Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-03-25
THE GREAT QUESTION.
NOTIFICATION PRO-SLAVERY
PARTY COMBINATION.

PARTY COMBINATION.
The recreant locofoco dough-faces of the
North having carried through all the Polk meas
ures, the policy of annexation is TO go on for an
other year ,oithom restriction as 10 Sidrery The
great question might have been settled, and ough
to have been settled, by the last Congress, eithe
by the Wilmot proviso or Mr.. Berren's amend
ment TO the three million bill but the locofoco:
wllicd 1t otherwise both of these wise meas
mes were defeated by Northern voes-and the
effect is to give the Savocracy time to lay theil
plans so as, if possible, TO acquire new territory
'pith Slavery. 1t is too early to determine wheth
or or not they will be successful but it is evi
dent enough that they will try, and that the fu
ture is full of danger. Virginia has announced
that she will not be bound by any act of Con
gress restricting Slavery in new territory-whicl
80 throat Of Notification; and Saudi Carolina
with Mr.. Calhoun at her head, has raised the
standard for new organization of Pro Slave
ry party. We give the documents, so that oul
readers may keep up with the times.
On the 9th inst. great public meeting was
holden at Charleston, S. c., in honor of Senators
Calhoun and Butler. Col Hayne, from a COM
miuee on resolutions, reported as follows:
t. preserve this Institution, your Committee
arc well convinced, that the Slaveholding States
must iealously watch their rights under the Con-
stituton-must insist upon that proportonate in
fluence, intended TO be secured 10 them by the
compromises Of that compact-and, above all,
must at all hazards and all times, maintain Meir
ECU ALlTY, FULL and COMPLETE, pih tclatev-
ILL., . l. .
AS TO our rights under the Constitution, we
hold it to be clear and unquestionabe, that the
saveholding States are entitled to an equal par.
tcipatlon In the Territories of the United States.
And we utterly deny the right of Congress to
exclude nf,C State applying for admission to
our Union, on account of the existence o. any
domestic institution rhich ,Cas tolerated in The o.
r7gindL THIRTEEN.
Your Committee recommend the adoption of
the following resolutions;
l. ReSotUed, That in the opinion of this meet
ing, submission to the proposed exclusion from
an equality Of benefits in the territories of the
United States, beyond what is already yielded
by the Missouri Compromise, would be unwise.
dangerous, dishonorable and debasinp
q ReSOiued, That this is question paramount
TO all considerations of party, as mere Temporary
policy, and that he who falters, and Esau like.
barriers his birthright for a mess of po,tage, is
recreant to the memory of the past, to his duty in
the present, and traitor to poserity.
3. ReSoiued, That this meeting cordially res
pond to the Resolutions lately passed bv the
House of Delegates in the Senate of Virginia
that they hereby reterate the same and adopt
them, as expressing not only the sense of this
meeting and of Charleston District but as they
believe OF the State of South Carolina, and, as
they confdentally hope, Of the WHOLE SoUTH.
The Virginia resolutions are as follows, viz
BE il reSolped unanimously by the General As
Sembh Of pirginid, That the Government of the
United States has no control, directly or indi-
recty, mediately or immediately, over the IN
stituton Of Slavery; and that, in taking any such
control, it transcends the limits of its Legitimate
functions by destroying the internal organization
OF the sovercgnties who credited it.
ReSolved unanimously That under no circum-
stances will this body recognize as binding any
enactment of the Federal Government which has
for its object the prohibition of slavery in any
territory TO be acquired either by conquest or by
treaty; holding it to be the natural and indefeas-
ible right of each and every citizen of each and
every State of the Confederacy, to reside with
his property, of whatever description in any tor
ritory which may be acquired by the arms OF the
United States, or yielded by treaty with any for
eigu power.
ReSotved, unanimously, That this General AS
sembly holds 1t to be the duty of every man, in
every section of this confederacy, if the Union
Is dear to him, to oppose the passage of any law,
for whatever purpose, by which territory 10 be
acquired may be subject TO such restriction.
Resolved, unanimously, That the passage of
the above mentioned proviSo makes it the duty
of every slavehC,,Glng State, and every citizen
thereof. ., thew value their dearest privileges
thr r sovereonty, their independence, their rights
&c nronartv. TO take firm, united, and concerted
oct;on in this emergency.
Tbnse Resolutions were advocated by Messrs'
Calhoun. |. E. Holiness and others, and unanlm-
ously adopted
The Charleston News has given report OF
MIR. Calhoun's speech, which was the same as his
sneech in the Senate, though more elaborate.
The concluding portion, however, was new, and
we give it:
The North, Mr.. c. said, had no interest in the
destruction Of our institution of slavery 1t does
moi affect its wealth, or its numbers, but on the
contrary it derives from it as much prosperity as
yo ourselves do. Without the Rice, Cotton ant
Tohncco of the South, what would become OF thu
commerce and navigation of the North, It's ex
nensiye machinery and extensive factories, AM
lis masses congregated in towns and villages =
'The revenue Of the government would be redu
ced TO ss,OOO,o00, and the towns OF the Mort
10 ope-fourth of their size. Hence the selt-in
terest of the North would De pTolectloh 10 Vi
Mr. G. now took brief view of the constltr
ency of the non-slaveholding States. The vote
of the non-slaveholding States were divided mi
three parts. ~,
The Abolitionists. This is the party whic
are fanatics on the subject Of Slavery, bellevlr
il to be a crime, and to be put down at eve
hazard. Drawing his calculation from the 70
given IN the State of New York, which might
Considered as very good example of the 9th
states, Mr.. c, supposed that the Abolition par
amounted in the North to about D per cent.
he whole voting population.
9. The second party consists oil the SOBER, gu
citizens of the North men who believe Slave
70 he an evil, and are willing to see it abollsh'
but will not consent for the Accomplishment
this purpose 20 overthrow the Constitution. Il
is the real Conservative party OF the North, a
constitutes about seven-tenths OF the voters.
3. The remainder Of voters, Mr.. G. said, VIII
consisted of 25 per cent, might be divided i
two parts. The one Is a highly talented {
respectable portion, amounting, however, to o
per cent, who symputhise with the South, wi
the other 20 per cent, consists of what has b.
called the Spells party --men caring for no pl
cinle. but going in every election for the spoi
MI Calhoun now entered into an examina
90 The causes which have led to the present
ture of affairs.
The Abolltionist party he described as hol,
the balance of power because, though sma