Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-02-14

southern monopoly Of office to which have alluded ;
IN the supposed hostility OF the South to course of
policy frs, hrccd upon us by that section, but IN
dispcnsable TO our prosperity, IN conscientious belief
that slavery is, both morally and economyaly a
wrong and an evil The excitement thus NOD uced
has been aggravated and nf1medby the denial oI the
rleht olneton, by the nj uses If the FLORIDA wat by
the fierce denuncatrns of Northern men and North.
crn interests on this lOor and by other causes not
necessary to be specified. Ambitious aud designing
men have taken advantage of this STATE Of feeling for
corrupt and selfish purposes; and, by the usual arts
of the demagoguc have converted list and honest
impulse into wild and reckless anatiosm The prin-
cple of election hy plurality Of extensive appli.
cation has made it object for each of the great po-
lcal parties to encourage the growth of this d.
VISION nj the expense of the Other But in this in
many other cases, the open policy of the Wings has
been uiied by the more dcyerous strnagems of their
opponents; and the consequence is that the Liberty
plry whose rank and file consists almost entirely OF
wings "a controlled IN is acton by leaders from tho
other side. lis members have quite lost sight of their
original motives, and ii exists but as iactous in
uinue.
By all these causes, n state of things has been pro-
dutcd. upon which the coolest patriot cannot loo,
without alarm; and the annexation OF Texas If con-
snmmnitd. will add leniold to the madn IS OF the pas
sinns, which the articles of bad men have excited to
/ almost uugoyernahlc fury. some gentlemen find n
ready pantCea fit the impending owls, which seem ill.,
scpaa5.e from tins sphirr' IN the dissolution of the
Union, They would divide this goodly colfedcracy
and carve out oft two three or four ndepcn lent
1Uul'S, may h empires rs u UOuN nDllllc were
Ii the pnlvnvs which mulrplies by division. But
have gentlemen weighed the practical difficulties
which attend this measure! Have they definitely
settled where the lines shall be drawn Are they quite
/ sure that the northornmost slav"hOldug States ar,
prepared in ofdlvision to make common cause
with the extreme South Have they determined the
proportions, m which the rnhlc properly and the
public Liabilities shall he divided : Do they remember
TINT tho public donan-hrl IncXhaustblc source o.
n1dona' wcah--cs chiefly in the free States and
Territories md is 1t selc 10 calculate that the strong
man in poss, ss'on will Yield 10 his weaker brother
rrhl which he unable to c6inrcc? Have they for
tnf"u ten the OH question m respect TO the right
hose vino inhabit the valley of nnvrnhc river to d.
low its current To the ocean? Is il certain that the
mighty West connected, as she is with both the
North and the South nv vital bonds, arteries which
il is dc'lh ~ sever wilt in any event. permit DISCO
hilton What hope is there, that such questions rs
these can ever settled byany arbtcr but the HHimo
ratio Of nations: aud in If war between the
N1rh and the South, whD viii protect the fires de o
the Soutnerucr against his fearful domestic enemy
while the father md the husband marches to III,
northern frontier TO embrue his hands in the blood
his hroiherl
Aaain: Are gentlemen prepared to risk the mora
and poliicn effect Of the sefimmolniion Of h:
mighty empirc-the model rpnuhlicl lo they no
know that the frs, SIC, towards dissolution, the frs
outbreak ofvioence, will he halled nv the vuliurcs o
Europe token that their prey awaits them and
a signal of richer partition than the dlsmembermen
of Poland?
/ Sir. have barely touched, not exhausted, single
branch of this vast argument, | would Gladly loot
at this question of cxpedcncv in other and less deli
cate aspects, 10 say nothing Of the portentous constl
uonnl obstacles, which noxorabv forbid the nc
compishmen' ofthis measure 1t would for in ancc
be an easy matter to show, as the gentlemen fron
Ohio (Nlr. IIANLiN) hnicd that by annlhllating tn
sovereirnty destroying the political individuality, mp
pronr9 ing the resources and assuming the ultlmai
dominion Of the soil Of Texas legally AID moral
~ incur oil her unknown nbes; not her pecunlr
and liquiilci cht onv hut her obligations for revo
luou1rv services, and for indpmirntinn for t,vlc