Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-09-26

that Mr. B. advocates Mr. Fillmore s
election:
F" Now ! do not mean to say that
Mr. Fremont, if elected, will do
nothing to cause or Justify a dissolu-
tion Of the Union bm iChat / do
sag is, that his election 5y the peo-
| pie, taptuly and coRShtutionaiiy
oppressed, furnishes no ground for
a dissolution and he is insane who
co0t@npiatcS any such thing and I
viii say MORE will say 1t furnish
IS no just ground Of complaint TO
The democracy, as they first made the
issue by the repeal Of the Missouri
COMPROMISE, aud have ever since
pfessel the issue by their attempts TO
Keep every other question than that
Of slavery out Of the canvass. and 10y
thcr constant and daily efforts to
secll,ualze the entire South on this
sectional issue aud if they start the
Ga ne, aud are beaten at il, what
right have they to complain We
may complain, and hold them re-
sponsblc for it, as we should /;
but neir lips will be sealed. They
shouH have known their strength
bette before they challenged and de-
fed their adycrsaries to the combat.
at wtch they will IN all likelihood
be baily whipped, aud they will rich
ly deserve il, # taey are"
Mr. B. condemns the laws Of Kan
sas as "a system of tyranny, OPP
pressln and despotlsm, that have
not kmwn to be paralleled in an
clent Il modern history" He also
denou1ces the attack upon Senator
sumner ia strong terms, and declares
that If his own brother had acted as
Brooks did, he would have voted for
his expulsion The conclusion Of
Mr. B.b speech confirms the belief
of sagaclous men that the cry Of dis.
solullonof the Union is mere cleo
uouecritg nonsense:
Win regard to the frequent
threats Of dlsunion, let me say
the Union is in no danger ofa dis
SoiutioH There are but two ways
oil dIssolying The Union one is by
revolution aud force, which the strong
arm of the general government will
always be able TO put down aud the
other Is by convention Of the
States that adopted the constitution.
and framed the government of their
choice. Newspaper editors and cross
road politicians have no power to dis
solve and there is now, and always
wlIl be, good sense enough among
the conservative elements Of the
country now engaged IA their daily
aSia in "a the workshop, IN the
uV'ui VA iiC '.--'r''fSe oiu IN eVcrv
pursuit of HE, not needing nor car
ing for the cry Of wolf = wolfr wllh
Which their cars have become iaml-
lauzed, but VINO will, when occasion
calls for II, rise up Ia their mighty
strength and lrample under foot these
NOISY, mlschlevous malcontenis, who
make night hIdeous' with their wells
oI dlsuuion aud let me tell them
that when they attempt 1t for no bet
Ter Cause than il has yet been threat
eued for one, will meet them at
( Phlllppl, and on that field they will
find me kneelng at 40 other altar
than the altar of the Union, wor-
shipping at no other shrine than the
/ shrine of the constitution, and fight
lng under no other flag than the star,
and stripes of the Uuued States"
These manly utlerances of the
truth in the heart Of proscrlptive
pro-slavery Virginia, do nonor TO tn,
courage aud love of truth of then
author and they cannot fail TO hav,
a powerful effect in convincing the
South that the people of the Norll
are only conlendlng, in the presen
struggle, for their Just rights, as re
pealedIy recognized by distinguished
Southern statesmen. This speech
however, has excited the ire of iht
Richmond Enquirer, which, in ii
eagernesS 10 put down free speech
declares that "if Bolts is not arrest
ed under the act FOR the suppression
Of lucendiary language, tie law is ei
lher a dead letter or our prosecuting
attorneys are not true TO their duties.
( We hardly lhlnk, however that th
prosecuting attorneys will care t
NEEDLE with Mr.. Bous, They woul,
excite a discussion which would bodi
no good to slave Institutions or lh'
power of the slaveocracy. Besides
Mr.. B. IS an adversary for who's
powers they will doubtless have
wholesome lear.-BostOH Journal