Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-12-18

l. That the chief and almost entire productive indus.
try Of the slavchodng States is agriculturc to the sue
ccssf prosecution Of which the labor of negro slaves il
ndispcnsahly necessary
p That there is great and growing deficiency Of ag
ricultura labor in the said States which the natural in
crease of the slave population is inadequate TO supply
g. That The effect Of prohibiting the importation Of
slaves from abroad Is 70 limit the expansion Of the pro-
dgce industry Of the said States, and Of the population
which that industry sustans the ratio Of the natural
increase of The slave population
4. That the importation Of slaves from abroad would
3crGe the development the agricultural
OF me savehodug States and promote their progress in
wealth. population and general Improvement and that
such importation carried on under proper regulations
would not be Inconsistent with the principles Of justice
g. That the effect Of an entire suppression Of the A.
rcan slave trade would be confne the negroes to their
own country, and preclude them from such Of re-
Acf rom the pressure Of redundant population, a.
might be afforded by emigration in tho only form in which
~ benefits can be extended tn them.
The concluding resolution argues that the Act Of
congress declaring the African slave trade be piracy
N be understood as affirming that t Is piracy IN Mc na
ure OF things aud in the sense Of the Constitution, n
intends TO convert into piracy what Is IN the nature
OF things and in the sense NJ the Consttcon the said
Act is unconstitutional null and void.
SLAVE NEssELs.-Three Of the slave ves-
sells recently captured aud taken into Havana
are said TO have been built with Boston and
Portland capital, and when captured Eastern
people were on board as officers and part of
the crews. Another of the vessels Nd been
owned by parties in Massachusetts,, Maine
and New York, and was sold with the knowl-
edge that she was intended for the slave trade
One had 400 Africans on board, and another
ll6. Let not the slave oligarchy despair
so long northern men can be found to carry
on the African slave trade, there will be no
difficulty in keeping up pro-slavory political
party at the North, under the stimulus of the
spoils Of officc.-for,ia,d Advertiser.
A SINGULAR ExcEPrIoN.-W have al
ready quoted from the schedule ofthe Oregon
Constitution, showing that the whole of that
instrument was to be submitted to the popu-
lar vote This was done in both cases by the
Democratic party. So that Of the three new
States applying to Congress, at the next ses-
sion for admission to the Union, it is very
singular that Kansas alone will come with a
constitution not popularity endorsed, when
that was the territory for which the boasted
doctrine of popular sovereignty" was spe-
cially invented.-Bostoa Journal
Gov Wise of Virginia, has so strong a
dislike of the Yankees that he would not ap-
point day of Thanksgiving but the Mayor
of Nortolk-remarking perhaps, the merciful
exemption of that city from disease and the
charity which came from the North to the
succor of its people in their hour of trial
had no such scruples, and Norfokers obsorv-
ed the 26th as day of Thanksgiving accord
ingly.
The following extract is from one of Mr.
Buchanan S strongest papers in the North
All the northern papers of the party do not
speak out so openly; but they all support the
policy which this paragraph expresses;
fso.S ss'noinin"tion, "a .gll~d siasv4 p,
=. 81. -. Al r. Ia IL U.
of our republican edifice,' and the time has
come when this must be openly avowed and
boldly proclaimed the distinctive badge of
democracy y. Day Book.
The Kansas aid committee of Cleveland.
Ohio, have issued an invitation for a national
convention of the friends of free Kansas,
without respect to party, to meet at that place.
on the 10th and 18th of December The
committee also recommend petitions to Con-
gress, from every town and village, against
the admission of Kansas under the bogus con-
stitution.
THE INDIANAPoLIs FUGIrIvE SGAvE CASE.
THE FUGITIvE SENT BAcK.-Indianopli
Dec. 5. An immense crowd assembled in the
Senate Chamber this morning, to hear the
decision of Judge Wallace in the fugitive
slave case He decided that he could not
traverse the decision of the Commissioner,
and that the negro must be remanded back to
slavery.
: The U. S. Marshal started in the evening
with the negro for Louisville, where he will
! hand him over TO DR.. Vallondingham. The
case against d. Vallnndingham was dismissed
The excitement caused by the decision of
Judge Wallace was intense, and it was ap-
pretended that the Mrrshal would experience
considerable difficulty in endeavoring to place
the negro on the cars. No attempt at rescue,
however, was made.
THOMAS HALE, Esq, late of the Windsor
Journal has purchased of Messrs, Hopkins,
Bridgman 81 Co., one half of the Hampshire
Gazette and printing establishment. He will
succeed Mr.. Trumbull in the editorship OF
that paper after January LIST. We commend
our friend Hale to the favorable regards of
our editorial brethren in the Old Bay
{ State" to most Of whom he needs no intro
, ducton. We cannot afford to lose him from
our own ranks, but if he must go we are glad
that he is to remain in the pleasant valley OF
the Connecticut Rumor has it that he has
other partnerships in yiew.-PhGRir.
One day last week, as company of lads
b were skating upon the ice on the paper-mill
uhuls III plllhHHNldf oit VI ihc up1Hi hhlheu
James Chase fell through, and only escaped
drowning by holding on to the edge of the
p firm ice. His companions, fearing TO venture
near him, hit upon a plan of rescuing him
worthy Of more experienced heads They
tied their mufllors and tippets together, and
= the rope thus made was tied to a stick which
was flung TO young Chase, who succeeded in
graspng the end of the tppot rope, and was
drawn out of his perilous situation. Boys
should never venture upon the ice without a
small coil of rope, to be used in case of acci-
dent Windsor Journal
. The Legislature of Mississippi adjourned
d on the 10th ult, after session of ten days
= in which it had elected u. s. Seator, loaned
the three per cent. fund Of the State to seyeI.
f al railroad corporations, divided the common
{ wealth into senatorial and representative dis
trcts, established an agricultural bureau, and
\ passed several other acts, any one of which
= would have occupied more time than its whole
} session in some of our northern Legislatures.
BRIGHAM YOUNG. - Our exchanges all
f, make this Mormon leader native Of White
| haven, VI. There is no such town in Yer
I VI 10 hat hai "a a