Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-04-07

and iorbearnq men at the North. IN regard
to Southern politicians and their domineerinp
policy, is becoming exhausted. Men never
suspected of fanaticism---men who have SUD.
ported all the compromises bitherto--men who
have been jealous and honest in deprecatinp
every appearance of evil TO the Union now
declare openly that dissolution must come.
We hear il on all sides. Il is no idle threat
or clamor. Ii is not got up for party effect.
1t is not the language of demarogucs. II
will become settled and permanent con-
viction universally at the North, unless the
Nebraska perfidy is defeated.
Now we are not yet prepared to 90 to this
extreme. The South are not fairly repre-
scented, we would hope, by those who speak
for them at Washington. TIE truce break
ing bill of Douglas is repudiated by great
numbers in the Southern States. And yet
lit cannot be disguised that the Wing aud
Democratic parties Of the South have both,
as such, committed themselves irrevocably
TO this bill. Bell of Tennessee, Hunt of
Louisiana, and the half dozen Wings who 90
with them, and Houston, Benton and their
associates from the Democratic party, are
now become outsiders and independents
can scarcely longer be considered in good
standing with their respective parties
Southern Wings and Democrats have coal
eeced IN one sectional party, sinking all ma
tlonai issues, and violating the most positive
pledges.
In this state OF things, an inevitable re-
suit now appears TO DE, The formation q a
great REPUBLICAN PARTY OF THE NORTH
parry em sn a., VINO are earnestly de-
70 bo,d;na 10 The na;n,en.pra af nooS fp,,h
in the observance of compac,s and treati :.
at home and abroad party based on the
splr"oi .ne consu,u'lon' ana pursuing the
SiaSory ana ,ru,h and ;ns,;co az, -.
There must be NORTH. All who are earn.
estly opposed to extending Slavery and to
increasing us power IN me ailalrs OF our
s Sn,;ai .ar,n . !, 1 ~ 49, n"oe, : rs
fourbt on the Cd party grounds. This Ne.
braska project. whether It succeeds or fails,
hasmade this result inevitable. The two
I great political parties compromised, accord
/ ing TO written terms, at Baltimore. That
compromise has been openly violated -and
repudiated at the South. The BALTIsfoRE
PLATFORMS ARE ANNrHILATED,--and such
another VIII never be erected.
we must be prepared tor the inevitable
struggle. Let us have a Just sense of what
the exigencies Of the time demand Our
organizations must have direct reference to
the existing state of things and il is of less
importance hoto the work is done, than to
have II done with cordial union of purpose
and action.
Here is n Platform for the new camnaion.
,..a, ,do o,;,o .,a.i.. .;....l;. !,
'' f''.S s''a'" .o'".,o"e WIN
he suggestions III last weeks Waterman.
The "plank" on the right of trial by Jury
and the writ of babeas cornus. ia the verv
..,.t.
e o ""S" We o".. "a'"eu " ue gun
iotlne the one on which President Fillmore
was firs' inclined to walk and the one which
did lead Lewis Cass to vote against the Fu-
s".e "'ase Inv i"'' ria''o''n was made
oy Iohn ". whittier and first published in
the National Era.
-. The presen, is the time for action. lie,
the movement begin at Washington Mt this
very session. Let those who are willing ID
stand on the question of Slavery where .he
fathers of the Republic stood. unite. ire
spectiye of party names, 10 form a LEAsur
or FREEpoM-tbe nucleus of a mighty or.
ganizarion rhougl,our the country, having Ior
is watchwords
"No slave Territory.
"No more slave States.
.The General Government relieved from
all responsibility for Slavery.
ment with slavery in The slave states.
. No ,n,erference with the rich, of IN,
nv trial. the writ of habeas cornns and oh
er gusrantees Of life. liberty and The mr.
suit Of bappiness. in the free states
aSlayery lefl TO itself in the States which
cherish il without auy extraneous aid or com
fort. 10 reconcile itself as !, hes, nav 10 ,h,
progress of civilization and Christianitv. nm,
10 the liberal spirit ofstbe pqe.p
r.. w..a.,,
" mercury 'Peahs OUT IN
very decided fashion-thus'
From the Woodstock Mercury, March 30.
A measure pending before the country
and nrernsn, with cansocuenca Wv o"n'
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