The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-20
From the Boston Times.
DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION.

llSSOLU The ONlON.
This threat uttered by Southern members of
Congress, on the floor IF either House, whenever
the subject of slavery is incidentally mentioned.
has, 10 The ref citing portion Of the community,
become ridiculous, We earnestly wish that
every citizen of the free States would view il in
the same light And if he will examine the sub
jec car fuly,he will preceiJe that any other view
of such threat is almost impossible. To execute il
is the last step of which the Southern pull ician
would think seriously. But, relying upon the
attachment Of the free States to the Union, and
also upon their generosity and magnanimity, the
Southern politicians know that threat of sepa-
ration will cause fraternal fears, and hence their
incesssm and arrog 1T resort IL this expedieni.
1t is a pnor device wlfch ought TO deceive no
longer; and the time has come, ard Iced il
came long since for New Eng aGd, at least, TO
meet this threat in spirit Of defiance. 1t is time
for Northern men Ia say 10 Congress, when this
language is uttered, Separate if You ,ciH, and
take The consequences ii you dare This answer
bursting with unanimity and energy from the
free States, would effectualy check this threat,
which deserves no better epIthet than bastard
y.
To show the absurdity of this threat, let US
consider the relative positions of the parties.
| The free States contain about nine millions Of
white population, aud the slave States about five
millions and the furmer are rather compactly
placed IN delensbe country, with numerous
facilities IF INSTRUMENTATION while the latter
are spaISely distributed over an extensive, COM
paratvely wild. and lndeieusihle country. Here,
alone. are suffi lent elements OF inquiry to de-
monstrate the futility of contest, and TO induce
ore OF the parties To refrain from extFemiies.
But this is far from being the who!e case. These
FIVE millions have among themselves about three
millions more, bond aud free, who in the case of
separation, and of the contest TO which it would
inevitably lead, would Look broad for deiuerers.
We know and deride the language of Southern
declaimers, upon this point. They affect to be-
lieve that IN contest between the two divided
sections OF the Union the slaves and free blacks
would fight Tor their masters agan st Northern
INVADERS. II they are assured OF this, why a.e
they sensitive upon the subject of slavery and
so apprehensve of discomfort and instruction
among their slaves. from the Vaccinations OF
abol.lonists They say that the direct tenden-
cy OF every thing done by abotlonists, is 10 ex-
ce the saTe TO cut the threats of their masters.
Now if these very slaves are sufficiently attached
10 their masters rise up and cut The threats OF
Northern Invaders, offering them freedom, the
threats of their masters in no great danger oil
their knves-Such declarations, taken in con-
nectinn, prove too much. Either The slave would
not fight in defence OF their masters, against
Northern invaders. or they are in no danger of
being eXclted 10 lnSurrection Dy the HlacnlndtOnS
of aboitionists. To cut the throats of their mas
tiers to recover their freedom, and at The same
time TO cut the threats of Northern invaders in
defence of their slaves, is degree OF supereroga-
tory destTuctiveness with which We are unwi-
ling to charge any human being. We take for
granted, that like all The rest of mankind, the
Southern slaves are willing to accept freedom
whenever it is offered, and would hail as allies
ofthemseives any invaders of their masters; and
! therefore, that in contest between North and