Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-07-11
Republican Resolutions.

The following resolutions were adopted by the
Republican Convention of this State, held at
Burlington, July LIST, 1857. ltgives us pleasure
to announce that they are from the pen of Hon.
Geo. p. Marsh than whom no man in the Stale
is less likely to be imbued with radical or I'M
constitutional opinions -
Rssolred That we re-affrm our emphatic appro-
val Of the principles set forth by the Republican
National Convention. held in Philadelphia June
II, 1856. The prevalence Of those principles we
believe TO be Of paramount consequence to the high
est interests Of the people Of the u S. and to the
rights of man all over the world. Though corrup-
tion and treachery in two or three states accom-
plished the defeat Of Fremont and Dayton in 1856,
that defeat has in degree lessened our belief in
the wisdom Of their nomination, or our respect for
the men; nor our attachment to the principles
which they so nobly represented Republican
majority Of 10000 in Vermont in 1866 is sure
guarantee of where Vermont will be found in
1860.
Resolved, That the people of Vermont have re-
ceved the action Of the Supreme Court of the U.
s. in the of bred Scott with profound disap-
pointment and regret: with disappointment, be-
cause majority of the Justices of that high tribu-
nal have expressed opinions at variance with the
known views and intentions of the trainers Of the
constitution, and of most American statesmen in
all the ages of our republic; at variance with a
long and almost uniform series Of decisions III the
State and Federal Courts of the Union; at vari-
ance with the general course Of legislation in our
National and State Legislatures; and at variance
no less with the settled convictions, feelings and
practice of a vast majority of the American people
than, as we believe, with those principles Of uni
yersal law which lie at the basis Of Government
and Jurisprudence in every civilized community
with regret, because a majority of the Justices,
by the decision of the principal question, and es-
pecially by the expression of such opinions on
points not necessarily involved in the disposal of
the case before them, have impaired the confidence
with which the Supreme Court has been hitherto
regarded by the nation as the great bulwark Of its
liberties, excited distrust Of the integrity, i'm
partially and independence of the Federal Ju-
dietary, and thereby greatly endangered the au-
thorty of the Court the ultimate resort on
questions of constitutional law.
Resolved, That as a means of restoring the con-
fdence Of the people in the National Judiciary
the Supreme Court ought TO be so remodeled as tC
all territorial sections and all national interests
and institutions, far possible, their relative
weight in the organization Of the tribunals which
adjudicate upon Federal law, and thereby prevent
them from being used as instruments for the pro
motion Of partial or sectional objects.
RESOLVED, That the patronage of the Fedora
Government is the great source Of National cor
ruption, and that the same ought to be diminished
RESOLVED, That it is the duty and determination
Of the people of Vermont in common with the
fellow citizens of other Free States to oppose ant
resist by all lawful means the extension Of Slavery
over free territory; and whereas the territory o
Kansas is and of right ought to remain free soil il
spite of all the efforts Of sectional interest anC
federal corruption to force seryile institutions upor
her, Therefore.
Resolved, Also, that the people of the NORTH
ought not to permit the admission of that terri
tory into the Union as State with constitution
sanctioning the institution Of Slavery.