The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-03-12

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ed immediately. hu, n aeqnierrvsi 10
far aNhllc sod apparently Endorsed ~
She peonlc "a an el~1tion then 10 sns.
tain She lagicAi eopclnslon that What
nrrd Scait's master might lawfully do
With nrrsi Scnit IN lhe FRYE state ~
lllinols every other nasicr may Law
fally DO with any other one " ,hoo.
snnd Slaves Ia Illinois ~ ~ any other
FIRE. state
Auxiliary to all this and working
hand Ia haad with Il. the Nebraska
doctrine or what Is lett ~ Il Is 20 cin
cate and mold public opinion az beast
northern pnhllc opinion not 20 care
whether slavery is voi~i down or rot
ed IN
This shows exactly where We now
are and partially also whittier We ARE
/ tending
III VIII throw additional light on The
latter 10 60 back aud rim the mind
over the string OF historical facts al
ready stated Several things viii now
appear less dark aud mysterious than
they did when they were TRANSMITTING
The people were 20 be left perfectly
free, subject only 10 the constitution
What the constitution had 20 do with
II outsiders could not then see. Plain.
" enough now, Il was nn exactly fitted
niche for the bred Scott decision after.
ward 10 come In and declare that per
feet freedom OF The people 10 I've Just
no freedom nj all
why was the amendment express
~ declaring the right OF the people 10
exclude slavery voted down? Plainly
enough now The adoption OF II would
have spoiled the niche for the bred
Scott decision.
"Why was the court decision held
upi Why even a senator's individual
opinion withheld TIL after the presi.
dental electlonf Plainly enough now.
The speaking out then would have
damaged the perfectly free argument
upon which the election was TO he car.
ried.
"Why the outgoing presidents felIci.
tation on the Endorsement? Why the
delay OF reargumentY Why the In
coming presidents advance exhorta-
ton in favor OF the decislong These
things look like the cautious pattlng
and petting OF spirited horse prepare.
tory TO mounting him when II is dread
ed that he may give the rider fall
And why the hasty after Endorsements
OF the decision by the president and
others?
I'VE cannot absolutely know that all
these exact adaptations are the result
Of preconcert. But when we see lot
OF framed timbers. different portions
OF which we know have been got out
at different times and places and by |
different workmen-Stephen, Franklin, |
Roger and James, for instance and |
when we see these tImbers Joined TO |
gether and see they exactly make the |
frame OF house or a mill. all the |
lemons and mortlses exactly fitting and
all the lengths and proportions OF the |
different pieces exactly adapted TO |
their respective places and not piece
too many or too few. not emitting even
scaffoldlng, or II single piece be lack
Ing we can see the place In the frame
exactly fitted and prepared TO yet bring
such piece ln-in such a case we find
Il impossible not to believe that Ste.
phen and Franklin and Roger and
James all understood one another from
the beginning and all worked upon a
common plan or draft drawn up be
fore the first blow was struck
1T should not be overlooked that by
the Nebraska bill the people OF state
as well ms territory were to be left
perfectly free subject only to the con
stitutlon. WHY mention a state? They
were legislating for territories and not
for or about states Certainly the peo-
pie Of a state are and ought TO be sub
ject TO the constitution OF the United
States. but why Is mention OF this
lugged into this merely territorial lawf
Why are the people OF territory and
the people Of state therein Jumped
together and their relation to the con
therein treated as being pre-
cisely the same?
while the opinion OF the court by
Chief Justice fancy In the bred Scott
case and the separate opinions Of all
the concurring judges expressly de-
clare that the constitution OF the Unit
ed States neither permits congress nor
a territorial legislature to exclude slav-
cry from any United States territory.
they all omit to declare whether or not
the same constitution permits state
or the people Of a state to exclude It.
Possibly this was a mere omission, but
who can be quite sure II Mclean or
Curtis had sought to get Into the opln.
lon n declaration OF unlimited power
In the people OF state to exclude slav-
cry from their limits, just AZ Chase
md Mace sought TO get such declara-
lion In behalf OF the people OF terri
tory into the Nebraska BILL ask. who
,an be quite sure that II would not
have been voted down In the one ease
rs II had been In the other?
"The nearest approach TO the point
If declaring the power OF a state over
slavery is made by Judge Nelson He
approaches II more than once, using
he precise idea and almost the Ian
yuage. too, of the. Nebraska act. On
,ne occasion his exact Language IL.
Except In cases where the power Is
restrained by the constitution OF the