Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-09-01
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The national conventions of both
the great parties acquesced in the
settlement President was chosen
whose inaugural address was little
more than a long proclamation of
intended iiellty to it and Congress
came together and acted in a more
lraternal spirit than had been mani
fected for years. Alas the uncer-
talniy of mortal expectations In
the midst of the apparent qnietude,
bill, all brislhng with outrages and
dangers IS sprung upon the country.
We mean. at course. the bill for the
organization of Nebraska aud Kan
sas territories, whose sole object was
to repeal The solemn prohibition,
erected lhiuy years ago, against The
spread of slavery INTO those regions.
At time when there was not cit
izen legillmalely Within those terri
torles-when no part of the nation,
save few intrlguers, was DREAMING
of such measure when not a
4 single State, nay, not SINGLE indi-
vidual, had called for tin the face
of the most strenuous opposition
from North and West, this bill was
suddenly presented to a Congress,
not elected IN reference to it, and
forced to a passage by all the ty-
ranical arts known to legislation, aud
all the sinister influences within the
reach of an unscrupulous Executive.
A groSser violation of all the re-
quirements Of houor-ofall the safe
guards and guarantees Of republicans
lsm-was seldom perpetrated
"Nan-interveDtion "a Cheat.
Nomiually conceding the "non
intervention" of Congress in the
local affairs of the territories, il vel
intervenes IN every form in which
intervention is possible. Ii imposes
the Governor and all other officer.
upon them 1t prescrbes the mos
unheard-of-oalhs to the people i
restricts the suffrage to actual citl
zens It places N the hands of tn,
Pres iden' aud his agents the powe
10 mould the future character of tn
community ; aud 1t authorizes n'
legislation which is not subject, dI
recIly OF indirectly, TO the control O
the federal Cover meut. The non
intervention which il establishes j
the permission to introduce slavery
into a district where 1t was belor'
forbidden, aud the transfer of legis
lative control, hitherto exercised b.
the representatives, of the who'll
people, to a body of judges appoint
ed by the executive. II had NJ
other end from the beginning, an'
la that end 1t has succeeded.
what IL 10 be done!
We have dwelt upon the proceed
ings ofthe pro-slavery party so long
that we have left ourselves litii
space for urging upon other partie
their duties IN the crisis. Bat W
will not speak to them as parties -
We will say to them as Americans
as freemen, as Christians. that th
time has arrived when all division
and animositieS should be laid aside
in order to rescue this great, thl
beautiful, This glorious land from
a hateful domination. As II nov
is, no man who expresses, howeve
moderately, a free opinion of III
slave-system of the South, is allow
ed to bold any office Of profit Z
trust, under the General Cover
ment. No man can be Pcesiden
no man foreign minister, no ma
a Underwater, even, or the meanes
scullion in the federal kitchen, VIII
has not first bowed down AID cate
the dirt of adherence TO slavery
Oh shameless dehaseInent,- -iha
under Union formed for the eslat
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