Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-07-18
VOL. L, NO. 34...wHoLE NO. 1896.

some future plank of the Democratic plat
form, or some future Judge Kane, will no,
invade the free States Alas our faith In
fndiitics has been repealed.
twlll not be a very violent assumption TO
say that if 10 the preliminary contest among
the squatter sovefeigns Of Kansas, slavery
had come of the victor, there would be no
opposition 10 her admission from the quarter
whence II now comes. But, even under the
Kansas and Nebraska bill, shall slavery be
lifted up whenever prostated, while freedom
Is only LEFT unteuerod-" perfectly ireep--
when she reels and staggers under the foul
blows Of her adversary Permit me To say
10 those who still cling to the principles Of
the Kansas. Nebraska bill, that the only way
you can preserve rs chastity and beauty-if
You will still draw on your Imagination for
such charms % the only way you can ever
make u popular iavorte Is to adhere to It
when It makes against you a well as when
for you.
II il should be contended that any Of the
proceedings by which the Kansas constltu-
ton has been formed and presented have been
Irregular let US consider the great provoca-
tons the people Of that unfortunate Terrific
ry have endured, and give them credit tor so
much OF iorbearance aud wisdom as they
hnve manifested. II they have not fully un-
derstoOd tho Nebraska bill, let Us remember
that It was not easy 10 understand and grave
senators still wrangle whether the right was
gwen 10 Territory, an inciplent state, or
State 10 form their institutions IN their own
way Why not waive all objections, IA they
have been often heretofore waived, in favor
of junior states, and "pardon something to
[ the spirit OF liberty ~ Like the Romans,
/ let Us distinguish ourselves more by what
we gire than by what we take. Let US give
I to Kansas State government, and no long
er rob them OF peace and the fruits OF hon
est toll. II VIC cannot add a cubh to our
own stature, we can raise and elevate that Of
| the nation by an act at once Just aud gener-
Gus, which promises harmony and rep0se to
4 the country.
Why postpone action on this subject p
/ Are there any gentlemen hoping something
better Will turn up appeal To the sound
sense OF The House, whether the present an
cry agitation Of the subject Of slavery will
pay Gentlemen have eyes and each must
see and Judge for himself whether slavery
Is likely 10 win any strength not already
lodged IN the Constitution IA policy OF per-
sistent aggression,.o or not and, 1t to win
even temporarily, at what future cost If
slavery has nothing to win, can there be any
mode Of more gracefully closing the contest
than by a speedy admission OF Kansas as
free State viii not sectional PRIDE suf-
ter less humiliation by such an adjustment
than by any decision to obtained by civil
war, executive power, or by Ley glslatlve re-
storaton of the Missouri compromise Last
year the engineers of the new dome to our
Capitol asked an appropriation OF 100000 ;
but thus year, after " NE rOrktng plan" had
been studied" we are told that Sy45 900
will be required. DO not the engineers who
have STUDIED the working plan Of the Kan
sas>Netraska bill see It Is costing Tar more
than the original estimate : Let the ghosts,
not only OF " the murdered Wright but OF
those other wanderers IN the shade who once
occupied seats IN this Hall, answer. Let the
angry waves Of discomfort among The people,
in all sections of our country, answer Let
the fossil remains OF a once great and pow
erful Democratic party in the free States,
lost while under the charge OF the New
Hampshire brigadier, answer. Let the Con
stituuon, intended to be fixed as fate, or
ioreknowledge absolute" now tortured and
racked to keep pace with each new stretch
Of the slavery Democracy, answer.
:" thiak our country sinks beneath the yoke
II wcsps, Il blueds, und each new day CASH
Il added 10 her wounds"