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

fcciuu, which, it b should occur, It would be- my Outs
promptly uyotcoue and suppress. caori.h %, hone
however, ihat ihH occurrence Of my such uniowarl
event wll BE- pnvrnird by he souud sense o the ncn
y. "l NO Icftlo,y. who ty in Organic law possess
tons, afo entitled, whilo lep1uine ttemselros peace
folly to ihe fee e1efciso Of ihat uaht and must bf
protected n lhe eulymeut of tt withuut ut~tstencs
90 Tho part Of the citizens Of aa, of the states"
This information implies that no INVASION
usurpauon, or tyrrany, has been committed
within the Territory By strangers and that
/ the provisional State organization now going
forward Is not only unnecessary, but also
| prcJudlclal 10 good order, and insurectiona-
/ ry II menaces the people Of Kansas with
I threat, that the President will "overcome
and suppress them. II m0cks them with a
PROMISE, that, if they shall hereafter deport
themselves properly, under the control of au-
thoriues by which they have been disfran-
| cmsed' IN determining institutions which
I have been already iurcihlv determined for
| them by foreign invasion. that then they must
be protected against Interference by citi-
zens Of any Of the States"
The President, however not content with
statement so obscure and unfair, devoted a
third part Of the annual message 10 arau-
mentauve speculatlons bearing on the char
acter Of his accuser. Each State has two
and no more Senators 10 the Senate OF the
United States. In determlng the apportion.
mcnt Of Representatives DO the House of
Representatives aud in the electoral collie
ees, among The States three-hfihs of all the
slaves 10 any State are enumerated The
slaveho.dug character Of State is de.ern-
iucd. nor az the time of It's admission into
the Union as State but at that earlier Pc
Rod Of its political life in which, being cal
led a Territory, tits politically dependent on
the United states, or on some foreign sover-
eign. Slavery is tolerated in some Of the
States, and forbidden ~ others. Affecting
the industrial and economical systems Of the
several States as Slavery and Freedom do,
thls diversity Of practice concerning them
early worked ont a corresponding difference
OF conditions, interests, and ambitions, a.
mong the States and divided and arrdved
them into two classes. The balance of the
political power between these two classes in
the Federal system is sensibly affected by
the accession uf any new State 20 either of
them. Elch State therefore watches ieal-
0usly the settlement, growth. and inchoaie
s.avcholdng and uun-siayeholdlnp charac-
ters of Territories, which may ultmgtaly
come mt the Union as States. Il has result
ted from these circumstances. that Slavery
90 relations purely political and absolutely
Federal, Is uu element which enters more or
less actively into many national questions of
finance, OF revenue, of expenditure. of pro-
lection, Of free trade. of patronage. of pesce.
of war of annexation. of defence. and of
conquest. and modif-s opinions concerning
constructions Of the Constitution. and the
distribution of powers between the Union and
the several States by which il Is constituted.
Slavery, under these political and Federal
aspects alone. enters into the transactions in
Kansas with which the President and Con
gross are concerned. Nevertheless he dis.
lngenuously alIudes to those transactions IN
his defence a. If they we're identified with
that moral discussion OF Saverv which he
regards as odious and alarming. and without
any other rhum to CONSIDERATION Thus he
aludcs 10 The question before rs az belong
ine TO polucal agitation " concerning
matter which consists TO great extent Of
exaggeraton of inevitable evils or over-zeal
10 social Improvement or mere mag guauon
OF grievance having bat remote connec-
ton Win any Of the constitutional functions
OF the Federal Government and menaclng
the stability OF the Constitution and the in
teguiy OF The Umon
I'm Ike manner the President assalls and
susmauzes those who deierd and maintain
Tie cause OF Kansas, as "men Of narrow
views and sectional purposes" engaged M
those Wild aud chmcucaI schemes OF socinl
change which are generated one alter an
other 10 ;he unstable minds Of visionary
sophsts and interested agialors'--" mad
wen, raising the storm OF frenzy and fac
tom " sectional agiiators,' " enemies OF the
Constitution, who have surrendered them
selves so far to a ianatical devotion TO the
supposed interests Of the relatively few Al
ncans of the United States, as totally to a.
oandun and disregard the interests of the
twenty five millions of Americans, and tram
Pile under foot the inlunctions of moral and
constitutional obligation and to engage m
! plans Of vlndicuve hostility agalnst those
who are associated with them IN TIE enjoy
mcnl OF the common heritage Of our free in
sttutlons,' Sir, the Presidents defence on
T this occasion, # not matter simply person~
al, is al least one Of temporary and epheme-
raj importance. Possibly all the advantages
he viii gam by Transferring to his accusers a
portion of the popular prejudice against Ab-
clifton aud Abnhuoniss, can be spared TO
him. IL would be wise, however, for those
whuse interests are inseparable from Slave
~, TO reflect that Abolition will gain an
equivalent benefit from the Identification of
the Presidents defence with their cherished
institution. Abolition is a slow but irrepres-
slble uprising Of principles of natural JUS
tee and humanity, obnoxious to prejudice,
because they conflict inconyenieuty with
existing material, social, and political inter-
ests. 1t belongs to others than statesmen,
charged with the care Of present interests,
to conduct the soc ial reformation of mankind
in IT'S broa dost be.rinus [ toave IN nb,li-
uoulsts their own work Of selfvindicalon.
| may, however, remind the Shareholders that
there Is time when oppression and perse.
cntlon cease to be eflectual against such
movements and then the ouium tney have
before uniustly incurred becomes an element
of strength and power, Christianity, blind
iy maligned during three centuries, by Pr@-
tors, Governors, Senates, Councils, and En-
perors, lowered above its enemies in fourth ;
and even the cross on which It's founder had
expired, aud which therefore was the EN-