Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-03-19

States, trust may be pardoned tho Indulgence
of passing reference to those whom have the
honor in part to represent here. | am one OF but
four members upon this floor, from small unpre-
tending border State; State, which, in some re-
spects, occupies but subordinate position in the
Federal Union; State nevertheless, which holds
within its borders people, whose habits of indus
try, whose general intelligence whose indomitable
energy of character, whose devotion to the Union
and the Constitution, and whose attachment TO the
principles OF civil aud religious freedom, are un
surpassed by those of any other State or nation. -
They may be less forward than others in sounding
their own praises, or in Wanting their own patriot
ism, yet the sons of the American Switzerland viii
never be deaf nor backward to their countrys call
in any and every emergency. Much as they love
Vie peace and quiet Of their mountain homes, when
the day of conflict shall come, pledge you, upon
the authority Of one whose days have all been pas
sed among them, and who knows full well their
spirit and valor, thatthey will be there the first ana
foremost in the contest, with their backs to the
field and their front 10 the foe" They who inherit
the blood and the spirit Of the heroes OF Bennlng-
ton and Ticonderoga will be there. Other Aliens,
and Starkes and Lees. and Warmers, will be there,
10 cheer and to lead her gallant sons to the rescue;
and in the face Of danger and death, "upon the
green graves of their sires," will testify to the
world how much there yet remains of that daring
that knows not fear; of that patriotism that knows
not section or party; of that spirit which knows no
ser%tude, aud submits TO no wrong. The people
of Vermont, and am proud to say it, are the de-
scendans of the pilgrim stock Our fathers sleep
upon many battle field Of the revolution We
claim kindred with those who fought and fell at
Concord, and Lexington and Bunker-llill. And if
my honorable friends here from Massachusetts will
allow me to assert participation Of the honor we
claim kindred with those whose mighty voices first
awoke the echoes of Freedom within the ancient
walls of Faneuil Hall; with those who bore no
subordinate part in laying deep and strong the
foundations of this Republic. Ask ne not where
such a people will be found in the day Of their
country's need.
trust MIR. Chairman, that have an ample apo.-
ogy for this DEPRESSION, in abiding TO my native
State, and briefly, though it be but feeby, vindica-
ting the character of her people. in the attempt
which was made some days ago to cast a sheer
an asperson-upon her, by one Of her own sons,
(Mr. Chipman,) upon this floor. [ have only to say,
in reply TO that attempt, that he who has the taste
and the heart to illegtlmatze his own birth, so
tar to repudiae his parentage, CONNER DIS himself
less to the rebuke than to the cont1isserat'on OF
his friends And while ! trust that Vermont has
but one son who would make it a virtue to publicly
ayow it misfortune TO him that he was born upon
her soil /; am quite sure she has but one son who
could utter the unnatural sentiment without lnortl-
hcaton or reproach TO her.
MIR. Chalrman | trust am not wanting i'll re-
spect for the opinions of those who differ with me
in regard TO the probable results OF giving I'M
conditional notice for the abrogaton Of the joint
convention, and Of asserting an exclusive claim
over the whole CT Oregon territory. With the
most profound Difference to the opinions Of the il
lustrous gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. Ad-
ans to whose agency aud far reaching sagacity
the country is so largely indebted for the rights
and claims there which we are now contendlng for;
and with all Difference to the opinions Of Others
who express so much confidence that these meas
ures will not lead to hostiltes, | am utterly una
Bile to bring my own mind to that conclusion
While | will go as far as these, or any other gen.
tlemen, in any and every other act which may be
necessary TO maintain the true dignity and the
honor Of the country, would for tins very reason,
try every just and fair expedient to preserve the
peace Of the country.