Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-03-01

matum, and as condition precdon,
faithful adherence TO present Cor.'.
a recognizance and projection Of y
property in all the territory we ma
or may hereafter acquire, south &c %.
north latitude. This is in part of ~ ~
tenden compromise. Its proposed
this part of the Constitution. 6
it would be a revival of the AIiseo,.
promise, it would certainly seem o"
to place it where it could not becomtp
perative and void through the aas
the party now renewing the pronos;s
well as safe from the reach Of tbo sa
Court, lest history should reneo,
But what is the necessity for the M.
Slavery has already obtained a e,o,t
all this Territory protected bv tba Y
torial Legislature, and hedged in h,
pending decisions of the Supreme
Is it not enough that this is a g.
must the minority be forced 10 ~
the fate of an empire no yet will
grasp. The conclusion Is ir,o.;
that it is not, after all, a confess
the condition of what we now -.
but whether we shall hereafter ~.
territory now free, and force slavery 4
without allowing the conqured neos
say even whether they will tolero,d
not. This invasive purpose. loo !.
announced in advance. and emblayo,
the very forehead of our ConstitutioD
The whole Of this claim. as mp.,
been foreseen, will meet with an emu
denial. There is no part Of II wort
the sanction OF great and higb.m,
| people. If the desire was simply roon
the expansion of slavery into New Ne,
that is practically enjoyed already. II
desire reaches beyond that if il Is s.,
and chihuahua that is hunted in The
lance let those who mean il avow il. ne
the question would be squarely preseas
whether those Mexican provinces mpy
Obtained at the cost Of breaking IN
i Union or not whether secession or MI
co should BE- whether 3
/ Carolina or Cuba must be bought;
until after the present dangerous lit of
g-stion shall have passed away, can
| American people be induced to swat
more Of the disjouted limbs of priest-rij
| Mexico and | trust that their hunoe
that direction is forever appeased. IkA
a man once who was always in litgaI
about the boundary lines of his land, an
noighbor said of him, that be believed.
/ the cap'n owned all Paradise he would d,
rel with the devil just for little strip
for hog pasture . Have we not e. o..
Then lei us not quarrel about any NOR
tie strips. But come what may. The Ns5
will stand by the declaration of Henry Cs
and =" no earthly power can compel then
vote for The positive introduction Of slave
either south or north of that iine,7 q
| 30'.)
do not propose TO marshal the resoOr
OF the free States, nor to consider how
cradle might be their condition when
alone, or after the withdrawal Of the ID
States, aud the accession Of The Caua
and other British provinees--lhe failure
the first being the only possible hiadral
to the laSt--but | wish 10 make way
remark touching the threat Of sending {
tain States to coventry"
know it is the fashion Of some par
TO sneer at New England, to talk Of a
construction OF Union with this part
out, {" sloughed Oft 4 but this imbecile 81
does not even excite pity. II will be 70
that almost every free State has its !
England within its borders, and thus /
ened, some for aught | know, are 10
pauce of the Puritan stock. II is evil
the political Jonah would not be dispose
even if down east were 10 be thn
overheard. They remember the fabl
members rebelling against the head,
viii lei others make the application.
England makes no apology for the past,
will indulge in no envy for the future
having no invincible sectional hatreds
any can do better than herself, she viii
them God speed. II might be pertinent
remind those who flippantly talk Of os
cis.ng such people, that when the
Greek philosopher was banished from
ope, he rotorted And condemn you
stay in .Sinope. Certainty Vermont b
for no concessions, asks no guarantees.
years and in her infancy she stood alO
and such doom, now in her maturity, "
it possible to be enforced, would have
terrors for her, as almost each one Of
inhabitants possesses within their 0
homes the means-industry and inconqr
able will--of absolute Independence |
can both feed and clothe herself with
pillow, the loom, and the anvil, no mat
whether cotton or wool, fax or hemp
king.
These taunts do not arise from posi-
dislike 10 the thrift Of New England cl
acter, nor TO their eminence in all the hi
ways of modern civilization, for among
most seductive arguments addressed by
eessioaists to Georgia, TO North Carol
to Virginia, and to Maryland, each in Il
will find this that they viii become the ,
England OF the cotton hrptarchy; but
disgust arises from the obstinate vote
New England; and though / am for c
Citation, | cannot honestly say that fc
see any millennium at hand when they
have repented of the fanaticism they b.
so long manifested in the persecution Of
prophets of modern democracy. as that ?
ty will, fear, continue to furnish abund
provocation.
There seems to be tenaciiy OF purP'
by some amendment of the Constitution
toist the word slarery into that ins,rum'
IN order to secure to it, by prolific br
OF logical differences, higher degree
protection as property. Not content v
the language of the Constitution, il is ho
to make the rose, not more aromatic,
still entitled TO higher consideration IN