Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-12

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low from NY ANSWER, IA order 10 enable
M 10 make that ansNrrN
Ca tho 18th day Of March, lisa
memorable day n lhr history ot the United
States Srnalr--Mr, Douglass, on the call
OF Mr.. Butler OF South Carehua, rad,
standing by the Clerks desk, the maJurNy .
report ol the Committee On Territories, on
alNrs IN housekeeping Two hours
IN the reading Judge Colamer, # his
own motion following the example Of Mr.. .
Douglass, standing in the same place,
read the report Of the minority he being I
that minority occupying one hour. Go
tho conclusion at tbs reading, Mr., Sumrur
arose and said la those two reports
tho Whole sutJect is presented chsrac er'
isncslly GA both sides. In the rrlnrl Of
the majority the true issue Is smolhrr,i
IA that OF the minority the true issue stands
forth Us a pillar Of lire to guide tbs conn.
Try, The hrsl report proc eds from four
Senators but AGAIN t,t put trarlrssly
the report s,gurd by stugie Senator
Mr.. Collamer, to whom offer my Ihauks
Tor this service, l.,t the Two 60 abroad
logeth,r Error is harmless Whale reason
s7rit free 10 combat IT, The Nortpur,s
Vrre printed.
Tn the 9O,h Of the same month Mr.,
Dougla addressed tue Senate in a speech
that covered nue pages Of three columns
each IN the Quar,o nl9bc, an yiudlcallon
OF the majority report, and IN answer 10
tat Of the minority as he expressed his
purpose Owing 10 III heath, Judge Col
i,m.r was not able TO reply I'LL the Sd Of
April, when, ia speech running ,hroug.
i've days, and. covering thirteen
pages OF ia. slaAo, 10 elaborated
and maintained the views OF his minority
report, and, at the same tine, he dISsected
the report OF the majority, aud the speech
OF Mr.. Douglass, aud made answer there,
To, IN manner thai caused CONSERVATION
among the hosts Of Slavery, and oheerei
the hearts Of the champions Of Freedom.
/ After that report aud that speech his
qualities aud character, inlrIusloally, and
IN comparison with the dehalors and
Statesmen with whom he Was associated,
were no longer the ulJrct of question,
especially IA the AmrrlCan Congress. No
one encouraged himself with tue expccta-
ton Of ultimate triumph, OF even tempo
rary advantage over him, on the score oi
superior ability, or knowledge Of the sub
irct, or drNterry or effectiveness IN debate,
upon the great themes that We're engross
my tie entire mind, aud the most momen
luus interests Of the country under the
Constitution, and as affected by the ac-
ton ofCopsress and the executive admin
l,lratun.'
In July, Is 6, he made a brict speech
upon the proposed admission Of Kansas,
On the OH OF December GLOWING, he dis
cus,ed. with reference 10 the frcsilcug'-
message. the subject Of the control OF The
Territories by the general government N
respect TO Slavery aud he therein made
a most exhaustive aud telling review Q
. the Slave Power, IN It's history, lis claims
I, true character and relations under III,
National agd State Governments, Which
he closed with hncied " declaration Of
Independence, to he made 10y the people
of the Slave States, in case they should
seccde, for the reason, tsat the Govern
ment, for them, would not carry Slavery
into the free territories. That conceit, for
lis truthfutueSs and its substance, and
buresque IN IT'S making up, has rarely
been eQlalrd in our language. It's eml-
nently Hogathian in the quality of IL,
satire. 1t is painting IN words, as uogarIl
did in colors
On the 18th Of February, 1858, he mad,
a minority report signed by himself and
Mr.. Wade, Of Ohio. who had recently be,
come a member OF the Committee on Ter.
rltorles. on the subject OF what, in thos,
. days, WAS wei. understood by the dcslg
, nation, 1.-The Eeccmwou Constitution
d On Marrh lsl aud "a following he mad,
, an elaborate speech upon the bill under
consideration to admit Kansas with the
Lecomptou Constitution. In tie course
and ia the latter part Of that speech - on
pages 10 ami Il, he discusses tie qprs.
uon, as to the true character Of Narfs q,
property under the Constitution Of the
United Slalcs-whether it is recogn zed
and projected the same a other prore
whether the Constitution makes SLAVES
property hey oni the territorial Jurisdiction
Of the States III which slavery, rs an instr
tuition, exists by virtue # stale cunstilu-
ton and laws. know Of no higher
specimen Of Judicial augmentation on
q question Of Constitutional and Common
Law combined. 1t was encountered by
Il 9 -
amln-hlmeelt one Of the ablest and most
accomplished jurlsts and debaters in the
nation by way Of dissection and crit.
clsm and answer, and II stood the ordeal
entirely mlmpalrcd. Mr. IIurd, in his
learned and elaborate work on " the Law
Of Freedom aud Bondage vol. =, p, 5Sl,
refers to this debate, and quotes, and makes
a learned comment upon, tins discussion
between the two distinguished Senators
IN which he shows, that, v hat Mr.. Benia
min charged to be the falacy in Judge
Collamer argument is sus' AIMED bv Lore
Chancellor Noltinglon, Lord Mansfield
! and Mr. HHgrave, and in the main point
is not controverted by Lord Slowcll, whom
Mr.. Benjamin had quoted as an authority
against him.
On the 9th day of April, 1858, Jadg,
! Collamer made brief speech ON the re-
port Of the Committee Of Conference on
the part oflhe two Houses, with reference
to their dlssgreelng votes, upon a bill, IN
der which Kansas might become State
On the Dist OF February, 1859, he made
an elaborate speech upon a proposed ac-
QUESTION Of Cuba with view, and for The
obvious purpose of giving additional
strength and stability to the S2aee poper
in the government.
ON the sth Ct March, 1850, he made
mother, and one OF his most elaborate
Spepchps Ilpun a resolution int rn.lur,d hv