The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-01-26
The Vermont Resolutions,
~ THE UNITED STATES SENATE

~ TIE UNITED STATES SENATE,
The question on printing the Vermont res,
nluriuus eamc up, dud Mr Chpsc, or Ohio,
uAdH6n DnUslHycry SPEECH tie WINS repii.
''l 60 hS Nf Clemens, ofAlbhe,no, vito made
quite Urr- rvritrd FprrriI, md umuug other
'ihrFa Frid that "tr uaon rcgs atr1iy lis
Fo'psd' Mr. Hale, orNcw Hampshire, nnde
copilnl reply.
Nc Hale remarked hat the honorable SEN
Nor from Alabama had convinced him Of
uuu thing, 1.-The Ind fucd "a CONVINCE bun
ut Huyiluug else, Oud that was, that connect
'Snutcd ihe North 10 know thai fact, md cS.
pressed the hope that when Northern Scun-
,ts aud Representatives. tc,uiu n thrir
l.dnles ihcy would impress !. ,tpan l!lr iiit.I
aud NaNcrlrg every where, That concession
never satisfies faunlicT lie must also my
'hnt ho'~Ss Cratihed exceedingly win one
ul'tt remarks made 10y TINT Srtr;or, mud
ihHt lac believed that tho whole North would
he Fftl,iird nl-o There WINS yet n rrrHt NM
uy liuil good folks NJ home, WHO had been
very much frightened by tic speeches mnio
'crc, aud seemed very much ularmcd about
tie wreck of mater aud crush of world 4"
sou of sentiments, with reference TO the dis
tplunpu,nni alone upon the slavery question.
Wei, now, said he, II strikes ne. thai these
t'Htd people whl feel greHt JOY when lh-y
come 10 tiud oct that The Union hns been IT.
zen ~ dissolved, CIR 30 suSs the houurnhlr
SENATOR aud they know nothing uhpW it,
lL1uIhler ! will rclitc n ljlllc circumstance
i,iul pacurfed once Ia my recollection, when
1 was n Justice Of the peace for filed thnt
Otiicn once before | became n senator
couple came TO me TO Ice united ia the holy
honds of ,vrdlock; we'll ! HHde Ehart ssilFk
ofii. / said to liIn innn,do you tnkc this WON.
m 20 loo your wife? Certainly, said he, came
here on purpose. Laughter I'hrn sud
80 she lndy. dn you take This man 10 ho your
hHz5tudf les I do, shc said. Then YOU nrc
'nau mud wife, replied. that's all. Both of
Them looked at me- with eyiden, nslonisl.
rucnt, mad nltor pause the lady asked nae,
'is that nll;' LGreat nughterl Yes, re-
Litl, you are man and wife. Well che rc.
-,1nyl,rd, II IL not so mighty affair ancr all
Renewed mefriueHt Wen, sir, | lhiuk
ihnt would he the rnso With these tinlid nd.
Voca'Us Of freedom, when they read the
speech nCmy honorable friend. They viii
conclude thni dissolution was no such nigh
~ afl,ie nitor all. The Senator had prcsuin-
~ to speak for the Snulh;--lhc right oi'nny
one gentleman TO speak for the whole South
hldhecn questioned on This floor,--thc South
huing a considerable of country. He did
he must hn allowed to spenii flNa small piece
of II, which lies good way north, New
ilnmpShige. The Senator had referred 10
The factory operatives Of the Norlh md, ms
uthcr gentlemen had done several times in
IRIS UrUsUUrU, utfUriUr ~ them us BfHvry. In
deed, ls,.had been appealed to Ivy gentlemen
vino honestly underworld to assure him that
-lhs EcinrY npcraliynS Al lie North could G4Si
compare IN physical comforts, nor in moral
- intellectual privileges itlt tire Southern
Slaves. As he lived in n town mostly made
Of this class of persons, be thought proper to
snake some explanation, mud il he erred. his
CuitcTgur, who MISC tWeJi- IN II ninHuInctur-
iHS torYn, -wnllll- correct Ai4a.-FAe Aillaee
IN which he lived contained about 1000 fc-
male opaEaliteE- -tl+e-sattte- vi+inet.-cvrr
5000 600 were Oh deposit in the Savings
Bank murc than one half oc which was de-
,nsi,ed 10y these Factory Slaves, SO called
%lrthey nrc most Of them daughters of indi-
ydeals who live at distance, and when
Noycr,y, distress, DEATH or any other misfor-
tune visits the household and when pnlsy
paCrS-ils rGiNorseiess Jhnnd upon The aged !
parents, come to these villages aud 10y indus !
'fy eHd irHgality make happy aud comf0rtn- I
lily tho declining yenrs Of those they leave
huhnd Them. Aud now Isny, Sir, TINT no |
Nhrre can you find, in whatever circle ofin- |
teNect fortune or position in life you may |
seek, purcr4 morality, Grenter correctness of
department, Il hjgheg intellectual cultivation,
or persons better understanding all the pro-
prictes md duties Of life. whether social or
domestic, thnfi must justly be conceded to
these same factory slaves. The men are a.
qunly commcndahle; prudent, industrious,
hotessn aud educated; they are the pride of
New England, and would like any mhn, !
Sir. care not how chivalric or bold he may
hc, 20 70 among them and tell them they nre
slaves Compare them with slaves, do you,
Sir? | win not make that comparison;-la
aside your slaves--hring forward your mas
lers, aud if the weight Of Intelligence. educn-
ton, and everything else that elevates the
human character, is not OH the side OF these
despised factory operatives, then your mas
ters will he found to he superior class TO
my wttnm Tuve ever hur the itoner to be-
hohI. Sir, do not know of my population,
North or South, with whom they will not
compare most fivorahly, in all that is worthy
of emulation or commentator. Mr. Hale
Bcniei tim, the North sent ont lecturers to