Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-10-03

uli tlls NOT ndslp, oui lot tue nNoWtu, Tue
single, the damndble purpose Of extending
slavery over the unborn fifty millions Of
Texas and perpelu0ting the slave rule u.
pom us and our rosterity 2 Once more, |
repeat, am against II, now, and forever.
The Romans made their prisoners Of war
pass under n yoke, TO remind them Of their
servliude-h.re is yoke labelled war and
perptitai siarctE shall the future historian
write II, that the descendants ofthe patriots
oil 20, went forward to the polls in iS44,
and voluntarily submitted their nccks to
bondage, gladly prostroting themselves be.
fore the heel of the ,yrant7
But il you take'rcSas. YOU must paw her deb,s
S25 oNo. 900 saws Mr. penion-who nlso tells
"hstNr uIsnsse To Ice tfue|, iiainot a single
foo, Of unapproptiaied la nd remains inreSas
proper, TO como into our possession and H.
quida'e the debt we pay for her. How dare
the men who will no, give us our own land
money, to,pay our debts and relieve our own
States from repudia,ion and dislonor. to
thrust their Internal fingers into the porkets
Of The freemen of America, TO pay > 100000
Of money for a foreign nation. incurred in
p%ropogatine slavery among mem We tram
pie upon the most solemn treaty betweenMex-
leo and the United Statas, and rush over the
Constitution, To war in this fendish propa-
ganism and in such a war according TO the
laws Of nations, it is no, the right but the
bounden duty OF all Christendom TO come 10
the help Of Mexico, and reduce US To a sense
of common justice. And such a war when
the banner Of l776, right agains, mig IT. once
borne by us,is now borne by them, when | shall
be called upon TO rally 10 the standard of
my country, inscribed with eternal s~layery,'
| am bold In the avowalt that though ] profess
To be as brave as most men, ! have no heart
Tor such a conicjt- am a coward in such
a cause On our own soil, in defence Of our
own rights, ! defy the world in arms-hut in
such a cause as tbs. if The Bible b. iIuc. ".
cannot succeed il history be not but a fable
we cannot hold permanent conquest they
who live w The sword, shall perish by the
sword and all times dominion based upon
unjust conquest. has fallen 20 sudden ruin &
ultimate retrlbu,ive desoliiion This Repub-
lie must stlnd upon JUSTICE high moral senii-
mentor else II cannot stand at all: there must
be either a regard for right. o: a resort to the
sword either a pure ballot-box, or the pesii-
lenlial cartridge box! The day tina, the ma
ton deliberately violates the right, the Con-
s~titution OF Our country crumbies into dust
and is gone forever, and upon its ruins rises
force and utter despo,Ism. And now we
are called upon, in the very outset, to perpc-
trate this outrage against the laws of nations
and nature, by trampling the constitution I'M
der loot IN two several instances-once, as !
have shown before, by violating the 9Th arti-
Gle OF the amendments, by admitting Texas
as a SLAVE State; and again by admitting her
at all. The constitution is an instrument Of
delegated powers; all powers not given are
reserved to the States. or to the people
where | ask every Democrat, here, is the
clause giving the Federal Government au-
thority to add a foreign nation to us,or US to a
foreign nation ! No where. You cannot show
it it does not exist. ! admit, with chancel-
lor Kent, that Louisiana was constitulionally
admitted as a territory, saving the allowance
OF Slavery; although every Jeffersonion dem
ocrat would be forbid the use Of the precedent,
for Mr. Jefferson agreed there was no power
in the Constitution IN accomplish it. But
there lay Spain atthe mouth Of the Mississip-
pi, threatening Nv arms to resist or entrance
into the Gulf OF Hexico, the great highway of
nations, to which we had a right TO pass, by
the laws OF God and man. Kentucky could
not trea, with her she was forbid to do so
hy 'hc Faieral Constitution war was likely
Ia ensue.tncre was necessarily some sove-
r reign power 10 com farward and anticipate
a ruinous war, by a timely treaty i, necessa-
yiHy accrued, then, to the Senate IF The INT
ted States TO acquire, or cede territory, in or
der to determine this eternal cause of enmity
and war. ] say, then, that Louisiana was
rightly acquired OF France and The same
thing was rightly done at the treaty Of Wash
ington, when land was acquired and lost in
Maine. But far different is the case withTex-
as we have no cause Of quarrel, no poin, of
contact; there is no necessity for the ~interfer-
nnpn Yf thn Sapata n nd M a,xta a.. lt---
10 it.
When you vote for Polk, then you vote for
Texas; Tor Mr. Webster has to-day remarked,
that 1t i Polk and Texas, or neither Polk nor
Texas. II then, you elect Polk, you vote a
tax OF S25 100 ,OOO-you vote a war, you vote
the violation Of treaties, YOU vote a double
violation Of The Constitution, by annexinp
foreign States, and also Stare Staies, to the
Union. And if The President and SO Sena.
tors may tonight annex Texas to us, they
may tomorrow uni.e us % the BnlishC rown,
or 10 the Russian despotism. II they NAV
enslave the Blacks to-day, they may rnsla,e
me and you the day alter and there is ua
power under Heaven which can give us lib
eriy. # this Cor stiiurIon, does not Men oi
Boston, who >ay youl Will you give up the
Constitution or will you stand by II forever !
What shall we do,then,to avoid these acrumu-
lated eyils,that threaten US on all sidesl Who
can save us from this gulf Of min ! Can Nj
+ Garrison DO ii lie will moi il he has the
power Can Mr. Birney do it. lie cannot
If he would. Mr. Polk will he sure not to
save rs, hut To sacrifice Us. What other man
then, in all this wide land. except Mr. Clay,
can from his talents, his patriotism. and his
fortunate position, stay the wild waves of the
I anarchy, violence and dishonori No Other
--nnup Tho. nnu-t 4 v,sa r.. fr, n.
; has told US in three several letters, that he is
against Texas. SO long as il costs more
than a fair rate he is against il. II was iho't
by lhe JacksonCshinel 10 be wprlh 1000. OOO
Of money only. Now, when there is not a
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