The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-10-16
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THE MkSSA G E-.A Nd THE llADEAs
CORPCS ACT.
rRIDAl EvENlNG. OCTOBER ~.

"a we give th'S week, 10 the eN'
clusion Of most all other reading mat
ter, the annual message of Governo
Williams, and which we are quite sure
Notwithstanding its length. will be rcat
with deep interest and IN honest pril,
by every true hearted and risl,-mindet
freeman Of the State. While there i.
nothing in this message that can by an,
possibility arouse the ire Of par,izans
however heated, il contains much tina
will commend il TO the serious consider
alton Of certain over jealous ones anon.
us--wllo are ever ready to condemn al
others who do not yield ready assem-
to Me'r 'opinions'-always freely give,
and boldly asserted--on all question.
however important or however intricate
and who, through an apparent dis.
'rus'fulncss Of the intelligence or integ
rity of Vermont frcemen are at all times
ready TO join in any 'hne and cry rails.
cd by the South against the North in
regard to her institutions, her legisla.
ton or the character Of her people.
For ourscIf we believe tha, by far The
larger portion Of the people of the free
States feel that they have already too
long and too patiently held the lumili.
a,ing position in which this subservien.
cy places them before worId-and Gov
Williams will therefore receive the
warm thanks Of the mass Of tue people
of Vermont for the noble, and the bold.
though moderate and dignifed stand he
has taken on the great question that
has SO long agitated the country. The
love that leads man to a forgetfulness
of his own self-respect cannot but be
regarded as Of questionable character ;
and AS it is said, and truly, that no man
can be plilan,hroplst who is not pa.
triot-so it may be said with equal
truth that no man can be true patriot
who has not a high regard for his own
home, and proper respect for the char
actcr of its household! And so long as
we continue in the belief Of the truth of
this sentiment, we shall claim the right
to doubt the entire sincerity of that ex-
cessivc love of the Union which in a
Vermonter councils quiet submission
to an indignity--or what is yet worse,
inrites All aggression. With such a
love- for the Union we have but little
sympathy; and however loud and vo.
ciferous' may be lis pleadings. or from
whatever quarter. it may come, this
love will have to wander long amid the
rugged hills of New England before it
viii find its proper food to feed upon
and certainly before it can receive the
embrace of Green Mountain freemen.
Now whether or not the habeas cor
pus act Of the last session was neccssa-
~ or expedient, o, whether this excess
sive love for the Union has gained suf-
ficient strength to prompt the assembled
wisdom Of the State to repeal it at tie
present session, are matters which we
do not propose to discuss at present
But one thing is certain. The often
sive act of the legislature has stood for
nearly twelve calender months upon
our Statute book, while the World has
gone on very much as tho, nothing had
happened,'at least so far as this law is
concerned, and by the extraordinary
efforts of II few extraordinary men, both
great and small-our glorious Union
is still preserved to US, as it doubtless
will he for some time TO come; proyi-
dcd, of course, that the hands of few
Of these Union thinkers of the South
can lie kept off from Cuba, and they
kept at their legitimate work At home.
But We have not at this time space to
say more in relation TO Til, matter
further than TO add that while the en-
tire message o, Coy. Williams will
prove highly acceptable to all, Lis
stand taken in reference TO the fugitive
Slave law and the legislative act of
This, Stale, and his just rebuke of those
so ready at all lime to hold up to rid.
ea!e all independent action on the
part ofVermont, will receive the uqual.
flied appreciation Of large IN ,jori'y Of
HE Wig party II ,hi, State