Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-14
No Compr0mise with Slavery.

1t seems to be the ultimatum upon which
every concession hinges or every conference il
held that the Critt2ndcn compromise is to be
the basis Of elaboration. With this appa-
rent fact before them most Of the Northern
States have sent delegates to Conference al
Washington, whore they are to meet with the
delegates from the slave States, to concedo to
them the right to control the Union Virginia
is put forward asa mediator between the North
and the ultra South, and that arch traitor
John Tyler, is made President Of the Confer
euce. Think Of the idea-a slave State
threatening secession and sending delegates to |
dsunion Conference, put forward as media |
tor Then think of the basis Of the compro-
mise proposed-an amendment Of the Consti-
tuition, guaranteeing and protecting Slavery in
the Territories, and giving shareholders right
to travel and reside with their slaves wherever
in the North they please Is this what we
have fought for? Is this the principle which
we have incorporated in our platform? Is
this Republicanlsm No further extension Of
Slavery Why, really, 1t strikes us as being
kind of Douglas, Breckenridge game. I'll
smacks more Of Charleston and Baltimore than
of Chicago. Is this the pretty dish we are
going to set before newly elected and soon to-
be.inaugurated President Is this his plat |
form, or IS it the one we erected at Chicago p
Are We ready to give up our principles? Are
we ready to abandon the Government to the
dictalion of the slaveholding tyrants, after
having once got the power? Are wo afraid
that The rice swamps Of South Carolina and
the black curse of Slavery will depart from us
Are We 30 attached to the Union that we will
sacrifice honor, principle, and the glory
of our Country to please handful Of domi.
ncering fire eaters, cut-throats, gamblers and
pirates of the South? Heaven forbid that one
iot o. title Of the Constitution should be
changed, or one ioa Of the principles Of the
Republican party blottcd ont for the sake Of
appeesog them
Allhonorableplelgos, thltwo wll rot legisatc
upon Slavery where texsts, and that we will
use only honorable and peaceful measures for
its extinction; That we will mako no resistance
to laws which may have been made in just
spirit Of adjustment and compromise, or any
other guarantees Of safety which out-spokcn,
honest Republicans can make, we shall cheer
fully aequiesco in; but the people OF the North
are NOT prepared to resign the power they have
obtained, until they shall have tried their
hands in the labor. We think Slavery wrong,
morally and politically, and should be resisted
opposed, and abolished as soon as possible but
we are still aware that this is not the ground
upon which the Republican party was created
it is not the political creed of the party, nor
has Mr.. Lincoln been elected upon that issue
it was to let Slavery be where it is but no fur
Their extension, and if we havc got to swear al
legiancc to Slavery, to save the Union, then
the quicker the Union goes, the better. Slave
ry is the only curse hanging upon us, and thai
is the blacklist under heaven, and it will BIO bu
nm agreeable thought to know that with all ou
protcstations, the South are determined to rio
selves.
What is the South, that we should bu,
them at the price of our own liberty? Wha
have they been but bill of expense and
curse to us +? What have all these compro
misses, from 1890 ill now, amounted to? How
long have they abided by them? How Otter
have they renewed the agitation, and demande,
more concessions How long before they vii
do it again? Let no man accuse us of want o
patriotism or pride in this matter. We low
the Union, but we love Freedom more We low
the fame Of our great Nation, but we love Jas
tee more we love peace, but we love prncipl
better, Beside this, zoe are not dissohing tn
Union; zee are not going out of it; we hay
none of the curse Of Slavery, nor rebellion
none of the responsibility Of breaking; up Il
hirest, nobiost fabric the world ever saw "
ave but done ou duty, in manner prescribe