The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-08-08

| to past hstory-n procaiming the correctness ana
| infinite value of Wing principles
| The narrow limits permitted admit only OF briei
| notices of the most important topics ANY vew'how
ever Of tho last fourteen years. must be glaringy IN
complete, if il does not embrace prime element IN
| all our woes II is AMERICAN SLAVERY AS
poiticans wo possess and claim no right to break IN
upon the State institutions, behind which the slave
system is entrcnched. The States alone possess the
power to proclaim liberty to all within their jurisdlc-
tion for the dishonor and the guilt of violating the
laws of God and tramping upon the rights of HUI
manity, they pre.emnently reponsible AS States,
they are sovereign we cannot use the power Of the
! State within their jurisdiction, But as indvidu-
ais, the citizens Of the slavoholdng States our
neignbors and brothers; and as Individuals ace are
bound in consideration of their welfare, and of the
rights Of the slave, by all moral influences to per-
suade them TO immediate action II is when Slavery
| leaves her entertainments, and assaults us upon our
own ground; when she casts of her State armor, en-
ers the wide field of national politics, and acts with
in the cognizance of government, as well as
theirs,-tht claim the right to confront and resist
her, by all the means the state use, by all which
the constitution warrants and by all whch,by amend
| ment that instrument may be made 10 recognize In
this character, Slavery has long presented hersef in
this character she stands nor is the mode of her
assaults well concealed as 10 escape us. II was
long since proclaimed by the representative of
slavohoding state, and has too long been openly and
shumelessly practised.
Said John Randolph in the debate on the admission
of Missouri-"We do not govern them [tho people
of the North by our Ji0ck slares but by their o,cn
Of the South are always united, from the Ohio to
Florida-and we can always unite; but you of the
North are beginning 10 divide NE hare conquered
you once, and arc can, and wM, conquer you
again. Aye, sir are ,oW dripe you 10 The rail, and
when have you there more, we mean to
keepy you there, and nail you dorm like base mon
ey."
Aye, fellow citizens they have had US s'to the
wall once more:" it in '29; and the twelve sue
ceedng y ears o. tyranny but the fuIfment of
the remainder of the prophecy. Slavery, aided by its
northern mnions, seized the control of tho govern
ment and wrenked upon its Vengeance in the Tariff
of '2S destroyed-te doctrine of Protection ex-
punged-the currency prostrated-the right Of petit
ton denied-I.bery of speech and of the press re-
strained-and in the pro6gacy and disgrace of the
Florida The unholy league of the slave
power with the recreant of Northern reemen, is
still maintained; and it aims again to force upon
the same evils, and to Perpctuate its tyranny, by the
annexation o. Texas to the Union. The alternative
threatens 10 be Resistance or Disunon; and we can
not therefore complete our rapid view Of the prnc-
pies and the policy Of the Democratic Wings of YER
mont without uttering the sentiment that Resistance
10 the Stare polrer, by oil right means, is an impera-
tiUe duty
Wings Of Vermont! by the envable condition Of
the country, down to the first fruits of misrue IN
1885, by the curses which blasted the land from '32
to 40; by the overwhelming verdict of the Amer
lean people, in two remarkable of our history;
and by the results which have followed the last Pres
identia electon-your principles and your unbendng
course, through veal and through woe, have been
pronounced RIGIIT!-Let the righteousness of our
| cause inspire you with boldness; let the dangers
which surround us, inspire you with spirit of unan-
unity and zeal. In these, may again triumph and
renew title to the high honors which have hith-
erto been accorded u.s. by the unanimous suffrage
Of the Wings Of the Republic.
These dangers are numerous and pressing.-There
are dangers from wthin,-from internal divisions
which, in humble judgment, ought to yield to the
higher dangers from the common enemy. Let the
| pressure from WHnont COnsOlldate us, Inc same
formidable leaders, Northern and Southern, who for
twelve years ruled the nation with an iron rod, are
now in the field, inspired with high hopes of again
welding the power which they have so much
and so long abused-They entertain the same
hostility all the principles and measures, which dis
tnguished you from them in 1910; they resort to the
same dupicty which has often enabled them to con-
quer and if successful, in the light of past history
predict that they will exhibit the reckless dis
regarded of their pledges and professions. At this
moment the immense patronage of the Federal Gov
eminent is in their hands, and is unblushingy WELD
en- punish the tried integrity of hearty TThigs and
to buy up whosoever is heaess whosoever is treach
erous whosoever is venal, whosoever is fit instru-
ment to become the pimp of faithess rulers and to
receive the unn'itigoed contempt of all honest
men.
The doctrine of Protection is in most imminent
danger. 1t is in danger from the open and powerful
advocates Of Free Trade. 1t is in danger from pre-
tended friends hitherto enemies, and leaders of the
party which Frustrated the Tariff of '2S-who now,
under the disguise of camors against the impefcc-