The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-04-24


expects deadly hostility from the South, and 1t Is to
the non slave. holding States he is looking for that
action which will ultimately emancipate the slave
and wine from our national escutcheon that foul
blot, at which every phanthropist weeps, aud The
hear, of the real Christian sckens. The point at
issue between the two correspondents, in which the
public have an interest in not being misled, ls
whether :he Administration and its adherents, by
their acts and principles are favoring the measures
of the Aboltionsts, or the Wings of the free States
Facts should be our guide, and " facts stubborn
thnigs."
What arc tho Vows and doings of the Admins
fralion upon this subject? in the first place. the
President, on the very threshold OF his office, com
mted himself, and almost the first sentiment he
uttered, was that he would put his Constitutional
veto upon any act of Congress- abollshng slave
ny in the District Of Columbia unless it met the APP
probation of the slave holding States.-Here is the
sentimeut Of The Executive, and abe free states
have NOT majority of two thirds in Congress, which
is necessary carry measure without the Consh-
tutional sanction of the President, tho abotionlsts
may utterly despair affecting the abolition OF slave
nv in the District Of Columbia, and the territories
until the executive office s filed by friendly
to the old democratic principle, that the majority
ought TO rule Mr.. Van Buren,, for a long time, has
been the leader of great political party; his views
upon most political subjects, have been embraced
by his adherents, and it may with TRUTH be said that
the President and his predecessor have publicly and
officially expressed their opposition to The Adolf
tionlsts The Post Master General, in his instruc-
tons to the Deputy Post Masters, and their acts in
suppressing, and Withholding the documents of tho
Abolitionsts contrary to the laws of the land, have
carried out the enmity of the President to every
friend of the oppressed Are not the leaders ofthe
Van Buren, party, aOd almost all their presses de-
cidedy opposed to the .Abolitoniss Isaac Hill,
the Tory Governor of New Hampshire, who is the
personal and political friend of Van Buren,, and who
has headed The Administration party of New Eng
land for many years, is hostile to the anti slavery
society, denies the Constitutional right of Congress
TO interfere with slavery in the District Of Column
bia and has publicly done more to embarrass the
abolitonisls than any other man at the North. The
tory Legislature of his state have carried his OPP
position in their acts their delegation in Congress
also, have done the same and the .N0to Hampshire
Patriot, the organ of the party, has manifested
desire to put down every person and measure not
friendly to the adminstra,ion-that paper has ever
been silent to the calls OF the oppressed
of it's sire, and in its utilization of the Abotionsls,
has proved itself Legitimate offspring. The North
Star has obviously changed it's tone upon abolition,
since the wand of the Magician has been laid up
on it.
| would ask who headed the disgracefu mob at
Montpelier, a few years since, W hich broke up the
meeting of the Abolitionsts? Were they not the
Van Buren, leaders of that town and county--Timo-
bon
ed free discussion upon this subject in the Vermont
Legislature? Who IN Caledonia County are the
friends of abolition? Is it Senator Palmer, a loco
foco, who fastened the shackIes of slavery upon
whole State? Is it our present Representative in
Congress? he has too often and too publicly xpress
ed his opposition, to have any sympathy for the
Abolltionsts. Are they the leaders of the party in
Sutton Lyndon, ST. Johnsbury Danvlle, or any 9th
er town In tins section any part of our country
Where they? They are not TO be found in the
President his Cabinet the Government officers,
in the Van Buren, State Legislatures, not in the
press, not in the leaders of the party. The obnox
ious resolution of Mr.. Patton, not brought for
ward by Wing, as the writer Of the Star stated );
MIR Patton elected Van Buren, man, and never
has been considered Wing by himself his constiu-
ents, or the members of Congress. Every tyro in alb
oiihon knows that the Administration e. the whole
party in Congress, almost to a man, have opposed
abolition with all their weapons But, notwith-
standing the obstacles that have been thrown in it's
way abolition has friends yes, the Wings of the
Hee 0lates have lent it aid in Congress thew have
been heard. j. q, Adams has defended the reh,
OF Peution, IN the face Off powerful and elm
ing opposition; he has been Il champap in the
cause VIM Slade, another Wing has spoken the
truth In the nails of Congress, has swop, away the
dImsy sophistry of the Administration. and the
Shareholder, and shaken the temple of slavery BY
his overwhelming arguments, as by an earthouake
Daniel Webster, the lion of the North. though en-. |
gagged in the financial concerns of tho nation. has
publicly expressed his views to the constitutional
question, and they coincide with those of the Abo.
htonsts. Senator Prentiss, another Wing, IN push.
ing the Vermont resolutions through the Senate,
mas expressed his dsapprobation of slavery in all It's
rms