Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-02-23

GtutIDulu t'li som" Of .'ttc cNftc'' Which
be- 'Nt Appleton thought proper to make,
60 show ,ho opn,5ns h's nssaIinn's and
ben. 10 a'.u,on to part OF what he had
4lU,,I be went on 10 say, ihis las, SENT
men, be show, has been adopted as n motto
hy many no DO not profess to bl1ng to
ne sec, Of Abolluonles The ccu,cmau
mus, pardon me think his freud has
not shown tbs | think ,h1, he has no, as
seated % L the gentleman understands
iha, l.s lu,uI has .u.uua,,l 1t. IN relation
10 the writer Of the pamphlet that drew GU,
h,' own. on that gentleman be the Response.
outy OF that interpretation | entertain no
such question hero.
And If the gentleman can further show
that that lnsinuaion IS IN fact made, then
be the responsibility Of such an insulation
upon It's author Certainly It would be a
ctoundlcss one The wf'cr OF the pamph
Let which occnsoncI lhc publication Jy the
pen..cmaus friend, recorded distinctly his
diss, Mt from the doctrine Of d.union |, was
no oditer dicfum but explicitly set down,
md s1mcwha, fully reasoned out In al.
svcr TO the inquiry -Wha, course Of action
the usurpitious Of Slavery demanded from
the Free States he SAID 'Thcy should not
mediate a severance Of the union Of the
States Dsuuion would be as evil thing
as j, is painted by any Of those who, by
dwelling exclusively on It's evils put their
consclcncoS to sleep IN rcspcct to tha, SIa-
very, which, rs longns 1t exists, will threat,
en-, more than all other causes together, 10
bung It about" lie then proceeded to
some considerations IN confirmation ofihls
scrilmcn', nui concluded his remarks upon
the topic by slyrng, "Conslnulional pro
ccclIngs then. alone arc to be thought OF
for tho nbllcmcn, Of this mons,rous nul.
sance a disunion Of the States, on oil
other accounts calamity, does not change
MS character, when viewed in relation to
this end -
Another portion Of those interested in the
movement against Slavery IS embraced IN
the Liberty Pdrty 50 called, 1t has re.
guar party organization, contemplating
action under the Constitution, holding ITS
Conventions, and supporting It's own can
dIdltcs for office, rs much as either Of the
two parties tina, manly divide the country.
In some States lis numbers are large In
my own State, It's vote has nearly reached
ten thousand In Now York. IN 1874, 1t
came up, | believe, 10 fifteen thousand.
Among the opponents Of Slavery arc mex,
to be rcckoncd great numbers in the two
principal parties IN the free States. A very
large numOct-l suppose the dominant
potion of The Democracy Of New York
has lately taken strong ground upon the
subject; aud the same, though to less cx.
tent has been the curfcn! Of Democratic
opinion in NeW Hampshire while the
Wigs 0! New lllmpshlrc have made
themselves very distinctly heard, and a
combination, on the ground Of hostility to
slavery, has pluckcd the Sovcrnmon, OF
! that STATE out Of the hanIs Of a dynasty
, which had seemed DEFINED to be perpetual
, In Masuchus It's. wc have fourteen coun.
e ties Two ofthcm are small. lhcir popuIl
, ton not cqulIlng that Of several Of our
= single towns The Wings OF a majority,
. believe, o! The rest At the county COnvcn.
. tons last autumn, declared the opposition
Of Mas, 10 any cnnlr.l,c Or the p,esilcn-
cy, or the Wee Presidency who was not
known to be opposed to the further exlen-
a SION Of slavery while no county, MS far as
I | know, assumed the opposite grcunl. But
& the people Of tint sober Commonwealth
: have widely ,akcn The alarm, auI lhcy do
not limit their views to the mere couhne-
menl OF slavery within lis present limits
- L., ne read, Mr. Chairman, Resolve OF
i the Leg.sm,urco Of the pattern Wing State
Of Massachusetts passed as appears by the
e certified copy which hold in my hand, on
! the 9Th day Of February last, five days be
c iore The dissolution Of The last Congress. Il