Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-06-15
Slavery Ahead {.

The correspondent, Of the Springfield Re-
publican, writing from Philadelphia, on Mon
day evening" says that the Committee on
Resolutions reported 10 the Council. On Mon
day afternoon. The following are the reso-
uiious on Slavery:
Resoired, That the American party hav-
Ing arisen on the RUNS and m spite OF the
opposition OF the Wing aud Democratic
parties, cannot be held IN any manner re-
sponslble for the obnoxious acts or violated
pledges Of either; that the systematic agi-
tation Of the slavery question by those par
ties has elevated sectional hostility into a
positive element of political power and
brought our institutions into peril; II has
therefore become the imperative duty OF the
American party to interfere for the purpose
of giving peace to the country and perpetu-
ity to the American Union; that as eX-
perlence has shown Il impossible to recon-
Gle opinions so extreme as those which
separate the disputants, and as there can be
no dishono in submitting to the laws, the
national council has deemed It the best guar
anty of common justice and future peace to
abide by and maintain the existing laws upon
the subject of slavery as a final and concla-
siye settlement of that subject, 10 spirit and
IN substance.
Rssoiref, That regarding it the highest
duty to avow these opinions upon subject
so important IN distinct and unequlvocal
terms. it is hereby declared as the sense OF
this National Cunncil. that Congress posses
no power under the Constitution TO legislate
upon the subject Of slavery IN the States, OF
to exclude any state from admission into the
Union because It's constitution does or does
no; recognize the institution Of slavery as
part Of its social system; and expressly
pretermitting any expression OF opinion upon
the power of Congress to establish or pro-
hlbt slavery IN any territory, It Is The sense
aCthis National Council that Congress ought
wltGn a ReiS va 8pRa 'bf tie rnted States,
and that any interference of Congress with
slavery as II exists in the District Of Colum-
hia would be a violation of the spi1t and in
tention Of the compact by which the State
of Maryla land ceded the district to the United
States, and a breach of the national faith.
The minority Of the committee reported
the following resolution:
RssJipsd, That the repeal of the Mlssou-
n compromise was an lnfractlon of the pllgh-
ted faith Of the nation, and that il should be
restored and If efforts TO that end shall fail,
Congress should refuse to admit any State
toleratlng slavery, which shall be formed out
OF any portion of the territory from which
that institution was excluded by that com
promise.
The correspondent of the Republican
says;
The minority report was signed BY the
following members Of the committee: VIM
r. Johnston OF Peunsy lvania, A. ID. Sperry
OF Connecticut, Thomas II. Ford of Ohio,
Anthony Colby Of New Hampshire, John S.
Saywood Of Maine, John w. Foster of Mas
sachusetts, Nathaniel Greene of Rhode Isl
and, Joseph II. Barrett of Vermont, Schuyler
Colfax of Indiana, ID. r. Wood of Wiscon-
sin, J. Cogshall of Michigan, VIM. J. Phelps
OF Illinois -l2; also by Richard Clement of
Delaware, aud e. ID. Deshler of New Jer-
sey, as to the first clause. New York alone,
Of the free States, went for the majority re-
port. Iowa was not represented Minnesota
Territory went with N. York also the Dis.
trict of Columbia ; and these, with the unit
ed South, carried the majority report in the
committee.
In the Council, Mallory of New York
thought no discussion was necessary, and in
snltingly asked If there was any man there
who would not succumb to the will Of the
majority. Gardner Of Massachusetts took
up the gauntlet. lie declared that neither
he nor his State, nor majority of the free
States, would abide by the resolutions first
reported. The party could not carry q vii
lage OF Massachusetts upon them. He char
ged the New York delegation with deserving