Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02


they only take down the bars, open the road,
and swear that every body may travel that
road that pleases. Congress is not to I'm
tervene !" and even the people arc not to in
tcryene until after they get inio the territory.
The consequence is that the Slavocrats have
free pass by this act Of Congress Con
gr,ss won't prevent them, and nobody else .
can, until the territory is settled, and the
people therein act upon the matter for them
selves. The only question then is-who
can get the control of these territories first
-Freemen or Slavocrats The Slavocrats
will have the Federal Government on their
side, and also the government Of the terrific
nv to be first appointed by the President
The President will of course appoint Slavo- I.
Gratis as Governor, Secretary and Judges
or worse than Slavocrats, democratic dough-
faces: the meanest Of al! slaves the slaves
who themselves voluntarily sell their con
science. their manhood, their birth-righi, and
their kindred for mess Of pottage. What
now shall be done ? First Of all let the
ifeemen of the North, who are now emigra-
ting by thousands-aye, men Of wealth and
enterprise and vigor-w say, let them 60
straight into Nebraska and Kansas, and To-
cate upon the best parts Of it. Let them en-
ter upon the land to possess ito cast out
Slavery. to dedicate both territories to free-
dom-and to divide them into Free Suites
as many and as fast as possible
In the mean time let the frecmen Of the
North bend all their energies TO overthrow
The Administration which has sold itself 70
Slavery 60 purge Congress OF the men who
have betrayed them--to sweep every State
government clean of the degenerate race of
dough-iaces to tender at once to the South
the Repeal Of The .Ntbrdskd bin, The resford-
ton Of Freedom to NEBRASKA, aud the resto-
ration to Congress of the power over slavery
IN the territories, as a test of the good faith
of the people Of the South to the solemn
pledge of ls20-and to submit to no COM
promise, accommodation, agreement, ar
rangement, or recognition of any right as to
this test and indicated its honor. This, it
strikes MS, is the duty Of the North True,
we of the North can fairly insist :hat the
South has aready,by nearly all ofits represent
tatives, repudated the compomso Of 1870,
and therefore released Us from all moral or
honorary obligation to every Compromise
the fugitive slave law included. They have
broken the plighted faith of the South they
have proclaimed the South to be truce-brcak
ers they have warned us that we can nci-
Their coniide in the Constitution, the laws
the President, the Congress, nor in the in
tegrity of the Southern people They have
even corrupted the representatives Of the
North, and warned us to be jealous of our
kindred They have, finally, as far as in
them lies, absolved us from all obligation
towards Slavery-from all confidence IN the
Southland from all respect even to their
constitutional rights. Outraging a law de-
signed to be as irrepeaahle and sacred as
the Constitution itself it is only by tech
nicailty that they can held us even to the
constitutional prohibition as to their fugitive
slaves. But let not the North forget that
the Nebraska bill never was sought by the
people of the South that 1t was offered by
a Northern dough-iace that it was sup
ported by a Northern dough-faced Pres-
dent---and that it has been carried by the
votes of norihorn dough-faeod representa-
tvcs. Let US see if the peoPle Of The South
/ will no; sustain Bell, and Bcn,on, and the
gallant half score of southern Wings and
Democrats who opposed the bill let Us see
( if the Southern people will not redeem them.
selves from the iniamy which their repre-
soniatycs would fix upon them; let US see
( if the people of the South even whoever
among them is honorablc-wil not JON us
/ in the work of RErORMArIoN and REPEAL.
But in the mean time, we repeat, let rs take
our stand against all action, except for Free
( dom-oganst all compromises, new or old
against all rotten Platforms and agains,
all rotten mni, in whatever party they may
be found letus acknowledge no obligation
to Slavery, at least until we know that there
IS a South which acknowledges its obliga
tons to Freedom. The elections of this
year, FOR the new Congress, will test that
/ question If the South does not redeem it.
: self, then let Fur LEAGUE OF FREEDoM BE
FORMED, forever hence to know of no com
promise with Slavery, except so far as bound
by the strictest construction Of the Constitu
ton until that instrument can be amended -
and to admit no new territory or state until
Slavery has been abolished
Such, ii strikes MS, is the course to be pur-
sued and we would have it taken promptly,
and with stern determination to persist a
gainst all opposition we would have il car
ried ON efficiently, by hearty union, first of
all mon, North or South, who are ready to
agree upon the simple Platform of condem-
ing the present dough-faced Administration
andlousting its tools from Congress repeal
ing the Nebraska and Kansas bill,-and re-
storing to the Federal government the pow
or and duty Of regulating slavery in federal
territory. That viii test the South If the
South, or any considerable portion Of the
Southern States, agree, so far the North
should agree II all the Southern States re-
fuse let that refusal be the signal for Pres
identlal Platform for 1856 which shall have
greater scope, and embrace every friend of
freedom under its banner Let the contest
come. between Freedom and Slavery. Let
Us know whether Slavery is TO become
local institution, protected by local laws, or
national and sustained by federal power
Let US know whether slave states and slave
holders az alone 10 be responsible for the
disgrace and guilt and final retrlbution Of
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