Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-08-08
national measures proposed with view to its

perpetuation! BY the compromises Of the con.
the anomaly Of a representation Of
property is admitted in behalf Of the Southern |
ern States (for the laws Of those States make
slaves not persons but things,) and consequent
ly the South is allowed much greater weight
in our national councils than elongs 10 their
free population, their resources, or their physi-
cal force; and the same advantage 10 conceded
to all the additional slave. holding territory
which has been Incorporated into the Union
since the adoption Of the Constitution. Every
exte nsion therefore Of such territory increases
the inequality Of the distribution of power
would be Of little moment, were it not that GER
tain erroneous views Of political economy, nat.
urally connected with their peculiar Institutions,
are extensively prevalent and influential thro'-
out almost the entire South. The prejudices
OF birth, education and habit, lead the Southern
er to ascrlbe the superior energy, prosperity.
and intelligence of the free aborcrs of the
north rather TO external causes than to the in.
herent force OF free institutions /; and they are
unwilling to admit that the comparative un-
thrlftiness Of the South, in spite of favored
soil and climate, and Of almost every natural ad-
vantage, is in any degree impuiable TO an erro.
neous system OF internal policy. Hence they
seek the cause of this unfavorable contrast in
the action of the general government and the
protective policy, which. though not SO obvious
y, is as certainly beneficial to the South as to
the North, is made scape. goat, chargeable
with all the evils that Cypress the South, and
the real root of which is to be sought in the i'm
mediate and remote effects of their unfortunate
institutions. Hence arises morbid jealousy of
the people and principles Of the North, and this
has been fermented by political demagogues,
and excltet by the heated and iniemnera'e zeal
OF uitra aoolItionists' until 1t has degenerated in.
"A at e..
OF open and avowed hostility.
Agaln' ,he contempt Tor labor which slave
~ e"genuers iinpeis those not born to wealth
10 seek livelihood by some less degrading &C.
cuPd''o"' ana very large proportion OF the
youns men OF me South pursue the study OF
pu".os' no, as preparation Tor the due DIS
r"aSe y, .he electVe 'rahch'se' out as pro-
lJeSS'on whch is to yield them maintenance at
tne puoic charge. Inc consequence is that
the south supplies much larger number of pc.
pooi, ahpnS,,, anu anu ,ne n'ue
vain ,han ,ba MI MA MAJ ,ney seen not W
"a" .''e t>o''n' "e ueA'er.y Vi theee
ai %'eu pa',Aa"s' anu tne'r uh'ty OF ac,ion on
an sIeuonal qnestlohs' give them an influence
, ~n'In can raiely oe resisted. ana It's iorce has
~ e'S""'y e"e'"P''"eu W Tue success
W ''o "'''e"a''o" sche'he' a measure notorious
" and almost undisguisedly advocated as
means OF strengthening the political influence
OF the Sou'h' and unsupported by single argu.
Inent addressed to the local and national feel.
lngs OF the North.
These considerations furnish abundant rca-
sons why every Northern patriot, while ration.
ally abstanng from all interference with the
| right or the proper jurisdiction of the South,
should yet strenuously resist every measure
tending to the disproportionatc increase of
power, which, as experience shows, is almost
uniformly directed to the advancement of sec.
tIonal interests.
We urge these arguments, in no spirit OF hos.
tllity to the South, and with no disposition TO
deny or disparage the eminent services which
The citizens and the statesmen of the slavehold.
ing States have on many trying occasions rem.
dered to the American people. But in all this
political and legislative warfare, thew are the
assai'an's. we are but acting in self-defence,
III MAINTAINING Tie ground on which they orlgi.
nay P'a'eu us'
The enterprise and capital of the Northern
STATES were hrst employed in fore ign CONNIE rec,
ana our agrlcultursts, seanien and mechanics
reaped rich harvest, during the continental
war that desola'ed Europe for twenty years af.
Ter the French Revolution. Southern jealousy
lne" ascrloed our prosperity to our navigation
anl o,","aa ana The nrotHrtinn nf dn'"AS'i"
,''; n! was ae AZ W o"ulnern s'a'esheh
49,; ~ y. depressing 'o'e's" ttaoe' ana
n.tis nou."e'" i.oor 'io'e Pro"'ao'e, oy
t p.osu."s " no"e i'a'het '1r us Prouucts. rms
,h ~ WI ""',o"al Poscy was resisted oy
S"u,I nro. al' rh VI .no WORTH out 'he
spun 'p, Ple'aleu' Inc protective p'llcy was cs-
wealth. of onr canitalis,s was iivor,o5 " ".' .,u
channels and providnnce nnoo no,,,o
upon our eir,rts. Tie Nortb is aa,;n nrnsno,
Gus in her new career and rho S5n,h XII XIII ian
cuisines under the canker that is ea,ing m, hor
vtas. Her statesmen have again CHANGED
their grounds, and now insist that we shall do q.
mosh the fabric erected by our laborers unon
the foundation which thew reared for us. Re.
tween the systems of free trade and protection.
the South has made her deliberate election
Shall we not now hold her to the alternative
she has chosen.
Nor do we bv anv means ,dr;, rs ro h,r,
before hjnted. Iba, the nro,oo,ion IS a." "a We
of industry is nroi,Jc,I -" .nn ", ay Da"on
common country .rLa &c. Seo,n" VI "ur
snme a vast a,nor,, IS NV ,."e1" sso."r.es con-
Mo- and nro,,;do n' i, "s s'e". oou,nerh s'a-
and quick returns: thew have discovered and
deve iopel its applicablity 10 numerous before
unsuspected uses, and of course occasioned a
greatly increased consu,np,on of the material
while their competition with the cotton mills of
England tends both to stimulate the demand a nd
keep up the price. The article thew nrodnce
for domestic CONSUMPTION are as Indispensable
at the South as at the North. and fnreign and
domestic rivalry has increased the sunnlv and
reduced tho price of almost every manufactured
article.