Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-07-26

" WIN prove an lnNaudOle acquisition 10 the Southern
states and their Domestic Institutions"
From the resolutions OF State Legislatures,
At this period in favor of annexation, take the
following from Mississippi as a specimen:
Resoired that the annexation of Texas To this
Republic is essential TO the future safety and repose
OF the Southern States OF this Conl.defacy."
The report of the Committee who reported
this resolution to the Legislature contains the
following remarkable passage:
THE Northern States have no interest oftheir own
which requires any special safeguards for their de-
fence, save only their domestic manufacturer and
God knows they have already received protection
from the government most liberal scale, under
winch encouragement they have improved and -four
shed beyond example. The South hare rery peeu-
lar interests 10 pr6Serrc-mterests already Violently
assal'ed, and boldly threatened Your Commttee
are fully persuaded that this protection her hest in
terests will be a,rIcd BY the annexation Of Texas
An equipose ofinfaencc in the Halls ofCongre,s will
be secured which will furnish permanent guGraI
ty OF protection"
Thus we see protection TO Slarry claimed as
a compensation Tor protection to free lgbor and
that not BY maintaining the right Of the 5 a'es 10
perpctuate slavery within their limits, nor By
according 10 them the right of defending il, as
best they may, against the moral power Of re-
deemed and purified Christianity but by dis
Numbering foreign country--inIrodurng into
it slavery from our own-nakug it perpetual
by the consitulion-aud teen adding the whole
territory. slavery, Constitution and all, TO this
Republic
Such was the scheme, and such the motives
The PROJECT then failed OF accomplishment; but
as we have seen, was not abandoned; for, TO
nothing has the slave power cIung with more
tcnactty than this. The purpose Of the great
movement so fully described IN the Mississippi
Report, mas been, since, more strkngIY mani
tested III speech OF MIR. v Use delivered III Con-
Trcss IN January lolr, from which make
short criract.
la considering the subject of the equation OF
power between freedom and slavery, which, 1t
seems, must be maintained at all hazards, Mr..
w Use sald--
"lf Iowa he added to the one side, Florida will be
nddad to the Other but there the equation must STOP
ivl one more \oftuerh Slaie be 9nhi'ed and the
il sof'-J of ,n",;con ~, ~
of Ihe American Consti,Iti,n Of the American nio
vanished into thin air. This must be the neyahle re-
suit, unless by treaty with Mexico, the South can
dfH m're ~,tPh 10 Aer ga q Ws'ersF. Lttthe south
chcsj %oron b T i,' M may uH
er3t scqie mast kick he bStm,"
Usre stands fort,, Tho nlnIo purooso r,J,,
rui.oI And ,yb9, , ,urnosn, ,r,,,,, =, H.,
npitoh to ,ha c,ot,d.racv IA rai,f ,rco sJ,,or,
in H., contest y;th f.r |,6,, ME Cnrs.i,,,ti,;S
rouc. the Union ronn. when tho .og,,;jjo,;,,,,r
between freedom and slavery IS rome i-as ,bonri,
that equilibrium was AN essential elarnent nj
the Constitution. tLa cnrncr stone of tbis Re.
hubble IVbv The truth il. ,hora ravnr sbonIJ
have been an "eoajl;brj,;7," between r,osror1
and slavprv in This t,,nfaJnrarr AMI ,Lora ,,o,'
or world have baen. hut fora vi,la,inn nf tho
Constitution in tho all,i,n If .l,ys sta,o, frl,,,
territ. r. no, v.tLi, our oric'n, limits T5a,Las
made an equ!librium, which did not o1tst wh.n
the Coustitu,i1u was f,ruel-,l,n nr,ror,io, az
save 10 lFee STATES being men, 0lt as ito I.
.n " '' "''' "'"usH- l"'t "'"t-'y would con
,'I' '"r,.'' III any o! lhh 9.!'es 20 tle ead OF
n'' ceu,I'!' or nan % hld century i'o'n That
.''i " nN' 'ons'ef..a'''H would nave seized
I'o convention '"a' formed t"e constitution,
h'd IL "se' Te'ea.ca 10 them that slavery Woud
survive 'ne hfs' non century 81 our existence.
",D ''I"" ',''ie' '"i' S't-H H''tf-| HoHSiH
''"''s SHou'u' al Inc terminal on OF That perot,
na'o '"1' e"S'u !" '1P "'''ionS o"a "!ree quarters
''' """''r' ~ save S'd,es from TO ID ana The
""''o'. VI h'' ''S'"'!u'es upon NE SGte 0aS'S
ono 10 twenty i've ana Wh"l Would have
po1' .''0 '-"sa ~" III '"9''''' '"u'" Il nave
oech Ioreseeh ina, al the expiration o. halt
century representative rom lhai Common
wca'h "oHIa rise ID tHe Han oi the House OF
al augmentation OF Inc slave power by the &c
question: J"r mPt F!"F'Se OF save territory be-
yoid our original "hI'S' large enough tor an ad-
u ,Ht."n %, niue states 10 ms U"oH And all
'h's 10 kce? an "tiHHtOfHtM between slavery
'"u 'ieeu'''' u N'tp slavery !F""n "NItk'hg The
oedn 10 save 'H' CONSTITUTIONS TO preserve
The unon irnn vanishing INTO thin air = Free
DOM Naqv, 'H7rlsr,.l snread bavond the p,clv
Noun,.Ins' and l,.r.t,r, el,csrv ,r,,,, ,,',..'
al ,. 49, :, 49,. - ! 80 = ''",''
W =" ',uS' ''c 0"o'''e' az" '''o'V onward 10 tGe
racine ocean
.,
~ ''+'' '"" P'"'cc", W d"u'HeF, ana
it'er eN.urhce "i the continued ann OF anueXa-
ton, and the motives by winch Il is guided and
governed II Is the letter of Gov. GlIu,er =,
which have olroaI, rararreA d,,oj -, "
;.,,, ~ mi, - ~ ~ az =" dSh-
n.y." ''io ~" w ''l.'a,l' - !o'-i"e lmpor-
lance oil the !euer ot Gov Giimer as well a.
the speech OF Mr. w lsc, is enhanced BY their
well known relation to the administration 80.
u,au as b, tLo;r s,,-l,,,,, as .,,,,, L, -, az
" ~ 90 '''e'' lac
'et'e' was "I.'e" ID d private 'ndi'idual, who
according 10 the enumeration OF the Baltimore
Republican,, IN publishing it, rerardin,r i. a,
"pIacng the policy of the annexation of Texas
TO the [ ullpu States in IgyU SfrjliDr ,ny -,