The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-22

oppose tho cxseasion Of tho siave power'n hope,
gentlemen, we shall return TO our homes to act In
iavor Of the glorious principles We have avowed
here to day, and carry With us the conviction that,
as certain as God reigns and guides the AFFAIRS Of
nations, thoee principles must and shall triumph in
America cloud cheers.) te e N.
Rev. WILLIAM II. BEECHER, of Reading, was then
introduced N the audience. The great thing, he
said, was 70 destroy slavery. That was the purpose
Tor which the nation was established Political or
CARNATIONS had always been In the way OF the tr-
umph Of freedom. Both the principal parties had
endeavored to get the votes Of the South in favor
OF their candidates, aud Ia do this they had agreed
to serve the purposes Of the South. The slave pow
err through the influence Of these political organi-
cations, has carried every measure since the foun-
dation OF the government He was in favor OF
breaking down the present political organizations
Of the North. He thought we had seen enough OF
the last act Of aggre perpetrated the soil Of
the old Bay State did not the people to action,
he cid not know anything that could sting them into
life. (Applause.)
earnest ap.i.slavery speech, in which ne reviewed
the case of Burns, and severely condo nei the con-
duct OF the chief magistrate of the State, and the
men in high station VINO stopped to do the bidding
OF tbs slave power His remarks were well received.
Mr.. PIERPoNr, at the earnest call of the audience,
again came for ward and made some excellent re-
marks on the moral responsibility Of each Individual.
he said II would be no excuse In the day OF judy
y
wrong, for the voter to say, ! did not vote as
man, but as democrat or as whig." (Laughter)
Mr.. r. briefly criticised the clause in the constita.
ton which is generally supposed to require the
renditlon OF fugitive slaves, and came to the con-
cluson that an Interpretation Of it In favor Of free
dom, was altogether more grammatical and sensible
THAI the comm ioea. This new exegesis of the
clause in question was received with laughter and
apl lause.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Plerpont's remarks, "a
few minutes past five o'clock, the convention ad
j0urned sine die.
Vermont Mass Convention.
The folio wing are the resolutions passed At the
Mass Convention held at Montpelier, Vermont, on
The ffeemen of Vermont, assembled in conven-
ton, in pursuance Of spontaneous call emanating
from various parts Of the State and embracing men
OF all Political parties to consider upon the mea-
State in the present crisis in reference to the late
acts Of Congress- the subject OF slavery and It's
anticipated further extension, viz:
For the Profession Of free States from Southern
aggression and Northern treschery.
For the recovery Of the rights If the free States
az an integral part Of the Union; and
For the rescue Of the general government from
the control Of the slave power:
Resolved, That the institution of slavery Ia q
great moral, social and political evil that it was
SO regarded by the fathers of the republic, the
founders and best friends Of the Union, by the he
roes and sages Of the revolution, who contemplated
an element hostile to the liberties for which
they toiled; that institution Is not to be
strengthened nor encouraged, against which
Warrington, the calmest and wisest Of our ma
ton, bore unequivocal testimony; as TO which,
Jefferson, filed with the love Of liberty, ex-
claimed -" Can the liberties of q nation be ever
thought secure when We have removed their only
firm basis, conviction in the minds Of the people
that their liberties the gift Of God that they
are not to be violated but with his WRATH Indeed,
tremble for my country when I reflect that God
is just that His justice cannot rest forever that
urea ana
change Of situation, is among possible events that
it may become probable by supernatural inter-
ference. The Almighty has no attributes which
can take sides with rs in such . contest" And as
to which another eminent patriot in Virginia, on
the close Of the Revolution, also exclaimed Sc Had
we turned our eyes inwardy when We supphcated
the Father Of Mercies TO aid the injured and OPP
pressed, when we invoked the Author of Righteous.
ness to attest the purity OF our motives and the
justice of our cause, and implored the God Of bat
ties to aid our exertons In its defence, should we
not have stood more selfconvicsed than the con
Resolved, That the HISTORIC Of the constitution, and
particularly the enactment Of the ordinance, July 8,
1857, prohibiting slavery north Of the Ohio, aOun-
danily shows it to have been the purpose Of our
fathers not 10 promote but t. prevent the spread Of
slavery; and the constitution Of the United Statss
gives 10 Congress full power for the municipal go.
veInmeIt Of the territories thereof power which,
from lts nature cannot &c eitnef 01cnate0 Or aDd-
called Without yelling up 10 the territory an abso-
lutte political independence, which involves an alb
kurdity.
Resolved, That the repeal Of the Missouri compro-
mise contained In the recent act Of Congress, for
tie creation Of the Territories of Nebraska and Kan
sas, thus admitting slavery into region till then
sealed against IL by law, equal in extent to the
thirteen old States, Is destructive OF mutual conf
dence between the States ofthis Union-exposing the
Union itself to imminent dangers inconsistent
with the fundamental principles Of natural justice,
and destructive of al confidence in the integrity,
honor, and good faith Of the national and State
governments favoring such repeal.
Resolved, That In voting for tnis bill, every MEM
Der Of Congress from the free States has betrayed
the rights Of the North proved recreant to humanity
and freedom, violated the viii and outraged the
feelings of his constituents, aud richly deserves the
condemnation Of mankind that in approving and
signing 1t the Presidenthas eaten bis own words
and violated the principles repeatedly avowed In his
public speeches, on the subject of slavery dsyere
In 1916, 40 and 6l; and that all who aided in It's
parties and the President himself promising to dis
countenance and frown upon every effort to revive
the slavery agitation.
Resolved, that the passage Of this bill, in con.
nection with other measures now earnestly talked
Of and strongly urged upon the nation by the lead
ing slavery prop8gandbts, such as the seizing Of
Cuba and 81. Domingo, and annexing them TO the
Union as slave States, and the re-opening Of the
African slave trade, demonstrate that no trust or
confidence can be Ielesed in slavery propagandists;
that they are both 1ntsgonistic and aggressive,
and, therefore, it becomes tae friends OF freedom
and humanity TO awake from their lethsrgy put on
the armor Of liberty worn by our patriotic fathers,
Resolved, That heneeforth all compromises with
slavery are Ut an end, aud our rallying cry shall
hencefrth be the repeal Of the Fugitive Slave Law,
and Of the inter State slave trade, the abolition OF
Of slavery in oil the Territories Of the United States
and the admission Of no more slave States into the
Union.
Resolved, /. That we pledge ourselves, to the ex.
tent Of our power, to the repeal of the Fugitive
Slave bill.
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