Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-01-23
THE HERALD.
THURsDAY,JA %, IsA5.

uJCongisss u ye, dragging Its slow length
Alon, and the details OF It's proceedings are
as dull .s "ih ice told tales" Contrary IN
the expectation OF almost every one the pres.
ent session has, thus far, been remarkably
tame one -snd has afforded but ltle or no
,rleres To tie people Of tho country Tie
TcSa. question, It is true, has excited much
curiosity, aod The a,iion Of Congress in refct-
euce 10 II, has been awaited with much anI.
reSy. Never was the course Of 'comtt
WATCHED Niih deppor interest. than has been.
Tor the past ieW months, the lone star 81
Texas Political asrrotogets with iheir tel
escapes % various powefs--inletc,ied spec.
ulslors, with such eyes as spectators only
hsre--and tie old ladies' and children, with
smoked glass. have long been watching the
hoI ron Tor The first appearance Of this I'LL
omened stat-especting every moment when
II shall be seen quietly taking it's placc with
in our own constellation. But the telescopes
are again IN their cases-ite ewes OF the spec
ulstots are dnneJ with long wa,cbing-and
the smoked glass Of the old ladies' and chill
dren is carefully laid sway, until another
announcement Of the expected appearance
o | this Southern Dog-Star, comet, or an
ECLIPSE, whichever may come first.
!, is now generally admitted, we believe,
on all sides, that Texas cannot, during the
present session Of Congress, be anneIej,-
and We are therefore led to rejoice thai, as
YET We are not irrolrevsbly doomed with the
everlasting curse Of Slavery, and that for a
while longer nj least, we are 10 look uron
our glorious Union as Il u.s.. But noiwi,h
standing thiS3nlamous projects for tho pres
ent, apparently defeated wilhsianding
we have as yet avoided this last snare Of the
willy Sou,hrons, by which they would forever
bind us as their vassals, we should not forget
tina. we are 10 meet this question again and
again, until it is finally disposed of-we
should not forget thai the slave power Of
tho South is ever awaAe-lhst it has neUer
ldiied a, vet, IN carrying measure agains,
he North, and that unless we, in our m iph, |
resist this foul project, we shall become as
essentially their bOndsmcn, as are the lh.ee |
million slaves they now hold in bondage -
iih annexation, such government as this
Slave. power wills, we shall have--such laws
As il enacts, we shall he forced to submit to-
We know, that at the South, by many, who
advocate the extension and pei pelui,y of
Slavery in Ibis country, we are regarded as
Iniy III 10 become the yassals OF the more
enlightened and chivalrous Southrons. We
arc aware tina. only last reek it was upon the
aoor OF Congress, asserted by mi, mber from
Louisiana, that The Slaves Of the South are
better fed better clothed, and are more mel
hgem' ihan The working men Of the North
' c hope tina; these arrogant and supcrcIl-
.ilus bragaducios will learn, ere long, that the
'E,cemcH OF the North are not much longer
to be thus insulted, and that we shall, to
their Satisfaction, show them that we are at
leas, Intelligent enough to understand our
rights, anil that we have the heart and the
Independence to maintain them.