Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-01-19

Kansas and Ncbraska-i care not
who may be sent as delegate, with
power only TO talk on this floor If
Colts iaic," upon which Daniel
Webster based his celebrated speech
Of March Z, 1850, does not keep ii
out, independent Of human action,
popular sovereignty" will make a
law to do the work. The free states
/ Will decree it; the friends Of union,
peace, and harmony the supporters
Of solemn compacis in the slave
states viii affirm the decree.
DIsUNiOv
Mr. Chairman, fear there is a
spirit of disunlon lurking under
these propositions TO carry slave
~ everywhere-North and South.
When the free states raised their op
position to annexing Texas, very
many meetings were held in the
slave states. They passed threaten
ing resolves. The following, from
meeting "asmcrously attended,
in Alabama, | present as a speci-
men:
"Rsso red That the possession Of TeVas
IS infinitely more imgoriani 10 ms Of his sec-
ton IF he Jnion than a longer annexation
and Friendship pith he northeastern states.
md n ne tare 10 gield either, II Gun not amt
siah not be Tcras.'
II was then that the venerable
gentleman from Missouri Mr. BEN
ton sounded the tpcsIn Of alarm
from his place in the Senate Cham
Der III his speech Of 1874 lie SAID:
"Dispnion is al the bottom Of the long con
cea'c5 Jsr1s machnaiiop. Intrigue and
speculation co operate. but dsuniOn Is az
the bottom and denuunce 1t TO the Amer
icun people Under ihe preiext Of getting
Texas INTO the Union, the scheme r. 10 get
the south on of it.. a separate oonicdcra-
cy. stretching from the Atluiic TO CaIillr-
MA. and hence lhe secret Of the Rio Granle
doh Noue ironfier. is the cherished vision
of disappointed ambition. aud Cor tins con-
summation every Circumstance his been
carefully and auluiy conrved
IcNas was annexed the free
States Yielded. In 1850. new de
mmds we're made, accompanied with
similar threats and 90 this q OF the
commandments was declared /;
yieid, or hfdiscordrign torcrg ~
The measures pas.ed--lhe mass of
tie people acqniescod.
In 1854, people in The slave
States are seeking tie acquisition of
Cuha--ihcy take oar money to buy
the Mesila valley the Sandwich
Islands are demanded and mysleri-
Gus proceedings are going on nj the
proposed naval depot ia s.. Do
mneo." These hinas look Ike "a
desire FOR d" separate cnnlederac, -
la the meantime you repeal the old
Missouri compromise, and declare n
principle. which, ifoarflcd out con-
sisienlly, mus, Jake slavery into the
Territories Of Minnesota, Oregon,
Washington, Utah, and New Mex
CO. More than that, il pledges the
Government, before the eye Of the
civilized word, To extend and
strengthen African servlude. Do
the Dcopi. of the slave States demand
ihis VIII the people Of the free
States submit: Upon the authority
of their voice ia the late elections. |
answer, emphatically, NO | an
swer as | dad the charge of" faction
made by the -enllema from Goor-
aia al tie midnight close OF the
longest sitting ever known to
Congressional Journals We srii
resist This graf 'o'oHg, ,cjth all th'
porer GOD has gicen as, 10 The las
extremity, 10 The litter end. "
On The other hand, IN the North
men driven INTO phrcuzed condi-
ton by those acls, forgetting iha
northern ayafice hnd much to d,
with the original introduction o
slavery, and that it has became at
most inscparably interviewer wit
the very fbers OF society ia some o
the States, look to disunion as III,
only means of abolition. Thel
meet GA the 1lh of July, and cele
brale II by burning the Constitution
sir, avn against disunion, anc
would strike ii down. Bat, If unloI
is to carry with it the proposition Il
extend slavery, 10 commit the Gen
erai Government 10 The prIrciple o
increasing wrong, its moral powe
aud It's value cease. The iIe,
States have taken a stand. Neilhe
a renewal OF the cry of" DiSuniOn
nor The munt of " AbotifoHism,
will drive them from IT,
Let IL bring to me, If il must, tn
taunls of teliow-metnbors here, an,
; the jeers of the million elsewhere
shall remain firmly upon III,
ground that have always occupied
ii that slavery is local, not nalionil
q that the states where II exists have
q constitutional right TO ENJOY it, nc
n companied by the right TO reclaim fu
/. giilvcs, and may themselves dispos
y of il in their own way, yet must sup
y port IL without further aid, direct o
indirect, from the balance OF the Un
ion. These, believe, were the sen
timents OF Washington, of Jefferson
and of Madison. Where such mel
e lead, | follow. with confidence, con
e demning equally "fllIbuslering' i
$ the South and Constituent burn
: ing" IN the North.
THE REMEDY.
As to the remedy. 1t is no, no,
in our hands. Let some patriot
. southern man. Who yuted for The re-