The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-23

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rirscusibie 90 the faei that ever anco the
fariusiion q the Union, the shareholders
comprising an incousiAefatle portlon Of he
population of the country IN paint Il nnn-
bcn. have exercised dispoPortions,c IN
aacnce In the control Of the government,
and received nu undue share q the houors
and efnolamcnis Of Office The country
has 10 tact. been governed by an aristocra-
ey Of slave owucrs. The FRS, famlcs-
Of this slNveoerasy elaim ~ by a "diyino
right" the best Offices ia tie government
ard usually &c; them. Mos, Of the officers
Of The army and the navy lave been from
the same favored class. Tioy have made
our presidents, and dictated car legislation.
They have for the most part made, mod.
fed and discontinued our revenue laws as
their peculiar interests demanded. They
have made and broken our trvaues with
foreign countries. at theitpleasuie. They
have tsioe plunged the counify--not with
out specious prctoxts to be sure-but still,
into what the North knew 20 be needless
and expensive war; once 10 protect their
tobacco trade, and again. to open new
market for the slave brc eders. The peoph
Of the free States, for the sake Of the Un-
ION, have submitted 10 their arrogant die
tanon, and paid the expenses Of their folly,
with what patience they could, They
have yielded all that the South has demand
ed. They have for the sake Of peace again
and again gwen way to the aggressive pol
Icy Of Slavery. They have formed com
promises with the South in which the SoutI
has gained whatever 1t asked, and the
North has secured 10 itself only what the
South did not want. And now, when it u
fonndthatlhereis no sacredness in compacts,
that the South are as faithless in keeping
solemn agreements, as they are impudent
IN urging their demands, the North have
generally come TO the conclusion that foi.
henrnDce is no longer a virtue. Tho North
will no longer sustain the Union unless its
advantages and obligations are mutual
Southern threats Of disunion have no lonper
my terror They, for whose benefit all the
compromises have been made, have seen
fit wan,only to violate and repeal them /;
hcnceforth let their peculiar interests, and
! peculiar Institutions sustain themselves.
We wage no war upon the "peculiar in
stitution" of the South. 1t hud its exist
encc prior to, and independent of the Fed.
cral Union. 1t is purely local in its nature;
and the national government has nothing
| TO do with it. The terms Of the Union i'm
pose upon us no obligations whatever to
sustain that institution. 1t is nowhere re-
cognized in the Constitution as national ;
and all that the North--at least the Wing
party of the North--dcsire. is that il shall
remain where the Constitution found il and
len 1t. wo "i''i' this Ia he ,I,a only n-anpd
which national party can occupy. The
charge which we make against the federal
government and especially against the
present administration, is that 1t is making
the support and extension Of this local IN
siitutlon its main business it seems TO ex-
lst for no other object All the other great
interests of the country are neglected for
this. Congress has labored seven weary
months and accomplished nothing but to
open the door for the extension of slavery
through the vast interior Of the continent
and 1t seems that the remainder of its ses-
sion rs TO be devoted TO the establishment
Of the foreign slave-trade, and by viola
ton Of treaty, or by violation of the Con-
stitution, by plumber or by purchase, 10 ac-
quire foreign slave territory. because il is
slave territory. The executive department
is deyoting itself with like exclusiveness
To the accomplishment Of the same noble
objects. Alike in its foreign and domestic
relations and duties, our government re-
cognizes nothing but slavery. 1t is not the
fault of the opposition party, therefore, tina,
II has assumed an exclusively sectional po-
siiion. A local institution has usurped a
national place in our politics; and the
Wing party in order 10 be trlly coDserva-
tive and national must of necessity become
sectional. The Wing party has therefore
become almost exclusively,a Northern par
ty. They can not be induced to abandon
the ground they have taken by threats Of
dissolution Of the Union. They are loyal
to the true idea Of the Federal government;
they revere the Constitution and are faith
iul To It's obligations; they love the Union
and are true 10 the high purposes for which
!, was established but they have become
parties TO no compact to support and prupa-
gate the system OF slavery; they have en-
tered into no union for such purposes. and
when they find It can be maintained for no
other or higher objects they spurn it with
indignation and contempt
RUTLAND COUNTY TEMPERANCE
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