Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-10-26
Dangers OF Slavery Extension.


rable for ts antiquity, and yet distinguished
for its loyalty to Progress, Liberty and
Union. This capital Is dear to me. 1t has
more than once sent me abroad with honor
able functions, and even in those adverse
seasons which have happened to me, as they
must happen TO all representative men, 1t
has never failed to receive me at home again
with sympathy and kindness Doubly hon
ored be the banner Of the stars and stripes
which here takes on ~ highest significance
as ITS waves over the halls where equal fcp-
rcscntatives make the laws which regulate
the lives Of equal lreemen. llonored be
the statute Of Justice that surmounts the
dome above us Blind, that she may not
through either passion or prejudice dlscrm-
mate between the rich and the poor, the
protestant and catholic, the native-born and
| the exotic, the freeman and hlm whose lib
critics have been eleven down, and weighing
with exact balance the rights of al classes
and all races of men. Old iamiicr echoes
I peet my ear from beneath these embowered
/ roofs The voices Of the Spencers, Of Kent
and Van Rensselaer, and Van Ncghtcn, of
the genial iumpklns, of Clinton the great
and the elder linton, of King and Hamil-
/ ton. of JAY the pure ana benevolent, and
/ Schuyler the gallant and ufaxble. The
very air thai fingers around these arches
breathcs utleanccs of moral. social and phys
I ical enterprise and of uuconquerable free
I dom.
lou. old, tried, familiar friends, ask my
counsel whether TO cling Il longer 10 ira
diiOnal controversies and Ia dlssOlviDg par
/ ties, or 10 rise at once to nobier aims with
new aud more energetic associations -
| do not wonder at your suspense. nor
I do ceusure cnutiun or even tlmdlty-
/ Fickleness in political associations Is a weak
/ ness, md precipitancy IN public action is a
crime. Considered by itself 1t Is uniurln-
/ nate TO be obliged TO separate from en old
} parry nd to institute new one. The new
one may EXHIBIT more enthusiasm for q time,
but II must also for q time lack cohesion and
discipline. The names of parties are gener-
ally arbitrary and not at all indicative of
their characters or purposes. i generous
man will, nevertheless, cling as II II were
I a iamily altar TO a name that has long been
a rhiying cry for himself ard his coinpauiots.
/ The great custom before Us, however, Is
( to be decided not by feeling, but under the
coun,els of reason and patriotism. 1t was
the lust injunction given by the last one of
} the revolutionary congress to the American
/ people. never 60 forget that the cause of
/ America had always been and that it must
ever continue To- be the cause OF human ma
turc. The question then Is, what Is the
course dictated to Us by our love Of country
and of humanity?
The nation was founded on the simple
and practically new principle of the equal
aud iualeuabe rights of all men, aud there
! fore It necessarily became a republic. Other
governments, founded on the ancient prnc-
/ pie of the inequality Of men, are by force
of un equal necessity monarches or arisoc-
racies. Whenever either Of those kinds Of
governments loses by lapse OF time and
chinge Of circumstances It's elementary
principle, whether of equality mr. ineqnnity,
lhrnceiorwaTd 1t takes rapid and rresistl-
BILE course toward reorganization of
the opposite kind. No one here or else
where Is so disloynl to his country or to man
kind as to be willing to see our republican
system fail. All agree that IN every case
and throughout all hazards nristocracy must
ho .bioy,ea and ny9Ilsa; Pnn tepue,sa,
bi,,i, !, NJ,
"a, ar,,,'.,.,,,, b., aira.J,, or,so,,
here and tbatitis nlcesdv nndern,i1ing The
Rennblic naris.or,ary csuld moi arise in
oov cou,,trv whore ihere vas M pr,vileged
Class and ma sneci,l G,undation ON which
such n Gloss could pcrmgnently stand on
the contrary every state. however republi-
90, tie Constitu,inn NAV he il sure to he
come an nr,stocracy sooner or later. if il b,s
a nriviIeocd class standing firmly On an en-.
Jnr,n, s9sciol foundation and # Thai class
i continually craving siron,,er and stronr.
or and ihe nnnriyileqed classes continually
GROWING weaker ana weaker II IA not gt nil
gsss.,,;si m n ,,,,yl,,ed cl,s. tia, il rcs,s an
fsnlol tennres mr. an military romnand mr.
on ecc,esi,s,ical outb,r,tv or that lis RIGHTS
lho horad,t,rv ar even ,ba, # no dist,ns,,,,sh
cd Inv ,,tips Of honor. l. may he even the
morn ins1ious and the more dnpgerous Tor
l,ct;,c, I'M those ,b,nrs bacanse i, ,Vil no
less nbnoviou. IN nonul,r hostility
priyileged class has existed in this
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saves tnHso.c"ev ""a S'u." PDi.g '''oiu
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serves OF ,"is psVu'loi u"i nus
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serves 10 ue sue" ciass "h'n 'uey uesis-
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class'9 uu"'.'eu .lu' .l''''y - u P',',l''e"'
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me esn' Vnuel mes S,sIu''''''.'ess .,eu
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ton. which we're Inconsistent with the stern
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psr,a md nervsded tbo whole of tho Declar.
anon Of Arneric,n Independenco on which