The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-08-14
st. JOhnsbury, Vt, August IA, 184z

vlduala living South of Mason and DiXon's
line-bcing too lazy TO work themselves, and
too mean to pay an honest laborcr an honest
price to work for them, as we of the North do,
have stolen, and are stealing, negroes in sulIi-
cent quantity to supply their necessity Who
beng, as Mr. Jefferson rcmnrkcd-''nurscd,
educated and daily 'cXcrciscd in tyranny"
and being therefore DESTROYS of some convcn-
Icncos for the hourly exercise ofths dome site
virtue have made these negroes "chattcls"-
whom they can lash and laceratc, and even
kill, to their hearts content, without any awk-
ward interference from the Law. Who, dcsir.
Gus, in short, professionally breaking all the
laws of the Dccnloguc with impunity, have de-
yiscd this, as aystom admirably adapted to
that end.
This system they arc, very naturally, dcsr-
Gus should increase and become perpetual. A.
side, therefore, from unwcaricd personal cx.
crtions, in the way of increasing the number
ofthcir unpaid servants; (NIr Paxton of Vicin-
in, assures us that ''thc best blood of virginia.
flows in the veins of the slaves, ~; they have
been hard at work, ever since the adoption of
the Constitution, in ''lcngthcning their cords,
and strengthening their stakes" In 1900
they succeeded in procuring the passage of a
measure TO Cypress and degrade free blacks
In l793,thcy succeeded in nbolishing the right
oitral by jury, in the case of the arrest in one
State of an alleged fugitive from another
! Their next step was the admission of new
slave States TO the Union which even Mr. JEFF
icrson declared was contrary to the Constitu-
ton. In ISL, Louisiana was admitted. In
| 1890, by the infamous Missouri compromisc
"savcry marched rampant up to 40 10 deg
| North Lat.'-although it had long been cstab-
Iishcd, that it should never 90 above 81 deg
Since that time, Arkansas, Florida and Texas
have been admitted. How, as the result of
this, is the Union now situated: Simply thus
A contemplate clique ofoac hundrcd MouSaud
slaycholding voters, with the assistance of
their iinCssc, and their shoals of new slave
States, each with its two senators; hold the
rcins of the nation, and dictate 20 moro than
ten millions ofua, in the free States, and fec
millions who do not hold slaves, among them !
selves. 1t is actually truc--by the last cen
sus, that 2,5Ga,0OO of free citizens in New
York, are represented in the United States
Senate by t,ro Senators; while the same mum
Der of Shareholders, scattered through eight
States-haye in the same Senate, siriccnIvotes
They have for years, had complete possession
of the Presidential chair, with all its cnor-
nous patronage; they have a majority of the |
Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice,
so that they arc sure Of the favorable dccis-
ion of the highest tribunal known to our
Laws, i'll any contest with the North; aud |
they have now Il clear majority in the Senate
10 obtain, then, Il possession of the National |
dIctation which shall he complete, & cannot he
disturbed by no ordinary oSsihity-having
already the President aud Cabinet, the Su-
promc Court and the Scnatc-it is only nee
cssary for them to obtain about TIM more
slave Representatives, which will give them
the power indisputably and forever. In the
last House there were l3S from the free, and
10 from the slave States. Fifty more from
the latter, will give them the Same working
majority t,co in the House, which they now 4
have in the Senate. How to secure this adj
dlilonal representation, with its additional
security, has long been their study. Till the
present time, they have got along very well
by the trcachcry ofNorthern members, whom
they have bought over to vote for them, ms in
the vote for tho annexation of Texas. where
they secured the services of some fifty But
although this has, so far, worked very well,
1t has takOn good many lat offices, and e.
monuments, which il is an object To the South
to save for themselves, and to do thiS,us we'll
as 10 make assurance doubly sure in case the
North ShoNd wake up, and find ont what
they arc about they have decided that some
ho'c and somc,rhcrc moro territory aluSt he had
ont Of which to manufacture slave States,
aud the needed fifty Representatives. Our
precious Administration having thus deter
mined, and looking about to SEQ whom they
should be able to rob easiest oftho requisite
amount, by most happy thought fixed upon
Our ncighbor oiNlcXico. Here was Il chance
indeed for Il splendid speculation! New
slave States in any quantity-an untold num- : :
Dor of mines of the precious mo;als-a prob !
IDLY easy conquest, and any quantity of mil
tary glory, for capital i'll the next Prcsden- !. =
ial clccton--hcrc indeed, was conccntra- /,
ion of good luck truly wonderful i'll these
anne and inglorious "lattcr days. TO ac-
Iuirc all this, and ut the same time to have Il y
'retcNt which should "pull the wool" little
over the eyes" of the North the bright
bought, of mannvoring General Taylor, and :
lis troops over the disputed territory, in such !
nauurr as, il possible, TO provoke an at
ack from the McXcanS which should furnish Il
n excuse to say ",CW EXISTS by The act Of .lier- 6
ro;"-ocCurrcd to Mr. Polk, who, no Doubt, u
said grace" over the idea, as the exemplary u
lutocrat OF Russia is said to have done, be y
Drc he swallowed Poland. This succeeded, II
S we all know, to Il charm, and there is cv IL
ry prospect that tho needed territory will he IL
cquircd-thc fifty Representatives obtained, "
nd this interesting scheme, be brought sale
Y to its perfect consummation. "
Now Sir, | flattcr myselfthat you have in 81
elect enough TO know, that HERE, is to be +;
'und the TRUE and ONLY cause ofthis Mex =,
IAN War. And, since it has boon confessed. n
. frankly by some others of your editorial 80
lidney"-why wouldn't it be as well for you ~,