The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-03-24

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Tho froca,n ~ tac Coumr n Ru'land
sseeublcl ia contention q Rutland lle i6
d,y Il MsrcA l,1g 90 cansiler;hc neasufe
n's before Congress ph.ch provides ior
d. repeal Of aa aet u Cansrc.s approved
Msrb. i-s0 called and knasa a. ti,c Ms
sauu Conpromise aci.
Do. -iarr aul resolve ~ filiows.
It, That 81. clians sni subjects q =
Tne Krpuhac thc Fundamental laN vi
ua.rl sssrfI. un.sIuiysraily tlsi uuc "a the
plrprsa- and cn4. ~ ,ray government b.
Hal shou.d b. &C. srranc iha blessings Of
liberty 90 De sapr's, snl entertaining
inphch isilh in the tuiA 81 the doctrine
o.clsrt4 and enforced by our Revolution.
aft Fathers. ilis' aii mcu are born free and
tcual, az DO nuH emf ever, before hieh
Heaven and aur ieliou men earnestly ard
aust saismn'y pfliosi sgliusf suy action
phatryer uu the part Of the servauiS If the
people in Congrrss nssambl d. which shall
iu any manner whlicfef. aulhofiAs the ia
trd4etaa or eAistAbce oi Aiucan slavery
o. Csc territories witch are the common
property oi Ac people Of these United
Sstcs.
-. Tint We regard The act Of Congress
81 l-9u known a. the Missouri Compfo-
uiise act. NJ being a contract iairiy and de-
hhaTairiy entered int at the tune tet ,ixt
ih i5ee and Slave holding Sia,es. that the
considerations which gave force 30 sud
contract were regarded as mutual and de-
clared TO be satisfactory by the PARTIES 10
uio same aud witnessed by the long aud
quiet acquie-sencr Of the whole country,
and that ia oar judgement the contract still
remains 10 iuii force. sucrcd and ebhgu-
tory covenant aud cannot without grossly
outraglng the plain dictates OF honor, aud
common honesty. be- repealed or abro gaied
except with the consent If the parties
thereto
3D. That the alledged aycrmcnt by the
South that ih" measure ~ question cmc-
mated from and Is free Will offering Of the
North, Is Il degrading libel. upon the free
States and ~ such We Spun the unpuiation,
nnd thai those representatives irum the free
states 30 ci,hcr house m Congress who
have brought forward allotted. or sustain.
81. the noiauons measure. are traitors. To
humanity, liberty and their continents.
i,h. That 40 the oct of Senator Doug
las aud those who conspire with him 10
break the plighird faith Of the nation. We
DIV iffiA july iftlliNfNNfi % A4tf lfNlu OF lllt
Pfoyerb that "Etr,n1i rigiience is The price
Of Libery,' and II the Frccmcn OF this
country shall tHmciy submi, TO this high
handed and fragrant violation of their rights
and honor. tins degrading aud shameless
outrage upon the rights of humanity, they
will cuncc 10 the world that they are I'M
worthy descendants OF their patriotic sircs,
who geneuied the principals of universal
liberty aud who nobiy dared 10 strike for
iasiicg and manliy, nor would such de-
generate sons be worthy Of the proud title
ut American Patriots, for instead of the
nnble drtondors &c the nghts 81 humanity
and the principles OF eternal Justice they
vii have brcumc the aiiors and abeiior,
~ violating the phghtod faith of the nation
aud Of pcrpe,uaiing and extending the
most degrading system Of chlitcl slavery
that ever disgmccd the annals ui the civil.
iked world.
9th, That though the South has fire..
qucnlly and sometimes almost unanimously
rendered 10 ~, sectional issues, yet adinon
i-h.d by the sage and farewell counscls OF
the vrnrm,cd Father of his country, an,
tie still later cxhor'ationofo, herand depart
ed Patriots, we Of the North have hithcri,
declined such sectional issues. But shout,
the South persist IA forcing tins 80 callr,
Nebraska bill with Us repeating claus,
through the House Of Representatives Al
they have already through the Senate %
the United States; the North impele,
by self respect and the nights of humanity
and 10 rescue ,hccausc of Republican lab
cry from the worlds rcproach, shout,
uuitcdly resist The measure and never re
laN their efforts or cease agitation until IN
repeating clause, shall itself, be repealed
and the territory thus basely wrestrd iron
the grasp Of Freedom, BE- restored TO u
embrace, aud II disunon be the result lc
the guilty authors Of this unnecessar'
measure be responsible for the CONSEQUENCE
ca.
RESOLVED, Therefore, Tia, We proies
aud soleinny demonstrate against the pass
age Of said bill
IMMORTAL.
The memorial Of the Freeman of Ru,
land County and State Of Vermont withou
distinction Of political party assembled il
convention al Rutland on the 10th day o
/ March isjl.
Whereas the bill for Organizing the Ne
hrssts sni Kansas Territories has 10.
PASSED the Senate Of the L nited States an
Is nos pending before the House OF Repre-
scn,aiycs which 1t II becomes a law repeal
the Missouri Compromise act Of $50 an
tends directly 20 DO aHayi the existing tres
ues uiih various Indian tribes and TO des
troy the phghied faith of the Nation "a
extraa ,ho area af slavery
Therefore, We do most solemnly pfoie,
sgaiusl the enactment of said bah hecaus
since lsJ0 this ooouty and IT, polite,
parties have settled down Into O cosrpaI
alive state 81 peace and quiclns-s harmon
i,ing m nearly all the general measure
and policy 81 government and no cause 4
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