Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-08-11

words. The wag who said that
he had experimental with all kinds
of acids to dissolve the Union, and
was satisfied "that IL could not be
did," showed more true philosophy
and a better knowledge of our in
situations and the temper of our
people than those prating politicians
who attempt on the most frivolous
occasions to frighten the timid, by
the cockoo song Of dissolution of
the Union "
. And yet this is perpetually resort
ed to. If Senator Butler cannot
make northern Senators swallow
down every abstraction of the alb
stract State of South Carolina, he
meets you with the threat that he
will dissolve the Union or if you
refuse to ia the law from the
teachings of the Old Dominion, SEN
ator Mason will shake the Union
down about your ears. IL Senator
Badger is not allowed to sell his
nanny" in the free States, the
Union is no more, and we are
thrown back into barbarism. If
Senator Jones cannot recover his
runaway negroes, his equality is
destroyed and the crash Of the I'M
lou is the penalty. Or if Senator
Clay cannot be permitted to chase
his negroes on the soil of freedom,
all the elements of disunion will be
stirred up, and if the Union holds
together one half the waning of the
moon. il is TO be absorbed to the
long suffering Of the gentleman from
Alabama
If the Union is held together by
such a tender tie, let it be sundered
If we are to believe these chivalrlc
sons Of the sunny South, we should
say that
The SPIDERS mos, att nustsd thread
4. cord III. cable. TO the sendorte
that holds This mighty Republic to-
gether But we live too near the
north pole to be alarmed on this
score. We have heard tue cry too
long, to lose any sleep in conse-
quence of the threats of the Union
diSSoir@s
How shall this awful dissolution
be brought about Who will raise
suicidal hand against his own
country Not the north they
have 200 much patriotism to raise
an impious hand against the work
of their fathers. Not the South
they dare not venture upon an en-
terprise SO fraught with danger
They may threaten they may
buster; but after all, they know
their weakness too well to embark
IN an undertaking which must prove
their destruction. The South dis
solve the Union ! Take the ex-
IRENE Southern States, South Car
DINA Georgia, Alabama. MIssssip-
pl, aud Louisiana, and their slave
population is about equal 10 the
/ free. What would be their condI-
ton if they should take up arms a
gainst the Uuion? They would
have as much as they could do
to keep their slaves IN subsection,
IN war growing out of slavery
The Buffers, aud Rhctts, aud Quat-
tlebums of South Carolina, with
their 3Sl, 100 slaves, would find
full employment for their 2S3 81
free population III Their own State,
without waving their palmetto ban
ner north of Mason's aud DiXon'S
line.
Aud how would the boastful S ate
OF Virginia fare If the Union were
dissolved 7 Her slaves would flee
from her as from the wrath 10 come,
and take refuge in the land of free
dom. They would then have no
fugitive slave bill by which they
could be reclaimed In shor, lime
they would find that their hewers
of wood and drawers of water were
among the missing. But we
would reclaim them by force of
arms" say the chivalrlc sons of the
| Old dominion. If they should in
wade the north to recapture their
slaves, the North would meet them
at he line and repel them. Nay, in
such an event, for this would be
open war, the armies of the North
would not stop at the line. They
would enter the slave states, and
proclaim freedom to every slave who
would join their standard. The re-
suit of such a contest would be OBJ
viouS.
We look with horror upon such a
state of things but all this is lnvolv-
ed in a dissolution of the Union
And they who talk so loudly of sew
ering this glorious Republic. would
do well to count the cost before
they strike the first blow. But we
will not contemplate such an event.
The South dare not attempt such an
act of madness. They tell us that if
the fugitive slave bill should be mod
flied so as to give trial by jury, they
mean to dissolve the Union. But
there is no fear of that. We remem-
Der when they made the same threat
if abolition petitions were received.
But when the rule of the House re-