Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-11-28
Rc-OpcniuG of the Slave Trade

The following, from the Charleston, s C
Standard, will serve to show our Vermont
democrats what is expected of the party by
its southern leaders. The article is but an
application to the democracy Of the doctrines
which their leading journals at the south
have been preaching for some time past.
FROM the Charleston Standard Nov 10.
THE DRY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN
RHGARD TO THE SLAVE TRApE.-We have late
iy exhibited the slave trade in many of its
aspects, but before taking final leave of that
SUBJECT. 1t may he important to present it in
its relations to the Democratic party.
The time was not proper for doing an when
the series of articles WAS originally written
We might have disturbed our friends in the
Presidential contest. with an issue upon
which they might not have been prepared to
act ; but the contest is now over the Dem
ocrluc purity Is now in condition TO project
its course it is its duty, if possible to
adopt line Of acton that will settle this
sc~fioHai controversy which threatens to
break the structure Of our Union. aud can
conceive Of none which tends So directly to
that object, as the one mhich icads at once 10
tLc rCDt0rGl Of yesr iciions iron! the slave
'y0de
Oyer saoti1nall,m, but it were simple to sup
iose TINT we have achieved final victory.
r." wolves driven back to the hills will not
more cartaiulv return when rcpose shall set
n" on the limbs Of their intended victim
than will the Fr,o-S,il Party Mt the North.
when W. shall have abandoned an attitude of
rrsis'ance. There ia necessity that the
south stall "a" relieved from n position t. in.
VII" attnrk that the relations of the two
sections which compose this Union shall he
I'D =. seftl 4 rs that the one shall not be le-
gi'iwat" Object Of plumber to the other, and
40 effect this uhi'ct-to place them upon an
'qu j grade with respect to each other. and
uron POSITIONS Of equal respectfully before
tie world, il j. imr"rativcv neres sarv to re-
move ~" brand of piracy imposed upon our
institutions. and redeem and emancpate the
South.
The Democratic Ptrtv owes this to tho
south, nnd is under every Obligation to max"
~" n"vmout. u IS IN virtue If The Snmh
0'oHc ib0t y hes boon able 10 achicrc success
We gave them NOT only srrport to the extent
OF our numbers. hut we gave them an utti-
tudn Of resistance which diverted aggression
from its purpose. IL is thus only that the
Union aud its Glorious traditions have been
saved from the grasp of the sectional invader
There Is no single Northern State that would
not have given majority to the end of grasp.
ing tn" helm of Government If they had been
assured OF the ability to WELD it hut they
rather took their chances of fortune under
Constitutional Government than trusted to
connection with that section whose ONLY bond
of union was the hope Of plumber. and from
the lear they might never enjoy tho fruits of
s-clonnl TRIUMPH, they joined the South 70
erretutte the CONSTITUTIONS The South
therefore contains aHhat IS rital in the Dem
o6rdhc POriV il j. the main trunk of our
nat ioual structure which gives tn Northern
mapritles the opportunity of nesting among
ITS branches and "a well from the recollec-
tion Of present obligations as the homes of
hat success which the South can always
Civ to the party that nav he true to her, is
this party bound to consider for us. and to
adopt the measure necessary to the strength
and integrity OF Southern institutions
To he accomplishment of that object the
measure we propose is of the very last impor-
lance. H's rain 10 iook for q proper meas
are of Hab'hty and prog,e" 10 The South
,rhHe ne restriction, Of the ,ldpe trade con
hHuc Without labor we cannot look for the
full development of our resources. Without
! population, we cannot hope for proper
share of power in the general Government
Nhle with the brand upon us, consisting in
the act Of Congress declaring the slave trade
| piracy, We can never hope for position in
! the regards of an enlightened world If the
trade he piracy, the slave must be plumber.
| b specijus reasoning, we may cover up the
| stolen goods from the thefts of its procure
mcnt, but the natural logic of the world will
still pursue the crime to it's consequences
| Though We show, as we can show, that this
union of unequal races exhibits the best form
| OF society the world has ever seen that it
shows order and the securities for order that
/ il Las elevated the African that it has rails
ed the savage to an agency in the civilization
of the world, and has given the ruling race a
higher point to start from in his reach to
higher thoughts and nObler purposes-still,
il it he crime to take the slave, it must be
crime to keep him OF, if the form be right
the process to it's formation cannot be that
! darkest act in that catalogue of crimes which
| We proclaim 1t and enlightened reason tells
Us that we must abandon the defence Of slave
ry, or we must remove its condemnation from
| the statutes of the country. We cannot dis
affirm tn" sentence, for il ~ our own act we
are miserable appendage of this govern
mcnt, and the North is what it assumes &c
be, the only party to hold intercourse with
the world or this is our voluntary act, and
we cannot object that it shall be taken as
confession OF judgment, and that the sentence
Of execration legitimately comes upon us
In defence of Slavery, therefore, there i.
no position left us but that OF the outlaw
who strikes for advantages which hs has nc
right to claim, and against the forms of 8
society he cannot question Such position
as this is inconsistent with the Ugh Office
which the South is called upon to PERFORM
n she hos to bear onuord the Democratic Par.
", and mo frod'tor' and gfOr'" Of N" In