Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-01-13

hOiulnk Whltch OF the South
2. lneligibility OF Pro-Slavery slavehold-
ers; never another vote to any one who adj
vocates the retention and perpetuation of Hu-
man Slavery.
g. No corporation with Pro-Slavery mol.
iticians; no fellowship with them in religion;
no athliation with them in society.
a. No patronage to Pro-Savery mer.
chants; no guestship in slave-waiting hotels
no fees to Pro-Slsvery lawyers no employ
ment Of Pro-Slavery physicians no audience
to Pro-Slavery persons.
$. No hiring Of slaves by -slavehold-
ers
g. Abrupt discoun,inuance of subscrp-
tons TO Pro-Slavery newspapers.
= The greatest possible encouragement
TO free white labor
There is something extreme, no doubt in a
part Of this; but it is only retorting upon the
shareholders themselves the course nf proceed
ing which they have long recommended toward
the North and, under Mr.. Helpers expert
ence Of the intolerance of the privileged class,
not altogether unnatural.
In the remaining chapters of his book Mr..
Helper fortides his own conclusions with the
best opinions that he eau gather from the col
lected wisdom Of the civilized world He
begins with citations against Slavery from the
writings Of Southern stetesmen themselves.
I from Washington. jefferson, Madison, Henry,
/ pinckney, the Randolphs Marshall. Mason
Castor, McDuwell. Clay, Benton, and others,
and from the resolutions Of Southern Legis-
latures; he next adduces the testimoney oi
Northern men. Franklin. Hamilton. Adams.
Warren. jay, Clinton, Hancock, Ames. and
I the rest he then passes to the evidence Civ
en- to the same effect by the many illustrous
thinkers and writer's of all ages, from Plato
and Cicero, 10 ancient times. from the Popes
and scholars to the middle ages, from the
pubicsts of France, from the literature o
England. down to the splendid eloquence oi
Burke and Brougham, in our more modern
etas Finally he avails himself of the declar.
atons Of the Churches, Of all denominations
and sects. which have put on record thcil
eternal hostility to the subjection of man by
man.
This work seemed to many persons. who
sympathzed in the leading objects of it, SO
we'll adapted to It's ends, that they deemed ii
important to the best interests Of the nation
to give it as large circulation as possible
Not that they coincided in all the views of the
writer, or that they approved every particular
phrase he may have chosen to express his
meaning in, for that would be impossible. but
simply because they regarded it as O valuable
exponent Of the opinion of Southerner, and
a useful instrument in the correction of public
opinion. Leading Republicans, indeed, made
an effort TO procure it general persual. II
had been objected to them, as a party, that
they had no adherents at the South. But
/ how could they have adherents when they had
/ few means OF reaching the Southern mind
from which all free opinion is so systematic
ally excluded, and when their principles and
aims were so studiously misrepresented
Not a speech OF Governors message is evel
printed there which gives fair and impartial
account of the designs of the Republican
movement Extracts from the rabid eloquence
of extremists, calculated to excite the terrors
I Of the South, republished in profusion, as the
settled sentiment of the North. but the rel
sentiment is for the most part travestied and
/ garbled. Mr. Helpers book was of nature
to show its Southern readers, if it found any,
/ the reason why the North was so attached to
! freedom, aud why the South itself would be
benefited by an adoption of our better system
and it deserved the favor Of all who were in
terested in the good of the country.
The Republicans, we believe, however, did
not circulate it to the extent that was desired I;
few certified to its worth, and some sub
scribed to 4 fund for its diffusion, but the
effort was not on the whole successful. But
what the Republicans could not or did not
accomplish, the representatives of the slave
holders in Congress are about to accomplish
for them. BY three days debate on the
merits of the work they have advertised it in
every nook and corner of the Union. At the
comparatively small cost of about $4,000 a
day they have given it repute which no
newspaper, or dozen newspapers could give it
for twice the sum. They have not character
lied it Justly, it is true, but they have excited
a desire to read it, and, after il shall have
been read, the public will form its own esti-
mate 1t will see that the terrible publica-
tion, after all, batting few over-zealous and
extravagant sentences, presents an important
array of figures, and drives home many
wedging truth.
The main body of this work is compila-
ton of facts and figures from the United
States census Here are few samples:
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