Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-05-09

Northern people and that brethren thcro will unite
with IN strengthening the bonds Of government the
preservation OF law and order and In suppresng the in
eendiay movements and purposes Of an Infatuated and
misguided portion Of their population, who bndly plot
tho destruction Of the Union"
The confidence Of the South in the oonser-
vative element Of the North was never great
er than when her treacherous schemes and
horrid projects for rebellion were being
fastened upon the very heart Of the nation
Even there were northern abettors, accesso-
rios, and accompliccs in the internal plot for
the destruction Of this government.
1t is not fact that abolition iauatcism or
that attemps to centralize State Governments
into the General Government, giving the for
mer jurisdiction over each other, through the
latter, and that the local institutions of one
State may be changed by the decisions Of all
others, are the real, sufficient causes of this
rebellion It is naked folly to assert that it
grew out of northern institutions, or the man
ner in which we have treated those Of the
South. Although the genius of our people
has ever acted in the spirit Of our free insti-
tutions, we have been watchful and Jealous
to a fault, in the protection Of the peculiar
institution" Of the South and not to our
knowledge have the constitutional rights Of
the southern people ever been trampled upon,
except by themselves.
On the other hand, the North has been
required TO accept southern interpreta-
tion Of the constitution, even though such
Interpretation initiates against its declared
objects. And, to speak in bold and man
ly words, it is a notifying truth that while
we were exercising rigid watchfulness cacu-
lated to preserve peace in all sections Of our
country, we were quietly submitting to the
contemplate dispotism and oligarchy of the
South. That this may not simply appear to
be the convictions Of any radical element in
our midst, ! will give you the following ex-
tracts from Gen. Buffers letter to f. A. Hill
dreth, dated off Cape Hatteras, Aug. 27,
1861
No two months have passed in the last ten years At
least, in which outrages have not been committed upon
Northern men In the SOUTH which had they been perpe
trated 10y foreign nation, would have demanded re-
dress Of grievances, under pain Of suspension Of dpo
matte relations"
He further says
But have borne these outrages because there was
tribunal the arhitramcnt Of which could submit
them and il was against the genius Of our people to ap
60 on, for the purpose Of subjugatoubut IL these
who have commenced bring upon themselves that con-
d,uQn as an incident will only be another Illustration
Of She fruit Of sowing the wind"
In substance | repeat, that no conflicting
constructions which may have been placed
upon the Constitution were or could have been
the causes Of the rebellion. Any attempt to
prove them to have beeen will result in
wretched sophistry. The "opposing and false
theories ofthe Constitution can not be claim
ed to be the causes of slavery. But that
slavery is the cause of all the wrangling and
disputation about its own constitutionality-
the real animatng, irresistible cause Of the
miserable, warped theories of the Constitu-
tion, and the direct, primitive, sufficient and
only cause of the sedition and rebellion that
now threatens, and has commenced, the de-
struction Of our Government is not thought
of madness or blind zeal, but is coming to be
the solid and timely conviction Of every sane
mind at the North
Are you seeking the "old paths :" Listen
to the voices Of our fathers "All men are
created equal" al tremble for my country
when l think that God is just; that his JUS
tice cannot sleep forever" "Providence pun
ishes national sins by national calamities." -"
Examine your Bible:
1--WE are very guilty concerning our brother,
in that we saw the anguish Of his soul, when
he besought us and we would not hear
therefore is this distress come upon us"
q. f. S.