Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-05-25

NEW YORK ANrI-NEBKASkA mEETING'
Agreeably to- call signed by Hon. Moses +
Grinnell, John Jay,~W. 9. Bryant and other
Of the leading citizens Of all parties an immens
meeting assembled in the Park, on the 18th in
: slant, at 5o'clock q. NJ, to protest against til
contamination Of the Nebraska outrage, nov
pe1ding ID the House .eF Representatives
At the appointed hour. Says the Tribune, a
least five thousand men of all parties and class
es came together as if by common as well az
., earnest instinct of frctdJm. Hon. Mark Spen
Ger was President Of TIE meeting assisted by e
a large number Of Vice Presidents After
few remarks by Tie venerable President, E. A.
Stansbury, Esq, was introduced and read an
, address, from which we make few extracts:
.'F FELLOW CITIZENS w hen, in January last,
in violation of the pledges given at Baltimore by
the wing and Democratic parties, and in yet
grosser violation of the inaugural pledge profar-
cd to the world by the President of the United
States, the Slavery question, with the conni-
vance OF the Administration, was dragged into
congress and before the country, by proposal
to repeal the Missouri Compromise, the City of
New York, true to her hereditary instincts, was
the first to protestagainst the threatened outrage
as destructive alike of our peace and our harmo-
ny, Of the national honor and the Federal I'm
ion.
In four mass meetings of her merchants, her
mechanics, her great German population and her
citizens Ut large, was the voice of New York ut
tered in earnest warning and remonstrance and
throughout tie free states, despite the inclem-
ency of the season, the people gathered in their
might at public assemblies, without regard to
creed or party, and vented their stern dispcas-
, ure in tones of thunder, until there resounded
from cast to west one continuous echo of popu-
lar indignation.
In contemptuous defiance of the known will
, of the people, the Administration, by an act of
: unconstitutional usurpaton, that, as history
teaches u.s. would not be tolerated in a British
sovereign, has dared, and even now dares, secret
Ily and openly to interfere with the freedom of
our federal legislation J; and at moment when
Europe is convulsed and our foreign relations
are in jeopardy, there is reason to fear that u
majority of the House of Representatives, hay
/ ing thrust aside The legitimate business of the
nation, are preparing, at the inducement and
dictation of u coordinate department of the Gov
eminent, to perpetrate an act which the people,
whom they profess to represent, have discussed,
repudiated and condemned
In this crisis OF our country's fate, your Com
mittee, appointed to take such measures as they
} might deem cxpedicnt toward defeating the o.
jet of the Kansas Nebraska bill, feel it their
r duty to address yol The probable cons ,quen-
: ccs of the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
: are Of immense moment, even were it to be af
fectcd independently Of executive influences,
operating against the peoples will. The repeal
Of that Compromise, as yon have already de-
clared will be the virtual repeal OF all comprom
ises between Freedom and Slavery, and will ter
inmate forever all confidence between the North
and South. Tho extension of Slavery to Ne
braska would secure to the slave States per-
manent preponderance in the Federal Union
: which would enable them to sway the Govern
ment in all its brlnches-lcgislative, executive,
and jndicial-with reference only to the interest
of some 800, 900 Stockholders and without re-
gard to the will Or the welfare Of 20 ZOO, 600 Of
free citizens
Arise, then, in your might and declare that
= this monstrous perfdy, however aided or abet-
ted shall not succeed. Bid the Administration
beware how they tamper with your representa-
d tives-bid your representatives remember the in
:, fanny that awaits those who sell for mess of
{ portage the birthrght Of their constituents.
Let Committees OF Correspondence, as in the
days OF our fathers, when plots less reasonable
were rife against our libertss, be organized in
e every town. Let rcmonstrances and protests
|
them that both Congress and the Executive are
g the servants Of the people. Let the clergy, un-
moved by coarse assaults and infdcl sneers,
: maintain their high and rishtful position, and
protest, as American citizens and Christian
ministers should protest against fraud, false
hood and oppression. Declare again to the
n South, that the bill, If passed, will be wanting
= in tho first elements of valid legislation That
1 you disavow and repndintc in advance, the
y threatened surrender of your ancient heritage
: That you will not consent to exclusion or deg
: radiation of free labor in any territory north of
i, SO deg. 80 min., and that all who propose to in
0 troduce slaves above that limit will attempt the
!. outrage at their own risk and, in anticipation
of the worst organize promptly an emigration to
Kansas and Nebraska, of intelligent and free
lAbores, who will not permit the soil cons Grated
to freedom to be polluted by a slave.
The following are the strong and pthy reso-
n lutions which, after full discussion Of the
Il ablast speakers in the State, were unanimously
s passed
= Resolaed, That we have reached crisis that
# threatens rights citizens, and the stability
II OF Our Unon--when in order to extend Slavery
:, over II territory which is ours by compact, and
" to aggrandize the SAys States at tho expense of
d the Freo-plig tied faith is trampled in the dust
and the expressed will of the people is overborne
y in the House of Representatives. by influences
; unconstitutionally brought to b>ar, with CONN.,
: vance Of Observation-Disclosures the free
If dom of legislation, and thus striking at the
root our liberties, and subjecing us to IN into-
:. cradle despotisnl
> Resolved, That to those members Of the Honse,
/ whether from the North or the Soath who, true
Is to their honor and their oaths, their country
and their God are keeping seepless watch at
their posts, in defense Of the principles of true
democracy, Of the just rights Of the North and
u of our national welfare, we offer oar warmest,
is our sincorest thanks; and we pray them to per-
W severe unto the end, and to remember that the
!, fgratitude we now feel for their tried fidelity
will endear their names and their memories to
NJ the high-mindcd and honorable of their country
is men through all coming time. UIoud Cheers. J
10 Rcy0lrcG, That for Our Northern Representa-
tiyes, who seduced by brides, buliic by threats,
or deuded by sophstries, are abettng the Ne
braska conspiracy, aud bctraying the mighty in
W terests and destinies entrusted to their keeping
"a words are wanting 10 express our contempt our
If scorn, and our most just Indignation.
That we solemnly declare that no man who,
from this hour, votes to repeal THE Missouri
COMPROMISE, or, to our knowledge, aids its re-
Is peal, directly, shall over receive our votes for
any Office in the Peoples gift. (Cheers,)
ResOlued,, That the General Committee, here
tofore appointed by the citizens Of New-York
to oppose the Nebraska perfdy, embracing a
~ large number OF many citizens, native and adop-
" ted, without reference to party lines, now being
t. obliterated by our common danger, be continued
1t permanently, with power to add to their nam-
ber That they be charged with the execution
of the last resolution, and that they be further
IS requested to take immediate measures for the
h organization of an effective scheme of emigration