The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-19
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Z" u admitted there ioiH Immediately be added
10 The Senate itoo democratic Setafors.'
We insist that the true and only reason
why the democratic members Of Congress IN
aiat on the admission Of Oregon, contrary 70
their declared principles, Il became Oregon
Is a democratic fiats, and beeaiiss " aiHilf
led there toW Immediately be added 10 the
Senate firo democratic Senators This il all
the difference between IA ard the Star
We nay that The democratic members ore
urging tho admission OF Oregon contrary 10
their declared principles. l. il weti known
that after the rejection 81 the Lecompton
constitution by the people OF Knrsss, the
Washington Union and the democratic news
papers throughout the whole country, adopt
ed the theory that no more states should be
admitted until their population was sufficient
to give them one Representative under the
sstpblshed ratio, TO Wit, 0sOOo-,nnd tho
President 10 his last message takes the same
ground. hut Oregon must be admitted, say
these sterling democrats, although she has
but ~ 900 Inhabitants, "bceauts there will
Immediately DO INDEED 10 the Senate two dem
oernlie members"
Since the above was written, the House Of
Representative has Joined with the Senate
and admitted Oregon into the Union As
aarereign state, iAni swelling tbs HulEheF to
thiriy-three. Tho vote in the House stood
ia TO los In favor Of admission. There
we're thirteen Republicans, and nine anti.
Leeompton democrats who voted aye. Tho
only Republicans in the New England dele.
cation who voted fqr admission, were MJs'r'.
Thayer, and Ccmins Of Massachusetts, aud
Foster aud Wood OF Maine,
Now that Oregon is admitted, we welcome
her 10 the eoniederacy as the thirty-lhird
State. But We shall be permitted TO say
that there ere some grave objections 10 hu
constitution, the North Star to tho contrary
Notwithstanding. We attempted TO point
out some OF these objections last week, but
the North STIR calls them "simply absurd"
We shall bring forward some more this week.
subject 10 the criticism Of the above paper,
and 10 the consideration oil all candid observers
The constitution Of Oregon forbids free
negroes or mulattoeS to come into the State
to hold property, 10 make any contract, or
to maintain any suit therein. This we call
oppression, with vengeance. Even II ne
iECocs could be justly excluded from the new
State. what need is there Of CARRYING the op-
preston so far as to deny them chance to
obtain property wrougfully withheld from
/ them P This clause forbids them 10 sue in
: thg State courts, while the decision in tho
case OF bred Scott denies their RICH, to sue
/ IN The United States court. Every chance
/ Tor redress ia thus cut or
The constitution Of Oregon also pro'ides
that foreigners shall enjoy suffrage, even
without taking the preliminary steps towards
naturalization so that the foreigner who ar
riycs to-day may vote tomorrow for Prcsi.
dent, though he may not know n syllable Of
our language, nor understand a single nrinci.
, pie Of our government ...
BY the admission of Oregon as q free State
Congress has directly violated n law passed
at the last session, when it was declared by
both Houses that il Kansas wus,uuwiiiiug 70
come into the Union rs slave state, they
could rot take ihc initiatofy steps for her
admission until her speculation cquplled tbs
ratio of representation required fora member
of the House OF Representatives. This re
stretion received the approval Of the Presi
dent and is now law, and Mr.. Buchanan
takes occasion, in discussing tho Kansat
question in bis annual message, at the open
ing OF the present Congress, 10 say relative
to her admission as State; "Sureiy Il /
mot unreasonable to require the people Of
I" Kansas to rat, Jefore making third at
"iempt, until a,e number Of tier i,Io6Hdnt
Z" shall amount to nineiy.t,jree thousand Join
" hundred and fecnty." And in the same
message the President declares that any at
tempt by the people of Kansas to form {
7 state constitution before the number ofthei
population reuches the required amount
would be "in erpress rioidtion 10 the proris
"ions o an act Of Congress" With this Law
on the Statute book, and with the official de
clarations Of the the President, Oregon i
admitted into the Union with population
less than is required by law, and one no
equal to that Of Kansas. The largest vot,
ever polled in Oregon was lOl2l In Jun,
last It was 1O,I05. The entire vote Of Kan
sas on the first Of August last, was 1929
being 1874 more than were polled in Ore
gon.
t why this discrimination in favor Of on
Territory and against another Simply be
cause the political power in Oregon is in TIA
| hands Of the democrats while the inhabitunt
:, Of Kansas ure nearly oil epublicans-mad
so by the abusive conduct ola pro-slaver
|, administration, and corrupt democratic offei
i ais. But the precedent has been established
e and when Kansas shall apply for admission
r into the Union, the summary proceedings i
4 regard to Oregon win not be forgotten.