Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-06-22
NINTH DAY-THuRssDAY.

got iripped up for once las, night
These midnight sessions are trying to spirit
ual mediums. AT II my most reliable one
was all right. at ~ he was too far gone and
the raps were ndislinct and incoherent.-
Thus could not send the closing action OF
this midnight cabal of the Black Power.
After rejecting the Northern uliustum,
81 to %, and following that up oy Staying
all the middling opositions-Rayners by
- Yeas to ~ Nays-they came direct to
the main question, being the adoption Of the
ultra Pro-Slavery resolutions Of the majority
of the Committee. These were earned e.
yeas so nays 50; and the Black Power, IN
secret midnight conclayc, was triumphant.
That your readers may realize fully the
enormity Of this action of the Council, | re
peat the propositions thus acted upon;
REJEcrtp-5l YEAS. " NAYS.
Resolved, That the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise was an infraction Of the plight
ed faith of the Nation, and that 1t should be
restored and if ef1rls to that end shall fail
Congress should refuse to admit any State
tolerat.ng Slavery, which shall be formed out
of any portion OF the Territory from which
that Institution was excluded by that Com
promise.
ADOPTED - EA-, GU 4NA1Hf ~
Reso pei, That the AmepTun party, hav
ing risen upon the ruins and in spite Of the
opposition of the Wing and Democratic par
tics, cannot be held in any mnnner resp nsr
BILE for the obnoxious acts and violated pledg
es of either; that the systematic agitation
Of the Slavery question by those parties ha,
elevated sectional hostility into positive 81
ement Of political power. and brough. on
institutions into peril 1t has therefore be
come the imperative duty Of the American
party TO iuterpose, for the purpose of giving
peace to the country and perpetuity to th'
Union that as experience has shown II d
impossible 30 reconcile opinions so extreme
as those which separate the disputants, an,
as there can be no dishonOr IN submitting q
the laws, the National Council has deemed
/ Il the best guarantee OF common Justice ans
I of future peace TO abide by and maintain IN
existing laws upon the subject Of Slavery
as a final and conclusive settlement of tina
subject in spirit and in substance.
Resoircd, That regarding II as the higbes
duty to avow these opinions upon a sublec
so important, IN distinct and unequivoca
terms. 1t is hereby declared as the sense O
) this National Council that Congress pos
sesses no power under the Constitution Il
lcgislaie upon the subject Of Slavery in III
States or TO exclude eny State from admis
sion into the Union because its Constitu,o
does or docs not recognize the Institution q
/ Slavery as plrt of her social system an
expressly nretermtiing any expression @
/ opinion upon the power of Congress 10 rs
tablish or prohibit Slavery in the Tenitoric.
! Il is the seLse of tins National Council tina
/ Congress Ought not to legisate on the sub
+ ject OF Slavery within the Territories of n
/ United Sates and that any interference b
( Congress with Slavery as IT exists ~ th
/ District OF Coumbn would be a violation q
the spirit and intention of the compact b.
which the state of Maryland coded the DIS
[ trct to the United States, and a breach O
the National Faith.
Yesterday, as wrote you, It seemed Ger
tain that both these propositions would b.
thrown aside and the question wholly ig
nored, or a milk-and-wafer compromise a
dopted. But as the day waned and the dis
cusslon grew spirited, the bsuenncss O
such a result became more and more appa
( rent aud both parties became more and NOR
| determined to stand BY their respective prop
osltlons rs those only upon which they coul
successfully appeal TO the people Of thei
/ respective sections.
The closing speech OF Judge Cone O
/ Georgia deepened this feeling by his ap
| peas TO the South and his denuncation O
Kenneth Rayner aud the few other middlin,
men of the Convention. The extremes O
the North and South united their forces t
defeat all intermediate propositions aud stani
or fall by the originally defined issues ofth
Committee.
The result of course is the defeat of tn
North; but il has come out Of the contes
stronger than 1t went in, and it will appea
from the Council to the people with powerful
effect.
The Northern members meet for consul
tation and action this morning. They vii
repudate the decision Of the Convention
aud in the words OF Gov. Gardner of Massa
chnsetts, shake OF the dust from their fee
as testimony against the minions OF Slave
ry who Frustrated Amercanism AS they have
the Republic to their basest ends.