Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-02-27

fore the Union. The abolition Of slavery
In the District of Columbia, or In the ter
ritory of Florida, the prohibition of the
internal piracy between the states-the re-
fusal to admit another slave-contaminated
state into the Union, are all partial inef-
fective piaisiers for the great elemental
evil.
They will but skin and film the ulcerous part,
While rank corruption mining all, within,
Infects unseen
81 believe it important that the inhab-
itants of the Twelfth Congressional Dis
trict of Massachusetts should be forewarn-
ed that, during the Goth Congress, the
whole system of policy of the executive
administration of the Government of this
Union, and all its prominent measures,
foreign and domestic, will be, as they have
been and now are, to support, strengthen,
and perpetuate THE PECULIAR IN
STITUTIONS OF THE SOUTH
The determination of the Indian race );
the wasteful delapidation of the public
lands; the deadly hostility to internal i'm
provement; the insiduous tripping of do
mestic industry the ridiculous imposture
of an exclusive metallic currency for the
revenues and expenditures of the nation !;
the enormous increase of standing ar
my, and the simultaneous ISLANDERS upon
the navy and its gallant officers; the syc-
ophant courtship of the democracy of
numbers, and the rancorous instigation of
labor against capital to the summary JUS
tice of lynching,-alI these WAYS and
means OF northern administration with
southern principles, have one and the
same origin, ard are gathering to one is
sue, the rivetting in eternal bondage the
chains of your southern countrymen of
African descent
"Shonld the people of the 18th Con-
gresslonal District of Massachusetts again
see fit to station me as their sentinel, on
the watch-tower Of the nation, they will
not expect from me consent, acquiescence
or compromise with this system, or with
any OF its parts. Unyielding hostility
against 1t is interviewer with every puIsa-
ton OF my heart. Resistance against it.
feeble and inefficient as the last accents of
failing voice may be, shall still be heard,
while the power Of utterance shall remain,
and shall never cease, till the pitcher
shall be broken at the fountain, the dust
return to the earth as it was, and the spir-
1t return unto God who gave it.
Il am. with grateful sentiments to YOU.
and those whom you represent, for the re-
newed testimonial of your and their conf
dence, gentlemen,
Your friend and fellow citizen
John QUINCY ADAMS"
Let US draw out from the mass some Oh
his expressions There is "a deadly dis
ease seated in the marrow of our bones
and that disease is slavery The Union
will fall before it, or it will fall before the
Union"
The whole system of policy of the
Executive Administration of the Govern
ment of this Union, and all its prominent
measures, foreign and domestic, will be,
as they have been, and now are, to sup
port, strengthen, and perpetuate'' this
disease.
Speaking of his own course, ne says,
the people, Twill not expect from me con-
sent, acquiescence, or compromise with
this system, or with any of its parts. In
yielding hostility to it is interviewer with
every pulsation of my heart" "Resist-
ance against 1t" he promises" the
pitcher shall be broken at the fountain
&c.
Now, why is this pledge so deliberate
ly given2 Is it mere " f1ourish2' No
man uses this less than Mr.. A.
Why, then, will not Mr.. A. vote for.
the abolition of slavery in the District p
Is it because he does not condemn and de-
plore its existence there2 Is it because
ne is blind to the daily exhibitions of its
influence in Congress, that he would not
vote TO have 1t exterminated there? No.
1t IS because Its abolition there would. in
his view. be but "partioL, inefectire
plaster for the great elemental ecii." IF
Mr.. Adams thought that the abolition of
slavery in the District would cure the
deadly disease there is, | believe, no
act which he would perform with more
heartfelt delight.
But, if MIR. A. refuse to put forth anv
act of hostility against slavery. in the
direction of the District of Columbia-if
ne think TINT its abolition in Florida-that
the prohibition of internal piracy between
the States-the refusal to admit another
slave state into the Union-be "partial,"
ineffective, by what means does he
propose TO reach and cure disease, un-
der which the country is now sick unto
death-and staggering to her downfall?
In giving my opinion as to the course
Mr.. Adams will think it bes, to pursue
Tor the salvation of the country, or, at
least, some portion of it, l wish it under
stood, that am not one of the leaders"
who, he says, understand him perfectly
WELL What utter is an inference from
hss former course an relation to the achole
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