Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-04-13
THAT Civil Que stion answered.

TIE .a;,or of the Middlebury Register
go. ,h., u he has assumed no new oblifta-
,;ous. nor formed any new political eornec.
,;or. since we so cordially acted together,
and that he has no, abated one jet or tlitie
IF the PRINCIPLES distinctly reccgIlIzed IN .'e
Mon,peie, Platform Of the l3th oil July
last. Good. We infer that MIR. barre''
means ex,c,ly what he says that he is s'iil
sor the fusion" of Jas, year--a fusion" oil
all friends Of freedom, irrespective OF creed,
color, birth, OF former political tcrecds. OF
course he is not X. N. Are we right? If
30. we are with the Register heart and hand.
Now, friend Barrett, what will you do with
the X. N'sF We are not for any "new
fusionn hut for the old one llast year's,l per-
fec,ed by thorough organization. Ready,
last year as a Wing, to act with freesoilefs
and repentant Democrats for the defence OF
Freedom and true Americlnism, we would
now meet the X. Ms. in precisely the same
spirit. We would not make I" fish Of one
and fowl of another" We see the Presi
ideutial election ahead, and very wei ander-
stand the dangers of the field. II Is neces-
sary to husband all the resources Of the
friends OF Freedom. If the X. Ms of the
North and Of Vermont will either " fuse
with Republicans as they have in Me-, or CO.
operate on honorable terms and in good faith,
as they have in New Hampshire, Connect.
cut and Rhode Island, SO be it. We are
ready for any course that will su5serve the
great cause Of Freedom, without sacrificing
the principles, the rights and the honor 0
those Republicans who are conscientiousll
opposed to X Nism. Strong as have beef
the provocations to us for personal hostility
we can never let personal consideration
stand in the way Of our duty to our princi
pies. Hence we are ready for an honorabl,
FUSION" which implies yielding up of tn
distinctive X. N. organization, just as ii doe
Of the Freesoil and Wing rganizations-o
for honorable CO operation, which does not re
quire that.
But what if the X. Ms. will consent Il
neiiher7 What, then, will Mr.. Barrett do
AT present, the Slavocrats and Dough face
have it all their own way in the X. n. ranks
Freedom in X. N. councils. What if the
shall control the Presidential nomination
and give US Slayocrat or Dough-face
We say, that IN such an event the X. n,
will become the deadly foes of Republican
ism, and as such must be resisted. We sa
further, that the Republicans must be pre-
pared for ,ither contingency 6ya THOROUGH
ORGANIZATION prepared, either to CO .oper
ute or to resist X. Nism, as circumst anc c
shall require. That organization must alsc
we think, be made exclusive Of a. .Ns-oth
erwise it caanot be effective for either CO
operation or war To admit men, who ar,
sworn to abide oy another organization
would be to admit men who are not to be relied
upon as Republicans admit men who ma
prove traitors, as some have already done -
TO admit men who will ruin the Republican
cause if they cannot rule it. We cannot anC
will not fellowship men, except on equal
terms. We cannot consent 10 countenance
political trcachery. What says the Register ?
The Register declares that the Waterman
has expressed its willingness to fuse with
the supporters Of the present unrighteous ad
mnistrstion.' Never has the WatchmaI
given occasion for that unqualified remar,
Never. Let the naked issue be forced be
tween X. N.ism as Il is in some places-k
Nism as a secret, corrupt, oath bound cabal-
X. N.ism jesuitcal, Indifferent, treacherou
anii-Repubican, damnable; we say, when
ever the issue is forced between such
N.ism and ant.K. N.sm, we shall fuse wit
Democrats and every body else against il
But let no X. ~ fear-let no dough face
Democrat hope-that we shall willingly Civ
aid or comfort 10 the present administrator
or to its supporters. The X. Ms may be
come worse than democratic dough-faces
they may carry tyrrany to such pass th'
self-preseryaton may force all anti-K. n.
TO every sacrifice against them but we tru
that X. N.isn will never reach that ba
eminence.
-. The X. N's Of the south arc sIsvoctats WI,
tltsru Add fttda nd tafaa Al