Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-08-08

sour does not see the bitter fruits Of
that weakness or facility Of temper
which led few Northern men to
unite with the South in yielding ii
up to Slavery? And hereafter
when we who are now IN life are
passing into the grave, will ituot be
a stain upon our names and a shad-
ow upon our consciences, If, having
the power to prevent It, we should
/ permit Kansas to be slave--anothcr
marauding Missouri instead Of a
peaceful Iowa--or even a Virginia,
INSTEAD Of a new-York or Pennsyl-
vania
Mr. Buchanan, the candidate Of
the CINCINNATI Convention, stands
[ pledged to make the resolutions Of
that Convention his rule of faith aud
practice. If we are to lake his own
declaration, he is to be rather an
Iautomaton than free agent The
Convention which nominated him
that motley and noisy crowd
which nobody would have allowed
to decide a matter Of business of
the smallest importance for himself
has done the thinking Of the Pres
ldent for the next four years, if Mr.
Buchanan should happen to be that
President. Such a candidate, under
such circumstances, we cannot sup
port
Shall we, then, throw away our
votes That we cannot do, for
TWO reasons: one, that we shall
thus indirectly contribute to Mr.
Buchanan's elecuonj the other, that
there Is a choice. Mi Fremont,
who has been nominated by the Re
publlcans, IS an acceptable caBdI-
date. His professions and autece-
dents are all democratic, aud sIroug-
ly IN his favor. He Is known to be
a man Of great capacity, energy
probity and honor la his hands
the Presidential office will be vlg-
erously and justly administered
We have, therefore, nominated him
for the Presidency, and his assocl-
ate, Mr.. Dayton, for the Ylce-Presl-
dency and we ask you, Democrats
of New-York, to rallfy Tins nomua-
Iion.
We make no attack upon the
South. We remember that the
Southern people are our breth-
rem, aud brethren we mean them to
continue. But they shall not III
teiiere with our rights, nor INTRO
duce their institutions INTO our
STATES, nor taSten them upon the
Territories before those Territories
are mature enough to be States, aud,
as such, to determine their own m
SutuuouS. We know well how
many noble men aud women there
are IN all the South and we be-
lleye that many OF them agree with .
us IN respect to the extension of .
Slavery. 1t is the Southern pollu- .
clan and the Northern traitor who
have done the mischief, and whom
we wish to restrain.
We mean no attack and we make
none upon Stale rights. We do not
I elleve IN the right of the people of
one State TO interfere with Slavery
n another. We no more believe IN
he right of New York TO unmake
a slave IN Georgia than the right Of
Georgia TO make slave III New
Y ork. The laws of New York
and OF Georgia must equally deter
nine the personal relations of all
within their respective limits. But
believing that the Territories are
lnder the jurisdiction and subject to
he legislation of the Union conf
lent that there caa be 10 peace IN
my Territory bordering on d Slave
State, but by an act OF Congress de-
,larlng The personal relations of It's
without which civil war
8 inevitable and believing, more
)ver, that as 10 the Territory SO will
The State be, we ase firmly and uu-
nlterably opposed to the Introduction
Of Slavery into any Territory OF the
Umted States.
Such is the disordered state of
affairs, under the control of the
General Government, as to demand /.
of every cIIlzen the most vlgllant .
scrutiny and the gravest dellbera-
ton. Each elecIor throughout the .
United States has an important Of .
fee to perform at the coming cleo
ton and by neglect 10 exercise
that invaluable right, Or any indh-
ference as TO the manner III which .
II shall be exercised al crisis like /
tins, Is guilty not only OF au ordIn-
AIRY omission of a known duty, bur
of gross negligence, approaching
crmiualty,
How has It happened that the
sham Legislature OF Kansas elected
by the combined influence OF fraud .
and force, mas dared 10 do any act
bearing even the name Of law r.
How dared such body So abuse
the civilization Of this age as TO ex
pei some OF us members for no
cause whatever and pass code of
enactmeuts which would disgrace a
council of sayages why has the
property OF the pedceabIe cluzens
OF that Territory been destroyed,
their liberty invaded, aud their lives
waulonly sacrificed Why the
gangs OF marauders from the adj
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