Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-09-19

roads or public works, IN competition with
the German and Irish aborors, whom the
Border Ruitian party now embrace 80 cor
daily and are attempting to save from the
cruel iangs Of the Know Nothngs as
this the entertainment to which they were
invited =
Many intelligent and candid men also be-
lieve that the browning act Of the drama is
to be the revival Of the slave.trade, and thus
giving sop 10 The commercial interests of
the north 10 keep them quot, and after the
experience we have had and the iulimcnt
of about all the evil predictions on this head,
who can venture TO declare il Is a chimera
OF lanatlcal brain Who shall say that the
international slave trade shall not become as
legitimate as that 90 any other commodity
u the passage of the fugitive slave act, the
repeal Of the Missouri { ompromise, md the
proceedings under the Kansas act are not a
ht prelude to any enormity, there is no use
Tor one TO rise from the dead TO tell rs of IT,
u Is affirmed that we are spaniels and aides
OF the south If we elect Buchanan there Is
no use OF denying n, for the history of the
past viii prove Vt, and unless we make our
selves free 10 the ensuing Presidential cleo
ton, how can we have the confidence 10 look
mp and deny that we of the north are all the
slaves of southern taskmastefs, mere hew-
crs Of wood and drawers Of water ~ The
Declaration Of Independence has got ~ be-
"au obsolete idea" ga rhetorical flourish as
Mr. Calhoun has D.; the Constitution rs con
slrucd to be- little else than to nourish oud
cherish slavery, AVID all our ideas of free
government, borrowed from such old iuules
as Jefferson, Madison and Jackson, may
soon eyaporate into thin air. leaving moth
ing real md substantial but the peculiar in-
sutuuon'
II there ever was, there is no doubt now,
that the wire-workers OF the Missouri repeal,
Pierce, Douglas g. Co. n,Iuded originally
designed thar Kansas should be a slave state.
IF the slage-power, with the and, the conniv-
nnce and coninyance Of the federal admins.
lratlon, could make il so. AN professions
and prolestations from high sources 90 the
contrary, we're false and deceptive. ".Nolo
ne are dead ire sse," as the old womsn said.
The South said here are TO be two new
states, and to preserve the balance of power
we must have one OF them. II is easy 10
show that the Compromise line Is o humhug,
unconstitutional and void and lis authors
old togles who did not understand The true
principles of our government, Though hey
we're among its iouudersl You can deceive
tho honest democrats by the declaration OF
popular sovereignty 20 the Territory
free eight of u, but be sure and have Uncle
Sam interpose bus strong arm whenever we
are 10 danger of being hurtn The history
of Kansas affairs SHOWS clearly that Pierce.
Douglas & Co., fulfilled to the letter on their
part
The Border Rufians had everything their
own wav. Pierce made one mistake which
be hastened 10 correct: Gov. Reeder, true
to the principles of justice an freedom could
not be- made a tool oi-could no, be bought
with office nor inundated with threats, and
was made the first martyr by Pierce to ap
pease the wrath Of Southern rutliaus. Then
commenced series Of ourages upon the
property and lives Of the free State men,
which would disgrace the worst despotism Of
the old world, and should damn the admins
tratlon OF Franklin PieIcc to everlasting H.
fanny.
It is foully false TO pretend that the free
State men, or Emigrant A ID Societies, began
the tray. Was Il not the most natural thing
in the world that the spirit OF the free north
should be aroused, when The barrier erected
by our fathers IN 1920, and always regarded
as sacred and inviolabie, was suddenly swept
inc Hood of slavery Mon went, or were
sent, we don't care which from the north 10
people the new territory, and make Them
selves homes. They were invited 10 do SO
by the Kansas act. They were entirely
peaceful and orderly. If u was an effort 10
rescue the Territory from the non grasp at
The spoilers, then Il was Just and lsudLble
for they were only retaining what belonged
a ne no "a. 30
from the other side In the new arrange
ment, the south had nothing to lose ana eve
rythlng 10 gain. "rhey no talked turkey 10
the north at all" Was It not sharp bargain
for northern President TO make?
The sacred truth of history is that there
was no show OF fight or violence on the part
of the free state men. nor any OCCASION for
any, all the election came off when Mssou-
rians invaded the Territory armed with bow
ie-kniyes and reyolyers, froye them from the
polls elected legislature to SUIT them
selves; subsequently adopted the whole
Missouri slavel code, and
"Phyed such fantastic tricks before
High Heaven as made the aosels weep.n
After this, is it strange that there was de-
mano for men and Sharp's rifles TO defend
their homes and fre-sidesi Had they failed
TO do So and TO resist the bogus laws enact
ed by ruffan int tlopers the basest Of man
kind. they had been unworthy of Their sires,
and the renown Of Lexington, Concord and
Bunker Hill
1t may be urged that the federal govern
ment did interfere, and dispersed the armed
bands on both sides Admitting It, II was
not tlll after the Cincinnati Convention, and
the leading free State men were either duv-
EN- from the Territory, their homes aud FAM
lies, or incarceraed in prison fr treason,
leaving the field in possession Of the Ruff
fans
That the fossil remains Of old fashioned
federalism, believing in strong, arisiocrai-
ic Government, and the propagation Of
white slavery If not black should be found
fraternIzing with the Border Rnfians IS
quite m ura aud not unexpected, and should
be a caution to true radical democrats, that
there u something rotten in the slate of
Denmark" Fortunately the most Of them
are shareholders.
It is sufficient to say Of Mr.. Buchanan,
personally, that he is not himself, but is part
and parcel OF, and absorbed by and in the
platform adopted at Cincinnati that h. is
clay in the hands Of the potter. and that the
poiters are Pierce, Douglas & Co., whose
s'-+"s he~s proved entirely unsatisfactory.
and whose policy if Mr. b. had nerve enough
to carry II out, would redouble the odum
and disgrace already brought upon the coun-
try. In short, Of the ticket it has been well
sad by someb ody, that heri is loo much blood
on II! So much for one side; now for the
other:
1t IS objected to Col Fremont that his
election will tend To dissolve the Union. and
Mr.. Fillmore. the old line wing, and X. N. |
candidate, says II ought to- II the Union Is
worth preserving, it will not lack friends To |
preserve Il. Ifthe country chooses TO elect
Fremont, and for that reason the South con |
cludes to bolt, let them try it, Ifn be ne |
cessary that every demand of the South. .
however degrading, be complied with, ia or I
der TO preserve the Union, the north will have /
mich more reason TO dlstrust It's value than
the south, who are in that case their mas
iers With equal reason certainly might
.