The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-04-11

Apparent frca . GENERAL i'w O. he stoie
iss t,s~,srn IN Coagr~.-. darine Tho present
sc~sen. on ia. slavery sA;entun qacs;ioo,
and 10 ID. Wing part, Il the North a.
whole, have 81 long aai ~ Jastly tero'"d
the norsaern 'dcughfscc. for their duyhc-
it, and yielding to The sou'h--wc think
,,W. ,rr4.aps 'trs Few. &c tho prominent
Wings of the North should blush hf'e
perhaps a ,r'g lnilc---on having their
proper position defined and their true pla-
ces assigned them ly the Wings -- slave
ho.ders ,hcmscl,cs-- Of the South With
ou, the disposition. or the wish. To dispsr-
age the magnanimi,y q other Wing. Of
the South who have dared to place 'hcm-
selves on clean ground on this question
we canno, ,mr single cut the noble and
gallAn, STANLEY as the man who has done
mo,c la bring abou; this result than any
other Southern member of Congress. The
speech of this Hon gentleman delivered
tcw weeks since and which. II VIZ except
the noble ciiou, Of Mr.. Seward we rega,d
a. de >peech of the ScS, ion--docs honor
to his head and heart. "a liz constituency
aud the old North State; while in the
ncautimc he las dcnc signal service 20 the
cause Of freedom and the rcrpc,nity and
best interests Of the Union.
lie was a ,cisc rat--douL,ess--wh in
,roduccd the res, luton into the rat con-
ycn,iun' tha, the cat should have bell
placed upon her neck---a and it is also quite
possible tina, i, nigh, have been cxpcdient
for the convention 10 have passed it; hut
a far more cunning and sagacious rat was
he. who before voting, asked 10 whom or Il
committee " whom, was To be ascrihed
the honor Of the performance Of this SER
vice for the general veal and 80 it i
with the South. Dissolution or sepcra-
'ion is 4 mighty easy thing TO talk abow,
hut which Of the Southern States will like
to become Ill, frontier State Of the free
North after separation: OF in other words
'whoW btHM cat!
kentucky-wiih her present internal
fires on the subjcc, of abolition we are
quite sure would not like to lie placed
there Virginia - Jules, she wishes to dis
member irreigievably all of the Old Do
minion lying west Of the Allcgnanics -
which bordering on Kentucky, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania. has caugh, the electric spark
Of freedom, will in Ike manner hesitate.
Tennessee, considering the character Of
her eastern .trecmen aud the sIulscness of
Of her slave population thcre-will most
seriously doubt the pr0priety oftaking this
position Maryland, for reasons most OH
vious will respectfully decline the honor
and noble little Delaware will beg to be
excused on the ground of geographical Pc.
sition--and the small interest she has in
the matter. South Carolina . the rcarer
of Quixo.t, and Sancho Panzas will Of
course stand ready ; and if by any lever
Or screw process she can he removed, with
her chiyalry aud Palm,tto-for each it is
said, is necessary to the existence Of the
other--to frontier position. We doubt not
she would readily assent to hold the post
OF honor.
But the blustcringr and threats Of South
Caroliua. We believe have lec,mc - COM
mon that the north have cea.rl to notice
them. In the days of Notification her
chivalry SUNK my s,criou>ly away a, the
dictaton Of the immortal Sir Andrew -
and most beautiful was the manner in
which politically the Palmetto cottoncd
to the cabbage in the palmy days Of the
Sage Of kindcrhook