Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1850-01-31
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Thursday Evening. Jan. 81.
Vermont Resolutions In the
Senate.

4. WAS to have ircn expected, the
Slavery question Is pow cIcviiaoly to
tccnmc tie exciting 'ol,c Of drcussinii
~ he present Congress III all clrc'cS
aud among MI classes III the Union.
l'c5noni II won'l seem / her 'csolu.
tons beng introduced IS tie "cnicilrg
wedge" has placed herself in q posi-
ton ~ receive the unqualified abuse
Of the South, 10th ~ Congress and in
lhelcgislatutcy Of several Of the South
ofn States Virginia seems 10 take
toe lead and IN her halls Of leg station
no apprnhtiHm Is loo strong IN cor
dcnualirn of the action ol Vermont
on ,hl> question. }u, for one we feel
clad 10 SccVcrmont placed lulicr present
position. - and we feel more than glad 10
know that these Anu Slavery rcsolu-
tiou>-~ which The Hon !. i. Hale re-
CARDS as such harmless and innocu.
oaS thlugs-and which are 10 be made
the fucl for the fire culai.ated from
the iyuc ;IkigS of the Green Mountain
S'a'c. We think Vermont eau ''gci
along despite the nna'hcmas and
without the sympa,lIcs Of the South
era fanatics. II they do no, want our
praduc;s-ns they say they will no
longer hold commerce with us why,
we are quite able TO consume orr own
and that is more than can he said by
Virginia or any other Southern State.
The expressed contempt Of these
States we scorn! and their kind cx-
rrcSsions Of "rliy," we can only laugh
at. IN the last annual message Of the
Governor Of Virginia, lie says:
I'VE can take care Of ourselves; let
US no, sit idly down until the foot Of
the destroyer comes
NoW, we have never ASKED them To-
Isl. down, bat on the other hand
have l2ng been nrgiug them 70 s'ani
up We want to sec them as they re-
ally are disrohcd II their tlnsel both
Of manner and language. IT'S true, a
Southern sun may make Il io'spnr, -
and we doubt not that m,ny Southern
gentlemen and politicians made more
'ardent" by the genial rays of SO! in
their latitude will fully endorse the
above sentiment and Join in the cry Of
resistance TO popular feeling at the
north on this question. But there is
one thug winch we, above all others,
desire the South to understand that
while Southern sun, gives heat and
warmth - and perhaps more "drdenf
temperament. TO those exposed to his
genial rays--a coldcr warmth Gf we
may so express III of the same orb
The more rough and chilling winds
that sweep among HE SHOW clad-yet
ever green hills OF New England, The
rough and more sterile soil, gives TO the
| sons of the crock bound coast char
acicr not known south of the Poto,
mac. And why should not this be so ?
And why, in the erent foreshadowed
by our Senator, the Hon. Mr.. Phelps,
should we doubt as to the issuc? Ger
tainly, If the history OF the past is to
be held as the mirror of the future, no
sane person can question the result, OF
hesitate as to the final consequences Of
the action proposed by the Son,h. 70
the South disruption or dissolution
! would be inevitable ruin to the North
it nigh, not he so but that the free
| people of,hc North will stand by Their
peculiar ''notions" rs long, aud as well,
as the South will stand to their pccu-
liar institution.