Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-03-01

out Slavery, $50 far as the National Legislature
is concerncd) then we think we can have no
Freedom that man can lay claim TO without
blushing Tho American Union, aud the Amer
lean Republic, with its millions of human be-
ng9 held in servile bon laga, is noe an ano-
maly to the world. What will it be, if it is to
90 on conquerng Territory from other r epub-
lies which have abolished Slavery, for the pur.
pose Of re-cstablishng therein that system OF
wrong aud injustice! We hope the North will
never again subject itself TO the injurious impu-
aiou of being " magnaafmouS," by temporising
or compromising on the subject Of the further
extension Of Slavery!
Vermont has always exhibited her attachment
and her fidelity to the Union. She has always,
however, made known her adherence OF the in
stitution Ct Slavery-always protested against
its "cxtcnsion." But she has made no threats
che makes none now-of "dissolving the Union"
because her wishes are not regarded She
leaves that species of gasconade to those who
think it amounts to anythng-to the fiery "chiv-
airy" who hold Slavery to be blessing -
She looks to CoNiRE 8 for the establishment Of
National Right and the redress of National
Wrong. If Congress shall vote 10 extend, or to
permit, Slavery, in California, New Mexico &C.,
she will neither recommend nor join any "Nor-
thern Confederacy.' The Confederacy that she
will belong to will be the one that is left, when
the South carry out their own avowed inten-
ton Of secession. If the South desire further
to extend Slavery, let them get roteS enough in
Congress TO do it, and Vermont will SUBMIT
ill she can, by the loyalty Of Northern and
Western frcemen to the principles of freedom
and humanity legally and consttutionally OBJ
tain remedy for the evil. She proposes no
dissolution of tie Union. She holds, with
Henry CLAY, that Congress has entire and ex-
elusive jurisdiction over Slavery in the Terrific
RIGS and the District of Columbia, aud she dc.
mands, when the proper time arrives, that Con
gress shall exercise tina! jurisdiction by prohibi-
ting it in the one and abolishing it in the other
-consti,utionalIy, legally, peacefully. Her
Representatives will vote for the admission of
California, as she is, with her constitution in
her hands, because that constitution prohibits
Siayey. While New Mexico and Deseret are
governed by the anti-slavery laws of Mexico,
she is conte nt with "non.intervention ;'-she
coacurs with the patriotic recommendations of
President TAYLOR in this respect. But if Ter
ritorial governments are to be established for
tAtivcs, and the Representatives from the Free
States, will see to it that Slavery is affirmative
Iy prohibited thereby. She erpects that NO
MORE Stare States shall be adlcd 10 tbs Union
The South have factiousIy made the question
os Slavery the only one, since Congress com
mcncod this Session. They have declared that
no public business shall be transacted till that
question is settled. They have stopped the
wheels Of legislation, I'LL they can learn wheih-
err or not they can carry their " domestic insti
tution' into the Territories of the Union. Let
them find out! The North cannot avoid the is
sue--they will not, we trust, attempt 10. 1t is
high time that the power and limits of Slavery
in this Republic be definitely marked and un.
dcrstood The perpetual bullying OF the South
and compromising and magnanimity" of the
North, are more dangerous to the perpetuiiy of
the Union in our judgment, than would be the
final settlement Of the Slavery question, one
way or the other. Let us have, then,--not com
promises aud open questions for ad u TN n hee-
aiier,-but SETTLEMENT Congress can then
legislate for tie interests and the welfare Oft the
whole Uuon and the domestic institutions
o! the Country win be left where they belong,
t. the management Of the States where they
7xist. The South have forced the Slavery
question into Congress-let Congress, finally
and forever, force it cu, by defining, finally and
forever, lis rights and lis limits.
These are precisely our notions Of Slavery
non-interyention," " COMPROMISED and 4" diff
fusion" included. We wish every man, woman
and child, in every Free State in the Union,
(tnd Slave State, too, for that matter > held the
same!