Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-03-31
Infamous Promise to Members
of Congress.

question. has this infamous proposals
"If democratic member of Congress Is
led by his Judgment and his conscience TO
vote for the bill, as we hope all democrats
will be led to do. and he returns to his con- I
stituents to encounter the clamor Of wings
and aboitionists. together Nth discBeoted
men Of his o,cn parfy, no sensible man at
least no man who understand and appreci-
ates the character of the Executlve-will
believe that the President will allow such
factious men to WELD public patronage to
overthrow any man at home who has given
10 the principles Of the bill cordial and con
scientious support"
This is no more nor no less than prom
Use TO pay with an office the Member, who
by disappearing his constituents, votes
for the bill We have never before read so
lawess and Infamous proposition in any
party organ ~. J. Express.
The locofoco presses are also subsidized.
Thus Federal Patronage directly attempts
bride the representatives to be false TO their
constituents and the newspapers to be false
to the public. The people can drop all
purchased representatives and purchased
presses, but how can they reach the root of
the evil withouteutiing Of. FEDERAL poicer and
patronage Let erery newspaper publish
the laws and advertisements of the depart
ments let thespeople elect all the subor-
dnate officers IN the States and limit the
President to one term That is the best Of
medicine required.
Mr.. FILLMORE spoke Of the adoption of
the COMPROMISE measures of 1880, and es-
pecally of the Fugitive Slave law. This
law. he said had some provisions in It to
which he had objections. lie regretted the
necessity of its being passed at all but the
Constitution required the giving up OF fugi-
tive slaves, and was not for hun to decide
whether this was wise provision of the
Constitution. 1t was bargain--it was a
compact he had sworn to maintain 1t, and
he would do so to his last hour. When the
bill came to him from the two Houses, in the
midst of hurry and confusion and difficulties
he examined il, and doubt came up IN his
mind icteiher Il icus mol unconstitutional as
denying the right Of habeas corpus 10 the fig
tire Stare. lie referred the question TO our
accomplished Kentucky lawyer, his Attorney
General, who gave his opinion that the law
was not a violation Of the Constitution aud
ihereupon, said Mr.. FIJI MORE, give my
signature to the bill but in doing so, drew
down upon my devoted head, as | knew
| should the walls OF wrath from Abolition
ism and Free Soihsm.-Speech Of Err PreSi-
dent Fillmore at Louisville, ny.
We'll certain Vermonters entertained the
same doubt about tue habeas corpus-not
merely in its application to the fugive slaves
but the Geemen Of Vernon, who may be
wronglully claimed as slaves. BY enter
tanning, expressing and defending that doubt,
the editor of the Wutchmpn drew down
upon his devoted head, as he knew he should,
the walls of wrath from" one of the EXPIRE
sident's cabinet. As the EX-president
seems to deprecate the wrath visited upon
him, we presume that he did not approve Of
that visited upon as. Another reflection !:
Vermonters need not he ashamed of Il doubt
which forced itself upon the mind Of the
President, even " IN the midst Of hurry, con-
fusion and difficulties"
BrNros ON THE NEBRASKA B,Li.--Mr.
Benton says the bill will be defeated. He
declares he does not know how, but that 1t
will be he is certain Such wrong as it
medtalcs never does triumph. lie will
speak, but he says he shall not speak out Of
order, nor over his time. He wants but an
hour, he says, TO destroy it before the peo-
pie, and that hour he proposes certainly to
occupy, for he says he viii XIII the bill and
write It's epitaph. Yes SIR in his own
language. the bill will be sent 10 h.. Sir.
aud It's author Will be seat there with II,
SIR OF its principal author lie expresses
the proioundest contempt. SIR said he,
the meanest man IN our country Is a poor
white man who marrles a woman with ng-
gers. lie is not allowed to associate with
gentlemen, Sir. lie Is booted Of the Court
House Green, Sir. We have nothing 10 do
with him, Sir.'-.N. Y. Tribune.
The Anli-Nebfaska's men are iubilani.-
Col. BENTON says, speaking of The Nebras-
ka bill, ave shall beat them The only
fear have now IS, that they wont hold it up
long enough to knock down, Sir."--.N y.
Times.
A REMNisENcE. The Brattleboro' States
man stirs up the memories Of the editors Of
Patriot, Age, and sundry leaders of Vermont
locoiocoism by publishing the following re-
solutions, adopted in democratic State
Convention at Montpelier, in 1919. Step
up, gentlemen, and view the features of the
Patriots Democracy in 1919 now, alas !
by the hand of federal patronage corpse (;
Resoluei, That as liberty is the clearest
right and dearest interest of the individual,
aud It's security tue highest duty of the body
polite, we declare, as the first point aud ar
ticle in this organization, that American
slavery is a great evil and wrong, which
ought to be repented of and abandoned.
Resolped, That we claim no authority in
the Federal Government, TO abolish slavery
IN the several States. but we do claim for II,
Constitutional po,oer pepetuaiiy 10 prohibit
The introduction Of sidrery into territory noic
free, and abolish IT, irhererer, under the juris
dicfion " Congress, Il crisis.
RESOLVED That the power ought to be i'm
mediaiely exercised in prohibiting the intro
ducllon OF slavery, IN New Mexico and Cal
iforna, in abolishing slavery and the slave
trade in the District of Columbia, on the high
seas, and ichreuer else, under the Constlu-
ton. II can be reached
Resoired, That no more slave States
should be admitted into the Union.
The .Ntbraska hiquig.-We have been
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