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JEKSTi
nrrtr.'w:te8 ""ta responsible stations
JiTuSS'S. hJ nd Hklegs, whose moral dc-
bu.i.. to o n. wwn. pravity is only equalled by the total disre-
Th. M!rTIO TKI.EflRAPH in WtI In the offire j ' .. . .. ...
of tba Chronic'. .muwmmt. i rn.de to obtain ' gard tO CCOn0D.1V and JUStlCC With which
M.w.frum tho K.t In Mrincenf the Mil.
cnt-i with tti- om i mnpie mMcri.if ihr mo-t , they discharge the duties devolviogon their
kind, of JOB FKINTIHB. wbtcB will bsnrruiea wun
IMktoeu mud li'iatrh &ud on rv-ouMr trrnii.
..Offlwnn Market Aiaare, Dortb udn.secoDd ftorr, Sd
door ftbore tb Post Offirv.
O. N. WOBDEN, Proprietor.
May 12, 1S54.
Important to School Directors. her debt will never be diminished by the
The new school bill which recently ! revenue which she ought to receive from
pissed the Legislature, and received the j them ; and her Capital will ever be infested
sanction of the Executive, makes it the j by a menial and despicable gang of lazar
duty of the Schcol Directors of the several oni, supplicating in unmanly and degrad
counties of the Commonwealth to meet in j ing humiliation, the elevation to the hon
convention at the seat of justice of the j orary dignity cf " mud-boss," or some
proper county, on theyrf Momlny of June j equally glorious distinction, where they
uext, and on the first Monday of May in j can gratify their insatiable thievish pro
each third year thereafter, and select viva ' pensitics, and yet more irretrievably plunge
voce by a majority of the whole number j the State in debt. (Let not my demo
of directors present, one person of literary ' cratic friends think that I have departed
and scientific acquirements and of skill and j from the faith and gono over to the ranks
experience in the art of teaching, as j of the enemy, but be assured that I am
County Superintendent for the three sue-1 " game to the pique " where democratic
ceediug school years, and the School Di-
rectors, or a majority tf them m such con-,
mention, shall determine the amount of
compensation for the County Superintend-.
cut, which said compensation shall be paid t
bv the Superintendent of Common Schools 1
by his warrant drawn upon the State
Treasurer in half yrarly instalments if de
sired, and shall be deducted from the
ainouot of the State appropriation to be !
paid the several school districts for said :
county.
From Wisconsin.
ComvpoDdrnee otthe Lewisbur Cbroolrle
Madison, Wis., April 20, 1851.
Ma. Editor : After enduring the storms j
nd snows ot a winter oi rcmamamc w,
verity and length, we are enjoying one of
ln0 most aciignuui masons. 4.-,.r,ug,
all her beautv. is here, chan-niie nature
from thc "sear and yellow leaf," to that,
nf rAwtahUlifflanhMiitv. Thenrairies. i
which but a short time aCo, had thc appca-
ranee or a wuu anu oarrcn was.e, are uow
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clothed with verdure.
All irn !
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and we anticipate summer as
w.i!.rpJ,MA?ril,..nth.htl
vr um.ui ttinur waw." j
The Legislature of this State adjourned;
n :
ue Ajirgisiamiu tuia omvu ij.iuiui.u ,
on the 3d inst. The Prohibitory Liquor !
Bill-as I predicted in my last was killed'
by tbe Senate refusing to recede from their !
submissive clause, and gasped its last in j
the bands of a conference committee, thus : will be opened to this place in about two
acquitting either House of directly causing weeks, which will yet greatly enhance the
its defeat. The Act of 1853, abolishing ; prosperity of the town, and greatly facili
capital punishment, was repealed by thc : tate thc speed and comfort of persons com
passagc of a bill reviving the death penal-' ing to it.
trr anil rvrnriiliiio for the execution of Tier-1 A few dun 11 tn. R M Ttnnth. nf thx
sons convicted of the crime of murder, at
tbe expiration of ten yeart from the time
tbe murder is committed, during which j against whom Both bad published a li
period the murderer is to be couGned in j bclous article who forthwith proceeded
prison. The passage of this bill is certain-, to deal out sundry kicks, cuffs, and gouges,
ly a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, j
Tbe repealed law admittcd the murderer
to bail, and, consequently, temporary free
dom, and frequently if fortunate enough
toelude the summary proceedings of Judge ; gift he has never mutilated, but allowed it
Lynch resulting in bis entire liberty, j free, nntrammeled, uncombed, but not un
Tbe present law condemns him to certain j pulled sway. Contrary to tbe injunction
death, after enduring the suspense of a j of thc " higher law," he bas entered suit
half score years' incarceration in a gloomy J against Burcbard, laying bis damages at
cell, with bis awful destiny constantly be- j 5,000. Verily, such whiskers are worth
fore him, that when be leaves what might .
be termed his Iminj charncl house, it will
be but to be taunted by a moment's sun
shine, and then die the murderer's death.
One is too severe the other too lenient.
But tbe Legislature of the sovereign State
of Wisconsin, in their assembled wisdom,
bare so willed it, fiBd its violators will
have to abide its workings. The recent
Legislature bas certainly not been charac
terised by a unanimity of action, or a de
sire to do the " greatest good for the great
er, number;" but, on the contrary, by a
reckless and profligate expenditure of tbc
people's money that bas entirely superse
ded all previous sessions, and bas, called
down on them the condemnation of a large
portion of the press of tbe State, and cer
tainly not without cause, for their appro
priations of money principally to indi
vidualswas prodigal, and, in many in
stance, to persons whose claims wero very
doubtful, and bad been rejected by prvj
uus legislatures iuo jicetsurj u& f t ia-
conain has become an enormous drain upon
i T rru-. rp t 1ir:
the tax-payers of the State, and it, in turn,
, leecm
; is the carcass from which the political
bes arc filling their coffers emulating
of office. This system of State robbing by
intelligent and influential, yet unprincipled
! 3 -., , ta mnrt. In Jv. itoninnxl !
, m.bc'C0Ine9 'the of .Irenceto the Missouri compromise line o
; vboM .otto od bouted pride i. Equal ! 1820-" , So olvcd. th hIe General
1 and exact justice to all men." Yet the Assembly of Missouri as late as 1847. I
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to hom is guarantied by the Constitution
j IaIs " inalienable rights," la compelled to
dePe Lis cbildren of benefits and advan-
respective offices. This system of misrule
and the corruption of the men conducting
her Public Works, has been the prolific,
the direct cause of the enormous debt that
is now crippling the energies of the Old
Keystone, and the greatest curse that ever
humbled her national dignity. As long
as Pennsylvania retains her Public Works,
priro pies or a question of national policy
is involved : but I do
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State plundering and self-aggrandizement
is an element of democracy, and ought to
be discountenanced by every votary of
Jackson and Jrfierson.) Sell the Public
Works, divide Union county, and elect the
,ln,t; St,t .;Vt ..j 1.. it A
ate ticket, and the "good
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time coming will be enjoyed and appre
ciatcd by tbc good people of Pennsylvania,
Whether my advice will be appreciated
and followed, it is not my province to say;
but, if not, I will consolo myself with the
assurance that good advice rejected returns
to enrich the giver's bosom.
Iho situation of Madison, both in re
gard to business and pleasure, can not be
ly anj iohnd tem of lU
Aircadv thc clcmcnts 0f a iargc ad pros.
and at n0 distant
j.ly h w1jj be j.nown and v;gied hy wh
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00 buiUincs are no : course of ercc. J
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iiun, buu as luiiuy uru wiii uv crcviuu '
before the season closes. Its improve-
rt
uvivTis iuu suasuu tiotcs. lis j in prove-
mets are substantial and rapid, and is an !
earDest of the enerev and industrv of its !
citizens.
s. The Milwaukee & Mississippi
Hail road is finished within five miles, and
Milwaukee Free Democrat, was met in the !
streets of that place, by Harvey Burcbard j
and pulled his whiskers most lustily of
which latter commodity be (Booth) has a
" magnificent luxuriance," being gifted by
nature with a very hairy face, and which
possessing !
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Col. Benton's Nebraska Speech.
Concluded.)
My answer to such a motion is to be
found in the whole volume of my political
life. I have stood upon the Missouri com
promise for above thirty years ; and mean
to stand upon it to the end of my life ; and
in doing so shall act, not only according to
my own cherished convictions of duty, but
according to the often-declared convictions
of the General Assembly of my State. The
inviolability of that compromise line bas
often been declared by that General Assem
bly ; and as late as 1347, in these words:
" Remhed, That the peace, permanency,
and welfare of our national Union depend
upon a strict adherence to tbe letter and
spirit of tbe eighth section of tbe act of
Congress of the United States, entitled,
'An act to authorize the people of the Afis-
town Territory to form comtitiUion and
f Stat g-vernmnttQn4 for tit mdmittion o(bsiDg repealed, that right of rceorary is
LEWISBURG, UNION
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o'-cc nw wn a j'
j ' the original Slitet, and to prohibit
shivery in certain territoriet, approved
March 6, 1820"
with an instruction to the Senators, and a
request to the Representatives in Congress,
to vote accordingly.
" The peace, permanency, and welfare
of the Union depend upon a strict adhe
eeveatne Assemwy was rigui men: .
ibt,icTC so believing, shall
" adhere" to the compromise now, as then,
" in spirit and in letter."
I should oppose any movement to impair
that compromise, made in an open, direct,
manly manner: much more shall I oppose
it if made in a covert, indirect, and un
manly way. The bill, or bills before us,
undertake to accomplish their object with
out professing it upon reasons which are
contradictory and unfounded in terms
which are ambiguous and inconsistent
and by throwing on others the responsibil
ity of its own act It professes not to in
terfere with the sovereign right of the
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very first line of this solemn profession
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mrows upon mem uuiau-iu u.
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to read, or monev to curchase. or ability
wuica tuev uutc uu uKub iu iviusi.-, time
to understand. It throws upon them all
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the laws of the United States which are
not locally inapplicable; and that compre -
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ii iiti.'n u i LUiAb uic ii'Jif ?iiuuiau v iiimuv tui
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stitulion ot tue Lnitea atatcs, but witnout tnat mentioned it This being matter of
the privilege of voting at presidential - ft, and proven by all so
congressional elections, or of ruakiuz their
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owu jumciiirj. aui. uuu-micicicucc
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lliis is non-iutci tercnce
rith a ven-rcance. A comniunitv to be
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buried under a mountain of strange law,
ml pnvPTfA with a. rnnslitntinn nnrpr
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wuicu lucj are not to nave one single uu-
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this extension of a mountain of irrelevant
law, with the exception of the only one
relevant and applicable? Sir, it is the
crooked, insidious, and pusillanimous way
vctniig iub rcucai ui we luissuun com-
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iiiumim. nui-. 41. iuvhuu " lor mo
sate of lcavintr out one law : and effects a
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u,u,iJ3,ul, vKioi-0
an exception.
It is a new way ot repeal-
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smuggle slavery into the Territory, and all
the country out to the Canada line and up
the Rocky Mountains. The crooked line
of this smuggling process is this : "abolish
thc compromise line, and extend the Con-
' c a
stitution over the country : the Constitu-
tion recognizes slavery : tbcrelore, slavery
is established as soon as thc line is abol-1
islicd, and the Lonstitution extended : and
being put there by the Constitution, it can
not be lccislated out." This is the Enclish
of this smuggling process ; and certainly
nothinc more unworthy of legislation
more ilprot.itorv to a lepislative bodv
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ever attempted to bo made into law.
gjr the Constitution was not made ror'.h-nrnimgofslavervtotheNnrth. Void
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"ne DUl Ior ils provisions ,
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"re U PP1,cal)le SMcs nd can not bc
Put m Pcrat'oa ,a. rcrr,torlci'- J-belna :
nm TOle ,or 1 ra"ueul "r ' ,ce 1 .
aw tn a v haM a a Tin nwaoa mw nlait lhair i
v-uu6..-., 4.1.1 v..v.. 4UVH ueic ieit open tor tne siock 10 enter, jiui
own officers, or prescribe the qualifications ;tue fene(s j3 not pUHcd down yet. The
of voters, or administer their own laws by j ijnc js not vet inoperative and void. It is
their own judges, sheriffs, and attorneys; ! an existing substantive line, alive and op
and the clause extending the Constitution crating; and operating effectually to bar
to them is a cheat and an illusion, and a j tbc progress 0f giavcry to the North ; and
trica 10 smuggle slavery into tne lerritory.
Nor is U inlcndcd that they haI1 have
. ' "Vsla" Dnacr lne onsmu-,
non, even m reunion 10 slavery, iney ,iims in ,he world that it was nnconsti
may admit it because it is to be there by tntionai and TOid that it had no existence
the Constitution : they can not exclude it
because the Constitution puts it there,
That is the argument; and it is a juggle
worthy of the trick of one egg under three
haU at the same time and under neither
at any time. Besides, the Constitu tion is
an organic, not an administrative act. It
is a code of principles, not of laws. Not
a clause in it can bo executed except by
virtue of a law made under it not even
the clause for recovering fugitive slaves.
liut 1 am not done yet with the beauties
of this mode of repealing a law by an ex
ception. There is a further consequence
to be detected in it. The Missouri com-
promise consists of two distinct parts : first, j
j an abolition of slavery in all the ancient '
Louisiana north and west of Missouri;
secondly, a provision for the recovery of tho compromise of 1820; and with it, de
fogitive slaves in the territory made free, i stroying all confidence between the North
By tbe omitted extension of this section, ! and the South, and arraying one half the
both these parts are repealed. A tract of J Union against the other in deadly hostility,
country larger than tbe old thirteen Allan-1 It is to be able to throw blame upon the
tie States, and bordering a thousand miles j innocent that this farrago is served up to
on tbe British dominions, is made an asy- Ins.
lum for fugitive slaves. There will be no And what is all this hotch-potch for?
law to recover a slave from all that vast j It is to establish a principle, they say
region. Tbe constitutional provision is the principle of non-intervention and of
limited to States; the provision in tbe act j squatter sovereignty. Sir, there is no such
17S7 is limited to the Northwest Territory;
tbe seeond part of the Missouri compro
mise extended this right to all tbe territo
ry north ud west of Missouri ; and that
COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1854.
lost I object to this on the part of tiie
State of Missouri the State to be most
injured by converting all the territory
north and west of her, quite out to the
British line, into an asylum for runaway
slaves. The blunder can not be corrected
(at least in the opinion of those who deny
the constitutional power of Congress to
legislate on slavery in Territories) by an
act of Congress.
Then comes the reason for exceptiog the
Missouri compromise from the extension
which is given to a mass of laws which are
not there, and denied to itself which is
there. If the reason had been because it
was already there, it would have been a
logical and coniprehensiblo reason ; but
that is not the cause assigned ; and those
which arc assigned arc actually numerous
and curious, and worthy of examination.
First, because it wai superseded by certain
acts of 1850; next that it is inconsistent
with those acts : then that it is inoperative ;
and finally, that it never was there, being j
dead in its birth under the Constitution,
and void from the beginning.
Let us look iuto these reasons, teriatim,
as the lawyers say: and first of supersession.
gcded tLis compromis5 of 1820. If so,
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, wny treat it now as still existing, ana
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' tlierctore to be reDeaiea bv an exccntion
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: rilIIMu : lsso. vhv Ha it ovnr srain in
mi j Wh v kill the dead ? But it was
1 not snpersedcd; but acknowledged and
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n-,rr.l ari-;in .i.t tomtA it lmrl in
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glTen up, (though t lest ot pomicai oriuo-
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Innir it ntvlA n,I cr.mothinr
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: dae put in its piace. Thereupon super-
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session was useu ruiicrscucu uy iucou-
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n ..a t I nit.ui ci&r t t Bifmnna inn tn ir v in
...nj fnirMhir two tiling which em not
stanj together from con and titto. Now, i
1 wbat is the fllet wUu .pt to , he com.
Lrom;SM 0f 1820 and 1S50? Can thev
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not giaI1(i tOL'etlierf And if not. wbv
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.Knock the one down that is aireaay down f
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id 13 uuw luui (Mia aiuuu tuia au4wittL 11
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,stana tocctucr toot euoct; ana now ao toe
two kU of wuies make cut together at
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.They are both on their feet standing bolt
jUprjglitand will stand so forever, unless
! Congress knocks one or the other of them
doBn Thia ia factf Uova t0 cverybody,
lnnj admittcd by the bill itself: for if the
j Crst ;s inconsistent with the second, and
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.Ueto stand, why all this trouble to!But,Le States must be greatly delighted
it down ? Why trip up the heels of at ,bc Tol'tcness and forbearance uf tl.is
man already flat on his back on the I hUl U Put S,a,os and Territe-rics upon
tne m9n airMfj.
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'rounJ ? Tucn comes anothcr rpason
: ,w K;a Mmnrnmisl. nf 1S2rt i. innr
tive and Toid. lf so, those who arc acainst
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p0wericss, inactive, dead and no bar to
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js Tacant cmpy, nothing of it. it ,
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the line of 30 30' is inoperative and void:
old.
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in the condition of a fence pulled
down, and the rails carried away, and tbe
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B0 continue to operate until Conttress
shall stop its operation. Then comes thc
finai reas0I)) ,i,at there never was any such
from lhc beginning; and that it must not
i rppcaicd by a direct act, for that would
jbe t0 knowledge its previous existence,
and t0 nuliiry the Constitutional argument;
I d wtat note terrible, involve the
j aufh0rs of the doctrine in an inconsistency
of their own ; and thereby make them,
! themselves, inoperative and void. And
jg ;s tte anaivsi8 0f the reasons for thc
j Nebraska bill that part of it which is to
get riJ of the compromise 0f 1 820 : untrue,
contradictory, suicidal, and preposterous.
And why such a farrago of nullities, in
congruities, and inconsistencies ? Purely
and simply to throw upon ethers upon
the Congress of 1850 and the innocent
Constitution the blame of what the bill i
itself is doing; the blame of destroying
principle. The Territories are tbe children
of tbe States. Tbey are minors nnder
twenty-one years of age ; and it is tbe
business of tbe States, through their dele
gations ia Cob grew, to taks ears of tars
m;nr. m.;l An, nr nf e until thev
arc riDe for State uovernment. and admit
them to an equality with their fathers,
Th.i ia J. l:r nl th sonsn of the ease :
and has been so acknowledged since the j slavery in Tcrrit- ries ; and f;.r the proof ; con-r.'ss w Sen it fcrt an?-are;i in iua
first ordinauee in 1784, by all authorities, ! of that, see the bill ; and see it, as the "Sena, coutradWcd ly the Constitution,
Federal and State, legislative, judicial, and ' lawyers sav, p,iim ; that is t say. here, J d the whole action of the Government,
executive. The States in Congress ere the ' ahd there, and everywhere. It i a bill of. time ; and contradicted lj tLo til!
guardians of the Territories, and arc bound : assumptions and contradictions assuming if, which is to secure it. The provi;
to exercise the guardianship; and can not ' what is unfounded, aaJ contradicting wu-t cf the bill are burlesque upon .v
abJieate it without a breach of trust and '. it a.-.uincs and balaucinz every aSlruia-! rcignty. It gives to the pcop!?, mstciu
a dereliction of dutv. Territorial sover-j tion by a negaiion. It is a seesaw bill ; . of rc;civiilg from them, an orgw.c act
eignty is a monstroJity, born of timidity ' but not the innocent see-sa wh-ch ehild-! And what an orin:ct ! One in which
and ambition, hatched into existence in ! ren play on a plank stuck through a fmce ;' ' iel ev.ry attnh-V.j of sove
the hot incubation of a presidential cm-1 but the up and down game of politicians; r. ignfr. D.uied freedom of election;
vass, and revolting to the beholders when1 played at the expense of the p -aee aud u'ed freedom o voting ; doaicd choice
first presented. Well do I remember that 1 hirmony of tha L nion, aud to the sacrifice of tle;r own laws ; denied the riht of Sx
dny when it was first shown in the Senate. -f all business in Confess. It is an am-; the qualification of voters ; subjected
Mark Antony did not better remember that j phibologiea! bill, s'ntL-d with monstrosities, f"":6n supervision ; aud cootrol!ah!u
day when Cassar first put on that mantle hobbled with contradictions, and leered t? the Fedl Government, which they
through which he was afterwards pierced ' with a proviso. j n in Acting ; and only allowed
with thrce-and-twenty "envious stabs."! Amphibology is a cause for the rejection i ( "dmit, and not rej-cr, s.vcry. Taeir
It was in the Senate iu 1848, and was re- cf bili, not only by Congres. but by the vreignty only extends to tli- Ajet cf
ceived as nonsense as the essence of non-! President when carried to him f ,r his ap- j lry, and only to one id cf luat tn
sense as the quintessence cf nonsense I proval. General Jackson rj'cted one fori admitting side ; the other half of the posjr
as the five-times distilled essence of polit-i that e;.use, ai. 1 it was Lss a.ophiUIogical ! h l tha Cou-Utu-ical
nonsensicality. Why, sir, the Tcrri-1 than this : it was the lust night of the list i wLlc! " tended over them , and
tory itself is the property of the States,
'nnil thr dn mhnt tlipv nlestse with it
It it to be settled or not, they
nnw rut it nn h 1 nr. m iWv nleaxR ;
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!cll it. or r ve it awar. aa the v r.Lu-i-:
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.chase white people from it, as they please.
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After this farra"
-this
! comcs a 1Ut'e EtunlP EPec;b '"j'-'tcd iu
tbe belly of tuc bill, ana wliicti must nave
: a TiroJi'iuus effect when roeitcd in the nrai-
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ries. and out towards the frontiers, and up
towards the heads of the creeks. I will
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aua ruus ilu!:
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! " ueiu0 tue irut
a iiueui. au-i n.cauui
of this act not to lecislato siavery into any
s,..fJ , Tr:ln, n, it i!.r.r...
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trom : but tn luavu the ricoi) c ttierot I?r -
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f. et v frrf. to f.,nn a:id regulate thuir do-
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uitrMiu lusiiiubiuus iu tucit ut.ii ..i. aui
j- tt ouli' to the Constitution of the I mtcd
states.
1 " the speech, ana a pretty lu.ie
i lLlng ,l5,'lf at"1 Tcr 1r0,,er to be spoken
irnm a cfnmn in tlift nmirm. it ha in-
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I tent, and a true intent : which 15 neither
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i ta legislate Mavcry into, or cut cf any
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' State vr Territory. Then w h v lee itUt c at
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; is nrcKiuccd. and tliincs to remain tust as
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they wero ? Let well enough alone, was
the old doctrine; to make well enough;
still better, is the doctrine cf progress ;' themselves. Sir, there ii no such princi
and that in Fpite of the Italian epitaph,' p!c. nltJ Tcnitories arc the children i f
which says : " I was well, aud wouU be' t!,e Slates. They are minors, uuder a-e,
belter; toon physic, anu here i urn.
: precise cqua.ity with r;spct to the power,
J0' t-ongrass over lUcui. toaess does not
; to put slavary in or out of any Sate
;or icrr.tory. Jo a.l that polite abnegation,
i t ue to say that, in respect ot thc Mites,
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it is the supererogation of modeity and he-:
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as Congress happens to have no
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thpm nnil in rcit nf f ir. 1 prritnrwa it
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is au uuuicuuou 111 a cousiiiuiiouai power
and duty ; it being the right of Congress
to legislate upon slavery in the Territories,
and its duty to do so when there is occasion
for it as in 17S7 and 1820. j
I object to this shilly-shally ,w illy-won' ty, '
don'ty-can'ty, style of legislation. It is
not legislative. It is not parliamentary.
It is not manly. It is not wouian!y. No'
woman would ta:k that way. No thil.'y- j
shally in awoman. Nothingof the femakj
gender wes ever born young encugb, or j
lived long enough, to get befogged in such!
a quandary as this. It is one thing or the j
other with them ; and what they say tbey j
stick to. No breaking bargains with them. !
Hut the end of this stump speech is the '
best of the whole. Different from good
milk, in which the cream rises to the top, !
it here settles to the bottom, and is in
these words :
Leave it to tbe people thereof, that is
to say, of tbe Mates acd of the Territories,
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to rcculate Slavery for tnemselvcs as they
nnl. hdt m . f
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IUg eUHVU UMICI. I
Certainly this is a new subjection for .
the States. Heretofore they have been !
free to regulate slavery for themselves
admit it, or reject it ; and that not by vir-
tue of any grant of power ia the Consti-
tution, but by virtue of an unsurrendered
part of their old sovereignty. It is also
new of tho Territories. Heretofore they
have been held to be wards of Congress,
and entitled to nothing nnder the Consti
tution but that which Congress extended
to them
But this clause is not acciden- J
tally here: it is to keep up the dogmas of ,
tho Constitution in Territories ; but only
there in relation to slavery, and that tor
its admission not rejection.
Three dogmas now afflict the land : ei
delicet, squatter sovereignty, non-intervention,
and no power in Congress to lcg:s'atc
upon slavery in Territories. And this bill
assort the whole three, and beautifully il
lustrates the wlie's ' three, by kneeling
each on the betd with the other, and trsm-
' plin- each under foot in its turn. Sir, the
j bill docs deny squatter sovereignty, and it
i docs iatervene. anl it docs kuiilutc upon
i day of bis last administration, and a
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1Bent
! tcr before BllJuiL'tlf. tou!rcss bad
j bun a 1,11 to rcpe al the specie creu !,, J
; to inaugurate the caper moDcv of a thou -
-
and loca banks as the currencv cf the
. ledcral Government. It was an ol.jcet
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direct or palpable m inner.
Paniphrases
( circum.
f iuitv. vr
cution, tniDirtexterity, ana amtji -
were ceeessarv to cover un the do -
a i
i''n : an I it was riled on until it wis ua -
intelligible. The President read it, -td,
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, du.xicu. tie iku rciurn?u is. wjiu
tcr r
. incs-viiTJ to me ocari:. reiuainii tusiu tnei
1 i,;ji r t amt.l i?,o!o''v
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We should nject;
: tills bill VJt tlie FUUle- CiUSc,
if for nothing;
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I .r. ut . T'lln nf r.rttr f.i. 'r It
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to keep up with the everchuugmg
--i i ao.
measure.
! and nnder every phiss they had to be re-
ccjveJ as a test of orthodoxy ; and Lave
more chance to undergo yet; and coulmuf
Ifi lit . ti.t I'fidiT all mllt:llln.
i ...1 ;a il. ni;,..ii,r ii.;.
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! movement, which so disturbs Couuress acd
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accomplish.- 10 seine a principle, ine,
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and tbe ri.'ht of the beonle of thu Tcrri -
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tor7 t0 acia0 , oue.lilja 0f hlaverv for
' and it i the busincEs of the States, thro'
their dciegations ia Congress, to take er.re
f tliem nutii t1 s are of aSe-cutii they i
are r;K fr g;ate Government ; then toj
eivc ,U(.m that goveruu.ent, aud
admit
,,cm , an lf,naitv Uh their fathers, i
That is law, and has heea so admitted since
llie first ordinance, iu 17S1
The States!
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r;t,;ric al,j artf bouuj t() T(. .-aat
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..njiatp . aaj C43 not abdicate it
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without a l.reacU ot trust and a derel.ction
r i 1 1- - . . n. ...
ui uuiv. it uy, sir, me a jrmory u e i is
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(U0 property nf the States, and they do
wilu it w,.lt tlipy ptavp.rmit , t be
sottfcd or ot as ti.y f,e . cnt u np by
;;m.8) as pioa5C . Ben it or iTe if awn
,1PJ ,,1, . cLa..e w!li,c ptp!(. from it
a3 tjIPV plca!it Tn;s LaS aiw3VS lbf
ca3C jhero is a pro-damation now extant
cf t10 ;j ('ortgrw cf the Co-atV delation,
JcsciiLin tho Cist settlers ia the Xoith-
wcst Territory as " disorderly persons ;"
auJ orJerig them to be driven off by the
unitary. 1 remember many such military
CII,uTsj,jn!: jn ti0 seaieiiiciit i.f the
wcs(cta country, cf;eu executed with sc-j
TcritJ . lUTnwg Louses, cutting up c-m,
destroying fences, aud driving off thc poo-
u gt'tUc roiiit cf the bavonet .and uud ir
the edc nf tDC fai,rc As as
-3 and aftcr tbc extinction of the Indian j
1 tifltf l0 the Platte country in Missouri,
j jm;;ar ordoH wcra g;ven , t-as ca i
ncl of Jrag00n8 comm:vudiDg-.n that fron-
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'tier, the now Senator in Congress, Henry
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!!. to expel the people from that pur-
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vmws. 1 -.WVIO U.WU UW AVU.W .1 IU.I1-
ncss and merry, going alone, explaining
bis business, and requiring iheiu to go
away ; which they did, l.ke good and or
derly people ; and when be wm g"ne, came
back like sensiblo and industrious people,
and secured their pre-cniptinns. Not only
settled, but organized, has been eo treated
bv thc Pede-ral Government, and worse:
l), ,nr.ln ilrivpn r.ff n,l linm 1
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eivcu away. This happened in Arkansa.,
in 1S28, wben twelve thousand sonar
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miles of her organixed territory was given J
away to tho Cherokee, and tha p?njl
driven away. Why, sir, this very lice ef
tr ci , with all the territory on one side
of it, and two degrees on thc o:Lcr side,
were given awsy to thc King of Spain.
This bas been tho seventy years' practice
of the Government to treat the Territo
ries as ptoperty, sad the people as noinvi
terlaeatsi to be entertained, or turned
oat, arthe owner of th house cheeses-
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VOLUME XI--SO. 6.
"Whole Xcx&er,
me sovcie.gns tucii . t.i oy tsa
; silitiry, and :!mr homes -:-.ca to Lidi;
ans
Jr Spaniards.
: sovt rc glty is
Tlia whole i l-i cf tui
a nove!ty, scouted from
t vruitru. I ;iuctr iiuir iu iu ii.ui J" vt
i supporter f tl,s bill), forbids any law to
1 irom goiug triere wild nis siuvcs. misis
. t(ir.v(.ro: .,..1 non.irervni, 3 and
; e'la3lt' r!ovrt '"'' Donire"-n 11 3' an:1
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islate in l e-rUor:Ci. ;:r.'a
'slavcrv
And this called a flLC.-' . li
1 rnnt,1P10 OI non-intervcniion .tiling m ;
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i can 00v' le '' )ne ,a ,n,r
n 'c ac'j and
tuv f avc r" ,,ulU 3 r- 1 tan , a,'e oue
tLtr make a e..rt!-:r.P f r a
: wfii:h Ei't!"! Ti-.t ii nr. I rodiss con-
tent ion at tTfrv.Ulior
ir, tli is prin-
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eT!e f,r non-intervpnimr. :s t ur m pr.n-
e Vic eonictmon i t one givun to me
eopli; to q-iirrI ati.i Ljr.it uver at every
eciion, and noetin-s ;.r th;ir Iicgisla-
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ltc govern
ment. Then, anl then cn'y, cau ihey
settle the qucstica.
Per seventy years since the yenr
when the organizirg miiil tf J-.-ffertcn
drew the first teiriioiul oruip.----e T5
! haJ a unifo'iu metuod of proviu.r,
t:.c
. t n y e
cOTerDuicut cf lertitones, all f.Jdiide
a
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su'uor.zs ..nenrs 10 uicse oi, sno
' niaie IU,rs 4'"1 tl?a" refpecting tha
territory aud other property hi the l uiied
Stales. This nioda if povernment has
consisted of three pria-s, a1.! f.uaded ii
the" r;
First
!it of Congress to g'.vcra them,
ride: a Governor a?d j'iJ.'e, rp-
pwctcJ y theUmtcJ Swt, Siad .t Uwj
ftcm l,lLcr S'ntcs t0 06 Ju f rc-' nnul
i'F"i Con-rcsj. .i.d de : a
Territorial Leg'siature, whtn lie ii.h.'.Li-
tants shall amount to Cve thrur.d men
above the Ege of twenty-onc, eo
mj"".?'.d ; f
' coanc'' Fartb' rP"'n,e"J ly the IV.rci
' Mate?, aoJ a
Horse of 1.. rr.eLu;ives
; e'eeted by the jenplc, at the rate cf oik!
i rf Kn!ative for every five bnadre-I o-
. i r .1 t-.i t
-e--4-.- w am,,ai
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- a fc -
. .e. 0.-.. . -.. r .-i i-
lcc o-rie govciunicnr, iu iu.i e;'iau.y
I with the other States. This is the way
i these Territories have been gnverud for
j seventy years ; and I :il f. r auheriug '.
j it
j And now what is the excuse for all th;s
; disiurbaueo of thc country ; this I rekicg
i "P of a""" "' couipromix s ; arraying rc
'ia' of t"c l""'n acainst tl.e othr, ar.d
destroyi-g the temper a'.d bainr.-s of
j Congress? What is thc excuse f r ail this
; turmnil aud mischief ? AVe are tf 11 it is
, 10 terr ,h,i question of siuvfry out ,f
Congress : Gr.at God! It was out ef
! Corrcsi". completely, entirely, for ever
i out of Cengn ss unless Cougrcss dr?cgrd
! il in ly breaking down the sacred laws
which settled it. Tfceqneiiu.n as settled,
and 3"no itn- There wns rot sr. inch
'I,!"re cf teintory in the Lmon on whieh
ii could be raided without a broach "f
P"'- Thc ordinance i f '89 tiled t
: r"m-.iiiii. rrt n' tii. Vr'- r. -t
,n aa tUl r-'u-'"',v? Frl -or.wett
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Ternary b-yond W isenUkin : the cnpirro-
mis lina of 3l" oi' settled i
i;i all (ati-
rry north and wvt cf rii?-:iiii t tbc
British Hue, and no : tint It.! ?' vil
lains : the orpitie act of O.c,;. ;., ' !y
the pcrple, and snctinri ty f : t ,
seitied it in ail iLit irgi-m : tue : e s f r
the government ff Utah ami New Mex-rj
settled it ia those tw Tcrrif.P'- : tiie
compact w it u te-xas, m-t-.m. n-i i..c n rc-
bcV of slave StatOS tO 1 6
ornicu o.it ot
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h r lo""cX ,l,0'v.' le . ".U
there -.n inch Siiuarc rf Territory wit'atQ
California
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:hO t liitr,4 iT.ia.cj '"u ui. n mi: iuc.--i'ii
eouid te raised ? Nowhere ! Nol u inch ?
The question wa set led every where, not
merely by law, but by fact. Tlie work was
done, and tiers was no way to g-t at the
question but by undoing thc w-.nk! No
way for Congress to gt thc q-icstion iu,
C r ibo puiposo of keeping it cut, bat to
break down compromises which kept it
cat