Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-04-22

island by way OF sliisnction do not say all this Is 20
be done IN day or IN hour but that is the process TO
De cuered upon. In The first place. you will observe that
the President N The United Sates docs not ask for any
S"|VtoVl. his proposition was to get something likc
what Mr., Polk had, something Ike what Mr.. Jefferson
had, 10 The cases he cites. How much that' Two
million dollars. He docs not mention the sum- but cites
these cases by way of example lie docs not ask nuy
S3DO)OOlO. What the President wants Is legislative
expression Of appreciation Of this policy Before he
enters upon the prosecution Of h. in all its relations he
desires 20 be backed by having his propositions in
way ndosed By legislative action by an expression Of
the will Of Congress There is other way in which
that can be properly and regularly and egtmatey cx-
that is, legislative action. RESOLUTIONS containing
prcssions nf opinion would not ho anything uf cUsla
we character would not he within Wo scope ~ our
delegated powers lie wants legislative action, as say
for the purpose NJ initiating Dis policy.
A man can hardly avoid in this discussion, asking
why this up at this time, and n this way, and
why it is that the President finds ground n cXpcc.
taton that he be doing something that anybody will
ndorse! On that point hold in my hand speech OF
The honorable Senator from South Carolina which has
obtained for him something like national reputation
II has been spread broadcast the aud and read with
with much APPRECIATION, II you please Now what is the
sum and substance of this address Of the lIuu james
II. Hammond, at Barnwc Court Housc"3 have read
and rcrcad o. II is essentially effort on the part
" the honorable gentlemen 20 dssuade hi. audience and
the people Of the South from three four notions which
they entertain allude 10 30 merely for the purpose of
showing what those notions are that IL may not bc
tanning thomi but show from this speech that Tower
nor Hammond lahors with them and tries 10 dissuade
them from entertaining these notions take it that
proves that they do entertain them. What they
In the first place they desire 20 obtain Mexico What
nri To form t into slave country, in order that the
slaveholdug States may come back again 20 an equal
position IN the Senate with the free States. will mot
say that there Is anything discreahe iu that but that
was sentiment Of Mr. Calhoun Il what he called
equality of States. He thought the free and the slave
states should De equal number in the Union and u
course, have equal power IN the Senate That. with
him. dc8dcfafiB. and he seemed TO consider it
necessary for the safety NJ the slavcholdng States
of "a soft
Missouri Compromise. he agreed 90 t hc participate IN
IL; and ought In credit aud honor him. 20 he
never attempted disturb i' But il found before
great many years, that Inv admitting Louisiana and Mis-
souri, and Arkansas and Flnd that they had used up
pretty much a the territory that could be used foi max
ing slave states south ~ the line and would bc
~ free States formed north of 6 80 M, to
balance them by country acquired FOR had no
more country 70 make into slave States. Hence the
which was not disguised AZ all In tho making of the
treaty. which did su7cced Mr. Calhoun. then Secrc
'ary of State under President Tyler, officially announced
tha me pohcY was TO sustain and perpouate ihc nsnu
ton Of slavery that that the object Of obtaining
Texas know that many Of our people were humbug-
ged with the idea that IL going 10 OF the ns
tuuons for aboshng slavery but the author Of H. the
man who formed the roatv Mr. Calhoun. as Secretary
Of State, announced officially that the purpose 20
sustain slavery hui those who rather chose % be hum
bugged by Mr. Walkers statements u regard 20 it,
would not take the official announcements We know
that treaty failed and the matter was presented to the
Democratic party in their Convention 20 Btlumore-
Everybody expected that they would Mr. Van Burcn
but when they came together. found that Mr. Van
Burcu had written and published letter avpnst the an
nexation Of Teas and that the end Of him. Then
the Democracy of tho North rlaiuv told, II you
choose President carry into effect this purpose of
nurs. you can have Democratic President II you will
not let us take one that select for that purpose yon
cannot have Democratic President 40 ail and they
were constrained TO 70 H. We know that the result
was that Texas annexed hy joint resolution and
provision made for dividing her into three four
States with her consent. that they might be
brought IN slave States to balance the free States
HhfT AZ HaaH . Nfasrr
creditablc iu this
All thai. however, did not seem 20 answer / do not
snow exactly why Texas has not been divided but be-
evc that state, on hc whole. does not Ike 10 he dis
aombcrcd she rather desires retain her importance
a great State aud not but that there may
be another view, and that s il hcy should divide il with
view 10 make more slave States il is pr0hemotic whcth
some Of them would De free States
AZ any rate no attempts have been made toward that d
vision.
Then the people who had entertained these notions de-
string keep up this equality Of States. enter upon the
business Of obhteratng the Missouri compromise Mr.
Calhoun is dead all that generation has passed Hnoth
cr has mp chat knew Joseph 20 and then il
that the line Of 36deg 3lm ohieraed from the
map, for the purpose Of getting slave States north
Of the line. there other make into
slave States. need not 90 now the efforts which
have been made 70 form Kansas into slave State, nor
detail particularly the instrumentacs which the party
nave Thought proper 10 use IN countcuancng raud vo-
lencc and blood, 10 effect thatpupose but all has failed
What next Is the idea abandoned | know that
the Senator from South Carolina in his arnwe speech
abandon that idea but they have not abandoned 1t it
is not given up The effort made before is part
and parcel OF the same thing locausc one of those views
was the acquisition Of Cuba He ahors that point in his
speech, think, with much ability and very much
candor aud ] respect him for it; but think he has
hardly succeeded iu convincing that people 10 give It up
At any rutc think the President has adopted that
tion, and is pushing it forward being that
will give him great strength thc South In his opinion.
So, TOO. Of the acquisition Of Mexico The Senator la
hprs 1 convince his people that that l. dcusion that
it cannot be effected This business Of acquiring Mcxi
tI.. ALL. d.. b.. a. t.f.f
fair. Slavery has failed in MeAco already. That
mixed population not exactly of the kind that they
reasonably expect the institution II African slavery
will prosper with. am very suspicious that it would
hardly do % undertake take Mexico for this purpose
except il in homeopathic doses Sweep in Mexico
present, and It is the beginning Of umalrainaon-
That is people Of mixed and blood So far from
marking line Of Discriminate between black and
white. il is almost utterly oherated, and would step
over aud gradually spread itself over and instead Of aid
ing this country dehauch IT, The people there have
tried sefgovernment, and it is perfect failure Those
hardly desirable elements to ingrah into nstm
tons. very much coincide with the views expressed in
the spcech hy the honorable Senator from South Caro
ma, that that subject that had better be touched with
great care y VERY doubtful policy, especially for
the purposes for which they desire il.
Another idea that they entertain is the opening N the
African slave trade. think the honorable senators
views that subject very well and cauddy expressed to
them, but doubt very much whether he has persuaded
them. He may have persuaded the people Of South Ca
rona but have 10 believe that the desire to
npen the slave trade is entertained to very large extent
AT the South. do not by the majority Of its peo
pe do not mean by the most intelligent of its people
do mean by the northern portion Of the sayehold
ing States but Il cannot be disguised that there is such
a feeling in the South Formerly when YOU said TO u.s.
slavery is an institution which has down 20 MS
from fathers have three million slaves know
not what 70 do with them must manage them in
the most prudent way and you ought moi 10 visit
us with auathema in consequence nf our having this
avoidahe evil amongst us II not Of our introduce
ing 30 as long that the position held, commend
ed itself very much 10 the consideration Of all candid
men but we have passed that period that Is Ut
tcrly discarded II s claimed that slavery is Di
vine institution the very bost possible condition for both
races, the highest state Of civil society
The middlinu classes Of people in the slave-holdiug
States have prosperity only by the slayehodcrs.
They have the planters, the farmers, the Of
wealth and prosperity the cottongrowers the sugar
growers prosporing and thrvinq-howi by the use Of
slave labor These people never any other prosper
ity they do not know that white man is capable, by
his labor Of sefelcvatnn they never II they
cannot know IT, Now is il a an astonishing that a man
OF that class should say his brother, "fou aud are
Of moderate circumstance do you that all
the wealth and prosperity an the and luxury with
chose who slaves Cannot you and / have some
blayesi" "NO; they cost ~ 500 head hero Is the
Governor has live hundred, ond Representative 10
Congress has thousand you and have not got one,
and cannot get one because we have not Sl,0lO
s. 900 pay for Now, how 10 elevate
ourselves How 20 have any prosperity - I
How ever 10 have any ease luxury Z" 81 eau
tel YOU add prosperity 20 this divine institution by aid
ing Ia the importation OF large numbers of slaves and
put them such price that shall be able 10 get
some, aud then will whether cannot take posi-
ton with more wealthy ncghb0rs" This view Is !
aud with the Shareholders the ofintcl
ligencc If you please Of WORTH men Of PATRIOTISM
has be- aud n fast getting be- delicate