Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-05-09
VOL. L, NO. WHOLE NO. 1856.


. cratic party entirely in hoir hands.
, And here we find in what consists that
! which is now vaunted to be the Democra,ic
= party par erceience. 1t Is composed of the
d Office holders under the present Adminis,ra-
e uon' headed by those chiefs who arc looked
$ TO 10 continue them in Office. through the
{ united vote Of the South. and the chance
r vote OF some Northern State. obtained by
plurality-ihe result Of the division of their
b opponents, growing out of personal prefer
ences or party dssensoRs The Democrat
10 party, which the Administration calls its
own, has M basis but the oligarchy Of the
south we might call it the BLACK oLfGAR-
cHf' returning 10 il the appelation which Il
~ 80 wiling 70 give to others, because it
most appropriately belongs 10 itself The
: leaders OF this party in the North have prov
ed themselves entirely worthy of its conf
dence by abandoning every principle Of De-
mocracy once their boast. They have aban-
doned the principles of the fathers Of the
Republic who considered il rs the first at
trlbute OF the new order Of things establish.
ed by the Revolution. that It would arrest
the spread of Slavery throughout the contin-
) ent II dId load to ITS immediate extinction
IN many of the States, aud the fret act under
tho Constitution was 10 exclude il from the
whole territory Of the Union. The Demo-
cratic leaders of the new order. al the bid
ding Of the Southern nulhiers, have broken
all the compacts and compromises designed
To establish Free Republics in the terrific
ues from which Slavery was excluded. In
dong this they have put under foot the rep
reseniauve principle defed the will oftheir
Immediate constituents; on receiving in-
sttuctons to repeal their acts have refused
10 obeyi and in this have given the most
striking example Of an utter abandonment Of
the cardinal doctrine Of democracy The
spread OF liberty, not slavery, is its distinc-
tive principle.
/ They have shown that the will Of $4,000
slave owners in the South is more to them
than that Of twenty millions Of freemen in
the North. The leaders Of this spurious
Democracy are but the satraps Of Southern
+ masters
The fate which awaits a people afflicted
/ with Democracy which grows up under
the government of slaveOwners, may be seen
( IN the testimony which we give in the words
ol the most distinguished men Of that par
/ y which we find collated in pamphlet by
Mr.. Weston.
Mr. Saver, Of Missouri, in a paper on
/" Domestic Manufactures IN the South and
/ 'f'oN HAuilaufu III iCtfs say
The free population Of the South may
be divided into two classes-lhe saveholJ-
er and the non-slaveholder am not aware
that the relative numbers of these two clas-
ses have ever been ascertained in any of the
States, but | ara satiieG that the non-save-
holders far outnumber the slaveholders-
perhaps by three to one. In the more south
ern portion OF this region the non -savehold-
ers possess, generally, but very small means,
and the land which they possess is almost
universally poor, aud so sterile that scanty
subsistence IS all that can be derived from
It's cultivation; and the more fertile soil, be-
/ ing in the possession of the STAKEHOLDER,
must ever remain out of the power Of those
who have none.
This state Of things is great draw
back and bears heavily upon and depresses
the moral energies of the poorer classes.
The acquisition of a respectable position in
the scale OF wealth appears so difficult, tina;
they decline the hopeless pursuit, and many
OF them settle down into habits Of idleness,
aud become the almost passive subjects of
all lis consequences. And lament to say
that have observed of late years that an
evident deterioration is taking place IN this
part ot the population, the younger portion
OF It being less educated, less Industrious,
and IN every point of view less respectable
than their ancestors"
la the January number, 1850, Of DE Bolp's
Regieio, is an article on Manufactures in
South Carolina" we have an exhibition of
the fears entertained of bringing together
masses of non-slayeholdIng Southern white
population, even for manufacturing purposes.
So long as these poor but Industrious
people could see no mode Of living except
by degrading operation Of work with the
negro upon the plantation, they were content
u endure lie m its most discouraging forms,
satisfied that they were ADORE the slave,
though tarlng often worse than be. But the
progress OF the world is "onward,n and
though IN some sections il is slow, still it s
'onrdrd,' and the great mass of our poor
white population begin TO understand that
they have rights, and that they, too, are enti-
Tied t. some Of tie sympathy which falls up
on the suffering. They are fast learning
thut there Is an almost Infinite world of in
dustry opening before them, by which they
can elevate themselves and their families
from wretchedness and ignorance, to compe-
tence and intelligence. II is this great up
henping Of our masses That ace hare 10 fear,
so lar as our Institutions are concerned"
William Gregg, Esq, 10 an address before
manufactures, remarks:
From the best estimates that | have
been able 10 make. put down the whitc peo-
pie who ought To work, and who do not, or
who are 50 employed as to be wholly unpro-
ductiye To the State, at one hundred and
twenty-five thousand By this II
appears that but one fifth of the present poor
whites OF our State would be necessary to
operate l,OOO,OO0 spindles. The
appropriation annually made by our Legisla-
turc Tor our School Fund, every one must be
aware, so tar as the country is concerned,
has been little better than a waste of money.
While we are aware that the
Northern and Eastern States find no difficult
~ M educating their poor, we are ready to
despair of success 10 the matter for even
penal laws against the neglect Of education
would iall To bring many Of our county peo-
pie 10 send their children 10 school,
have long been under the impression, aud
every days experience has strengthened my
convictions, that the evils exist IN the wholly
neglected condition of this class of persons.
Any man who is an observer of things could
hardly pass through our country without be-
ing struck with the fact that all the capital.
enterprise and intelligence is employed in d.
rectlng slave labor aud the consequence is,
lhat a large portion of our poor white people
are wholly neglected, and are suffered to
while away an existence IN a state but one
step IN advance Of the Indian OF the forest
II Is an evil OF vast magnitude, aud nothing
but change IN public sentiment will effect
It's cure. These people must be brought in>
10 daily contact with the rich and intelligent
they must be stimulated to mental action,
and taught to appreciate education and the
comforts Of civilized life; and this, we be-
IIeve.may be effected only by the Introduction
)t manufactures. My experience
at Granlteyile has satisfied me that unless
our poor people can be brought together IN
villages, aud some means of employment af-
torded them, It will be an utterly hopeless
effort 10 undertake 10 educate them
Here IS tue testimony Of Governor Ham.
nond of South Carollna, the great lender of