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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-01
Nebraska Democracy.

The indianapolis Chlnticleer,
edited by J. p. Chapman, a leading
Democrat hitherto, seems iudisposed
to let the Slavetes wear mask any
longer, and pulling off the same, dis
closes the features under it.
|. Deny God Senator Petit,
Democratic Doaghtace.
2. Denounce the Clergy DOUG
as, Democratic Dough|1ce.
3. Pronounce the Declaration OF
Independence a self-evident iie."
PETIT
4. Trample on Compacts and
Treaties, to SUIT the demands of
Flllibusters, even though they be
older aud as sacred as the Consiitu-
ton itself, and though confirmed by
it.-NebruSka bill.
8. Squatter Sovereignty, which
is the highest degree of freedom 10
make siares bcfh black and '0hite
to practice polygamy and incest,
and to commit any other crime not
forbidden exclusively by the u. S.
Constitution, and by the laws of
Congress.
6. To extend our institutions by
force everywhere, particularly the
- domestic ones, and to plumber
without limit all who are thus BEN
Gifted -Fiiiibusterism.
Z Demagogueism instead of de-
mocracy, and bribery instead of hon
est dIpomacy.--A administration
! leaders
s. No federation of the right of
freedom Of opinion, freedom of
speech, aud freedom of the press.
4 9. The accommodation and
crushing out" of all heretics to
this creed Gushing, Pierce's At
forney General.
10. The abrogation of all the
obsolete ideas of State Rights,
and the naturalization of slavery
under the name of National De-
mocracy."
IL. The power of the Senate to
alter, amend aud abolish the creed
at It's sovereign will and pleasure.
IL. Free Whisky as an essen
tial State institution. Indiana
Democratic State Convention.
b. A full treasury-profuse
squandering ofthe public money
universal corruption, and ultimate
despot,sm.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-01
Colonel Benton.

Every friend of popular rights
must regret the defeat of Col Ben
ton. He has been in Congress more
than thirty years, continuously, and
has h I'd an extensive opportunity to
observe the conduct of men, and
the tendency of public measures
He has always been a strict observ-
er of public affairs and has for ma
ny years past been sensible that
theIe was party at the South who
were plotting the dissolution of the
Union. He never had The folly TO
believe that they had the maduess
10 come out aud sever The Union at
once. And consequently he ridcu.-
ed the idea entertained III $50 that
the Union was on the eve of d $50
luton, and had no thanks for those
who claimed the honor of " saving
the Union" His views on this sub
jet were more just aud RATIONAL
He believed their policy 10 be TO 20
on annexing foreign territory, ahd
receiving slave States, till the colHl-
try should become cumbersome or
unwieldy, and until the North, tied
of their overreaching, would With
draw from the South, leaving them
( in possession of the field.
Such he believed 10 be the de-
sign of Calhoun and his followers.
In this opinion we colIcnr There
are those at the present day, who
are undoubtedly looking at the same
thing. They want SouIhsrn,
slave-holding confederacy, aud hey
think this most atlalnable by extern
ding onr Southern borders. And
hence they are in favor of obain-
ing Cuba and Central America, and
a portion, if not the whole of Mexi-
co. They do not seek a separation
as such but they are intent upon
having the balance of power, and
this they can obtain only by extern
ding their peculiar Institution. Aud
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-01
The Montpelier Freeman and
MIR. Bates.

The Montpelier Freeman, acqui-
escing in the action of the Stale
Committee of the Mass Convention,
sustains the nomination of Judge
Royce. The Freeman has had
some prejudice to overcome IN ar
irving at this conclusion, which we
believe will be regarded by the poo
pie of the State as wise one. He
refuses, however. to support Mr..
Bates for Treasurer, aud substitutes
Mr. Baldwin. The reason alledged
by him for this course. is the action
of the nominating committee. He
AYERS that Mr.. Baldwin was fairly
nominated by the committee for
treasurer aud that after portion OF
the committee retired, the nomlna-
ton was reconsldered, and Mr..
Bates put in his place.
As we were on the committee,
aud a witness of what took place,
we are unable to see any good rea-
son for the course of the Freeman
The editor of the Freeman was on
the committee, and ii is true thai
Mr.. Baldwin received a majority
of he votes for Treasurer, aud wat
declared nominated. The commit
tee proceeded to other business, but
before any motion of adjournment
was made, motion to reconsider
the nomination was made, aud aitel
some discussion and consideration
was carried unanimously, and MIR
Bates was unanimously substituted
The wri,er didn't see any one g
out, or observe that any were alb
sent, but no doubt Mr.. Thompson
and perhaps two or three others
went out. Ii they did, whose fail
was il They knew of course tina
the committee hadn't adjourned Jane
i, was their duty TO have remained
until the business was done, and tn
committee adjourned. Il seem
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-01
VOL. XLvIn, NO. 4o.~...wHoLE NO. 2lss.

der Union born Of the agonies and
cemented by the blood of our pa
rents,--a Union whose mission il
was to set an example ofrepubican
freedom, aud commend it to the
painting nations Of the worId,-we
freemen of the United States should
be suffocated by politicians into
silent acquiescence with despotism
That we should not dare to utter
the words or breathe the aspirations
OF our fathers, or propagate their
principles, on pain Of ostracism and
political death Just Heaven into
what depths of infamy aud insensi-
bility have we fallen
We repeat, that until the senti-
ment of slavery is driven back to
its original bounds, to the States to
which it legitimateIy belongs, the
people of the North are vasSals.-
Yet their emancipation is practical
BILE if not easy They have only
to evince u determination to be
free, and they are free. They are
to discard all past alliances. TO put
aside all present fears, to dread no
future coalitions, in the single hope
of carrying to speedy victory ban
uer inscribed with these devices -
The REPEAL OF THE FUGiTIvE
SLAVE Wits RESTORATION
OF THE Missouri CuMPRoMIsE,-No
MORE SLAVE STATEs,-No MORE
SLAVE TERRiTog,rs,-1HE HoME-
STEAD FOR FaEE MsE ON THE PuB-
Lie LANDS.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-01
4Nulitiral.


Forthe Watch .ta a Jsssa
Ma EDIroR As friend of tenn
perance, and IN favor of prohibiiory
enaciments to support 1t and a
friend of freedom, and in favor of a
union of all good men to resist the
Entertainments of the slave power,
| ask the favor Of place in your
columns to speak To your readers
and the public, upon the slavery of
the African race, IN this boaSied Re
public, aud the equally calling yoke
of slavery upou the Aug 10 Saxon
race IN the use aud abuse of alcohol
ic drinks hardly know which to
place first and foremost in the cal
endar Of naiona! slns-which to re-
gard as most prolific of evils, social,
individual or nalional-which to
single out as the monster spirit of
evil Either, taken separately is
sufficient To rouse the dormant ruer-
gies of virtuouS people to a uni
ted aud per,everlug effort at resiS-
tauce The two, combined, IL seems
to me, if not successfully met and
trlumphanliy oveuhrown, Will even-
tually, and at no very distant day,
work the downfall! of this Ameri-
can Republic.
A mere private citizen, on the
down hill side of life, felt il du-
~ and privilege to attend the late
Stale Temperance Convention and
Mass Meeting, at Montpelier, and to
take part in the deibcrationS aud
doin9s of both You will remem-
Der that the Temperance Conven-
ton was called on the 18th and the
Mass Meeting on the 18th July last,
evidently for the purpose of giving
the friends of Temperance and Free
dom a convenient opportunity to
assemble from all parts of the state,
and take part IN both, as their sense
of duty and proprlety might dictate.
| was in attendance upon both
meetings, and a somewhat careful
observer of all the proceedings in
each. Fidelity to truth requires me
to say, that tho temperance man
of the " strlctest sect" and deadly
foe to slavery aud the Z" Nebraska
swindle," as il is fifty termed, !
was not well pleased with all that
saw and heard in either of these
two gatherings OF the freemen of all
political parties. The design OF
both was worthy of all praise the
doings of both, excellent in the
main, bu, censurable in some re-
spects. An attempt was made by
Doct. Powers, in the Temperance
Convention, to nominate an indie
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-01
The Know.Nothings,

A writer for The New York Ex-
press, who appears to I" know some
thing Of the creed of the Know
Nothings, says:
" Newspapers of various classes,
including the National inttlligencer
aud others in different parts Of the
country, have protested against the
Know-Nothiugs as fanatlcal-ene-
mics of Tie Roman Catholic religion.
The Know-Noihings, on the con-
trary, have completely disavowed
this charge, insisting they do not
oppose any religion or practice what
ever, but quite the opposite, were
faithful friends and projectors of re-
llgious freedom not in the sense of
Bishop Hughes, bat in its real old
and common Specification. But,
they say. what they oppose is RO-
MAN CATHOLIC POLITICS,
which often assumes the name of
the Roman Catholic religion, but is
wholly distinct thing. They adj
mt, recognize and sustain the right
in any and all who choose to wor-
shipin the Roman Catholic church
es, to believe and profess what they
please in religion but they will not
admit nor submit to any one who
attempts to put down by club law
free debate on free preaching, IN the
house or the open air, nor allow
foreign influence to interfere with
elections, or 10 rise or threaten mob
law, or to threaten citlzens with the
consequences, if they do NOT sidDsti-
tule the canon law of Rome Tor the
State laws OF the Union. Even
though such subversive attempts
may be made under the name OF
religion, their opposers claim 10 be
able to discriminate, and are fully
convinced that in opposing them,
they oppose nothing religious. but
what is purely political, and a, the
same time wrong, Auti-American.
aud intolerable. Now, whether this
ground is or is not honestly taken
and maintained by the Know Moth.
lings, il is not our present object "a
Nee ~ Pags
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13artlQ.
From the Chr,sii n r. P''sitors
ATHEN w GOD.
A LEGEND OF ST. MINNIE.

ny THE AUTHOR OF EARTH's ANGELS
Were you ever in Montpelier:
Not that fine old town of France,
Bu a fair Green dountain village,
Young for legend or romance.
Brave and hardy are the people
of our northern state frontier =
So affirmed bod invader,
And the knowledge cost him dear.
Firm in Doric strength and beauty
Stands their Capitol It's dome
LD, king down upon river
Something like the stream of Rome
Winding through the verdant valley,
Like a shaken silver chain,
Fhw- the mouutain-born Winooski
To the beautiful Champlain.
But we follow not his current,
For the theme will bid Us stay
'Mong the hills that nurse his torrent,
Near the Capitol day.
just across the sparkling river,
Where yon hill road winds away,
Lightly lifts the graceful elm-tree
sfany a slender waving spray.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-01

Where the tiny song birds rally
Chipping from their leafy screen,
And the mountain breezes daily,
Coming down bright ravine.
There above the village mnrmnr,
And the din of mill and forge,
Stands an Artists quiet dwelling,
In the green and narrow gorge.
On a sultry day Of summer,
Sank beneath the wayside tree
One who signed IN foreign accent,
Mary, Mother pity me
Twas sad and weary woman,
" ith child Of tender years
On her feet the soil Of travel,
On her face the stain Of tears.
Surely she can toll no farther
Meath the bright, Implying sky;
But for that sweet, patient infant,
Ii were well that she should die.
Hers had been happy bridal
In distant father land
Hers husband brave and noble,
Firm, vet gentle, hopeful, blind.
Tyranny proclaimed HIN rebel,
For a patriot heart had he;
They IN want had lied from peril
lie was burie IN the sea.
In ner land Of cross and convent,
Sweet Madonna. pale and far,
Shrine OF SAINT. and tomb OF martyr,
Wins the stricken soul to prayer.
Now she scans that peaceful cottage
Gray IT'S walls aul sioplng caves
Lliitng up rs modest gables
Carved pend ,nt Olkeu leaves,
Rustic porch with open portal,
Arched wndows, diimond pane
Sure II bore no sigii resemblance
10 some humble muir al tame.
Was II not some waYslde chapel,
suit IN form OF holy cross
Was .; hermitage OF dwelling;
Long she unused much at loss,
Til an organ tone came pealing
On the silent summer air;
Quick she mounts the rocky terrace.
Llits her chid from star to staiI.
Wood, Of Nthenwoil was absent:
MmIe md sal down to play
Hopeful nyuas nat cArer her husband
These snJuld wAiis the souf away.
OR she played and sang unheeaing
Her wno ou tue threshold stood,
Dreaming OF 6u old cathedral
Far beyond tle ocean flood.
Through the curtains came the sunlight
tn a crimson tnted ray;
So It tell from stored window
Where 10 yOulh she used % pray
Near her stood slender table,
VAIN parian vase upon Z.
Quainlly carved lfon ntlque structures
was II not a marble ionls
On the walls hung glowing pictures -
Autumn Scenely,' uchiy wrought,
Gtaceiu forms anu genie features
MOI The haloed head she sought.
When the soaring anthem ended.
Timidiy size l.ovli to say,
Lady, please, is lt ch4pel
| have need to at aud pray
O. mol utterly mistaken
" as that simple parent heart
Less than only Heavens own altar
Is ,he shrue Of Love and Art.
Minnie placed a couch with pillows,
Offering rest and sweet relief;
spoke as woman speaks 10 woman
In her trial hour % greet
Bringing food the cup Of water.
Coy'nag for the suuburned child.
Laughed the wiusame little creature
Sweet the waywom pilgrim smhed.
Now my weary heart Is lighted;
Mary Mother hear iny plant -
II I've found 90 puesiiy altar,
Surely I've not nlssed a SAINT
sstrJ oha Hu.u.i. IA.
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perceiving at an early day that thel
should play losing game, if they
attempted to stand alone, trusting Il
the ordinary means of success, -fC
the natural supremacy of talent, tc
the growth If numbers, and to the
recttude Of their cause, hit upon
the available expedient Of identify
ing themselves with the popular
party Of the North, and then, having
accomplished that, of gradually di-
rectiug that party to the defence
nd spread of their peculiar doc
tins Not satisfied with the con-
cession, which every elligent and
iudcious noftheruer was then glad
to make, that slavery was a system
exclusively within the control Of the
tateS, il first inSluuated and then in
sisted that slavery was not to be
discussed at all at the North, be-
cause moral interference. This
pretenslon, which was just the same
as if Russia of Turkey should Insist
that the principles of absolutism
should not be discussed in the u
nited States, because Russia and
Turkey had commercial treaties
with the Usiied States, yet found
merchants sordld enough to iustigate
mobs against those who questioned
il, and politicians wicked enough to
entreach It behind the laws.
Touching upon the successful at
tempt of lhis Pro-slave,y party to
force Slavery into the regions west
of the Mississippi IN 1920, under
% threats Of civil war if 1t was not
allowed" on San impudeni claim
which had no validity in law nor
sanction in humanity" the for
bearance of the North in it's ardent
devotionS tn peace and the Union"
the passage of that outrage on con-
stiiutlonal and on State comfy,
aud on the fundamental principles
OF justice and humauity,-the Eu-
pitive Slave Law of 1850, adj
uniting that "mauy who welcomed
the compromises of 1850 did SO in
the sincereSt conviction that they
would put an end To the difficulties
between the North and the South,
r-he comes to the last great act of
It's aggression.
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81 AZ ~ s s.sss:
1851. WESTERN ROUTE 1851

tn t.iI GH "a kills cta sHiainsd o. ihr Tex
~ ufh ontp.lici for Uhf II. Toledo, Druut and
all i"fs- i.tke .nringin. sIfr~ - Mithissn Cen
rrs a. !4ss ~hofs hailf" 80. tiso D., he great
Ws.i.fl Dtaadt l.usts
w fOBART, Act.
Montpelier, June b 1881 60.
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lf)atrbman < 5tatr suurnul.
runllsmep EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.

rsl I :. 81 5estsh in ,dvance 81 90 Il pnymeat
.ist ntde IN ,dvasoe interest always ehatsrd from
he end the ycni.
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he PrO-sIavery Parry.


exactly carlcdtures either.
ae PrO-slavery Parry.
By far the most deSplcable branch
OF the Pro-Slayery Party, is that
winch, educated al The north, under
all the genial inspirations of free
condition of existence. aud without
the necessity OF an embarrassing IN
volylnent, still voluntarily casts itself
at the feet of Slavery, TO eat the
dirt of It's lootmarks, aud HEX The
sores of its limbs For the first
class of shareholders. we cherish not
Gully profound sympathy, but u
genuine admiration aud esteem we
have friends among them whose eX-
cellencies OF character are themes
Tor meditation and gratitude and
to the propagators of the system,
even. we can attribute an entire
honesty of purpose, though a mis-
taken one but, for its cringlng and
adulatory northern sycophants we
have no feeling but one of unmiti-
gated pity and contempt. Could
they he transferred, for a lime, TO
the experiences of the poor creatures
whose letters they help to bind, the
most generous mind could hardly
regard the change as less than a just
and happy relrlbnlion.
This Pro-Slavery party, which
grew mainly ont of the old republl-
can or democratic party, and which
has never even taken a dist lct
name, has been the successful party
of our history. II has achieved a
more signal aud longer ascendency
than any other party, and 1t has
done II, not by superior ability nor
a more lllustrious virtue, but by dint
Of its tact, aud compact and per-
slstent determination. Its leaders,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-01
Our Parties and our Politics.

A writer in Putnan's Magazine,
in an article on our parties and our
politics. gives us dashing outline
sketches OF the earlier political par
ties OF our national republic They
are TOO incomplete to be taken ior
exact portraits but they are not
exactly carlcatures either.
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
Col. Rust.

The following letter from Col. Rust, the democratic nominee for Congress, we lay before our readers.
 It is his apology to the people for not con- tmulng to fill his appointments. Atthe time he wrote, he had not learned that he had opposi- ton in the person of Mir. Walker, of Yell county. Had he known it, he would either have continued to fill his appointments, or he would have met Mir. Walker at such times and places as he may have designated.
 The absence of all excitement in the Congres. slonal race and the excessively warm weather which prevented the people from turning out to meet him, presented but little inducement for him to continue to fill his appointments.
 Col. Rust is we'll known throughout the State. He has served the democracy on many occasions ably and faithfully, and at the bail lot box he will be rewarded for his services by an overwhelming majority over all opposition Alldemocratic papers in the district are re- quested to copy Col. Rust's letter.
 Wa'ren Bradley, O., July 19th 1854. DEAR JoENsoN:-Will you publish in your
  paper that the last of my appointments to ad dress the public which l shall fill will be the one at Monticello, in Drew county on the 2Oth inst The absence of opposition and a reluc- tance to travel through the river counties at this season of the year, when there exists no necessity for it, whilemy presence is very much required at home will be I trust, a sufficient excuse to the voters of Chicot, Desha, Arkan sa8, Jefferson, Prairie Monroe, Pulaski, Perry and Saline, for my failure to meet them at the times appointed. When I made the appoint ments l hoped and expected to have opposition. Having been disappointed in this, l am persuad- ed by my friends that twill hardly be expect ed that shall canvass the counties which I have named l need hardly say, that if the interest of the party which honored me with the nomination required it, I should not stop to consider the labor or dangers or sacrifices which were to be encountered in prosecuting the canvass throughout the district
 Yours truly 4 PEST
The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
Letter from the Hon. w. K. Se-
 bastian.
z. s. Senate, July 4, 1854


 Dear Sir: 1 am gratifed to announce that the hospital at Napoleon will soon be in successful operation. The citizens of Arkan- sas have duly appreciated its importance Early last winter called the attention of the War Department to the subject of its compile ton, and was astonished to find that the ope- rations had been suspended and the whole sub- ject turned over to the Treasury Department and that the latter was not informed of the fact. It was thus abandoned by one depart ment and not taken charge of by the other.- At my suggestion the secretary of the treasury immediately placed the building under charge ot A. A. Eddington, of Napoleon who has so far completed 1t as to render 1t certain that it will be ready for occupation this month. To obviate all unnecessary delays, have obtained the consent of the secretary to order the entire equipment and complete outfit of the estab- lishment, embracing furniture, medical and ho- sptal stores, etc., to be furnished from Louis. vile, and shipped direct to Napoleon, by the time that the building is ready for their recep- tiOn.
 This expense will be defrayed out of the con- tingent fund of the department, and avoids the delay ot waiting for an appropriation. Its equipment was based upon that supplied to the hospital at Paducah, and will be equal in its appointments to any of its capacity upon the western waters.
 Of the fifty millions, now annually expend- ed by the federal government, there is no DOT tlon, equal to the cost of marine hospitals so usetully expended, and for class or persons, for whom heretofore 1t has been no ones busi- ness to care.
 There is no place from New Orleans to Pitts burg that needed it more, and yet of the dozen or more of these hospitals, which are dotted along upon the great highway of the West from the gulf to the lakes, this has been alone so- lated and singled out for opposition, and has cost the most unwearied pains of the delegation in Congress to prevent its abandonment Its final completion will confer everlasting benefits to the community at large, but the citizens of Napoleon have especial reason to congratulate themselves upon the prospect of being relieved from this heavy tax upon their private charity.
 Yours truly. VIM. K. SEBASTIAN