Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-12-27

'0oo' JC'' AhdV we properly estimate the
immense value OF our National Union to our
co'ifct'e ana individual happiness that we
cherish cordial hubitual and improyeable aft.
Iaco"eht 10 1t that we will speak of it as of
the palladium of our political safety and nros-
perity; that we will watch it's Hresarvat;on
with jealous anxiety that we wills-discountc.
nance whatever may suggest even a suspicion
tlat 1t can In any event be abandoned, and in
diGnantly irown down the first dawninq of anv
attempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of our country
from the rest, Or enlccble the sacred ties which
now link together the various parts: that we
regard 1t ~ main pillar Of the ed flee, of our
real Independence, the suppolt of our tranquil
tya6 home, our peace abroad, our safety, our
prosperity, and that very liberty which we so
mighty Prlza that we have seen nothing in the
past, nor do we see anything in the present. eli
thcr IN the election Of Mr.. Lincoln to the Pres
lGoncy OF the United States, or from any other
exciting cause, to justify its dissolution that
we regard Its perpctuIty as of more value than
the temporary triumph Of any party or any
man that whatever evils or abuses exist under
1T ought to be corrected within the Union. in
peaceful and constitutional way that we be-
ileVe that 1t has sufficient power to redress every
wrong ana enforce every right growing out Of
its organization or pertaining to its proper
functions and that it is patriotic duty to
stand by ms our hope in peace and our defense
in war
MI Crawford of Georgia offered a resolution
declaring that the Constitution recognizes prop
crty In slaves that Congress has passed laws
TO AID Shareholders in the recapture of their
Slaves from the free States, that tho Supreme
Court has decided that negroes were not inclu-
ded either IN the Declaration of Independence
or the constitution, except as slaves that they
cnnnot become citizens, and that the Members
OF the House OF Representatives will sustain
this construction of the Constitution, and of tho
laws, and of the decision of the Supreme Court
Tuesday, Dec Is, 1850
SENATE. MIR. Chttenden explained the res
olution that he intend, to offer, which would
practically re-establIsh the Missouri Comnro-
mise line, and declare that Congress shall not
interfere with slavery in the States, and also
provide for the faithful enforcement of the lu-
gitiyo slave law, Nc. He said the people were
satisfied with the Missouri Compromise for
thirty years, and would be satisfied with it again
IL was his settled conviction that unless some
thing was done, we should be separated and
divided people in less than six months. l. not
tins the cheapest price to pay for the Union?
| some people N9o not afraid, but 50 sure as lie
I stood hero, diSunion would follow unless some
thing Was done and he feared would swallow
even old Kentucky as true State rs yet, as
existed in the Union.
Tho present trouble was the result Of y long
controversy, and we have now come to the place
where the preservation OF the country demands
the sacrifice of party The highest duty of the
Senate is to preserve tho Constitution and the
government, and hand it down to posterity. We
are in position where history will record our
action. Shall that record be that when we
saw danger and discord we showed bitter party
| spirit and allowed great country to he ruined
to the amazement Of all the world Shall our
names go down to posterity with this stigma
upon them? He would give up every private
opinion to preserve the Union. Old Kentucky
would be satisfied with this remedy, and stand
by the Union and die by it. Ie closed with
strog appeal to save the honor of our flag and
expressed hope that such would be the case.
lie then offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the following article be pro-
posed az an amendment to the Constitution, to
be valid when ratified by Conyentlonf of three
fourths of the people Of the United States.
First. In all the territories now or hereafter
acquired north Of thirty-six thirty slavery shall
be prohibited, while South Of that latitude sla-
very hereby is recognized as existing and shall
not be lnterfored with by Congress, but shall be
/, protected as property, and said territories when
} containing sufficient population to be entitled
to member OF Congress, shall be admitted to
the Union with or without slavery, Q. the Con-
shtuhon Of the State shall prescribe.
}, Second. Congress shall have no power to
abolish slavery in the slave States.
Third Congress shall have no power to abol-
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exists IN either Virginia or Maryland, nor pro-
hibit government officers or congressman from
} bringing slaves into the District and holding
them there
Fourth. That Congress shall have no power
J to hinder the transportation Of slaves from one
State to another.
! Fifth. Congress shall have the power to pay
the owner the full value of a rescued slave,
and the owner shall have no power to sue the
l county where the rescue was made, the county
S having no power to recover from the individ-
uals committing such wrong
9 Sixth. No future amendments shall effect the
preceding, and Congress shall never have tho
power to Interfere with slavery in the States
7 where it is now permitted.
The last resolution declares that the Southern
States have right to tho faithful execution of
Ipo A@No 'o' ChV LooohCAy VI lubItNo SLAVES, tlaL
such laws ought not to be repealed or modified
so as to impair their efficiency that it shall
! not be deemed improper for Congress to ask of
the State the repeal of all laws conflicting with
the fugitive slave law ; that the fec Of the Com
missioner should be equal, whether deciding in
favor or against the claimant and the posi-
commitatus clause should be modified so as to
restrict it to cases WHORE violence or rescue is
attempted ; and also that the laws for the sup
preston of the slave trade ought to be effectual
y executed.
Mr.. Hale, said he had no doubt of the purity
OF the motives, the integrity and disintcrested
patriotism Of Mr.. Chittenden, but he now arose
to ask for information. He had listened to the
long and and erratio speech Of Mr. Wigfall, who
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