Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-08-02

"nI Suite, to no called the Stale If Ts1ds,' with the
Sod y herself and an extcnt not exceeding that OF
DyrT,ge Of s act on an equal footing with the original States
disposed of by tho United states of their Territories
to be called The South West Territory
w The existence of slavery to he forever prohibited in ht
northern and north ceon part I said territory divide
as equally may be- the whole of tho annexed country between
slaVchoding and ncn.slavuholding States"
Observe, first, that State is to be admitted in.
stanter, as large as the largest now in the Union
it is the present settled Toxas-a SLAVE State That
gives the balance of power in the Senate to the
slave States-gves those States the power to die.
tate the terms of admission TO the new States.--
They may make Iowa as large as four States, or
cut Florida into tco States thus getting four slave
holding Senators TO ttco free Senators and these
very projects were offered at the last session! AT
the outset, therefore, Mr.. Benton surrendors the
balance of power TO the slave States and how,
then, does he "neutralizc the slave question:" Oh
the country of Texas is to be divided, as near as
may be, between free and slave States-but observe
the fact, that the sterile mountains of The north and
northtcoSt are to be reserved for free States while
the rich plains are carefully reserved to be waered
and enriched by the tears and blood of sayes -
Will those mountains ever sustain population
large enough for single State? We doubt it
but these mountains are very generously held in
reserve for freedom while the plains are forever Sc
questered to slavery and the present inhabited Tex
as is admitted as n slave State instanter! That is
neutrality with a vengeance.
We have thus met the Patriot with Ilocofoco au-
thorities exclusively Let it rofute its own associ-
otes, or confess that the positions it has assumed
arc utterly unfounded.
For ourselves we regard it as clear, beyond the
shadow of doubt, that The perpetuation Of SaUery
hes at The foundation Of The TcrdS question. That
is the grand DIFFERENTIATION is the mode of civ
ing the balance of power to the South, and thus
enabling her to control the whole policy of the Gov.
crnnent. Mr. Clay so regarded it-so spoke of it
and in that light fcarlessly and fully condemned
it. Mr.. Calhoun, Gen. Jackson, Gov. Polk, end
Lewis Cass regard it in the same light They
veil their meaning, it is true, beneath apprehended
danger from Great Britain--but that danger is not
her arms, which neither do they nor the people fear
not her commercial policy, which they all in fact
countenance by their hostility 10 protection; but it
is her moral influence, upon Ieras and Mcrico,
against slavery. To present the question to the PEG.
pie of Vermont in any other light is fraud upon
them; to induce them to support Polk, committed as
he is-nqt to Bcntons projoct-not to wait the as
sent of Mexico - not to neutralze" the question
Of slayery--but to IMMEDIATE ANNEXA-
TION,"-is to induce the people of Vermont to take
the curse of slavery upon their souls, to yield the
control of tho Government to the slave power, to
put the question of Protection into the hands of its
hittnroet mi 10 20.
the calling yoke Of slavery.