Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-06-01

i"o ln lai3-zO-thcrc would be thfy conc ol hcm' hW
his would be counting John Langdon. Roger sherman
Nllnsm rev. lt,i,s hing ana george is.a9 ese"
olu Aoraham bala"ln iout 9mes' lApp9usvy .. =,
was Was ueoigian TOO theneWca applause ann 'uil,,'
ne ifuf numncr OF mose OF the 'thtA -nue "ny"
have shown TO have acted upon tho question: which NY
hc cNi they understood better than We ,t"cyihttc'
leaving sixteen not TO have acted upon 10 n any way
Here, thou, have tWcnty-thrcc Of our "hiry niuC
i'h'fs VINO framed thc government under "hi' w.
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than ,,o do nov, d and t,.rf,,po Of thc, cc,r nia-
iority OF hc vboie Uhi ., o l1n 10 ls f1
make tbn yriit, Of ,,,es ,,i irrpro,riatv ,nd vii.
nj rqri,trr n i tb,t ,rdg,st,t, ,ry trf,.r diyis
ion iofarcu lor,i mi Frdrrsi atb6rfv ptinr boz
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s,pn,rt f,ri.J t Fcj,ri C,sr,,,r,,t an control N.
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tbo tvritv.orc ,ct,J AND ,ctiors ,E lauder tb,p
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io,Jc5 Too a., br,c ,,l ,i,.t tio Con.
er,.i,n,l it,, m f,,cr I'm tbc Fgirr,t rorrito.
rcs n hs Instances I'm which tbcy s.te upon the ues-
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Thor fra, b,, done IL, Lec,rs, thoy tb,1rbt prot r
Division of iorf f- Fs.r,t ,rfiot, or .ore pr6,i-
snn or trincioe of tbo Corstituti stood ir the ay
or ti.r, NAV tibott auv s,llh ar,eti. Latr ,ot, d
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THE RESPONSIBILITY oF riT OATH TO SUPPORT THr
CONSTITUTIONS.
No one who has over svorn to sunnort tho Consfit.
tion can ciepioulv vote for what he understands tl
be an unconstitutional measure however expcdion be
may iuk 10 but one may and ought 90 vote against t
measure which be deems constitutional if 40 hc same
time hc docrs IL incypc,licnt H. therefore would h
unsafe 90 set down even thc two who voted asau.t Ie
rrahfiiID al. h,,r, done y, boo.usc n ther utiiaf-
snuding thc proper division NJ local hom Federal aI.
W' "f au, inins ih hc Alonshi4' lfo ig 'hc
'" 'Dihm'nl To 'onIoI as w siNcTy n icuolai l'-
I'.t- N'.th'r ana lI9!onFc! ilpiANs.J lht io-
I'lnih- sN't'n OF lhe 'lmfty y-nne 80 Tag as nave
"a nave i'i no i,e'5' %, thcit 9h1 f,''uNi',
.' 'y 'I fl'a.'h gu Itu'ta 'ohu"i OF slavery iu
''f ea'rM ignt9ne'.
hui lnric !, mn'h reason To believe ihat ihcr UNDER
'.lt ll" nay N,l.I lo' nave 'p. ' p
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y az 9i I't 'he pulP ",l.Il'
Htp2 ~ vie "Nl h'Ne puTp''.Y uItu'I Whatever
~ 'Al '"i '"ie Oyeh '',t' 'i tlt p.Is'i.
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NNI-SLtfEHh mlN or THE LAST CENTURY
Among that sixteen were several of thc most natcl
auf. slavery men of those tmrs-as Dr. lrauk.u.
iohecrsI Alexander Hamilton and Guu,crucur Morris
while there not one known Oh have been otherwise
unless t may be- john Iuted1e nf South Carlnu fAn-
uauscl The SUM of thc whole is that OF our .thi-fv-
uiuo" fathers who framed the urigiual Constitution.
twenty -ouc3 clear majority Of the wholc-ceaiuiy un-
derstood that proper division Of local from Federal
authority nor any part Of the Constitution forbade thc
inlne9' ~ c'n'to' siAt'i5 iu 'he teueTA.
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