Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-02-03

their worntut professions Of love and devotion TO the
Nritn, while they dare rchuke the disoyal avowals
and nenaces of the leaders they follow with soul
and fcrerco lip.
When, NJ President the Republican party. sammon-
ed into being and into action IN 1880 by the aggressons
Of slavery, by the crimes against the people ~ Kansas
appealed IN tones - earnest Hsued from human
lips % the American people, 20 their sense Of justice,
ther oye Of liberty, their emotions Of humanity and Their
sentiments of patriotism TO all that Is highest nohlest'
and the hoest In human nature, 20 rescue the po,tn
mont arrest slavery extension, redress the wrongs OF we
people, and give reposc to the country by restoring me
Government "a The policy Of Washington and Jehef7ohi
Democratic presses and Democratic leaders, whose vital
and animation principle is the propagation and espaa
sion q human slavery the North American continent
raised the startling wotcry Of dsunion llmlu anu se.
hsh conservatism which saw, unmoycd liberty coNeh
down in distant Territory, and hoard me npornH ap
peals for protection Of cemen whose sacked ana outh
ing cabins ilumed the midnight Skies shrank appalled,
whom II heard this cry Of dsunion openeu Tvs iuE PURSE
and continued the dosues Of the country 10 The Keeping
Of men who ayowed their intention TO ruin they could
Sir when that uncertain contest was going on when
the election Of Fremont seemed 70 the leaders Of The De-
mocracy only possible but probable the Scnatoriom
Louisiana Mr. Sdcl.) ono Of tho ski.lh leaders
Of the slave Dcmocrncy-the Acknowledged friend and
champion Of Mr. Northumberland the country that
"ftcmont should be elected, the Union would be dis
solved The bold, dashing, and out-spokcn senator
from Georgia tMr Ioombs,l declared, with emphasis,
that ~ Fremont elected, the Union would be dis
solved and ought 20 be dissolved" The Senator rom
Virginia Mr. MasonD them now, az tlo bead " The
Committee ON Foreign Affairs, who ayowcd on the hoor
Of the Senate that The South hastho right 10 the natur
al expansion N slavery element OF political pow
~ declared in public letter that unless the aRgtes'
ons upon the rights Of the South, be pleased 10
designate the resistance Of the people Of the North against
slavery extension ceased, he Tor The separation Of
these States" Mr.. Butler Of South Carolina then
leading member Of the body which placed him at the
head of tho important Committee on the Judiciary said
'Whcn Fremont Is elected We must rely upon what
We have-a good State government fveiy Governor OF
the South should call The Legislature NJ his state ogeth
cr, and have measures Of the So"ih decided upon n
tcV dd not anil 7ubuiffCf 10 The d7frd fhfV irua
observe the tate Of siares should adri'e my Leqiq-
fffFH IA IN ffF ~ f.fff If fNs ffHfffs
Sir, might quote other declarations Of Senators, in
which these idcas expressed but must pass OIL
In the House, the records will bear Evidence these
sentiments were prouscy uttered by the mon who up-
held Che of oppression in kansas, and dictated the
policy " the Democratic party Mr. Kent. in fiery and
vehement speech the people of Lyuchburg. Va, cx-
ta.mcd iu view OF tho apprchcudcd election NJ Fremont
tell you now, that If Fremont Is elected adherence
fs NM ilof g treason 10 liberty. f1ui cheers tell
lyon now, that tho southern man who VIII submit TO his
election is traitor ami 0r9r7rd lEnthusiasc cheers
Th. speech. so coutemptuous, defiant towards the
rcopc Of the North, emphatic iu s avOwuls " disun
ION promptly endorsed Sound doctrne' by John
b. Floyd, nov Mr. Buchlnans Secretary Of War--a gem
teuau Of whom the Boston Post, the leading admins
raton organ IN Now England In 1887 said, "hencefirth
De must be treated disnioui,t and the most danger
Gus OF them ail Ia the autumn OF lsob MI Brooks ut
South Carolina received from the people Of his district
ovation Senator Bnicr and nae Senator nom Georgia
lNr Ioomhsl attended, aud other Southern Democratic
leaders sent applaudug letters To the assembled poo
pie of his district, Mr. Brooks said
We have me issue upon my nov and how are we 70
my heart that the only mode which think available for
meeting II Is inst 70 tear the Constitution 0f the United
'g''S' "d"pie ~ NnHcf fo2t g"d io'" "e'N't" gyN'
fcdefacy, etcry State IF rhich riH be- si1retodiRQ
state loud and prolonged choers.l believe IL, as
stand u the face of my Maker, believe il on my zee
snonsihiiy TO your honorcd RcWcscntatvc that
tic only hope Of kc South ia Ne the N0th amt that the
only ereii1bic Qf making that h0pc Cfsctrc tS 10
separate position i me faa'ig 81 nations These arc my
opinions They have always been my opinions. hqre
been disuHioHisi from ne time cgga Wi"t w
undisgusedly that believe the only hope Of e South
is m disabling the bonds which connect cih The g0r
carcass. II was the commander Of an army, 'oond
nee, post sentinel eho 'eod pot ''ea. mat 's'@y'
81 speak as man-as private gcutlcmau-as
STAKEHOLDER and tell you that hope is alone in the
South and the only mode OF making that hope oyola-
bic is for he South by ac 10 effect dissolution Of
the american Union. And say this that Il John C.
Fremont is elected President Of the United States
people ought to have sense enough 10 know that the is
sue is upon them and cannot be avoided
" speak my individual rssponsibiy Fremont
be elected President Of The United N1fcs, am for the
people IN their majesty rising ADORE tie lio and leaders
taking the poor into their oon hands going by concert
or not BY concert, and laying The strong arm Of southern
frecg'eH upon The Treasury and archirc Of the Gorern
1'ent. (Applause)"
These emphatic avowals Of disunion were applauded
by the people who had, by unanimous vote sustained
his action, and commissioned him 10 speak Tor them in
this Capitol Well might the Charleston Mercury de-
/ clare as it has, that:
Upon The policy Of dssouing the Union Of scparat.
ing the South from nor Northern ecnie and establish
ing Southern oonfederacy parties, presses, politicians
and people a unit There is not SINGLE pbho man
IA her pitS not Of her present Representatives. or
Senator'S IN Cougress ,ebo 4 not ,eqed 10 f5r Inns Ia
tdror of dsUtion Indeed, well remember that one
Of the prominent leaders Of the cooperation party
when tainted with submission, rcbuked the thought by
saying, that IN opposing secession he only to0k SJ
blackboard to strike more deadly against the tHioH.'
Sir the cratic. aspiring, clustering wise, who would
introduce slavery into the heart OF the North who
''woud allow slavery pour itself out without restraint
and Nnd limit but the South the autumn
/ Of 1855, told the people Of Virginia that
The South could not without degradation, submit t.
the election Of a Black Republican President To tel
me We should submit to tho election Of Black Rcpublt
cant under circumstances ike these, is TO tell me thai
Virginia and the fourteen slave states are already suu
gated and degraded, (chcers that the southern people
without spirit, and without purpose To dciend the
rights they know and dare not maintain. tCheers) /
YOU submit to the election Of Fremont Won will prov,
what Seward and Burlinpnme said TO he truc-tbat h
South cannot be kicked out Of the Union
He avowed his readiness to put the military force o
Virginia upon war footing and he gave the valorou
assurance to his disuniun associates, that the chvay
Of Virginia would hcw its bright way through all oppo
sing legions kumor said and believe truly, that thl
Democratic aspfant 10 the Presidency held correspond
with southern Governors, to concert measures PIE
parat0ry to disunon that he and his dsunOn cumpccr
organized plot to seize the arsenal az Harpcrs Ferry
to take possession Of the navy yard Norfolk and inau
gurate rebellion revolution and disunon, in the
frcmont's success. The Washington correspondent q
the New Orleans Data. journal high ia the conhdonc
ofthe ierce administration. wrote
II is ALREADY arranged. In the event Of Fremont
election a failure elect by the people, call The
Legislatures Of Virginia South Carolina and Georgia q
concert measures withdraw from the Union before Pre-
get possession of the army aud navy and th
purse strings of Government G0rsrnor Utsc is dctir,
IN ~ irork already IN the matter The South eig
4 the Prosi3ctif "a the emergency cnife2iphfted' III
question is, whether the people Of the South wi
sustain their leaders"
Mr. Cory of Ohio reports Mr. Banks of Virginia sa,
ing TO him, few days after the election In 1886, that
"The South would have dissolved the Union il Fr,
mont had been elected President OF the United States
that Gov Wise and the Virginia leaders ready
take the hold march 70 Washington deposo the r.,
eral officers, take the Treasury, archives, building
grounds 6c, and declare the confederation DE facf0
thrown lie said the thing would have been easy thei
were thirty thousand men ready twenty thousand
airy; sets Of acooutTements, that the public mind wa
sufficiently excited 20 overcome all domestic resistance
and that they could whip the North IN the fight"
Evidence Of the disoyal revolutionary and ueasonab
y Of Henry A. Wise is also furnished by Charles
Faulkner late Representative of the Harpcrs Ferry D
trct, chairman Of the Congressional Democratic Con
miitee In 1856 aud Minister 70 France. At Den
( ocrato meeting recently held in Virginia, whit
: MI Faulkner presided he said
4 when that noble and gallant Of Virginia, Hen
A. Wise, declared, said he did in October, 1856
4 that II Fremont should be elected M SEIZE
would at that time have justified so bold aud decided
% measure II % me fortune Of some great and gtt
# minds 10 far aduancc Qt their Contemporaries.
g. Should William H. Seward be elected In 1860, where
n the in midst ioA0 lcouid not caH for the q,
VI parchment of GoUerHor ~ Tirgia ohO Toad silent
o suffer hHt drorg 10 pass under the control Of such
d. erocafire hcTdF'
le This "nobe and gallant Of Virgins" who in lS
ic fa In advance Of his incorporates who was re-
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