Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-05-09
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Republican Presidential Con-
vcniiOu.
CIRCULAR
or TuE
APPOINTED AT PITTSBURG ON 22D
OF FEBRUARY. 1856.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE

equal IN number 10 three times the rcpreson-
nion 10 Congress 10 which each State il.
entitled, 20 meet on the l7th of June, at
PhlladelphIa, TO present such individuals as
they may think best suited TO uphold the
cause to which they are devoted as candi.
dates for the Presidency aud Vice Prosiden-
cy bot also 20 invite the members of all
parties who feel IL 10 be the dominant issue
which should control the election. 10 meet
at the same time and place, 10 confer with
the Convention as 70 the best course to
crown their common wishes with success
/ One Of the parties which vii. be represent
/ ed at Philadelphia has taken the name Of
/ Republican, because IL was given TO that
/ founded by M. Jefferson, % embrace all
/ who love the Republic There is no Demo-
crat who does not love he Republic There
| is no Wing who does not love the Rcpublic.
| There is no American who does not love the
/ Republic And we fondly hope there is no
naturalzed citizen who does not love the
/ Republic.
| But 1t Is not so important that the great
movement which we desire TO see SUCCESS
fully lnaugurated shall be dcs gnated by any
particular name, as that 1t shall be strong.
united and effective Why may not all those
classes who are hostile 10 the introduction of
Slavery INTO free territory, unite at this cri-
Sis OF Impending danger, 10 vote for a com
mon ticket which will be nonInnted 90 as
seri the grand principle of repressing the
extension OF suvohoding monopoly, and
10 yndlcatf the rights of the people IN
all sections OF the Union who labor with
their own hanis q ticket which will not nr-
li1te with "a view 90 delract from the RIGHTS
OF the states TO dispose OF the subject with.
100 their limits, according 20 their sovereign
VIII yet ms influence TO destroy the free
dom of white laborers is III subject of in
vesugauon, with view to repress the ag.
gresslve power ln every constitutional way.
lhe rights Of the laborIng class involved
10 TINS question have been BETRAYED by the
representatives. from the North and south IN
the interest Of the shareholders, whu have
voted 10 surrender the lands to slave labor
which were SET apart to make ffeehoIders aud
enrich the workingmen of both sections who
own no slaves, aud improve them with their
own toll. Here are two great principles blen.
ded m this cause-th one impelling the
yindlcalion Of the rights of labor, the other
the chastsement Of those misguided repre-
seniatlves who have violated the faith pledg-
ed between the two sections of the Union To
each oiheI IN their compact, and their own
faith as representatives IN misrepresrnunr
the will Of their constituents in the repeal
ing Of acts, aud dIsobeying their instructions
IN reference TO them.
men a piRfesg Rf sgy wfB wfBicc85Y u m uniting }Bi the
design Of delivering the masses from tb3 on
pressions Of the Shareholders in the new Ter
rltorles, and the fair, free, healthy regions of
the Far West from the blot of Slavery and
the sterllity that attends It's footsteps wberey-
er 1t treads There are $4,000 slaveown-
ers IN The United States; they hold nearly
four millions Of slaves there are SIX mil
hons Of free white population in the South
crn states who own no slaves. and there ara,
twenty millions Of free white population in
the North (alIowlng for the lHarease since
the last census.) Are the Interests of these
twenty-siN millions of people in the vast re-
glons Of the West TO be blasted, to admins.
ter To the pride, to the ambition. To the false
views OF interest in which the 3l7 OO0 slaye-
owners would indulge themselves2 In their
arrogance they stgm tlzs as Black Repnbh-
cans those who would make a constellation
OF Tree, bright republics, constituted of the
"hlte race alone; uniarnishad by a slave of
any color; their history aud their lAws un-
olemtshed by that word Are they called
black because they would redeem their white
brethren ot the South, by reserving to them
a refuge from the tnraldom imposed on them
oy hc negro slavery there, and which makes
lhe nisler tue oppress0r Of all beneath him,
OF whatever complexion? Are they called
black because they would resist the slaye-
owner with his sword, IN his attempts TO ex-
pei IRON their homes the sons of the Free
states, who have already cast their lots in
the new lands to which their fathers taught
them 10 look forward as their inheritance. un-
der compromise Of more than thirty years
standing
This derogatory epithet is inappropriately
applied TO those who labor 10 build up Free
States composed of white men, to transfer
the odlum OF the black institution from those
who cling to 1t as part of their republican
system II IS not proposed To touch the sub
lect OF Slavery IN the States where It exists,
but to shut The door upon it, aud exclude It
from Territories TO which lis approach has
been forbidden.
The attempt will be made to persuade
those who would identity themselves with
this cause, that there IS no necessity To make
sacrifice ofminor differences tomakc Kan
sas Free State-lhat the procamalion OF
The President has put down all danger of in
vasions-ihut Gen. Atchls0n and his bandit
Il aud armed allies from the South have CIV,
on up all idoa Of Crcib!e interference -ihat
they mean TO acqulesce IN The peacedble set.
uement of the question IN favor of that sec.
ton which has shown that 1t can furnish the
greatest number of emlgrants, and This pa
cliic attitude Is To be held until after the
Presidential election. II the Nulliers of
The South shall then triumph m the election of
Pfesldent nominated by them at Cncinna-
H. the usurpalion established by Atchlson
viii be found ia full activity its laws intro.
duclng Slavery into the Territory and pro-
tectlng It from reversal at the ballot.box, by
The dislranchIsement of the settlers by test
oaths, will be enforced, aud a Constitution.
framed by defeating the suGrsges of the Free
State settlers by disabilities, will be adopt
ed, and the whole proceeding will be sus
tanned by the military force of the United
states, upon the principles aud under the au-
thorliy Of the Presidents proclamation.
Here we might close our circular; but
may we not tfespass upon the patience of
those we address by exposing tho workings
OF the institution which those who arrogate
to themselves the character Of Democrats
are la0onng to impose upon our virgin Ter
ntorles, and upon the principle asserted by |
them, that II is a National lnstiutionY Tho |
to open the free Territories to
slavery, by repeating The compacts upon the
subject, began with the nnlliters OF South |
Carolina. We VIII begin with that State, to
make an exhibition of the sort of govern.
menl II will enforce IN the West, from its
results in the South,
Popular sovereignty in South Carolina
thus exhibits itself; Six districts in that
State, in the rice and long staple cotton re.
gion, where the slave population is most
dense, containing a population of 4D,5O3 |
whites, elect a majority of the Senate,
leaving in a minority those representing 209,. |
09l whites in the rest of the State In !