Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-01-31

! on, assumes the same doctrine, md become.
.,. champion and exponent Of the non.interven
ion policy Of the South, under which for the
last 50 years slavery has extended her blacl
iag over one half OF the Union, and now threat
IN, to denolsh our otherwise fair fabric. if sh,
+. not permitted still to increase her accurscc
inwel.
Gen. Taylor tells Congress in plain terms thai
he people Of these Territories will settle al
uostlons Of domestic policy to suit Themselves
t,p IS opposed to the formation of Territoria
t.vcrnmcnt, for the reason, as we suppose, tha
he North might apply the Wilmot proviso, anf
u"i. me non commlttal policy Of General Tay
)rao1 his Cabinet, wi be at an end. In view
II this important point, he again cnons upor
Congress to let the subject of slavery alone. 81
will be settled by the silent effect of causes in
dependent fthe action Of Congress-" The whole
drift of the Message may be summed up in ;
lew short sentences. Ifthe people want slave
ry, they hive the right to obtain it. Let TIT
question of slavery alone; Congress should no
mtetf re, No matter if slavery establishes it
self over all the Territories mo matter if TEX
As establishes her black code of slave laws owe
the best portion OF New Mexico, only keep thu
question out Of The way Of my administrations
aud according TO the Organ of Gen. Taylor
administration, The Republic, an extract of wheel
well be found in another column, this view i
approved by the whIg press North and South
The following statistics which we copy from til,
National Era, shows what kind of non. nterven
non suits the South, and what has been prac
ticod by the government for years.
'ln the year 1871, in reply to a petition pre-
scented to Congress TO 90 to the verge gifts con
,uutional powers for the purpose Of mporating
md finally est nguishlng slavery, 1t was resolv
ed that Congress had no power to interfere witt
the subject ii any way in the States.
That WIS N0a-Iatrgratien.
In 1888, Congress passed an act providin.
for The arrest Of fugitive slaves, and their sur
render to their masters, imposing upon variou
llFitGt'l tlbtliuS uld liiihlbttliul OiCCIS illcS
lnues.
Was that v 0n-Hterucntion?
Il was positive Intervention by the Fedora
iiotprnm MT in behalf of slavery.
From l1eUt to 1903, slaves were imported froa
lncl into this country in American vessels
lnder the lltg OF the Union; and had any Pow
rr attempted to seize an American vessel thu
'mp'oyed the Federal Government wonld hay,
ought redress at all hazards, and to the last ex
traHtiy
Was this, NoR-IatrUention?
In 1901 9. the District Of Columbia vas ced
ID To Tue u ltrd States. the Government o wlsSl
70 entCted the save C0dgS u Maryland aad y'fr
lima. BY positive statute aud from that hour L
the year Of our Lord 1850 slavery and the slav
T. AIDE has existed in this District by &C: Of Con
Ersss.
Is this, Nom In'roentiOa
ltls polptbe and perpetual action by tn
Fedora Government in favor of slavery.
IN lrO3 the Territory of Louisiana and il
Is20 thit OF FLORIDA, were coded to the Unite
States, the Government, Of which, by poSl'Iv
enlcunrut continued in force the slave laws a
hose Territories, a'd allowed citizens Of any a
a. 5 ltes thing therein, 10 carry slaves wit
them.
Was that. NOR-IaitrUtntion ?
When Henry Clay was Secretary of State
lie GVenmcnt through him made overture
o Engiaud, Tor the negotiation of treaty
surrender. on demand, slaves having escape
from the United States INTO Canada.
Was that, MN Intervention
When the South Amencrn Colonies wer
eonrrndlng fo- heir Independence against Span
uur Guvcmuplt used It's influence to preveI
descent upon Cuba by the patriots, and eve
neuacpd them with its power, should they al
Tempt lt-illcglng IN its Justification that sue
movement might produce emancipation. there
by endangering the slave institution of'hls Ur
nm
Was that, Non-Lntrrccaiion?
Bvoct OF Congress, the transportation otsIave
from one port to another, or in other words, IN
coaetY,se slave trade, is regulated, 1t being pro
y,ded that no vessels of less than forty tons sla
be engaged therein.
Is this, N0n-IatTvention
Some fifteen or twenty years ago, warm an
mr., tracted controversy was carried on oet@ee
RI. government of this country and that OF Eng
band in relation to certain slaves, who, on lhel
wav from Richmond, Virginia, IN American yes
sals +, the South, were driven by stress OF weatI
or n,to certain ports ir the British West lndle'
onr govern npnt insisting that according 10 III
law of nations the British government was oonn
Their To deliver them up, or make compensate
for them.
Was that, Non-latrveatiOn?
A few yoars ago, Mr. Calhoun. being the
SpcretoIy Of State, undertook, in his 0fiicia
character. 10 Justify The system of slavery, an
denonnce as wrong and highly injurious the &C
nv winch Great Britain had emancipatcd tn
slaves IN her COLONIES; and the Government, III
der his influence, sought by the most strennou
efforts to bring about the annexation Of TeXa
avowcdly and chiefly for the purpose OF proven
mo the abolition of slavery therein, and the II
furious consequences that would result lrol
such an act TO the institutions of the South.
We refer for proof to the State papers of TIT
period
! Was that, Non-IatTvention?
/ .rexas was brought into the Union with
= nons, slave population anu an urea arge
# s,a'SessT,,S, the formation of five large sla'
Is they had United States cnnsentIng, ni'iouG
rs slavery any, power to make the removal
NJ, "a '''P n, %spensabIe condition to annex
We its 81 uu'nled 10 . Government, foreign Sta
In claim r ". T., 10 an Ahure a representation I
tie ion fugitive slayon Congress, and To r
w n any State OF this U
o' AZ W% ,s, that, Non lrtere.
o"' Unn ,,p'; s, gme a bill is baf$o,.iion'
Or forty dps@es,os to e Senate Of Il
&C. eminent scattered ,6rousb"ft the F FSs
et charged with being ngtov ,gom M, "y pPrs
w. bora bin grossly in osessg ta th service or
Of the States. s''ereig
IL Is this, FH-iatergeO,;onl
=, Bur the Washington Union aud Cono.., =
cd with their devoted followers, mss, ,"t NJ "
IS terventlon is th' policy of the Nr,nn,1I ' n
d. cratic Party OF course, then. tn %nla De
Ja condemn the intervention of The Fedee,,II e
-, eminent in enaclng the law OF 1888. in,o
= Oh.