Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-07-18


receive INSPIRATION ot new chapters, not only
OF greater license and holder innovation, but
destructive of, or at variance with, the origin
Al work When President Pierce was elect
90 the slavery questions we're supposed to
be hnalIy hushed and Opposed oi--lu a state
% reposc' and not agitation. 80 he thought
""eh ne proclaimed
Rai oo'wiu'mnding lialtooeo ofopiuiou and sen,
sosri. 1,o @ ,, m ,s.,''e" 70
eli goo. whose devotion 60 ho Onion can mover bo
'. gwen ,s--.d ,.sa Z, o., 9''g,'9a, aaa
Throughout ibs co.ilse,se, Ihst ,Si. rr1o.s h. no.
suarr 'hoct daring NV of1eal term If have poeei
"' l'''e "n' placed nc "s'o may '' a''u'o1'
now sIr' that porer or mat assurance
proves upon inal unworthy OF reliance. u
one is good the other is treacherous. My
own opnion Is mat oolh--
"ara uueo weak.
80, ' '' "'',,D
VIZ" no Necessity caiea ior IT, when ihe
mus o' concord pervaded Ihe whole land,
""en even 'he inlans' VINO alone pore the
u'n"If "I squaller sovereignty 90 Kansas
ana NeorasSa' were all quite ne" RUE as
~ s''Foy 'n the lefH'or'es was suuuehV
'"'Ven upon we country; FOR thls hnr'h'rn
men are lAigeY reaponslOle. HOuherh men
Old not start t; aud It they had, could not
alone have carried it, The old rule, hoary
with The frost o. sge, and sicred as the work
Of our rpest statesmen, gave way to the
hggledy- paichwork of the progress
sive, slavery Democracy "a patch
work of such curious complexion that, when
held up to the view Of the South, it was all
black, when held up to the view of the
North u was all white and very ingeuiously
blended for all intermediate regions, but lab
eled everywhere national"
For this the present Chief Magistrate must
be held responsible No one will pretend
the measure could have passed If our north.
ern President had withheld from it bis sup
port. It may be true that he was puzzled as
10 which way he should throw his influence
and when man is puzzled. the chances are
equal that he will act wrongly. Other aspr-
ants for bis place were filling their sails with
the wind of this measure, and he must ac-
cept or reject the issue--embark or be len
ON the shore A presidential aspirant
" Ike the Turk, bears no brother near the
throne.n and has NO sorupes about appro.
priaung other mems thunder. No one comes
out SO soft that rivals 30 not strive TO become
softer The President, therefore, rushed ln
and t,,J, b,,,,soIc .e.r,ostbfo C,r the mass.
'''N - n
uye ana Inc approval ol lula measure. 1t
tlorp 90 any funrlt m H. il nassed unrecOrD-
- . y...-..-,. - .r 49,, ,. = ,,,.
IA'u even ~ ClhclhHau an1i " ulcI0 - o"l
evil. he has already confessed Judgment, and
tsl,..r bis rocai,t "a tho plua Ro,k f,r dam
"' 'f 4,
ages Oi many OF lue Norhern democrats
who voted for the bill and were retired by
,l...,- --..,-,,,..,- o., ,,-,,..,, t,,;, Tho Crooyn
W., ',,,l ,r,.,f,,os ,,,,b The fresdom of the
ol,,,,ys c-a,cbis. bnt !, undertakes in roy-
.. .,.l ,,,, -. ,..,,,,t,, Tho do.,sio,s of tho
"
hailol-ooN' oy me pIoWouou OF tHose cun'
dornned bv the voice of the people Hend
.t - l.- el. ..l.,l e. ,t,,. ,a,,loc,
ti-n'' "a A"At'"Ni '"u' .''"e1 'N' N :" 2
OF hls constituents 90 the General Land VI
foo MrD,nsId If Maine cures bis urlefs
- ct7 l.
lh cuStoH-nuuae' oli'hol' Vi O"''i ''
rrlplur his reward, ana dearly earning an
.t o.. ,., -.,,-,. (.oy.rnor of Kansas -
.t'N'' no VIZ P''FfD. NN'N' 49, "'
Dawson, OF Iennsy wanna, decllned thls pre-
sidonttsl apuOiutfupns and would not be
-l. H. .t- 8 ,h, ;,,.l,,,, ,,ho o.,
au .t.,., d" wy, ,f oa, bsrJ Iarrs}n tsnde,s
- s,'V ,,',,se ,nd cre,5or cheat =
- D'.1',, ,,,yy IL, Sn,,1 win 80 ODO I'M
Inc no.ts, nor annnm u fnlv consoled for
nnv lock of 81 dist,nguished consideration
IN foe, Olds ~ ,Ibio was - "a f,i a
tiefBslp out fortunately his son was not toe
young.
The examples furnish the evidence that
the Union was the authorized organ Of the
Presideu, when lt proclaimed salyauon-l
do no, give the precise language 10 gentle
men who might risk political fortunes upon
the kausls-kebmslH bill. 1t is confession
of personal aud official, private and public
responsibility. If the Hibbards, Wester-
brooks and lngefsolls have unsausiied
growing Judgments 10 their pockets, 1t on
~ shows there are no more executive spolls
upon which 10 levy.
But & some parties have not been back
ed up who ran risks for our President h,
also failed of reward when he had rsked all.
His scIrs 90 unrecognzed. His intes
works lee uuremembered. A certain noble
poet has said that wrath and Partially" arr
the first requisites of a good historian. The
President adopts this theory, and undertakes
TO combine the historian and politician, q:
may be seen in his last messages, where, un
like Burke, he gave up to mInkmd what was
meant tor party.
IN pa,ra 10 nf tho animal message th