Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-05-12
THE SPLIT AT CHARLESTON.

The first notable rent that was occasoned in
the institutions or associations of the country
by slavery was, as we remember, that of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. As that church
is influenced largely by the sensibities, it was
the first to shrink, like the mimosa, from the
rude touch of slavery; and it early became di-
vided into the Methodist Church North and the
Methodist Church South. Then followed the
same division among the Presbyterians. From
religion the split extended into POLITICAL parties
and the American party, which was designed to
be conservative on all questions, was immedi-
ately rent into two factions called the North
Americans and South Americans. And last of
all, the Democratic party itself, is split into
two divisions termed the Democracy of the
North and the Democracy of the South. The
great national Democrats party of the Union,
SO called, has disappeared from the scene, leav-
ing in its place two miserable factions.
This was to be expected and the only thing
to be wondered at is, that these rents and divi-
sions have not taken place at an earlier date
1t was slavery that destroyed the Wing par
ty; for it must either destroy every thing that
stands in the way of its spread and increase, or
else be destroyed itself. It has destroyed the
respect of the people for the decisions of the
Supreme Court; and it is rapidly demoralizing
the people and the institutions of the country.
In speech at the Charleston convention, Mr.
Gaulden Of Georgia made the following re-
remarks -
~ am Southern States Rights Man; am an
African Slave trader. j believe | am one of those
Southern men who believe that slavery is right,
morally, religously, socially, and politically. ZAP
plause believe that the institution of slavery has
done more for this country, more for civilization, then
all other interests put together. believe if it were
in the power Of this country to strike down the in
stitution of slavery, it would put civilization back
200 years. Holding them this position, that slavery
is right in the point of view have stated | would
demand OF the General Government whole rights
in this regard. believe that the General Govern
men by the constitution, had any right to leg
islate upon this subject"
If successful attempt should be made by
the shareholders to coalesce with the Old Wing
party, the coalition would prove a failure for
it is utterly impossible that the people can re-
ceive such sentiments as the above. If the
Shareholder, in order to regain that respecta-
bility which he has lost, should seek to form an
alliance with the Old Wings, and as an induce
ment thereto offer them high tariff, it would
prove in vain as successful party measure SO
long as the maintenance of slavery were to be
a part of the bargain. A measure that might
lave been effective ten or fifteen years ago is
no longer possible now. Besides, the tariff is
already Republican measure. 1t is beloved to
be essential to the fermentation and strength of
the true interests of the country; and we ex-
pect soon to see rallied to its support the states
of Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky.
Free labor must soon take possession of those
states; and free labor would be mere misno-
mer wherever it could not protect itself against
ruinously low wages. 1t is utterly impossible
for our people to submit to the same low wages
that prevail in England and France without be-
coming dependant upon and subordinate to the
councils of those countries. The fact should
be steadily kept in mind that we have great
railroad to build and great many idle negroes
to colonize, and this can be done only through
the fundamentally of tariff since almost all
our good lands have been sold or given away
and our treasury been exhausted by extravagant
expenditures for corrupt POLITICAL objects.
1t is the slave element Of our country that
seeks affinity with the low wages of Europe
for though slave labor is ruinously dear in the
end, yet nothing is paid to the laborer for it
but board and clothing. 1t is hence that the
slave institutions of the South have combined
with the policy of England to destroy the Wing
Party and the tariff, unnerve the aim of free
labor and hamper the energies of the country
and the tendency of these institutions will re-
main the same SO long as they exist. whether
they unite with whiggery or not. Protection to
our interests is truly National, while the slave