Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-10-27

dOcs--or how soon DO Turned oil when mighuer
and proudcr foscreignties shall have arisen and
ovcrShadoncd tic broud Wcss-it is die TO en-.
quirc. BE that Ms Il may, this State hiss in hand
her own independent guarantees. Whatever
may be, in the future, her relations to the rest
of the world, she will, We trust, forever remain
the sumc- her citizens industrious and frugal,
religious in sentiment and life, sturdy in repub-
licanisD, unbending in adherence TO the unprc-
tending, yet conservative system Of government
under which they have hitherto found peace and
security, aud ccmentcd in unity as free and
highly educated ycomanry.
Is il not due to the cause Of popular education,
that VIC consider whether instruction In political
science should not be cngrafled ON the body Of
our schooling Under the Constitution OF this
State, he who aiiains to the prescribed age
is thenceiorh. theoretically, politician; and
whether qualified or not TO act discrcctly in the
new character, he ia now one Of the constituents
d the government and of its laws. They that
would ascertain the principal source Of tho polit-
ical knowledge by which the electors arc guided,
will find il in the public journals. Comparative
ly, few study the science Of politics to It's widest
range few, indeed, have leisure to pui sue il TO
its full extent Yet, on il every free govern
mcnt leans, and from il draws its necessary ali.
mcnt All may understand 80 much Of the s,i-
ence, rs TO have Acquaintance with the forms,
ferent governments to be conusant Uf the prn-
ciples and the spirit Of law as q rule Of human
condutt--to know the distinctions Ia rights aud
TO have clear tomprvhensions Of their obligations
as citizens A much Dotc extended iDdoctrinH-
ton Of The Young men Of cur country in polti-
cal truth than they have yet had IL, in my view,
indicated as precauiion by numerous signs Of
the tines" and am not now aware Of any
mode in which the proposed object could so ca
SLY be accomplished as by making textbook
Of tho science for Common Schools. lie who
should apply the energies Of n disciplined mind
to the preparation Of such q work, and render
j, acceptable for its completeness and accuracy.
will have conferred upon bis eountrymen an in
valuable favor.
Recent events, Of which none Of % arc igno-
rant, have placed in unusual prominence before
the public eve a subject which II Is impossible TO
touch without stirring the sensibilities of the
whole Union. One Of the effects Of the war
with Mexico, is the acquisition OF large portions
Of her domain, which are row waiting TO be
placed by the United States under territorial
government. OF the character Of that war, or
the business Of that acquisition, 10 not propose
here to speak, being forbidden 80 10 do by the
respect due unto the opinions of Others, and by
the rules Of official dccorum. But, the territory
is the common property Of all tho States, and
upon the point of The disposal, or of the manage
mcnt Of II, Vermont j. entitled TO be heard, and
TO act. Ii IS, therefore, a matter Of domestic in.
tereui, and, ns such, claims our attention and
vigilance. The country yielded Wy our sister
republic being contiguous 10 the save-holding
States, and much OF il being supposed to be
naturally suited TO the labor Of the black man,
il is insisted that slave owners should be allowed
to carry their slaves into il aud there hold them
as properly (; that Congress, in providing gov
therein. do hot understand that the statesmen
of the slave states, except the few that ascribo
TO slavery divine origin, claim any natural, or
unqualified, night IN one man to cnslavc another,
nor, allowing the same exceptions, do they
hold that slavery EXITS as an institution OF the
United States, but admit il TO be a State insti-
tuition. II was not established by the federal
government, but tolerated only; and this was
reluctant concession TO 4 supposed necess,y-
Whether Congress can, rigLyuiiy, by act Of leg.
islaiion put slsve-holding under guaranty in any
place where il dbl not exist when the Constitu-
tinn was formed, and is compromises, 80 called,
were arranged. the people Of this State, Spprc-
bend, do not consider TO be debaicable-they
denying TO that body snch right. But, they hold
that Congress, in making "all needll rules and
negotiations fes-s ting the tcTrtUry" belonging 70
the United STATES, may, and ought to- put nm in
ieriict upon slavory-ihAt, although they may
not legislatc for the introduction Of il, they may
for rs exclusion. II viewed ne a compound rase
OF right asserted, and OF power exercised and in
some degree submitted TO- il has come TO be con-
sdered as settled by practical construction, that
national legislation tan lie properly exercised in
either way STILL this State, in combining herself
10 protests, has not surrendered the principle
j he attempt 10 procure the allowance OF slave
holding In Oregon, and is failure, are fresh in
the recollection Of all. Upon that defeat Of
design 10 extend slavery, and upon the evidence
IT affords Of a resolution of the free States TO !
restrict the institution TO It's present limits, ]
heartily congratulate you-not in exulintion as
for a sectional ascendcncy gained, hut in JOY |
that humanity has achieved victory the JOY 1
not a little enhanced by the belief, that, ere |
long, our Southern brethren will ennoble them 1
selves and make the world glad, BY voluntary |
OF the blasting evil from their fair fields,
and then start away with unshackled limbs, to |
run the race Of national prosperity
In relation TO the point Of Slavery, the posi-
ton Of this State cannot be mis,indersiood-f
That institution was intcrlaced with the fabric
of the federal constitution, aud il may not be
violently extracted. Yet, as il injuriously af-
lech our representative rights, no further SINH
lar encroachment thereon will be consented to.
For sufficient political reason then, this Slate
objects to the extension Of Slavery.
AhcIc ", uoWcNtfi n piOlOunocr cause IOf her 1
Incorporating opposition to il. The people of
Vermont have never needed lessons in humani-
y; nor have they yet 10 learn how to tlistin.
suish between what they owe 10 the Union and
what 10 themselves Hostility 10 SILVER, is, in
hem, an instinct. From the iirst, they have ey-
u stood before the world and avowed their de
ertninaiion TO make no other terms with it than
hose that now bind them This resolve Yer
mont has, at all times 10 which it was appropri-
tie, distinctly announced in clear consciousness
y her maintaining the right. She has proclaim
q u IN her legislative assemblies and in the ma.
ionai councils, by her own voice and BY the
'oees Of her faithful Representatives, as is fully
tiested by her highest records There is no
round for fear that she will not continue stead
ast therein. In performing their part in the
work OF destroying slavery, her people will not
alter at that which they can riehifully do
hey will not do evil that good may come but
hey will obey the voice Of an enlightened con.
cience, and labor when, where, and how il bids
hem do so. Humhy following, not running be-
ore, the indications Of the designs of the fn6.
ute Mind herein, they may trusliully abide the
sues. H lI
copy Of the Memorial of inhabitants of the
,ouDty OF Missisqnoi, Canada, to the Governor
General of British North America, upon the
inject Of obsttucting The navigation Of the WA
'rs OF Lake Champlain, communicated by tho
,harge d'Hflnirs Of her Britannia Majesty 10 tha