exception
70 general ruIe' IN violation ol the prlnci-
ll' ol S'l-SoNIrnmcht' ana hence that that
'N'ol l,tlon Snouiu nc repeated and the slavery
question, IKE al other questions, submit
''a 10 'hc people to he dccidcd Tor them
ScNeH'
H'r' that was the principle on which tn
N'nr',ka hiIl was defended by its Friends
instead oi making the slavery question an
exception, 1t removed an odiouS exception
"hi,h h,iore existed Its whole object was
I, ap'i''h thht odlouT eXcrpton' aud make
th' r'I' general, universal, IN it, application
10 all matters Which were local and domes-
tc' ana not national or federal. For this
reason was the language employed which the
PRESIDENT has quoted that the eighth SOC
upn OF the Missouri act, commonly called
the Missouri comrromiNc, was repeal Vt he
cause 1t was repugnant to the principle of
OF non-lhtcrNchtlOn established by the COM
promise measures ot $3.50, " it being the true
intent ana meaning OF this act not to lcgis-
late slavery INTO any Territory or State, nor
tn eAciuue IL thereirom, hut to leave the peo-
PIE thereof perfectly Tree to form and regulate
their u'lhGatlc institutions in their own way,
a",Icct only 10 the constitution ol the nj
u'u states we repeated the Missouri re
S.IIcu III because that was confined to slavery
hat was tne only exception there was to the
E'herai prlhclpie OF sclf-Sovernlncnt. That
and ov,rcss ,rr,.n 81 ~ w. ",J"VI ,,I" or
snir ,,or.,,,ip't p,i li,''Hins ;iio r'i'' VI
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tinguishcd and eminent patriot and states
man now at the head of the government fell
into the crror-lor error it is. radical. fundn
mcntal-and if pcrSrvorrd in. subycrsiyr of
that platform upon which he was elevated to
the Presidency ofthc United States.
Then. if the President be RIGHT in soyinr
that bv the Nebraska bill. the slavery mlcs-
tion must be- submitted to the ucorlr, if FOL-
low. inevitably that every other clause Of the
constitution must ais, hs submitted to the
pcorlc. The Ncbrpsko hill said thar tbe
people should be left .perl,rtIv free f., farm
and regulate their domestic institution. in
their own way '-not the slavery question
not the Maine liuuor-l,w npesti,n nat tho
blukin,, question. not tho school nuostion
not the railroad question. but :. their do,nc..
tie institutions ! meaning cnrb md al tbo
questions which are local. not national. STATE.
not federal arrive nj the conclusion tb,t
the principle, cnunciutoI so boldly. and en-
forced with So much ability Lv rho prr.id.nt
of the nitrd States. Require H., o,t ,r re-
,urct tn him and thn ,JitG,r,, IN, ,,.Li.L h.,
was elected, to send III whole oucstinn hack
to the ucpnlr of Kansas. and en,lln tI.,, r.,
say whether or not the constitution which
has been framed. each and every clans. nfit
meets their aprrobntion
The President, in his message has made
an unansvcrahlc ar,umont in G,vnr or tho
princirle which reouIircs this uuostion m ho
sent hack II is stntad in tLo ,nos.o,,o y,;,b
more clcarncss and force than orv isn1na,,n ',',
which | can command bnt | can draw yn1r
attention to it and refer Won to the arg,inent
in the message. boninr that Won will taLe II
idea more forcihfv than | am ohln 70 oynross
it The prcsidnnt saws tha, a lnostid, af
great interest like tho sloynr,, 6udstinn no,,
not be fairly decided Inv a convention "f d"ln. %
Gates. for the reason that tLo dnlc,,,t,. aro
elected in districts md in some districtS a
delegate is elected bv n small mo;ority in
Others bv an ovorwboim;r,, n,;nr;ty tb,.
if often honnens that mn ;nr;t,. ~ tho daIa