Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-09-01
The Slavery Question not Set
tied.

We have given the outline of one of the
slave power, at the present time, in viii oh
it sees the African slave trade restored and
slavery supreme and magnificent through
aIl,he wide regions of the Mississippi and the
Amazon The aspirations of this power
are considerably active in this direction at
present We see this in a speech which
cas- been delivered before he State Agrcul-
tural Society Of Georgia, by Col A. G
Summer. He, too says let us look to s.
America, at that immense valley drained
by the waters Of the Amazon" aud he, too,
declares with great emphasis
"Again, repeat it, we must have an outlet
to which our surplus slave population may emf
CRATE as slaves. This can only be obtained by
the union of the whole South in a fixed and set
tied resolution to have territory tor that purpose.
By union alone can this object be accomplished,
and if that he done, we may be content with
our achievement"
1t is his opinion that whenever south
ern speaks he should give some consIdera-
ton to the vital question of domestic slav.
cry The feeling he expresses is common
a, the South, aud it gets large ut'erance.
1t appears to spring in part from troubled
apprehensions Of danger in The ''Instltntion."
which the feeling of the civilized world is
isolating and judging so sternly, These ia.
nataicaI votarIes of slavery-extenslon de.
clare that unless measures are taken to Sc
cure and occupy the southern regions in
question, 1.-THE doom of the South is seal
ed" and il is thus assumed that slavery
constitutes "ihe south" And "bnt one
regnm presents an opportunity for territor-
al acquisition" such as slavery desires. aud
that Is the region between us aud Brazil
They have growing purpose To turn the
annexation policy IN that direction, and in
the Southern Standard it is announced
tina, with firmness and judgment we can
open up the slave emigration again, TO peo-
pie The noble regions Of the tropics"
Ii is nothing for The slave power to plnt
schemes TO use the general government for
the agrand'zement of The peculiar lnsli-
tuition" 1t is constantly dung so. 1t as
sumes to o,cn the general government, and
the style of the writer's to whom we have
been referring, is common to ii. They
say tina, "Brazil and The Unit. d States are
the two governments of the earth most deep
ly interested in slavery" That is to say,
slavery IN this country is a national affair,
precisely as it is in Brazil, which, however,
means only that The national government
must be ITS creature and instrument How
actively slavery is at work IN this way, at
the present time, is shown by the readiness
of the Washington Union to insist that we
must interfere with all our force, to pre-.
vent emancipation in Cuba.
Here is the slavery question, and here is
the whole philosophy of its agitation in our
national politics. A national politician, u
in the present accepa,ion of the word, is
one who Purposes to let slavery do wha, il
will with the national government, wi,hou,
presuming to object or question its purpos
es. Whuever dareS to speak against any
scheme of tbs slave power must be outlaw.
! ed and Suppressed" National poli,i