The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-07-27

t'-ruAIrus~ Tho Wml- ii Vermont o-,
.Wncd Lufli Annexation anal the War thcy
rlunu-tE.+tl.l aRtiH-i thr rvtrU7iUH NJ frrritp-
ry 100 HIl, and especially nfsluyr territory; and
thrf fairly Hul repeatedly warmed tho rouu-
'tg CHAT they lDuli resist tbn admission OF
|aiHHlr nlIir o" ihr ulDu, without au vyprrs
prohibition ut slavery,
Your Committee have up hesitation la saw
Ing, then, Iu the name of lhr Wings Of Yer
mont, that ipr llo roH-w pnurrf of these art-,
nm are uililras. the heavy responsibility at
fihrm rests win tlmr, gud only nu-c, Who'
/ di-rLmul0l urappra and drriird our Time
IS waruas
Wrurr NOW r0li TINT tho consequence. Of
] those aot, ni' these repeated aet- ~ ,inlrur'.
iu our principle and wishes are dangerous,
prrhnp Fatal cycui tn the peace ~ our cuun-
ty uui b. further existence, zone and udi-
NiHiHr,' and Wp are earnestly implorrd to aid
boz aycriug his danger in spirit Of iorbrnr-
aurr nul compromise Wchayc well rorlsid-
cred This apprpli wr love thc Union, and wish
no save it, INT M tu0u NJ u0 vIy NJ suifu'iDs
INIT me- HrGryb Oua unrrpW pain but hy adj
herring firmly tDfhr principles o(iho founders
~ thg Union, and using the power Of the
Constitution, icmpcwiry di+orppily, Justly,
~ hrB would use H. fh-g compromised this
gr'ni question by leaving slavery a Il was in
/ the O'd NGt.g, hy according 90 IL quota ui
sion Of domestic iusuTcrilon, hy requiring
tho rendition nj fugitive llycs, doi hy rup1r-
! rriE9 t0UGrrV 10 TVuiulf Tnr SLAVE
] IHApE M Mr Wh0ir rpHifrynnd ~ INtITnI
! SlNNl.UY IuuM HlE -AfW SKATES ANU
/ TruWruuIr-, Tli- was Hlb. Cumprumi-c,
/ 10 /. 0urH, u ia Compromise 81 the Cou-u-
tuition, ratified hy thr North and the South.
rt ltt-ftt-. fi-'''t t-,t-ry tfr-frrrriut ttrU re-
! public Icy Oh" rulcmuiiT olau oath. To iu--
..|fI H..
tl..-l4s.g 4.4-s.--..'. glrrtt-t ----r----
waive in Constitutional power 20 tar az uci-
, cher to adWt nor restrict it--s equally yio-
latiuu ul the Compromise aud eulrmn Compact
! OF our fathers, Ih,g would not bee guilty of
/ t1f1lltit, tO the Constitution OF bad faith
| to each uthor-of bad faith tu LiHrItrY; NJ,
win not Ih,y condemned slavery as incou-
.istrul with tlr first principles oiuur govern
Wvut M. condemn H. Ih,g restricted -luy-
&C.,, forever. III, Territory then trUc ~ the or
iunucr ur ~. we will restrict &c. They gave
| power ga tuuFrc,- tu prohibit "thc migration
or importation" Of slaves into new territories
ur States We will use that power,
! Are we told eth that the Union !, in dan
gcrf-thcu IL g. IN danger bccduFc others
| will dissolve II, not wT because others will
ldrptrt from the principle Of thvir fathers,
land uur7;hcTaUso Others viii in-istup NEW
CONDITIONS 10! INioN-upuu conditions
which are no, III ;ho Constitution, aud which
Is u our right, and our Indispensable duty al
-o, firmly a. refuse, Shall we compromise
now our principles, and the principle, Of our
! fathers f--thcu another stride from the path
of honor of sot,fy aud Of liberty itsrlC may
demand another compromise; another day
| shall dew1ud still another new condition oi
! l'uipn-uu at last the whole fabric at fired
| American Government shall be- changed. and
OF the fair aud comcly original, there shall
not Las len ouc stone upon another,
! IiW CONSTITUTIONS As II 1.-THE ISInN,
tYpr'fn,d Vi,0 t0usiiufinuoi yrncyi,c-wc
have abidrd h these. we will abide hy them
still TIL, r. tho Compromise, the only Com
lpromisc, to which We feel IL our duty or our
right to submit.
What i, true Of the present sal condition
Of the country, because of the violation of
the principles OF the whig. Of Vermont ON the
subject of NllyorN, is equally true OF other
important matters. Our ,1lamitirs may still
further be- traced 70 au abandonment OF thusc
ancient landmarks which the Republican ia
4 theirs iiNod and hy which the Nhg party
has ever been and sill is ruled. We will adj
vert to a single sc signal instance of this
truth.
At This moment the business of the country
is seriously dcprcssod-its commerce is Ian
! gushing, and it. debit to foreign countries a.
! aruiugy augmcuting daily, hv vastly in
| creased impurtltons of foreign manufactures
| aud a vast decrease in the expectation of a
mcVicarr producls,-lcg,imatc aud palpahlr
consequences of Abandoning the pond old
/ fashioned doctrine. ct Proi,ch0D, aud .suhstisI
tutiug the principles Of Hriiih Free Ira.ls
! There are errors otomission also,ior which
We are in no way responsible. The culrvn-
| cv is usrlcssly disturbed, and the Govern
mrnt itself not uuirrqucutly disturbed, by the
operation of thc b-Ircasury System; spoil
auous are dali. committed on the public do
main; and the Interests of commerce in the
lakes, rivers and harhors of the country, are
almost entirely neglected; Nor is this neg
lcrt ch1rgcablc to the late ENccuty, and his
Cabinet Most faithfully have tltt-- t,lutiLyl
been performed in tho recommendation OF
moderate, discreet and practicable measures
of Reform; Congress, with an opposition ma |
iurty in both hrduchcs.and committees care
fully urgnuiIcd with maioritcs opposed to the |
Administration, has most iudu,triousy and |
successfully H'gd'ir,R the recommendations |
of ia" Executive, and the great interests OF |
the country.
In such review Of the state of public at.
fairs we see no ground to diStrust the princi-
pies or policy of the Wing, of Ncrmont-no
ground To sacrifice or essentially modify
single article in the old, tho cherished,
the ever glorously sustained VERMONT
MIuG CGEIn----,--
Resolved therefore, That the Wings of
Vermont, in convention assembled, refer to
the DeelaEatieR ct Independence, To The Fed
cral CONSTITUTIONS understood and cXp6und-
cd by it, iramcrs; to the cnuuciation OF the
great principle Of human liberty ana the re
striction ofdomcstic slavery promulgated by
the ordinance of ~, and to their own former
resolutions in convention, as the constant
aud unchangrg standards Of their political
hith --- " Il
Resolved, That Snvcry,is crime against 4
humanity, and a sore evil in the body polite. |
that was excused by the trainers OF the
Federal Constitution as a crime cntailcd up
On thc country by their predecessors, -tt,t,l
tolerated solely AS a thing of memorable ne ,
----- !
Resolved, That the so called "Compron- q
scs of the Constitution" restrained the Fed I
'ral Government from Interference with Sa- :
very only in the States in which it then OK
stcd, and from interference with the Slave '
Trade only for a limited time, which has a