Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-10-16


And where will Vermont soon be, if the poilcy
of foreign annexation is TO prevail and become the
settled policy of the country She will be IN i"o
condition Of an appendage Of vast slave empire
embracing, not Texas only, but California, and nm
ally every part of Mcxco--all of which VIII Do
oyerun by slave holders who will, in due time 'oc-
clare independence and claim and obtain admission
into the Union. o,....
But annexation may be consonmated oI''o'!
may triumph. 1t may secure majority ~ ''
Senate of the United States. II may ahhui tno
co,rn,or,;se. ortbe Constitution, and destroy the
bonj fiat holds these States together. " hHt
then shall Vermont do What it will be her flgM
ia do. admits of no question. If, from regard TO
peace. she shall orbear TO exercise her rIEht' IL
sbould be with solemn declaration TO the Union
and the world, that she thereby acknowledges no
ripbt Of annexation, and forbears from no dlmln-
ishcd conviction that it will subvert the Consttu-
ton, and essentially destroy the Union of which 1t
is The bond and that she reserves the right OF such
future action, rs circumstances may suggest,
But, in the event Of annexation, there will re-
man great practical duty for US to perform. 1t
will be, to 20 to the very verge of our constltu-
tiona power to effect the abolition Of slavery, as
the chief evil in our country and the great crime
of our age Slavery will, by annexation, have
been taken under the special protection of the ma
tonal government and made in the highest sense,
a national institution and thcnceforth will be-
come leading and controlling element in the I'M
ion. 1t will then be seen IN stronger and clearer
LIGHT than il ever has been. The success of an
neyation will have signaIly illustrated its charac-
ter and the fine is NOT distant. when if will he
abeno lonuer to adiust lis influence in the scale of
narties 50 ms ia maintain its ascendoncv nv North
ern co .onerntjon for thc North will bave learned
the Indispensable necessity of union, in order to
roll h, rk tho lido of ;,s distractions and co chonre
the policy of the Government That if shall cease 10
make the suDnoH or sloveIv nm object Of sneciaI
and paramount REGARD. Ifthe North. for the sake
of pcace. shall submit to onneyation fine Sontb
must submit 70 tho leaitinotc and incyitnble CON-
seoucnres of thns forcinr eyory,ybero an ;nvosti-
cation Of the merits Of slavery and thorouoh OK
nosnre the imnossibiI;tv or lonr mnintaining n
Union. ombracing tbe hostile and TrcconcilabIo eI.
oments Of slayery and focdom
have received from Tho Eyocptiyes of several If
tho Statos resolutions or their resnortive Ierislo
lures. toucbino tbe subject of anpcxotion. which
shall hereafter communicate for the consideration
of tho General Assembly.
AMONG the papers received from the Executives
of other States il the solemn Declaration and Pro-
test of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a.
qainst the laws of South Carolina under which,
colorod citizens of Massachusetts are arrested on
hoard her shins in the horbors oC Sonth C,roIino
IN
perpetual slavery. in default of their commanders
10 Give bonds 10 redeem them and to nav the ex
ponse of their deteDtion-all of which Massachu-
setts asserts is in violation of that clause of the
Constitution of the United States. which declares
that the citizens of each State shall be entitled
to all PRIVILEGES and immunities of citizens in tbe
several States
To protect her citizens from the execution Of
these laws, Massachusetts commissioned one Other
most DISTINGUISHED citizens to proceed to South
Carolina. for the purpose of institutng such pro-
cess as should bring tho question of the constiu-
tionality of these proceedings before The Sunreme
Court ofthe United States. 1t is a matter of his
tory. that The AGENT. on apDearino in South Cnro-
ma, for the purpose of executing commission thus
Iookino to n neacefnI md orderIv annual 10 the
a ppropriate judicial tribunal, was driven awav by
threats of personal violence offs mob and that
subsequently, the logieI,tura eanctonod Tho act Of
the mob nv making an order oto exneI, the ogent
from the State. Against this, also Massachusetts
protests
have received from the Governor of South
Carolina. the proceedinos referred TO- of the leois-
Ioturo Of thai State have al.o roceiyed from fhc
Governors of tho Stotcs of Arkansas and Alabama
resontions of tbe Legislatures or those states an.
provjnn the oufraoe committed on the AGENT Of
Massachusetts, and from the Governor Of Con-
necticur. resolutions of the legislature of that State
dec,rng that the act oCSonth C1rolina is {. nal
nablo and dapgerous vioation If the national com
pact." shall hereafter. transmit these noncrs
with others on various subjects received from the
Executive of other States for the use of tho Game
raj Assembly.
+ have made This specioI refcrence IN tbo nro-
ceedinos of South Carolina. for the nurnose of
brnoing them into immediate connection with thp
kindred subject TO which hive. at some lenotb
invited vour attention and Of submitting TO Won the
nronriefv and duty orn fuI consideration Of these
nroceedinCs. and an cynression of
the sense entertained bv tbe General Assemble of
this State. offbeir true character and tenJencv.-
II would seem evident chat the Union cannot he
maintained irnenceahle nttemn,s 10 onnenI 70 tho
annronr,,te judicial tribunal for the settlement of
crcot constitutional questions involvinq tho relo
live rights of the States. are to be nut down by
mob violence, and the added sanction orlegislatiyc
authority.
II il worthy of rpm,rk that unon an ottcront Nv
South C,roln, tn enforce the l,,ys gonst colored
British subieeis and tbe remonstrancc of tbo Brt-
isb Government to that of the limited States Souh
Carolna desisted and vet she rioorouslv enforces
tbcn AGAINST one Of her sister StoIes and adds tbo
cvtrome oqorav,tion of rpdeiv cxneIlipg from bcr
tsrr;torv an arent nr TIA, Staie rptbor Than allow
him = residence ong cnonqh TO nerfeci tho process
81 snLn,i,,nr tho o7,es,;on Of dHaronoo 10 ,b. d.
o;snn' ~ tha 7cono,itn,;ona1 trD,nn,I
Co,or,I If tho SI,yo SI,tos !, i r,dorstool
b,vs laws IN this suhiec similar ,o ,hose Of Soutb
ca.ol;na Thoir az croo',ort i, 7 ,,,,;,,, ,I,o,,l