Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-02-28


eminent was the result of compromise, and
that it was founded on the unstable footing of
antagonstical and irreconciable principles
but tightly understood there was no compro-
mise in the Constitution; or, if there was, it
was n compromise with an evil--with curse,
that in due time was to he done away with. not
a compromise with an impcrious, unsuitable
power which, under the pretence of beneficence,
was to tyraniZe over our law, our religious SEN
timents and our liberties, and is now threaten
ing our very national existence. But there traS
no real compromise, in the true sense of the
word. in the Constitution. There was mere
arrangement made in the spirit of wisdom and
elevated craftsmanship, to render it easy and
convenient to the slave States to change their
condition from slavery to freedom. To those
who had invested their capital in the African
slave trade, there was allowed a period of some
eighteen or twenty years, or two-thirds of
generation of time TO withdraw their means of
subsistence from III and to the agriculturiss
there was allowed a representation of thI ee-
fflhs of the slave population and securities
against their sudden exodus TO free States as
fugitives 1t was certainly never designed that
the slave representation should be used for the
purpose of keeping our slaves in perpetual
bondage. No, these concessions were granted
to the slave States in order to enable them to
od.pt tbcr,solvos ,,i,b Lccorr;ro, ,,so ord d;,-
nity IN Tho now circun,s,n,cos hronyht about nv
the reyolntion of "a. I'm, instead of MAXIM
The nsn or ther, tbo, was intended wo h,v9
nerver,od ,hcu to tbr continuance and nernet-
uaion of slavery.
The first rcnl omen commomise that was on.
tered into with slavery. WAS some m,ty Years
after the adoption of the Constitution. 1t was
after the demand for cotton and the new iacili-
Ties for lis prodrc,ion had given slavery now
imnor,once and hnl roisrd {, f,om the humble
condition of a uniyersnllv recoynised evil TO an
anodatinr p,inciple of proGt and poli,ical now
er. A social and moral evil became n poltical
blessing. In the Missouri comnromise LINER
Ty wos forcpd to treat with 81 tvrny. and nm
fortunately was thereafter compelled TO render
he the chief niche in her own temple. This
vas the first compromise. and when once made
il became the preccdent and the plea for num-
erous others. until comurcpisinG has become
tho bobit the sacond pnturn of nnr bodv noli
tic. 1t lowered at once our high moral tone of
character. II established line which recoo-
nised the belittlino n,incinle of n pnnoronbirol
mo,olitv. coptininy moral sentiments like tbe
mere productions of the animal and yegetable
kin1doms IN cert.in climates and localities
The ncxt comnromise vos n inrifT which f,-
vorod sL,vo-l,hnr ;nstood of Goo "lohor o,,1
I which effectively annullpd OuI iu1pDpn1pupp
and rostorod ne n n Lonenlo,co nnon ,ho nor,'
mprciol nolicv Of Fnglsn6 From that moment
tho slave labor of tho Son,bnrn St,tes consort ,
inn with the cbeon labor of ENGLAND has naraI-
we'd onr ENERGIES and kent ms in subordinot;nn
;o tho novnr from which ve had Noon rnl,icol-
" severed
The next prominent compromise was the an.
nnxotion of fore;gn ,e,i,nrv nj tho oxuspsn of
a vor which rns ,;oIot;,o ~ ,be G,ndamon,oI
n,inc;rles of onr governmn,t which ierr;tory
!nvoIyed numoron, eIemon,s of rn;rous ton,
Janc;os m nonnlar virtne onJ nornIar freedon
anJ ~ ,rb;ch ,hnro ,yas s,;nuIata1 ,ha fn,m,o
;noroaso of n;gLt sIovn sondtors and nm oo,ol
mmo,bcr of re9rosenta,ives w;tbont tho coHsti'
,mt;onol riobt or tho M, rol nnwer on n do
The ncyf comnron,;sn wns thnt of ISjO Inv
uh;lh = Ty;n,r nr;no;,Je NJ ,h,, Con.,;,n,;nn,
,hat 81 ,ho mn,,a. ,,an ~ ronor,ss ,o ra,,,,ia, "a
tho cn,orncrcn and conseouou,l1 to abol;II ,he
slnvc troIe botwocn rhe States was songh, to
he overri1dnn bv an act of CONGRESS and tho
r;,Lt of no,, tor.;tnr, ,o ,s,nhlib sla,,or, ,,,s
al-';r ,3r dsclo~od an5 aitrneJ ''''' ''''''' ""'
0Cor,nron,ises bavn i, r,c, hocor,o ,l,o Limits
of on, national nol;cy Jomes,;c and fnrc;,,n -
Thoy ore hinIronccs IN omr onworJ nro,roSs
,ho ;rnro stennn,, stoncs Locl,w ward ron, I;hertv
! ,o .I,,or, in Iv@r az ,rlicb ,ho,. bovo al hoa;
maIn Zor do ,bov end in noitics. hut tbny
a,to,,d into ,,o,.,. r3,,;Go,t;o, nc b,,,,on .,,n
oS, Folloving tho nvon,,Io ~ o,,,. nol;,;c,l
r,easnres wc ,,Soceo1 ,o cnn,nronisc with nve.
r,.,binc U,I;n, omce cornnrnn,;sed with Jav-
a, ,.?,L vhat ,,.,c,,'' Iii ,a,,a
rc nor comnrnn,ise TLe olnr,;op of ;rGerio,
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