Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-01-16

for the purpose Of giving us equal weight
with the most populous part of the United
States. and have made efforts TO introduce it
into the Territories where it did not before
oxist, as an element of political power, and
have tried 60 do this in various ways. We
have not boon wanting in attention to our
northern brethren on this subject We have
endeavorcd TO annex foreign territory for the
purpose of securing additional slave States.
We have succeeded 90 a certain extent. with
the assistance of a part of our northern broth
rem. We have endoavorcd TO convince them
that this is a most desirable condition of So
ciety, which should be adopted at least in the
Territories. and SO finally guide the dcstinios
of the country; but they obstinately persist
in refusing it, We have cndeavorcd to per
suadc and convince them that il was the best
condition, and that they ought TO adopt it
but we have not succeeded in our Efforts
We have not rested with this We have re-
pealcd agreements made by ourselves to keep
country exclusively for freedom We have
accomplished this repeal with the aid of some
of them for the purpose of extending these
blessings yet the mass of them find fault
with IT, We opened Kansas Territory for
settlement under pretended agreement, that
we would leave the people there free, even
O''tN 'iC f"e''iVi "i.'
Ineh the men OF tne North actively undertook
90 ioPea' 'h tnat l'Iritory the same efforts by
which they had distributed their population
over all the free States, and they actually
formed societies, as they had always done be
fore, TO aid settlers. They eXcrtod all their
power TO settle that Territory. to establish
their schools and academies, churches and
colleges; and, in short, took all those steps
calculated to exclude the institution which
We ongIlSn' me! at'enlpIe" 10 40 these
tmhss by the same peaccable means by which
they hao scttlad other territories we be-
came eNasperated ana whom some people
rom slave states undertook, by INVASION to
eject representatives. for tins Territory, we did
not interfere to stop IT, When those repre-
schtauVes met, and passed laws to sult them
serves wen calculated 10 drive out these peo-
pie, they would not go out. Proceedings,
under color OF these laws, were taken to burn
their towns and destroy their printng-pres-
ses Laws were made to stop discussion and
violence thorc' and in the Senate were Justi-
ned. we called them by opprobuous eplthets,
though their cNcrtons had all been directed,
for seventy years, To- nothing more nor less
than the extension of free popular government,
and the elevation of the free laboring white
community That has been their effort from
the beginning, in which they still persist, and
we could not stop it. Though all they have
done has been for the advancement of the
free white race of the world, we have said, or
at least our President has said, this Is all pre-
tense; what they say is false pretense ;
their real meaning is to disturb the relation
between master and slave in the slave States
of the Union We have called them Aboli-
tionists VIC have called them Black Repub-
&C. n ~ n -.
Guns as II lhelr eHorls were an nlfeeted 10 o
manclpatlOn and not TO the advancement OF the
FREQ ,,h;to ,,onnIation and nlthough their do
- =,
slrels 10 nave hothihB ia lnc "oilu To 40 win
ho and aro cNartir,, 4lc,,,sol,-os a., L5 bout an,
DN "i'N "A0 OAVi.liiS 'huluSolNoa w NC hcpI oh-
urely clear oi the whole OF them. we have
charged them with beinr Black Renublicans
,;+L llaoL ;,...,.i,,.- ~ = ..-I N
WIN plo'N lptch'oha' 40" having useu All
those means for those purposes, and having
failed IN srceoed vvo declaro 4bot ,re hold
~ ~ "S "OiV
them, ms we mold the rest ct mankind, ene-
mics in war and in Deace friends. and we nm
r.,l T., cd Co. IN, lg an, ;r,.o,,+i,,r,l
and 70 cand;d yorId ~ ;,d',o nf tbe ri,,ht
oousness of our carso and We rIodc,c IN eacb
Other opr liycs ouy c,rtnnes oId o7,r sacrod
honor"
Isuppose their declaration of Indenendenco
truthfnilv drawn. would be thus formed. sub
stantially. The issne which would he made
uDOn it. If anV issue should ariso-l mean an
issue of violence and blood-would be this
could the candid world. thus addressed bv
such a manifesto or anv truthful ono he OK
pected to be found in sympathy with il. On
this point. let me read an extract from n
speech of Mr. CLAY. delivered during the
pondoncv of the compromise measure of 1850
"But. il nnbappily we should be involved in warin
eiyl wT between he Two parts Of this confedcracy, in
e n % @ T9e ,c, 1,y 7opa pe 10 & ae'rrn @
the other side to force It's Introduction there, WHAT
sIhgiAcLt sHov I'D wn rnGslSr TO THE IsHtENr
Sur-I must say though trust it viii be understood to
be said with design TO excite ccling-A WAN rnor
HgHIA H MS3c9' II rs ,d ~ q @ % lt9 Aoa.d9 .
hare no synpnhie,-ao good ,riskes IN ,oGic6 ali man
h.nd 'oaa 2 ANN" S tor lrog' He co1'9eneea,et q
ID osroaeleI og Brtisi Gareiors for h. iafroGcton
Of slrery INTO ttis country And allow me to say, that
NY Gpn'om Is one 81 f ot, dei'Gss et men & ean
country that forced upon against the wishes Of
our ancestors Of our own american colonial ancestors
M, ie9i'ru'' : nay 'PoNoN no' one "oIu
On VuV inoI'.i,y VI SiS'eiy' pi 'i,o ieiaN'oh
between muster "nu save l ueslre not TO
MAKE any remarks upon 1t; ! nave treated
T. ia m "a Ia NaV