Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-04-18


us to identity them. They are Northern
States "whch we're conspicuous in founding
the Republic" All Of the original North
ern States were conspicuous IN that great
Transaction. All of them, therefore, are ac-
cused. The offence charged Is, that they
disregard their constitutional obligations. and
although conscious Of their inability To heal
admitted and palpablo social evils Of their
own, coniessedy within their Jurisdiction,
they engage in an offensive, hopeless, and H.
legal undertaking, 10 reform the domestic in-
sttuuons Of the Southern States at the per-
IL Of tho very existence Of the Constitution,
and Of all the countless benefits which il has
conferred" ! challenge the President 10 the
proof, in behalf Of Massachusetts although
have only the interest common to an Amer
leans and 10 all men IN her great fame. What
one corporate or social evil is there, Of which
she Is conscious, aud conscious also Of ina
bllty 10 heal it2 Is il ignorance, prejudice,
bgotry, vice, crime, public disorder poverty,
or disease, affecting the minds or the bodies
OF her people There she stands. Survey
her universities, colleges, academies, obser-
yatorles, primary schools Sunday schools.
penal cUdUs, uud peulteuuHucs. DcsDcud
into her quarries, walk over her fields and
I through her gardens, observe her manulac-
tories Of thousand various fabrics, watch
+ her steamers ascending every river aud Inlet
on your own coast and her ships displaying
/ their canvas on every sea follow her fisher
men ln their adventurous voyage from her
own adjacent bays 10 the icy ocean under
either poll and then return and enter her
hospitals, which cure or relieve suffering hu~
manity % every condition aud at every perl-
cd OF life, from the lylng-in TO the second
childhood, and which not only restore sight
TO the blind, and hearing to the deaf, and
speech to the dumb, but also bring back
wandering reason to the insane, and tench
even the idiot to think Massachusetts. Sit,
is a model Of States, worthy of all honor;
and though she was most conspicuous OF oil
the States 10 the establishment of republican
institutions here, she is even more cousplcu.
ons still for The municipal wisdom with which
she has made them contribute 20 the welfare
Of her people, and to the greatness Of Tie
Republic itself
In behalf Of New York. for whom 10 is my
right and duty 20 speak, ! defy the Prcslden-
uol dlcuser. Mark her tranquil maguanlm-
ity which became State for whose dellye-
ry from Tyranny Schuyler devised and a-
bored, who received her political constjiu-
ton from Hamilton. her ,ltellectual aud phy--
zeal developemont from Clinton and her Ies-
sons 10 humanity from Jav. As she waves
her wand over the continent, trade forsakes
the broad nalura! channels which conveyed
It before to the Delaware and Chesapeake
bays and to the Cuffs OF St Lawrence and
Mexico, and obediently to her command
pours itself through her artificial channels in-
To her own once obscure seaport. She stretch
es her wand again towards the ocean, and
the commerce Of all the continents coucen-
trates itself at her feet and with 1t, strong
and full q lods Of immigration ride in, con-
tribuung labor, capital, art. yalor, and enter
PRISE, to perfect and embelsh our eyer-wud-
enlng empire.
When, and on wha. occasion, has Massa-
chusetis or New York oihciously aud ille-
gaily intrudcd herself within the jurisdiction
of sister States, TO modify or reform their ln-
stituuons No, no, SIR Their faults have
been quite different. They have conceded
too often and too much Tor their own Just
dignity and influence IN the Federal Admin
l.tratlOn, to tYC qFrfun 40 --.-r tic
States IN whose behalflhe President arriigns
them. thank the President for the insult
which, though so deeply unjust, was perhaps
neediul 20 arouse them TO their duty IN this
great emergency.
The President, IN this connection, reviews
the acquisitions of new domains, the urganl'
zation of new Territories, and The admission
Of new States, aud arrives at results which
must be as agreeably surprising TO the slave
States, as they are astounding TO the tree
States. lie finds that the former have been
altogether gulltless of political ambition,
while he conyicts the latter, not only of I'M
Just territorial aggrand.zemeut, but also Of
false and fraudulent camor against the slave
States 10 cover their own aggresslons. Not
wthstandng the Presidents elaborated mis-
conceptions, these historical facts remain,
namely Y- that no acquisition whatever has ev-
er been made at the instance of the free
States, and with view 10 their aggrandIze-
ment. that Louisiana and Florida. nciden-
tally acquired for general and important ma
tona objects. have already yielded 10 the
slave States three States of their own class,
while Texas was avowedly annexed as a
means of security TO Slavery, and one slave
Stale has been already admitted from that
acquisition, and Congress his stipulated for
the admission of four more; that by way of
equivalent for the admission of California a
free State the slave States have obtained a
virtual repeal of the Mexican law which for
bade Slavery in New Mexico and Utah and
that as a consequence Of that extraordinary
legislation, Congress has also rcsclnded the
prohibition of Slavery, which, IN 1870, was
extended over all that part OF Louisiana, ex~
cept Missouri, which lies north Of 36 30
of north latitude. Sir, the real crime Of the
Northern States ls this they have forty de-
grees too much Of north latitude
dismiss for the present the Presidents
first defence against the accusation OF the
new State Of kansa.
On the 2lth of Jan. 1856, when no lmpor-
tant event had happened which was unknown
at the date OF the Presidents annual mes
sage he submitted to Congress his second
defence, In the form of a special message
In this paper the President deplores, as the
cause of all the troubles which have occur
red IN Kansas, delays Of the organization of
the Territory, which have been permitted by
tho Governor, Mr. Reeder. The organic
law was passed by Congress on the 3lst OF
May, 1854. but on that day there was not
one lawful elector citizen or lnhabtant,
within the Territory, while the question,
whether slavery or universal freedom should
be established there, was devolved PRACTICAL
y on the first legislative bodies TO be elect
ed by the people who we're to become there
after the inhabitants OF Kansas. The cleo
ton for the first legislative bodies was ap-
pointed by the Governor, TO be bed on the
30,h of March, 1855 and the "a day of lu-
ly, 1855 was designated for the organiza-
ton of the Legislative Assembly. The on
ly civilized community that was IN contact
with the new Territory was Missouri, a
slavehodlng State, at whose instance the
prohibition of slavery within the Territory
had been abrogated, so that she might at
tempt to colouze 1t with slaves. Immigrants
were invited not only from all parts of the
United States, hut also from all other parts
OF the world, with pledge that the people
of the new New Territory should be len
perfectly free to establish or prohibit slavery.
A special election, however, was held within
the Territory ON the 29th day Of Nov, 1854,
without any preliminary census of the lhhab-
ltants, for the purpose Of choosing dele
gate who might SIT without right to vote IN
Congress, during the second session OF the