Washington telegraph., 1851-10-22

nobody supposes that the Legislature
of Vermont can establish tariff for that
end.
Senator Phelps says Of the agitation
which is continually going on IN regard
TO the law, aud Of those who are concern
ed in it: +,
Whoever would wipe away the pres
ent laws. and adjust the matter in way
in all respects satisfactory to all, VIII
find himself engaged in a hopeless task
1t cauuot be done II the present ad-
iustment cannot stand, venture the pre-
diction that no other can be obtained.
know something Of the difficulties OF the
subject, and the unfavorable temper OF
the times l do not desire 10 see con
troversy renewed on the floor OF Con-
gress which, fear, has already proceed
ed too far for the stability of the Union.
lie concludes with expressing his ap-
probation of the course pursued by Mr..
Peck "on recent OCCASION The high
judicial and senatorial reputation Of Mr..
Phelps, acquired during the many yeats
he was on the bench of the Supreme
Court of Vermont aud Senator in Con-
gress. will justly give great weight to his
opinions on this subject, not only in Yer
mont, but in all the Northern States,
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DIsREsPECT FOR THE LAws.-The AL
bsny State Register, in speaking OF the
Christians tragedy. uses the following
just and forcible language:
There is manifest from day to day an
alarming tendency to anarchy and con-
fusion in this Republic of ours. That is
evidently The danger 10 which our instiiu-
tions are exposed. and which may not be
overlooked or despised. And not the
worst feature of it is. that there are in
our midst a multitude openly and untir-
ingly teaching aud promulgaiing doctrines
which strike directly at the foundations
of our Government aud of society,"
There is the New York Tribune, one day
pralsing the morality Of atheists, Oh.
another defying the Government 10 exc
cute the laws OF the land, and every day
preaching tourierism, land reform, with
a host of other crudities, aud endeavo.-
ing 10 loosen the pillars of the social
fabric. Alongside of it is the Ladepend-
ent, protesting to speak in the name of
God aud Christianity, desecra,ing the
divine mantle of religion, by using it as
cloak for unhal!owed ;anaticism, stir
ing up sedition, preaching resistance to
the laws, and rebellion against the Union.
Here we have co-iahorer which has
openly denounced the Constitution of our
country Is can etrooious bargain" while
scattered around are plenty of echoes.-
In pseudo religious conventions the full
hlment OF constitutional obligations has
been denounced with Pharisaic gravity.
Ministers OF the Gospel, and profes Sod
followers Of Him who commended to his
disciples meekness aud Iowliuess, profane
the sacred pulpit by hurling fierce ana
theuas at half their fellow-citizens, and
thanking God that they themselves are
not such wicked sinners as those they
condemn. In political gatherings, con-
ven.lons, and on the corners of the streets,
IN one form or another, diso5edience 10
the laws aud resistance to lawful authori-
ty have been for some time past discussed
and approved-sometimes in the shape of
antl-rent outrages, at other in form Of
armed expeditions against peaceful neigh,
bors, but oftenest under the guise of re-
sistance of the Fugitive Slave law;
striking, in fact. at the integrity and vi
tally of the Constitution. The wind
has been sown, aud we are beginning to
reap the whiriwind Constitutions,
systems, and society are rocked TO and
fro, and .oosened from their bases. Re-
lig ion is tending 10 infdeli:y aLd fauati-
cism. Mobs assume the pferogatives of
courts Of justice. and the executive arm
is weakened Murder and outrage stalk
broad. Treason, which has been long
preached from pulpits aud tine press, be-
eius 10 manifest itself in over, acts,