Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-03-28

7 AN-.i vGiJl - Z T. ~ was resolved
aThat, as the population Of this colony
/ With free men and useful manufacturers
Is greatly INSTRUCTED by the importation
| of slaves and convict servants, we vii
not purchase any such slaves or servants
hereafter to be imported"
Sir, such was the public sentiment
all over the country"
aTalk not of the private rights O.
property! Individual rights must alway;
succumb to the public good. The publ,
good requires that freedom should not be
abolished. It will not be. This is s
subject upon which there can be no com.
promise. For a moment hear the expe.
rience Of Virginia, as expressed in he1
House Of Delegates as late as 1882. ]
will read an extract from the speech oil
Hon. W. H. Broadnax -
"That slavery in Virginia is an evil,
and a transcendent evil, it would be idle.
and more than idle, for any human being
10 doubt or deny. 1t is q mildew which
has blighted in its course every region it
has touched from the creation of the
world"
Extract from the speech Of the Hon.
c. J. Faulkner;
" Slavery, It IS admitted, is an evil; It
is an institution which presses heavily
against the best interests of the State.
1t banishes free white labor; It externi-
mates the mechanic, the artisan. the man.
ufacturer; it deprives them of occupa-
ton; it deprive5 them of bread; it con-
verts the energy Of a community into
incidence, its power into imbecility, its
efficiency into weakness. Sir. being thus
injurious, have we not a right to demand
its determination? Shall society suffer,
that the Shareholder may continue TO
gather his crop of human flesh? What
Is his mere pecuniary claim, compared
with the great interests of the common
veal: Must the country Ianguish, droop,
die, that the STAKEHOLDER may flourish?
Shall all interests be subservient to one
all rights subordinate to those of the
Shareholder? Has not the mechanic,
have not the middle classes their rights
rights incompatible with the existence
of slavery"
Extract from the speech Of the Hon.
James Marshall:-
" Wherefore, then, object to slavery !?
Because It is ruinous to the whites; re-
tards improvement; roots out an indus
trious population; banishes the yeomanry
of the country; deprives the weaver, the
spinner, the smith, the shoemaker, the
carpenter, Of employment and support"
Compare these words with the infam-
atory speeches of Southern men at the
present day; the threats that daily greet
the car from the halls Ct Congress; the
armed resistance to the progress of free
dom and the extension of free soil, and
we cannot fail TO discover an alarming
change in public sentiment at the South.
3d.-To ensure the election Of a sound.
r''''ir'''''l, .|-s0-rnun, tho 1Sorrn must be
united. The loss of one such State as
Pennsylvania would defeat them-a de-
feat most deeply tobe deplored, the evils
OF which TO the country would almost
exceed the bounds of conception. Is ii
policy then for us, at such a juncture, to
blcker about a name, a place, or like triv-
ial matters?
The great North is swarming with
treasury eaters, already sold TO the South
Hordes who having sold their birthrighti
and betrayed their country, look for dis
tinchon TO their remorseless head. and
utter TO him with sacrilegious lips this
fragment of the Lords Prayer: .'Give
US this day our daily bread"-would God
he could "forgive their trespasses."
These men have no desire but to secure
to themselves the spoils of Office, no pat-
riotism but that which robs the public
treasure.
Republicans, are you honest in your
professions? Americans of Vermont
would you carry out the principles off
pour platform? Men of the old liberty
party, free sellers, and lovers Of freedom
OF whatever name, all battling for the
same object, inspired with the same great
Of liberty, would you see such
ireachery successful? No no! As Won
love your coun;ry-as you would be
leemed honest in Jour professionals
you would accomplish the great end for
which You struggle, is it not your duty to
cave the minor differences of your polit-
cal creed for future adjustment, and in
his present all-important crisis-unite
md conqueri
tIRE.-On the morning ofthe26th inst
he dwelling house, shop and shed he