Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-03-03
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and overseers, while they whip, md sconrge, and
torture their slaves, 10 conreI ihcm IA nhor tor
The support, and to promote tho luxury, OF HER
owners. Yet such Vs. substantially, the durl,,ue
avowed and inculcaIed Ivy some n'rlIcrn po'ltI-
clans, us well rs southern shareholders; and the
question comes hume To our editors hiIti public
men, whether such views shall lie pressed upon
tue rublic mind, without examination and contra
dction9
have now examined Tie ouly clause in our
Constitution relied upon Ivy those who urge that
slavery exists in the southern STATES under the
guaranty OF our Federal compact" The ductInc
Inns no foundation except in the servlle disposi-
non OF those who appear anxious TO involve tho
peoplo Of the free Stutes in the guilt aud disbon
or of MI institution, with which wc are constiiu-
lOnnlly nnconDected.
Mr. Webster probably, without deliberaion or
close examination OF tie subject. wrote lis letter
Of directions 10 Mr.. Everett, under the dctntion
Of n snveloldlng President, giving to that minis
ter orders to exert our national fl, nee, obtain
indemnify for the slave dealers who claimed tho
cargo Of the Creole. la his manner nc involved
he people OF the free states IN the disgrace of
that accused Traffic in human flesh Having done
this. II became necessary that he should sustain
the doctrlne IN his correspondence with Lord Ash.
bniIon. In his letter addressed 10 that lunctiuna.
~, upon the sulycci Of the Creole lac substantial
y declares The people Of the free Suites to be the
gHUdnfors ot slavery, aud the supporters of The
Slufe Tutlt, WINCH Iilt1 CHeclulc nuu uCtGSt. MS
saying OF Mr. Webster will he quoted Ivy thou.
sands Of northern oughiaces, 10 establish this I'M
founded duclrinr.-lt is believed that every such
effort To commit us TO the support OF slavery,
shOnd be promptly met, and exposed by our pub.
lie lress. They are attempts 10 surrender up our
constitutional rights and should be- discarded by
every friend of liberty, and by every lover Of his
country. On this point, it would seem that 10
difference of sentiment could exist among cur
people, whether Iiiey belong to the Wing the Dem-
ocrHc, or Liberty party. All uIe DESTROYS that
our press x public men should spcaI, forth, in plain
aud respectful language our constitutional rights
they neither wish nor desire that language often
sive to southern men, should I've employed On the
contrary, they woIld have them treated with res.
pccI g. kindness. 1t lie proper that the public mind
should be f1ly informed in regard to our rights
Aud that these rights should be respectfully and
firmly maintained Is there Wing Who wuul, not
DO this Is there All editor elrrtor in the Wbip
innks, who feels TOO delicate to assert orr rights
or TOO patriotic 10 maintain them? I make these
remarks in consequence oi the feeling so often
expressed, that the agitation Of our rights is i'm
poi,iic. The ihea Is one which should meet with
Universal disappointment ought never tn re-
main silent when our rights aud interests are in
vnded.
Having examined The Two paragraphs IN our
C"nsttu'iur, which are Il irt,d ." ,tu," dat Ne
Hrt lh,u'>td ~ IA" IT pi"i %! s'iA'rN. tns ia"
reader VIII Luz PREF nf,h sry w:ii nae. thai the
Federal Government, and ,',r nee Stn'cr have
The ronsil ntIonn right To In separate an, totally
EXEMPT irUni the >uprnrt OF slavery and The slave
radr aud tuI tins rlgit is tts ruuetir nl,soitl;r
aud inc ndilI"nnl. Tvs is the right OF tIe slave
onies 10 maintain them.
In my hex shall ak the attention Of my read.
ers 10 sumo OF the instances in which their rights
have been invaded
PACJFICJ1S