Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-04-11

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NoYE 81 looR AS To no TT REVERENCE On the |
18th MI saws the New Orleans buetiu the Senate !
of " lssnurl HHGHiWouSid directed the Governor ct |
ihat State 10 return the resolutions OF the late NASH
ri'ic 'onrrntion tois Secretary or President. with |
ont uotc or comment" and resolved thnt, lcglsa
tors or individuals, they would " entertain no COM
muujca ions with persons who can 80 tar forget the
interests Oi the uroplc MS to claim the right III |
State to srccdc from the Union, believing that such
sentiments only rmanlte from dcudrd fanatics, or |
trent The traltois OF our country. Wings Brntonites
and anti }rntoniles, all joined to roll this heavy
ston" Hgaiust the scpuchre OF dead and rotten
humhuE
In addition to this, the Legislature of Vir-
cinia, just previous to its recent adjournment,
adopted a series of patriotic resolutions, utterly
regulating the Incompatible absurdty, recon-
moudcd by South Carolina, of IL Southern
Congress-" and expressing the utmost con-
fdcncc in, ana attachment to, the Union of the
States. Georgia. also, with equal emphasis
has recorded her opinion n opposition to any
thing ana everything like disunion or secession,
and we verify believe that there hat ncrcr been
mani nj oftimc, nil IN the tast. My gears mhen
The people fdny .Haie in the Union, with the
possible though not probable exception of
South Carolna) ,coMinot rotc dozen, or, i ne
ccsSa,N .fgM doira, Gny attempt to djssoirc, or
cccdc from, this contcdcrdcy, This is our deli
jcnttc and firm opinion, notwithstanding the
loud, imposing and inccsSant alarms that have
been rung upon the public ear by Mr.. Webster,
Mr.. Footc. Mr.. Dickinson, Gen C0ss and other
political leaders. 1t is the easiest thing in the
world to cry out that ." the Union is in DANGER
ana there Is every i duccment to do so with
certain class of politicians who are anxious to
mnortalizc items Ives by Saving the Union :"
But these gentlemen find it IA good deal easier
to ''sayc the Unon' than they do to create any
The truth is the Union is in no sort of danger
of dissolution. and never has been and
simply because no considerable portion of the
inhabitants of the Free States have ever desired
or offered to cncroach, III any degree. upon the
constitutional rights of the Slave States. The
North are opposed to Slavery, undoubtedly,
and fixed and I'VE hopc) firm against It's eXten-
sion. But they hive never proposed nor do they
intend to propose, to Interfere with Slavery, as
it exists in the several Slayeholdng States nor
to 90 an inch further than the Constitution
warrants in opposing the extension Of that evil
1t is Il remarkable fact that even when Mr.
WEBSTER lent the great weight Of his name
to the Southern side of the extension question,
and laid down a doctrine, lin his 1th Of March
spcech) that entirely satisfied Mr.. CALHOUN,
the great Slavery propagandist Of the aye and
world, not whisper nor breath of dlsunion
! or secession was heard, al The Worth. "Orga1i,e
Tie territories" said Mr.. CALHOUN, " on the
Princ les iaid dorm by The Senator from .ilSSa-
chHsttiS; GIVE SLAVERY TINE AND oppoRTU-
NIFTY TO GET IN, IN WE ASK no MORE :--lcC
ncrcr hcrc Gsfcd more" Mr.. WEBSTER sat
silent and acquicsccnt when this significant in
depreciation was given to his spccch,-but, We
repeat, no whisper or breath of dsunion or Sc
ccssion was heard in the Free States, though
it appeared that the whole of New Mexico was
about to be surrendered to Slavery. The North
RELY UPoN, as they inheXibly STAND BY, the
CoN,rrrurloN. They ask nothing that it does
not permit them to ask, nor do they conccde
anything to human Slavery that that reyercd
instrument does not require them to conccdc.
| Ii our Southern brethren would only look upon
the matter As IT IS, and permit Us to stand by
the Constitution in favor of Freedom while
they insist upon is guarantees in favor of
Slavery, there would be great deal less heart
burning, and misunderstanding. When the
South take the insane rawlings and insancr re-
solutions of the GARRISON, Thompson, Sunne.
& Co. faction rs the deliberate opinion and
determination of " the North" they do the
North great injustice, and dlsquict themselves
usclcssly! The North have always, aud will
always vote down, and ropuliatc the doctrine
that encourages unconstitutional Interference
with Slavery. Vermont is living illustration
Of the truth Of what we assert. The gallant
and patriotic Wings of Vermont have beaten,
sTid'0l, the Abolition Party, the Liberty Party,
the Free Soil Party, and, lastly the foul comb-
nation OF d,cordant and bcligcrcnt elements
known as the Free Democracy Pcrty-and they
will do it again: Tn, Wings Of Vermont are
National Wings ;-hating Slavery, to be sure,
but loving the Union, and demanding no CON
ccssion to their opposition to Slavery except
what TIE Constitution aHocs. II Is for this very
reason that they are always yictorous,-be
cause they are frmor and more consistent
Patriots than those who denounce them!
But we repeat that, in our opinion
there has never been the least danger of the
dissolution of this Union, crccpt that which has
grown out of the lugubrous speeches of Mcssrs
Webster, Foo'e, Cass q Co., and the prcpos
ferrous and uncallod-ior efforts Of the New
York Committee of Safety" The gentlemen
and the Committee alluded to have afflicted
the Union with an amount of supcriluous sal
walton that is sickcning to behold And it i,
really pregnant evidence of the stability o
the Union, that it has resisted the debllatm.
effects of the speeches of the former and III,