The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-12-27

sB5 hss rcerai opduH seems 10 ieavs
bsi little rea~u e question Ire oor.
rstness Of ihs slaran. For aboui
ibres years Sir DAVIS has beee pour,
ing forth uP8a ih- EARS ~ The wear.
led Senator. 81. peculiar theory a
versmeut, in ffeqpent speeches Of
great length at-i anfa5ling samencss
lie was loag since voted the nuisance
q tie Senate. bDt he seems nuisanrc
Which tic honorable Senators canno,
abaie. lie again aplear. 10 lle SEN
ate Chamber ui,h ihe same Old speech,
ard opens The inevitable discussion
with all the freshness and yigor Of hi.
earlier Efforts.
Fortunately for hose who wish ~
obtain his rirws--for no one can have
The patience to read one Of his speech.
Is ibrough--Mr, Davis has condensed
h's sIevs IN series II resolutions for
proposed amendments a. the Consti.
tuition, which be has lately offered to
the Senate The resolutions are ia
favor u amendments As iollowa -
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
TO form ono Stale Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island ard Connecticut, auotli-
eri Maryland, Delaware, and the
eastern shore Of Virginia another the
President and Vice President 10 be-
chosen alternately from the free and
slave states the Supreme Court TO
select those officers from names nre.
senled by The several States the writ
OF AG6eas corpus never to be suspend. /
ed, and no arbitrary arrests to be al
lowed under any contingency each /
Stalc to have absolute power to de.
clare What shall be property within its
bounds, and make whatever law il
may please concerning its domestic AZ
fairs aud institutions; no military Off
Ger unless in actual command within
his lines TO supply the wants OF his
men except through civil auihority,un-
less IN cases Of extreme necessity; no
negro TO be citizen Of the United
States.
The reporter no need to have told
us that these resolutions we're receiv-
cd with unsurpassed mirth. A Sc
ries OF ame-d ments to the Consttu
ton VI a great nation which makes that
Constitution nothing but kind Of sign
board TO point the citizens TO The SUI
preme and all powerful Constitutions I
Of the States, could not but be SO re-
ceived. II this Davis is a wise man,
Hamilton, Washington and Jefferson
we're certainly fools.
The truth Of the matter is, Mr.. Da-
Wis is greatly afflicted by the backward
tendencies Of the age. The barbarism 9
Of New England is fast overcoming :
the enlightenment of the South. The i
ehurches.of superstition and theschool-
4
houses Of prejudice are taking the pla-
ces of the slave-pens of humantraffic. !,
The children ofthe loE-born!adyentur- a
ers who landed on Plymouth Rock are 4
likely TO prove too much both 10 peac-
able and warlike contests for the noble
chivalry descen ded from transported !,
convicis. and from the burglars, for
gers, perJurers, and prostitutes driven
by act Of Parliament from the haunt
OF Whitefriars and Savoy. Freedom
isencroaching upon slavery, and there =
Is danger that beings Of dark skins and
woody heads may yet be treated as hum. r
an beings. Against this lamentable de- e.
ecncrcy Of the times, the heroic Da. u
Wis sets hi. face with the air Of a mar u
tyr While others are running mad :,
after a new idea--that all men arc :,
created equal; be clings fast to the err
old conservative maxim that some are FL
born to be tire masters and some to DO ur
the slaves. Us
II Mr., Davis years are continued nm
to him for much longer period, il is ia,
bard 10 conceive what he will do with N.
himself 10 bis old age. When the az
Constitution is amended prohibiting y
slavery forever in the United States. -
be will doubtless consider HI mission :,
10 The Senate ended, and make no wo
more efforts to open the eyes o. the VIC
blinded people and save from ruin we
iation beul Upon iis ssn destruction. =
When New England barbarisn =.
preads over tie whole nation. Mr..
Davis will probably feel constrained clio
Q take himself to some more enliem the
med country. IL seeking land where 'A'
rs osn peculiar views are the ground :