The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-08-20

lam, Though mild and aolrrate boz tone. boz
diranrE consciousness thal Do. rau.a n.iH
bin bis auditory, ns srii 90 chose 300 lle South
into whose hands bis printed speech m.g4
como, let treason crops out every ahme We
wish 70 were possible 90 Go coudersr ii' COM
tents as 90 present 90 our readers anything
lie ZOO adequate idea Of Ils uue character
We fear lhis rs Impossible.
. BOT we u.i touch upon come NJ foo lead
ing points.
llosays, 90 rhe outset what viii ho news
90 Ibis latitude, thatlh condition NJ che nom
slave holding Whites Of the South j. prrfera-
bic 90 the laboriug men Of she North, This
soullron evidently knows nothing Of our
independent lahorug men, where labor 10
HONORABLE, and ramuneml,e,
The idea ~ cmancpaling four millions Of
. n slaves hc thinks, is out Of the question
F their value % present prices IL Stated az three
Billions ~ Dollars.
Even the uon-slayeholdcrs are opposed o.
emancipation, az least nine tenths u them,
Others proclaim that the Union must be-
preserved, Mr., lyersou would rather say,
that slarrry musf be pr1errrd IN the Onion
IL possible, out Of Il II necessary,
The speaker Is extremely ~ read IN the
history Of the country, when he refers the
origin % Anl,.slaycy sentiment 10 the pro-
posal Tor Che admission " Missouri, with %
slave constitution, Long anterior 10 that
Washington, Madison, Jefferson, and host
Of prominent Southern men manifested uuc-
qui,ocsl hostility 60 the system,
A. stated by 4, H. Stephens IN recent
speech In the same State, nearly oil the Lead
ing statesmen Of the South were, o. one
time, infected with this spirit, which he calls
an iuddc spirit brought In by the rushing
tide Of the French Revolution, under the To-.
nucucc of which Virginia Wa, at one period,
ON the verge u emancipation, But now all
is changed,
The South says I,onoH, made grolt mis-
takc in yielding 60 the admission Of Missouri
with ou unconstitutional Limitation oi slave
~ to particular latitude 90 respect 20 terri.
tory without the state. llc is not satisfied,
even though Mr., Douglas Nrhraska BIN per.
pcratcd au net Of runic faith, in ahrogatlug
that restriction, To this ilI-add,cd conees
sion hc attributes Wilmot pro,lsp rc,olution'
. petitions for the abolition Of slavery iu th,
nlAtrici ul Cuiuulil=ih admission OF Gal
jf1mn as a free state, md hos, ~ such ills
Why did be not include petitions To- favor Of
the right Of pcliliou-rc,i'laucc 60 the rish
claimed by pro-s,a,cry pos-mas,cr TO inter
cop, the passage Of "inccndury newspapers
through the maiI-,hc persistent practice
among Northern irccmcn, Of speaking di,
paragingly ofthc ra,ri,r,hil n,r.,uron'
J.. Speaking Of The brutal attack upon Charlie
SUMMER, a member Of the same hoay 90 wh,gl
the speaker belongs, be uses the follow n
" language, vh,cf cannot f,i TO stir the bloc.
Of every man who has spark Of manhood g.
him;
"jIa' lul airy anil la'rei amt nalir
ropld hare stirred NJ. 60 much sympafiy "a
n, a,s,rreH chashsemcut Of a cou'crpG'i
.pohroau er,H HougL Il ra' done u lie N0,
e ate -ldm'cr.or the copi,1}"
p The da,,lrdls a,s1iant /, spoken Of as IN
-pel.l--as..l I4a4a44- 4!.-a.ii..l4 Ll slalcli-"=
He expresses surprise that Fremont, urs
man Of straw" should hayc rallied to al, sup
port nearly half of the states, complain, tina
several Of the free states have passed laws
intended TO defeat the action Of the Tugiljy
Slave Law Of Congress. lie does not. q
Gov. Wise does, single out our own "uu,crri
). fed" little state for particular deuuuc.alor
and threaten as with the tcrrors Of nli,or
execution. Wonderful forhcaroncc! "
y are, however, Democrats and oil, included Il
his abolition hordcs Of the NORTH lie ha
no confidence in our Northern Democrats
out Of the large cities and on, Of III
ranks of the profcsscd politicians. /
the cities, interest smothcrs their nnaijcisu
and as to the politicians, "Ihcy took TO III
South for the acquisition Of political powc
and hence have given it a manly supper
but they have been only able to keep up
rctrcat0g fire, whilst their ranks are COZ
stan,ly thiuncd by dcscr'ion audNlcath, ii
nearly every inch OF ground is surrcndcrc
u to the enemy
On the other hand, mot n man has gor
over from the free soil ranks, to sound Den
ocracy." Though once, rs he admits, cor
vert to Mr.. Douglas doctrine Of squat,
,oyercigntys he now rcpudiateS it, and 60,
in for protection, that is, the Congrcssion
slave code. lie speaks, however, rather gir
gerly OF. the great Ilinoisian, and thinks 81
was compelled by the pressure Of public Sc,
timcnt, to bend HIS thick and stubborn nee
to the yoke, and now stands with one foot
our ranks, and one in Me ranks Of our mort
at foes" ale deserted IA in the Lecomptc
We war, but not Voluntarily
to O,n Democrats will knsidcr this portra
ne turc ortheir mvorite as cS~plimcntary or nc
Of las thcy rleose. /, sas must admit.
m the life.
SIS, The Northern Democracy, the Scnat
ar says, seized upon squattcr Sovereignty as