The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-02-10
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MONT FED r UARY 10, 1915.
A Voice from the Cradle of Liberty.

or delegates from all parts Of the Bay Sntc, who
came together to protest against the annexation of
Texas to the u States, was nuncrously attended,
II was Convention to protest, more than anything
else, against the extension Of human slavery yet the
Boston Post, tho lending organ Of Locofocoism in ~
England with lis usual decency, chamcerscs an
other s'tlaFtrord Convention - The most imp ,rtan
transaction Of this Convention the putting forth
of nm Address the People Of the t. States upon the
subiec. Of Annexation. The Address is long and able
II lays down two propositions, VIII
eve regard the schmc orannexing Texts TO the
United States being
|. a plain violation Of the Constitution.
2. As calculated and designed, by the open dsclar-
alton of its friends uphold the interests Of Slavery,
extend its influence, uhd sccGrc lis permanent dura-
tom
These propositions the address susains nj great
length and with irresistible force. Upon the matter
of the debts of Texas il takes the ground mnintnncd
by Judge Colaner in his recent speech in the House
of Representatives, that whatever may be the terms
of Annexation the U. States must pay the debts Of
Texas. 1t says
''Were the evil consequences Of annexation already
alluded 10, less formidable, we might point TO other
and immediate dangers, too great for ordinary pru
dence disregard, or for such an object TO encoun
ter.
The debt of Texas aud the war with Mexico must
in that event both be assumed by the United States.
The former is Of uncertain known however to be Of
great amount, and is estimated by competent judges
Mt twenty millions Of dollars
Whatever may be its amount, and whatever may
be the conditions Of union between the countries, that
debt become the debt of the United States, II
would be alike Inconsistent with the honor Of the ma
ton and the rights Of others TO unnihate the national
character Of Texas assume the nccrung from
her commerce, and leave the creditor unpaid
The Address closes with the following eloquent Op-
peal -
"This Convention has now, fellow citizens, per-
Formed high and incumbent duty. With oil the
brevity which the magnitude and importance Of the
subject will permit, have laid before you some of
the reasons which impe the formation Oft now lcder-
nj union. Massachusetts denounces its progress, its
and its end, and all the purposes aud preences
of its authors. She denounces ,as the overthrow Of
the Constitution, the bond Of the existing Union
She denounces it, as hostile 10 all the objects for
which that Union was established In the name of
religion she denounces il, rs n fragrant violation of its
revealed principles. In the name of humanity she
denounces it deliberate and monsrous machnn.
tion to tho unlimited spread and sway Of the
scourge and curse of the human race.
We address you from Faneui Hall, the honored
place where reemen, in other times, were wont to
give bold utterance TO their manly thoughts Around
the high places where fathers ieoparded
life in the cause of American liberty. The monu-
ments of their devotedness TO that cause, unto
death, are in our sight. Their principles ours
Their spirit annates our henris and through they
summon you TO the defence Of all they held most
dear on earth. ..
We call upon you, therefore, in their name and in
the name of all the patriots of the Revolution to
stand by us in this DAY of peril And we beseech you
that you will not permit the declaration they made TO
the world, the glorious fourth Of July, l776,,o be-
come object of scorn and derision by reason Of an
abandonment of all it's principles, before the last
of the generation with which they noted has disap-
peared from the earth.
Will the South disregard all remonsrance, and press
its contamination this deed of airocious wrong?
When the Constitution framed, we have seen,
that there harmony of sentiment among intelli-
gent in all sections OF the country respecting the
injurious influences of slavery. No where do we
find its evils more faithfully portrayed than in the
speeches and writings of emmett men belonging to
the save-hoding States, in the early period of
history The opinions they expressed of slavery have
been verified each step in the progress of the Ma
ton. Whitening every interest it TOUGHEST pnralyzing
the strength of States yet in their youth tnoe DESC
iatng than blight or midew to The soil that susains
it: in all ages and countries, the wrong done to the
nature of man, when he is subjected to involuntary
servude, is avenged by the wide spread ruin his re-
luctant service tepays. ... .a ..... ID. ,,.. .-
For this unhappy condition of society, the remedy
sought to be applied can only aggravate the mischief
it would remove. To eradicate the evil, not TO dis
seminate it, is the dictate both of wisdom and phan-
ihropy. -. .... ..,. -. ,,..y,....-.. ...-......
But, whatever may be the policy of the Southern
States, upon the question of annexation, surely the
appeal to the people the free states will not be made
in vain Not only the highest obligations ofduy bind
hem oppose, with all thGir energies the spread of