Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-03-21

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Resoicsd bv NJ saaf, and Houss NJ R,pres satafrss
M Gcnrral Court cunrrasd, Thai, opposed 70 every
form ofoppo--ion, tho people Of New Hampshire have
ever viewed with dcep regret the existence Of slavery
in this Union that while they have sioudiasty sup
ported ail sections in tio constitutional rights thny
have not only amentcd 10 existence ne great socinl
evil bur regarded b NJ traaFh rih danger % me pfaef
and tofifarf Of ne HafisH.
Rsssrff, That while We respect the fighi o. me
sayohodinr VOL 10 The ifoc partitions oi this Union
while We will Willingly consent that wrong Pee
done TO fnny neubof NJ The glorious Contedoraey TO
RIY orr nsEn TO THE EXTENSION or sLAN.
cry OVER ANY PORTION OF AdERlCANsolL
NOW FREE.
CONSTITUTIO POWER ru ABOLISH TUE
sLAVY TRADE AND SLAVERY ~ THE his
.,ruc,ed, aud our repto.eosiiyos DO requestel, TO
/ TAKE ALL CONSTITUTIONAL MEASURES TO
SAMUEL ~. AVER,
''''" WILLIAM z WEEKS.
frrsident W The seHafS.
sAUMEL nfNsMORE, Gorpaor"
Who do you suppose introduced
that proposition Mr.. Clement
Aud do you suppose that merit like
his has been passed over by the
President No, sir; but he has
been appointed by the present Pres
ident, collector and superintendent
of lighthouses for the district of
Portsmouth, and agent of the ma
rine hospital there. Mr. Clement
determined to put an end to this
continual passing resolutions. He
said to himself, what is the use of
that Here you are passing reso-
lutions year after year on this sub
ject. Now, said he, let us have
done with it, aud let us declare 10
all the world and to all time that we
are unalterable. Other things may
change; we never We live III
granite State our everlasting hills
tower up higher than the clouds
they may crumble and fall, but the
New Hampshire Democracy are I'M
alterable they will never turn
Laughter. And their unalterable
position is, that they are opposed to
the extension of Slavery over any
portion of American soil now free"
That was in lSl9 What did the /.
". II. Patriot, the moulhpiece of
the President, say then in regard to
the subject On the Goth of July,
1919, speaking of the doctrine of
squatter sovereignty, then recently
broached in a celebrated letter:
The Democracy of the Norn never did endorse the
docuine, aTd fheg Hercr uih Tho Domocmcy Of this
State unanimous IN the opinion, so far as We know,
that Congress has and shod srsre!se ne poTer and CT
GLIDE slarerB hom Caforuh and New Mexico"
SO far as they knew, then, there
was not man in New Hampshire
who did not entertain these opin-
ions. Did General Pierce entertain
them? Why, sir. he was chairman
of the Democratic State Central
Committee during all this time and
he was the New Hampshire Democ-
racy. 1t is idle to say, therefore,
that he did not entertain these views.
Again, the same paper says;
/ Ever since the question Of the extension Of slavery
to free territory Gfst huachcdl tho hemoefhs OF
] New Hampshire have opposed such exicnsIuu. They
have occupied but one ground upon mat -uleoh l"
office and out thei united voice has been fucd 10 ho
half Of The doctrine, that ierdorg moo rec sA'HH fnT
remain so. Their Representatives In Congress huve
uniformly voted their Legislature has repeatedly 10
resolved, their Conventions have tonstau o. dechted,
their newspapers have always spoken, their 81 ini
dates have uniformly so Npfessed themselves, aud their
speakers have NJ ul times and 90 all places go proclaim
ed. This has been uni now Is ihe sfound up'n Nhci
they stand and hsy rH support aH nlo d not sonRd
upon his question"
This was said on the LIST of March,
lS49 but was the President of the
United States cognlzaut of these
opinions 7 Was he part and parcel
of the Democracy that entertained
these sentiments Suppose you
say, "This is not fair this is
criminal trial FIVE years imprisou-
ment in the penlentiary is the pun
ishment for promulgating such sem
timents, and ii is not fair to send
the President of the United States
there, without some more direct tes-
timony this will no, answer" We
ry well, sir; then will read you
an extract from General Picrce's
speech, made at the North Church,
in Concord, Oh the 9Th of June,
I 1915, as reported in the Nelo Hump
shire Patriot of June IL, 1915, pur-
porting to be in reply to one John
p. Hale. Laughter General
Pierce said:
lie had only to say what he had Away. said %
You perceive, sir, the Democracy
of New Hampshire never change
They always profess the same thing
"He had only to say now, what he had AWAY. said,
thar he rsgardsd s'arsrB Of ne greatest m0fai
aad sanai erisa apaa tio tfhri country aad
ne hs sshseet @ DC ts seHtuaeat Of all meH II al rar
tiss az ne North"
Ought he to get five years impris-
onment for that : Laughter. A.
gain:
"Mi. ?. was free to admit that he bod himself APP
preached This subject Of annexation of leHasl vim
~ a'eqie,s aed gfepo,,sos,lae' sg.i9st % agd on
ukE He convictions on this subject wore rs be- had
stated, stronghold the result OF any new ighr'-
Oh, no, sir ! the President is no
new light
" hut deeply fixed and abiding. THE ONLY nlFFl-
/ Guilty IN MS MIND EVER MAD uEEN. THAr
OF A RECOGNITION BN ANY NEW ACT or OUR
GOVERNMENT az THE INSTITUTION or DO
MgsTiL slavery and he had found It extremely
difficult 10 hfing HE inisd to condition impataly 10
weigh the Argument for and agains' The measufe.n
That was in 1915, and therefore
: might come under the definition of
a post norton examination. Il is
ten years old but will take him
at a later period. In 1851, there
/, was a Constitutional Convention held
at Concord, New Hampshire, for
the purpose of revising the Cousti-
tuition of that State, and General
Pierce was President Of 1t. On one
occasion he left the chair, sud made
a speech, which was reported in the
Neao Hampshire PafriOf, in which
] find this;