Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-06-06

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day down to this hour; upon the great tri-
bunes Of human rights, by whom life, liberty,
and happiness on oqrth, have been secu,o3 ;
upon the long line Of devoted patriots, whg
| throughout history, have truly loved their
country and, upon all, who, IN noble aspi
ra ions for the general good aud In forget
] iulncss of self have stood out before their
/ age, and gathered into their generous bosoms
the shafts Of tyranny and wrong. in order to
make pathway for Truth. You dlscrldt
/ Luther, when alone he nailed his articles to
/ the door Of the church at Wltlenberg, and
/ then, 10 the imperial demand that he should
retract, firmly replied Here / stand [
cannot do otherwise, so help me Godw You
I dlscfedt Hampden. when alone he refused
10 pay the few shillings Of shlp-money, and
shonk the tIrone Of Charles l you dis
credit Milton, when, amidst the corruptions
ofa heartless Court, he lived on, the lofty
1 friend Of Liberty, above question or suspic-
iun you discredlt Russell and Sidney, when,
[ for the sake of their country, they calmly
/ turned from fimily and friends, TO tread the
narrow steps OF the scali1ld you dsctedit
I those early founders of American institutions,
who preferred the hardships Of a wilderness,
surrounded by a savage foe, % injustice ON
U
crs, who, few 10 numbers and weak in re-
sources, yet strong IN their cause, did moi
hesltate TO brave the mighty power of Eng
land, already encrc.ing the globe with her
morning drum beats. Yes, sir OF such are
the fanatics of history according to the Seu-
ator. But tell that Senator that there are
characters Dadly eminent, of whose ianati-
cism there can be no question. Such we're
the ancient Egyptians, who worshipped di-
whites iu buush forms; the Drulds who
darkened the flrcsls Of oak, ln winch they
lived, by sacrifices of blood; the Mexicans,
who surrendered countless victims TO the
propriauon of lhe.r obscene idols; the Span
nrds who, unier Alvt, sought 10 force the
luquisiton upon Holland, by tyranny kin
dred 70 that now employed 20 force Slavery
upon ktnsas; ond such were the Algeunes,
when zoe so.mn concaye, after listening To a
speech not unlike ihtt OF the Senltor from
South Car1hna, they resolved 10 continue the
slavery OF white Christians. and 10 extend il
to ths c1un'rymen OF Washington Ay,
$50, extend O. And 100 this sane dreary cat
hogue faithful history aust record al who
now, IN an enlightened age and va land of
l1lsied Ffsednm stand up. ln peryetsion OF
tIe Constitution aud in denial of immortal
truti, t0 tistau new shacAle upon their fell
l1w-mln II the Senator wishes 20 see ia
natlcs, let hiu look round among his own as
socities let HIM look at himself
But | have not done with the Senator.
There IS another matter regarded by HIN Of
such consequence, that he ntcrpolated II into
the speech OF the Senator from New tIsmp-
shire, Nc. Hale, J ana also announced that
DE- had prepared himself with 1t, To take ~
hs pocket al, the way TO Boston, when he
expeCtel 10 address the people of that COM
nunny. On this account and for the sake
ui truth. stop for one moment. aud tread Il
10 the earth. rhe North, according To the
senator. was engaged IN the slave trade and
hrlped 90 introduce 81 ives into the Southern
States; aud thsundeniablo fact he prop ised
tl establish by statistics, IN staung winch his
errors surpassed his sentences III number.
But let these pass for the present, that
may deal with his argument Pray, sir, Is
I the acknowledged turpitude Of "A departed
generation 20 become an example for Us z
Aud yet the suggestion Of the Senator. If en-
] titled 20 auv renatdufdtion 40 ih's Jissus ussinu,
must have tins extent Join INV friend from
/ New Hampshire M thanking the Senator
/ from South Carolina for adducing this IN
s'ance; for Il gives me an opportunity to say,
! that the Northern merchants, with homes IN
Boston, Bristol, Newport. New York, and
/ Phadel pha, who catered for Slavery during
the years OF the slave trade, are the lineal
/ prlneniturs of the Northern men, with homes
/ in these places, who lend themselves tn
( Slavery in our day and especially that all,
whether North of South, who, take part, di-
r.ciy or Indirectly, 10 the conspiracy agalns,
Kansas, DO but continue the work Ot the
4 sIave-trlders. which You conhemn. II Is true,
. too true, alas! that oui fathers were engaged
in this traffic hul that Is no apology for t.
/ And 10 repe.in, tne authority OF this exanl-
pie, | repsl also the trlte argument founded
on the earlier example OF Eng and 1t Is
true that our mother country, al the peace OF
Utrecht, ext0Hed from Spain the Asslentu
Contract, securing the monopoly Of The slave
trade with the spanish Colonies, as the
whole price Of all the blood Of great vcto-
rles, that she hggied at AK Ia Chapelle for
un1lhsr lease of this exclusive traffic aud
again, at the treaty of Madrid, clung 10 the
wretched piracy. 1t Is true, that IN this
spirit the power OF the moher country was
/ prosttulcd 10 the same base ends M her A.
merican Colpnles, against indignant protests
from our fathers. All these things now rise
up IN Judgment against her. Lot US moi
follow the senator from South Carolina to do
the very evl to-day, which m another gen
Grafton we condemned.
As the Sentor from South Carolina is the
Don Quxoie, the Senator from Illinois Mr.
Daurlasl Is the squire OF lavery, lts very
Sincho ganzt, ready 10 do AL It's hnnillating
offices. TINS Senator ~ his labored ad
dress, yindicatng ms lab0red repon-plhng
one mass of elaborate error upon another
mass, constrained hunselias You will remem
Der To unfamiliar decencles OF sp ech. y
that address have nothing 10 say at thu
moment, though before | sit down | shall
show something Of ITS iillacles. But e
back now To an rler occasion, when, true
10 hs native impulses, he threw INTO this dis
cussion, for charm OF powerful trouble,
personalities most dlscredtable to this body
will not stop to repel the lmputatiuns whlcl
he cast upon myself; but mruuun them q
remind yOu Of the sweltered venom steep
ing got" which, with other poisoned lngre
dents, he cast into the cadrun Of tins debate
OF other things | speak, Standlng on thu
floor, the Senator ISSUED his rescrIpt, requl
ring Submission to the Usurped Power o
Kansas; and tins was accompanied by d
mnuner-All his own such as 0ehts the ~
ranuical threat Very well. let the Sena
tor Try. tell him nov that he cannot en-
force any such submission. The Senator
with the Slave Power at his back, Is strong
but he Is not strong enough for this purpose
lie Is bold. lie shrlnks from nothing. Lk
Daton, he may cry, "fGuddeei Pauddce
t0uioms fauddce ~ but even his audaclu
cannot compass this work The senate
copies the BRITISH oiiicer, who, with boasIiu
swagger, said that with the Init Of his swor
he would cram the "stamps down IN
throats Of the American people, aud he WI
meet a similar failure. lie may conyuls
this country with civil teud. Lake the au
clent madmln, he may SET fire to this rem
pic of Constitutional Liberty, grgnler tina
Epheslan dome; but he cannot enforce obe
dlence to that tyranlcal Usurpallon.
The Senator dreams that he eau subdu
the North. lie discalms the open threa
! 80 a.. conduct efIi Inn, tas Al II,v unl