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SSUED SDtULTANKOUSLY AT MONTPELIER, NORTH PL 13 LD, WAT12IU1URY, &0.
F1UDAY, OCTOHKR 2G, 1855.
UY 13. L WALTON, .Til.
VOL. X.UX, NO. 48 WHOLE NO. 2558.
State
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GREAT WESTKILN U. S. MAIL LINE.
Wichigan southern It. R. Line.
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NORTHBRN INDIANA,
I T I'llEMT, Commiodat,
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN,
A. P. I'KKKINS, Com.
EMPIRE STATE,
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On artti. atiiiva Ac .taamet. wilt laavc tba Mtebl
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E. P. Walton, Jr.,
STATE STREET, MONTPELIER, VT.
NHXT DOOR lO TUB COURT-IIOUe'l:,
I prepared lo en.wer .rdere for lluppeior lI.el Plele
Llthairatthie I'rintiae la lha beat atvle. and at
cllj-pricea-auchei
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ICATES.buAk'TB.&c.
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mon ri'hunu, dot. an. issr..
LEGISLATURE OF VER
MONT. TllDltSDAT, Oct. 18.
SBNATB.
rrnycr by tlio Chnplaia
Ily Mr Warner, to permit Hanks to
ubscnbo for anil to hold stock in a bank of
mnttial redemption: ri-rerretl to cotnmtttco
on litnVs. Ily Mr Pierpoint, to incorporate
the Vcrgcnnos Scale Company; referred to
cunimitteo on Manufactures. My Mr Wor
tlnngtnn. in nmondmcnt of act t incorpo
rate the IsUmi I'ond and St. Jolmsbury H.ll.
company; referred to committee on Itosds.
Ily Mr Keyea, to incrKiratc the Vermont
iMi.thlo and Koap Stone Companr; referred
to committee on Manufactures, liy Mr
l'icrpoint, in amendment of act cnu-ndint'
charter of the Hank of Vergenncs and
increasing tlieir capital stock; referred to
committee on Jiinks.
I'tlitiona tfc referred. Of Samuel 1). Al
fotd and otliers for a Dank at Fairfax ; to
cnmmitico on Hanks. Of the Vermont and
Massachusetts Kailroad company, for an act
to authoriz" them to mortgajo their road; to
commilteoon Roads. Uf 0. II. Murse and
others, for aiirie.xulreii of pail or tin-town of
Somerset to Dover and part la WunUboro',
to (Jrnoral committee.
Itrptrlt. UyMr Cooltdge, of Judiciary
oinmittee, in favor of bill relating til refer
ence of action in Kupreme and Cotanty court;
aiiiendori end ordered to third reading. Ily j
Mr French, of committee on Manufactures, ,
in faror of bill in addition to act to iiicorpo- i
rate llie Kttw Hmrlaml Verde Anlione Mr (
ble ( "ompany ; ordered to a third reading Ily
Mr Worthington, of Ijand Tax committee,
bill laying tax on Orleans eounty ; passed.
Ily Mr Colidi;c, ol Jodiriary committ' e. in
favor of bill in ainendinnfit nf clupti-r IS5 of
Compiled Statutes, retain $ tn liuinestesd and
widows' ilowrr ; orderid to lie up'in the ta
ble. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Prayer by Itev E. J. Scut'.
rVnx'iifion. Ily Mr. Cross, instructing
I pen. ml comantleu to examine laws ae to the
jurisdiction ol jitetir.es of paace and the
right nf appeal ; txhtMed.
I'riitott llillt inlroduttd emd rehred. Ily
Mr. Ilirtlett of Lyndon, in ainentiment of
art incorporating Island I'o mI and St. Johns-
bury iiadroad Co. (extending time (JO days to
' 1 '
PatuDipeie road to rswe means for extending
, , , .. , .... ..
iheir road to Derby ;) referred tot oramittee
" y Mr. H.xleion, lo, the tup- i
port of .Mary Hyan, inaane state pauper, to .
' "
(jeneral ComniittKe. Ily M r. heyrs of o ew -
, . . .-,--. 1 . 1
""ry. w anreuu act 01 ica., reiaung 10 grain- i
inar school lands in Orange County, to com-
"tlefl nrt l1Ulu0.l1.tn
liemonttrantu rtferttd. Of D. W. Yaw
and Edwain Elmer and others, to select com
mittee on annex log Somerset lo Dover and
Wardiboru.'
Petitions referred. Of Joseph linker Jr.,
to General Committee. Of citiiena of lid
school dietrict in Royalion, read and refer
red lo committee on Education. Of F raxer 1
&. Hilling, of Hellons Falls, brewers, set-
ting for h that they have suspended their '
brewery in obedience to law, and aking lib. .
crty to resume bosun ss again, and to " draw
it mild" read on motion ol' Mr. Field, and 1
referred to committee on the 1 quor law.
Mr. Powers of Woodsti ck introduced a res- ,
olulion ol thanks lur these ttetitiuiiers for re- j
8 peeling the Lhs, and commending ihcirex
ainplo lo others ; which was referred to the
samo committee. Of Aaron Drew and oth
ers, to committee on Hanks. Of E. Ulair
jr. and others, to same committee.
Public lixlh inlroduttd and referrtd lo
CommHUe on Vinbiiff. Hy Mr. llarilcttof
Lvoden, fur the protaelitiu of orchards, nur
series, gardens, &c. Hy Mr. If ill. to ainend
sec fl of act of I8IU on the Honiealced.
The Spt'aker siiut.unced thu lolloa ing se
lect Cuuuoillecs :
Onlluususet CorncJion Meatsrs. Heck
with, Hinilii ol Caslh ton, Match, Helkuap
On the L'quor liw !ers. Meveus of
Hatdwick.Chainbcrlioof CraJisbury, Rum
soy, Heard, Bump.
On b.ll on fencing highways Messrs.
George, White, Suiiih of Stitkbridge, Var
ney, llurton uf Mutuit Tabur.
On bill to annex Sumeraet to Duvur and
Wordsboni' Messrs. Steele, Davenport,
Harbcr, Sayles, Curtis.
On Addrrsi of Council of Censors
Mesirs. Field, Powers ol iwdtlock, Mer
rill, Stevens of East Montpelier, George.
Adjourned.
2 o'cwck, P. M.
SENATE
Vngrosstd Hill. Relating to Railroad
corporations; pasted
Petition referred. Of Adams Stuart and
II,..., f. u 0.(1 at I'.lirav, lo CUtllUlllICO
on Hanks.
The Senate uetit intu joint aosembly, and
on returning, adjourned.
HOUSE.
Ileport. Ily General Committee, bill al
tering sec. 0 and repealing sec 10 of chap.
23, with un amendment, which was concur
red in, and iho bill was ordered lo 3d read-
The nnnuil report of tho Vermont & Can
ada Railroad Co. was communicated by the
Governor, and rulerreu tu thu Committee on
Roads.
Petitions. Of John S. Webster and oth
ers, also of Stephen Royca und others, for
tho erection of a monument to the memory
of Ethan Allen ; reod and referred to a se
lect committee iif five. ,
fttoliiitm. Hy Mr. Edmunds, to set, a
part Committee room No. 1-1 for .Mineralogi
cal and Zoological specimen?; adopted.
Public Hills. From the Senate," in addi
tion to chap 38 c. 8., referred to Judiciary
Commiltco ; laying a tax on ihn county of
Orleans, referred to members of Orleans
county. Hy Mr. Hcckwjth, in addition to
chap. e3 c. s. (relating lo unclaimed bag
liago on railroads.) Hy Mr. Powers of Vood-
'stock, to runoal the act authoiiiiuL' the bust-
tiesa nf banllllt.
."..."-. ......
I Private lliil introduced. Hy Mr. Har-
hoiouiew, to p.y C. C.P.Bililwin$ICO.O0;
... , .
referred to cpinmiltco on Claims,
, Mils referred. To inereaso revenue of
the State, to cotnmtttco of Ways and Means,
To amend sec. 15 chap. 15 c. s,to General
Committee, ltpciitalii g naturalization and
tliosufirngo of natttraliied citizens, t.i se
lect committee of five. To protect person
al property of married women, to Judiciary
Committee. To protect towns against cer
tain suits for injuries on highways, to Com
mittee on ttnads. Ceding to the U. S. ex
clufcivo jurisdiction over a sito for a Marine
Hospital, Ui tho Judiciary Committee.
I&f don of S'crttary nf Stale.
Tho Senate came In, ami balloting wa3 resumed.
"thbnl 8lhbal Ulhbal
Whole io. of votes ai7 2t9
iSeessary to a choice, Vi I
Chalon F. Davey 7
Geo. R.Tlmtnpson 01
I). V Thompson,
Charles N. Davenport 42
Scattering 17
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85
33
117
90
11
4(1
37
Alter the 8lh liallot. Senator Greon nomi -
nated and Mr George seconded Hon. Daniel
P. Thompson.
10th bal llthbal. Itfthbal.
rta vr7
I 111 1 1!)
112 IWi
5S as
38 :rj
J7
Ui ttl
II 1
Necessary for a choice I'Jl
Chslon F. Davey 1 1 1
I). P. Thmnnion 5!
Chi rles N. Davenport 38
a W illard
(Icwgf It. Thompson 2P
Scatlertnjf 5
On the 12th ballot, the election was post
poned to to-morrow, half past 10 o'clock.
J.Vfciori of Judges of Ihe Supreme Court.
Isaac F. Itedfiold, Cntf Justice ;
PierjKi'itit Isham, 1st Assistant Justice;
Milo L. Ilennett, 2d " "
D'eetion of CimtUJudget.
Robert Pierpoint, 1st Judicial Circuit ;
Abel Underwood. 2tl " "
Asahi l Pock Ud " "
Lule P. l oland, llh "
The Judges were all elected by unanim
ous vtdes, rim rote.
The Senate withdrew, and the Homo ud-
i jou.nud.
FatiiAT, Oct. It).
SKNATB.
Prsyer by the Chaplain.
IlilU. By Ir Hartshorn, to repeal S?cc.
53 ami o-S of chapter !W nf Compiled Slat
ut rclerred to .ludicmr,- etniiMiittw. I'v
Mr WortiiiiiL'top, in a 1 1 1 . i ' ! n i. ti t of act to
pn vent traffic in intoxicating liquor; refer
red In Geiu ra! cnmiiiittee. By V!r Ke)es,
in addition to chapter 18 of Compiled Stat
utes; referred to Judiciary committee. By
Mr Vurthingion,to repeal an act to author
ize the business of Dankiug; referred to
coi lintltee on Hanks. Ily ,Vr Hartshorn, to
enlarge the capital Mock of the Il.nk of
Lyndon ; referred tn the committee on Hanks.
Jtetotutiotu Dy Mr llartauorn, that when
the Senate at.jcmrn this afternoon, it adjourn
to next Tuesday, 10 A. M.; adopted.
The House resolution
e- . I
P"l
CtHomtttie Kooni No. 4i, far tha Slate Nal-,
. , . .
uraiur, tor lue uepo.it ot spvetmens in tho
Geological, ItotamcsUnd Zoological Survey
of the State, was adopted in concurrenco.
The Senate went into joint assembly, and
v.. O.IUIU,.,,, .
HOUSE.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. I lemon way. j
Utiotulions. Hy .Mr, Hrtgham, for a so-
Icct committee to consider expediency of re-1
vising the school laws; adopted. Ily Mr.
Rerkwith, amending tho rules. -no public
bnl to receive Hd reading until 'it hours af
ter tlie printed copies shall have been deliv
ered ; laid m the table.
The Spiaker announced the following se
lect coinin ttees :
On bill teiatmgto Naturaiixation Messrs.
Carp"Mcr of Derby, liord. Nutter, Cham
berlain nf t'raftsbiiry, Hastings.
Ou Monument to Ethan Allen Messrs.
Edmunds, Uirllutt of Lyndon, Stephens of
Guilford.
On Revision of School Laws - Messrs.
Hrtgham, Cheney, Field, Heckwith, Sirgeant
of llarre.
Private bills. Ily Mr. Read of Waitslleld,
for support of Hannah Moronity, and by Mr.
Mr Jewetl, for tho support of llridgut llmtz,
(transient insane parsons ;) both referred to
General Coinmitlee. Ily Mr. Smith of II rid -
port, to elungo naino of Sidney E Phelps, lo
General CommiUoe. By lr. Smith of Hart
ford, to iitcjrporato Hartford liinK, to Com-
uii.tee on ll.nks. Hy Mr. U oclnorth. di-, Jud KaM 0 Juig0
itdmn Warfiingtot, County Gramnuir School j Kn(j ()f i.hltadoplai,.... once more had 'ho
lunl, (between schools at Montpelier and( Wntelar 8BV0 c,60 under consideration, and
NiNtMald.) tu (.nmittee on Education j hu . ,he ia of M
Pehtwns referred. OfW.C. ( llon, gl,aranteed the right of tran.it of slave,
and others, to Committee on Claims ; of J. I nnJ rf attpacka of property thro'
CAa6r.MdliM. to Land Tox Uok, ,vl,Bro Slavery was not recognised',
mi' ee Of A. Watson, of Pean-ylvanb, eUv u (o bo lblfied no. OI), a ,
fo,-lBSii-Lc..i-l.iiii.Ti'- a t.lto. m')i((,.oila,((l(Wufan Bndthua(arecd he
letters of gold, tn be set over the front of . . . . , .. ,. ,.
, ,, . free States, but as a tcorld institution, rccog-
the capilol of t-very sl.le in tho Union; b ,ho Uw of
road and referr.Hl to the l omm.tteo of ays u oWJ oier 8ort of u
and Means. Ol Hi ss llowen &. I-uster Mer- .,., . . t tr
' . ! protected ! We am hippy to quote a differ-
ril , read and referred lo Judiciary Commit-, . ,, .. . -
' v Ant ul linn It, nn IliA I Jtinnmii I . w lri.ni .
tec. Of citizens of Wilmington and Iluit
fotd, to Committee on Hanks.
The Committee of Ways and Means was
discharged from the bills for the support of
Mary llruniiing and Hndgut Collins, aim
they were referred to the General Committee-
Public bills referred to Cosmitltcon Prin
ting. Hy Mr. Hartholoiiiow, in addition to
aot of 1652 relating lo wttnes.es. Hy Mr.
Spiuldmg, relating lo notaries public and
matters in chancery (to hive powors of jus-
lin except in trial of ases.) Hy Mr. Al-Mteiy oringiiiB bitivcs inio u ireo
wopd, relating to collection of taxes on Mate, and there claiming a contin
lands of non-residents. Ily Mr. Smith of I lied tiroperty ill theill. And (ill
Stockbridge, to amend sees. 20 and 'Jl ol c
1 C S., roUlingto elections. Hy Mr. Jow
ctt, fixing tiuio of holding tiuprcmo, Court lu
Washington County, to Judiciary Commit,
tec.
Engrossed lli'l. Altering sec. D and re
pealing.scc, 10 nfc. t!.l C. S ; passed,
lllcction of Secretary of Stale.
The Senate came in ond balloting was re
sumed. Senator Paige nominated Charles
W-Willard, and Mr, Mason withdrew the
naino of Geo. R. Thompson, and seconded
Mr Wtllard, Charles N. Davenport was a
gain presented by Mr. llrigham Chalon F.
Davey by Senator Benedict, and Daniel P.
Thompson by Senator Green.
lath bal 11th bal J5tli bal
Whole- no. of votes 23J i,'3l U30
Necess'y for a choice 1 1 7 1 10 1 1(1
C. W Willard 91 112 100
Clialou F. Davey 87 , 77 55
Chailcs N. Davenport S3 31 00
I), p. Thompson 14 4 1
Scattering 5 4 5
So on tlie 15th ballot. C. W. Will a p
Km. of Montpelier was elected, and ho ap
pealed at the bar and wan aworn.
V.ltdion of Sarpeanl-aU.lrms.
Wlmlo number of votes 205
Necessary for a choice 10a
Sidney I'. Kedfield 153
n. 13. II. Kennedy III
NohomUh Harvey Wi
U vi lloutwell 13
Oeorge V. Ilalley 9
Scattering 3
So SiiiMhr 1'. KF.nnELti of Montpelier
was elected.
Andiior of .lextvnts.
Whole number o f votes 2 1 2
Necesssrf for a cliolct 107
Win. M. I'tngry lit
lnlward Seymour HC
Samuel Wells 20
Scattering 15
So Hon. Wm. M. I'isort of Delliel was
! elected.
Ciiaiii.ch II. Jotce, I'sn. of Nortliliold
was elected State Librarian unmimously.
Hiiam Ilint.ow of Windsor, Sup't. of
taiti I'llMill, Bin) Juim Hkwki r M.td.
stone, Jnsrrn D. Hatch of Windsor, and
B. 1'. Masom of Richmond, Directors r.ll
Ipctcd unaniinouty.
Dr P. D. Ilradlnrd of Norlhfield, was
urwnimouiily appo.nted Commfsioner of the
Insane.
Hank Commitsioner.
Jason Steele
A. II. Gardner
Daniel Roberts
Iattus Plymptnn
131
15
10
Scattering 5
So Jasom Steklf. Esq. of Windsor was
elected.
.'Iiljutanl and I-isicrtai General
George R. Kellogg It-' I
Harnes Frisbiu 30
Alonzo Jacktnnn 111
Chnrles K . Field 17
Scattering 5
So Gen. Geo. 1! Kf.lloiij of Draltlebo
ro'was elected.
Gen. Geo. W. GrtinnrT. of Verjjenne",
was unaniinnii sly elected Quirtir Master
General, and Oaiimi Fmmmi. of Mi ldle
town was uiiBiiimou! elt t'teil Judge AtJvo
cste Ger.erni.
The jotnt as-nib!y for County Oi'ir -rs
tn'jotirtied to Tuesday next, 11 A. M. Tne
Senate withdrew and the House uiljoiirucd.
2 o'clock, P. M.
SENATU.
KngroMctl Iiiltt. Relating to Hlections ;
passed. In addition to act incorporating the
New I'.ngland Verde Antique Marble Com
piny ; passed. Relating to reference of ac
tion in County Courts ; passed.
! Iteport Ily committee on ltmds, in favor
of bill i lie or porattng the llenmngton and
G.ustenburv Railroad company, amending
,!,. .l,,4 ,Ann... !lll,.
, .. '., , . '
dered to a third reading.
House Hill. In alteration of sec. 'J and
sec. 10 of chap. 28 of Compiled Statutes,
was read twice and referred to committee on
I! os di.
Tho Senate then went into joint assembly
and upon ic :
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Jtesniution. By Mr. Ferguson, to adjourn
to 10 A. M., on Tu aday next, when tin
House adjourns ; Mr. v alkius demanded tho
yoaa and nays-yeas 111, nays 77; to tho
resolution vvas adopted.
Hills referred. - Exteudmg provisions of
sundry tedious of chip St) C S ; tu amend
chap 6 C S ; and prohibiting tho review of
actions at law ali to tho Judiciary commit
tee. The Senate came in and the joint assem
bly procei ded to elect Reporter of decisions
of the Supreme court Mr. Wentworth again
nominated John F. Dearie ; Senator Pugo
named Geo. F. Edmunds, and Mr. Heckwith
seconded by Mr. llurton of Manchestur,tiam
cd Cturled I.. Williams.
Charles L. Williams,
Geo F. Edmunds,
i John F. Deane,
1K1
(Hi
ill
l Scattering, 5
So Charles L. Williams Esq. was elec
:
,j
ho Sonata retired and the House adj.
j ii rut quite as respectable as tins doughy
Federal Judge o refer to hia Excellency
Guv. Royce, and quote from his pithy and
admirable Message:
A ilosiKii is also igtlicnlcil tn lirnnlr
down that great principle of the com
mon law, liorotofiiro universally ad
mitted and a'lirtned, that u shivo lo
coiiil's frt-o, when ho enters n free
stale try COIISOIII of hit) master. Tilt)
experiment lias hettll tried, of pur
ilk'so events would seem to have
passed wiih an acquiescence, to ny
the least, on thu part of national au
thorities, executive and judicial,
which the true friends of freedom
can scarcely contemplate with com
posure. Tho time li.is evidently
arrived, when all who would op
pose tho further encroachments of
slavery, should enmhino their vig
orous and persevering cflbrls for
that purpose.
(T7Thc Albany Alles is tho organ of tho
Soils or Administration Democracy in that
city. Ilccsuso it gave an anti-Nebraska in
terpretation tn the resolutions ol the Stato
Convention of its party, il has been formally
read out ol thu holy Locofoco church by Iho
Washington Union, and branded as an abo
litionist. More than this, it is said that its
government printing will bo immediately
transferred to the Argus, wiped, having de
serted Mr. Dickinson, will assume a perma.
nent place on iho treasury benches along
with the other government organs who am
not abolitionists.
How much tho Administration will tnsko
by this move, remains to bo seen,- llatton
Jtlai.
Farmers' Mutual Fire Insur
ance Co.
At the Annual .Meeting of this Corpora,
tlon, hntden on tho 17th inst., tho following
named effiecrs were chosen for the ensuing
year:
DIRECTORS.
Geo. W. Halley, ")
Azsl Snnldirur.
C. IV. Ilincrofi,
Joseph Poland,
Washlnglon Co.
Ssn'l Wells,
Stoddard II. Colby, j
Alrali Sabln, ) ,
WtaUSowles.1' anMln Co'
Tirroy B. Wales, Chittenden Co.
Hvron Moulton, Caledonii "
Jc-se Cooper, Orleans "
A. II. W.IVnney. Orango "
iNaiian Gale. Addison "
Tlionae Glevd, Lamoille "
Hetty W. Lester. Rutland "
Daiiel Roberts, Honntngtoit "
Julius Leonard, Windliim "
David Ilibhar.l, Essex 11
Steiihm J. Siwlai, Grand Isle "
orriiKtts
Geo. W. Hiiley, Prvsident,
Jo.ep Poland, Secretary,
Samuel Wells, Treasurer,
05At tlie Anntinl Meeting of the I'mm
ert' Mutual 'tri lnmranre Company, holtlen
on the I . th ins'., the fulluning Rusolutions
were unanunoialy adopted:
HesolecJ, Taat in the recent death of
Snit its I.TMAt, 1J , ono of the resident
Directors of tlia Corporation, mo sutler the
loss. if a most (ompetent and faithful officer
and agreeable lnMK.ia.to the community en
upright and wofihy citizen, and hn family a
most afTectionaki husband and father. Anil
while we deeplj roalize our own lojs, and
thnt ol the pubic, we sympathize most of all
with the bereaved family, whewo loss is irrc-
parable.
llesolred, Tim we are pained to learn the
death of Hon S. Miitom Huraow, a Direc-1
, . , , I
tor of this t imifiMiy. .or the County of Or I
ango-by whii I ullliclive Pntvidence, while ,
w nre deprivi dof the scrweos and counsel
of n valued officer, an infinitely greater be
reavement is brought upon his own family
ant the community in wlnrti he lived.
Ile.nilvtd, I hut the foregoing resolutions
be placed uptn the Records of tho Company
and thit the ecretnry lurnislt copies for the
fum.lies of he decettsed, and uLu fur publi
cation. JOSBI'H POLAND. Secretary.
The "Allen Greya" at the Cap.
itnl.
Tho -Grevs" arrived st Mmvpelicr on ; 3,1(1 '"'"' "' oi an men, nnu uere
Toesdav eieiiiinr. Uth inst.. and were wel- '"r" 11 necessarily became n republic. Other
romed m the hosp.talitics or the place in a ! overnments, v,mae the ancient prmci
neat and spirited tna.iner by lion. E. P. I "l.t"'1 'ho inequality nl men uru by force
Walton, Jr., tit the conclusion of nhich the u equal necessity monarchies or aristoc-
cilixen formed a proc.ssion and conducted
thetn to tho quarters assigned them, where
they found everything provided fur their
comfort
On Wedneoday forenoon ih Company
piraded. and won universal pr.n.e for their
Mno oppoarauce and soldierly bearing, and
tho sinartnes-4 ai d precision with winch
,I.C IICIIUIIIII II IIIEII .a IUV IM II.BU ,11.. -.1
- ...
1 Wft. allenioon the Jioston Ilraas liana, tmeiy
.7. arrived. hen tho ( logins n v.. w tth
the liaorrnt tnt-iiirrH!ir j"iraoeuathe street.,
presenting nil appearance and nwakeiung
umntioDs rarely experienced in the homelv
and quiet State of Vermont. In tho evening
(l.a It ....I i.,u.Ln ln.triimuil.1 t....,, ,,
Vt aahiagton Hull, winch elicitetl the enthus- ; "M1 "-
ias ic p! ludits of tho large audience present. 1 011 J- country whero there was t... privileged
On Thursday th- ' Grevs" eseoreil the cl" " "Pf01 loundation on hch
Governor to tlie State House, when he in i such a cless could imminently stand. On
vited them to his rooms and addressed them ! llie contrary, every Mate hoivevor ropublt
Ths membeis of the Company were then can its Constitution may be, w sure to be
uitnduced to His Excellency, and at the come an ai Htocracy sooner or la or, il Ulna
conclusion of Urn ceremony wore invited into privileged class stiiliding liriidy on an cn
Ibe Hi preseutalive's Hall. 'I he Hand play- ' l"ef 1o'"datioii ; and tt that duel
cd .evcral patriotic uir,., when the House contin.nlly growing .tronger and strong-
adj,irned 'mtl tlie Co. u.y marchel to i and the iititriviloged cU.ses continually
thei- quarters. In the evening came oirthe Sowing weaker an I weaker, it is not at nil
graul tableaux tho Military and Civic Hall I e';""! 'o a privileged clas- that it rests on
-watch n as unquestionably' the most brtl- feudal tenures, or on military command, or
hant snd joyous sfla.rol the kind ever wit- on ecclosisstical authority, or that its rights
nested in the Slate Ue hereditary, or even that it he distinguish
Tlie "Grey." returned home un lijy. , ed by titles of honor. It may ho even tho
rt... ,i.., ,4 . ,i.o i'. ..... i ...... 1. 1 1 more insidious and the more dtiiirernus lor
.1-.....K ..... ............ "-
over ho a bright spot in their memories.
Ilriwdon Pout.
Condition tf Things in Kansas. Whilo
In ISwton Post and oilier adnutiietrsiinn or
Gans a deprecate" the gross outrages which
have been eommittsd tu Kns, feurlu! lest
their timid words may (Krchtniiu promote n
dissolution of the Union, the Now Orleans
Hiilletin. a high toned Southern journal, ut
ters the following indignant rebukr :
"Tho enormous outrage that have been
perprtnted in Kansas, during the last six ur
eight months, are a disgrace to th country
and the age tu which wu hvo Fiirthcrmote,
thu exces.ea that have been committed
there, in violation of law, order and decen
cy, with the passive oction of thu Federal
Government, mil moet assuredly bo the
mens of defeatin; the object h Inch the un
til ira of tho bill had exclusively in view
till orginizilion of K ins is a ft .lave Mate.
Mocsrs. Atchison, Stringfctlow und iho Mis
souri borderers generally, havu gone a lit
tle loo far in ihuir ferny, 'and a lurio of rt
tr bution is soon lo follow.
No one can honest!) justify, or even ex
tenuate the outrage and violation, noi mere
ly of law, but of those conventional nbserv
slices which oxlsl in the most rude, and prim
itive societies, which have been discraciuga
territory under the United States Govern
ment for the past six months Hut his . list' -
!....-....,. ....I. euuuiill ; tneru
khauld bo direct and emphatic denunciation
of tills Condition of alTalM. Tho Olasi of
citizens who are the friends of law and or-
ucr, nu ueprcoaio me sujireiuacy oi uious
and lawless a-semblages, and whu desire to
see thf. people cxercit d freely and peaceably
the rights and privileges to winch they arc
entitled, should set their ficcs against this
domination of reckless sud irresponsible
power."
Itussian .Vrirs via ffWiingoii. The
Washington correspondent of Iho Now York
Sun, who professes to bo thoroughly posted
in Russian mailers, makes tho following kiu
gular statements:
" A most singular communication from
Russia has latnly leskee out at thu Slate
Department 'The Czar had declared an
intention to makepeace with Iho allies only
on the condition thai 'Constantinople shall
bo tuado a Ireo port, and all tho seas beyond
it opened to Iho commerce of tbe world
without exceptions or (jarttalitieB. "
Startling as this news may seem, it is
perfectly reliablo, and whoever pretends to
doubt it now, ou may rely upon its boiug
announced lo th? world as a fixed fiolnt in
the Russian plan of poller. Alter al!, il ap
pears Ihat President Pierce spoko by the
card when he said "Russia was battling for
freedom of trado and religious toleration;"
though Mr. Crauipluii was wrathy thereat,
and talked about his government Biking ex
planations. Sinco the taking of tho south half of Se
vastopol, this intimation of the Emperor Al
exander lo have "llie establishment of a
freo port at Constantinople an indexible con
dition of peace," has been repealed to our
government. 'I ho communication is semi
confldenllel, but distinctly ollleial ; and we
must infer therefore that Russia is not in
timidated by tho slate of alfaire in tho Cri
mes."
Dangcro ofSlavcry Extcnnlon.
SPEECH OF WM. H. SUWARD,
At tfa tlepuWican Meeting at Albany on -Vi.
rfni Uttninf, Oct. 12, 1855,
Hail to the rapital of New York ! Vi-ftf-rable
for its antiquity, and yet iltstingiiKhed
for its loyslity In l'rogres, Liberty and
Union. This capital is dear to me. It bus
morn than once sent tne abroad with honor
able functions, and even in those adverse
seasons winch have happened to tne, as they
must hippen to all representative men, it
has never failed to receive me at home again
with sympathy and kindness. Doubly hon
ored be the luhnsr of the start and strip's
nhlch hern taken on its highest significance
as its waves over the halls wharo equal rep
resentatives mako tho laws which regulate
the lives of eqinl freemen. Honored ho
tho statute of Justice that surmounts tho
dome above us! Klind, that she may not
through either piseion or prejudice ilHtrrim
inntu between tho rich slid the poor, tho
protestant and catholic, tin; tutite-born and
tho exotic, the frecrrwt' and htm wh ise lib
erties have been cloven down, and weighing
with exact balance tho rights nf all classes
and all races ol' men. Old familicr echoes
eet mjr car from bomwih !hfsn taiboworod
roofs' ! Tlie voices of the Spencers, 6rivf Fit
and Van Rensselaer and Van Voghten, of
tho genial I nmpkins, of Clinton the great
and the elder i linton, of King and Hamil
ton, of Jay (he fore ami benevolent, and
Schnyler the cn'lsnt and inflexible. Thu
very air that lingers around tlieru ttrcheM
breathes utterances of nioml. social and phys
ical enterprise and of unconquerable free
dom. Von. old, tried, familiar (ViemU, asl: tny
connsol whether to cling ) ;l longer to tra
ditkiml controversies and in dissolving por
tion, or to rise nf once to nobler dinn with
new and more energetic association !
I do not wonder at your suspense, nor
do ! censure cnutiuti or even timidity.
Fickleness in political associations is a weak
ness, .ml precipitancy in public action i a
crime. Considered hy itself It H unforlu
nate tn he nblii.e.1 tn ApuirnlB from hit old
pnriv nd to institute a new one. The new
one tiny exhibit more etithu.iasiu for a time,
D"t " !",,M "!'? ,V,r time ' ,ok h"l" ni1
discipline. I he names of purliesaro geuer-
ny rburary anil not at all indicative of
their In meters or purposes.
A trenorooa
man will, nevertheless, t iint', as it it were
a family altar, loa name that hns long been
a mil) ing cry Tor hiinself ami Ins cinpitriots.
Th" grent quithin belore us however, is
to he decided in d by h eling, but iindir thu
coiiiisi-ls of ron"'Hi and ptnoti"m. It was
the last iiunction iitv. il by the last one of
the revolutionary congress to th( Ainerioan
people, never to forget that tlio causo of
Mncric.i had alwsys been and that it must
ever continue to be the cause of human in
ture. The question then is, what is tho
course dictated to 114 by our love of country
and nf hum mil' ?
The nation was founded on tho simple
and practically new "principle of tho equal
racies. Wlienever miner ol iiiiwh kiiius ol
ffovornmpnta loiea by lapie of time und
chingo of circumsluiices Us elementary
principle, whether of equality or inequality,
thenceforward it takes a npnl and irresisti
ble course toward a ruorgiiiization of
Iho opposite kind. No one here or else
where is so disloyal lo ins country ur to nun
kind as to bo willing lo see our republican
. ... ... :
i .v. .in r.i All niftpR Hint m ev-nrv etiKn
I ' , . . ",, r " ,, ""," , .
,nu I""'""'"" . ...
Im. LI,vrrfiul Qlid, svuided, anil repuhlictio
lusriiiiiioiw must uo iisrcnueo anti preserveu.
Think it nut strange or extravagant when
I say tint on aristocracy has nlready arisen
here, and that it is already undermining tho
,. ,,. i, .. .illl.
less obnoxtoui to popnlar hostility.
A privileged claw has existed in this
country from an unrly period of its setlle
mtitit. Slaveholders constitute that class.
They hive a special foundation on which to
stand namely, persunal dominion over
sljves. Conscience and sound policy forbid
all men aliko from holding slaves, but sumo
citizens disregard the injunction. Some of
tho States enforce tho inhibition; other
Status refuio or imglcct tu enforce it. In
Mich of Iho States thvro are thrco hundred
and filly thousand citizens who avail them
selves of tins peculiar indulgence, and those
protected hy Iht laws ol those Statea consti
tute a privileged class. They confess them
selves to be such a class when they desig
nate the system uf Slavery as u peculiar
institution.
The spirit of thi revolutionary ago was
; aJverem lu ihat pr.vileged class.
America
and Europe were firmly engaged then in
prosecuting whit was exp'cled to bo n spee
dy, complete snd universal abolition of Afri
can Slavery. Nearly all tho privileged
classes admitted that Slavery as a permanent
system was iiideftmublu, and favored its re
moval They asked only what seem.! by
no means unreasonable, somo securities
against a suddsn, rash and violent removal of
iho evil. Under tneso circumstances iven
the decided opponents of Slavery consented
1 ie - r
no tvinr t
weru tnconiistctit with the stern
0;,lc uf rriii s hty that perv
n.ll.' nml rwrvadeil llm wl
ided all Us other
hole of the Declar-
al,on 0f American Independence, on which
the Constitution itself was based. Wo
not to cetwuro tlut falhen) for the so concus
sions ; they hsd a union of llm Slates lu
create, and to their ardent and generous
imiidi the voluntary removal of Slavery by
the action of the ssveral Status Ihetuoolves,
without federal iiiterferend(,eeuiiil not only
certain but close at hand.
These provisions of tho Constitution were:
IX'rt: 'I hat tho foreign sluvo-trsdo should
nut bo ubollihod before IcUd-
Second; That any law or regulation which
any Statu might establish in favor uf I'V o
dom, should not impair the legal remedy
then supposed to exist by couiinuti liw, for
the recapture, by legal process, in such
State, of fugitives from labor or service, tw
csniug from other Stales.
Third: Tint three-fifths of sll slaves
should bo counted m Milling iho basi of
representation in tho spveral Status.
'These tlireo concessions, which in them
selves soem very limited and almost harm
less, am all that the fathers consciously inado
lo the privileged clas.'. .
Hut privileged ( leases always know well
how lo improve even any indirect advantage
which tho constitutiotl or laws ol a country
afliird, rjucu indirect advantages Ihey ac
quired from two other provisions of the Con
stitution : 1st, that pruvisini) which mikes
the State authority independent and sover
eign in inunieipal afi'iirs, Slavery being un
derstood tu ho purely municipal in its na
ture. 3d. That provision which, out of tho
tenderness lo (he small Stales, gives them a
represuntatlon tu tho Senate equal to that of
the largest State. Freedom builds great
Stales; Slavery multiplies small States, and
even dwarfs great opes.
Thus ue ecu thitthe American slavehold
ers am a pntilegnl c'a , slsndtng -m a spe
cial and permanent foundation, and that they
arc protected in their advantages by tlio or
gs hie laws.
I Might fehViw et jiriori thai a privileged
elass, thus established on an' exceptional
prtncipln.that h wrong in itself atidantagon
iltc to Iho fundamental nrincinle of tho trov-
eminent iiiuM nccessirilv bp dangerous, if
u oo Fiiiiereo 10 pxpanu ann aggranuize It
self. Hul unhappily wo aro not left to Iho
necessity nf resorting to apr,ulation on that
si biect. Tho policy of emancipation was
setback in this country dtirine Iho reaction
again't revolutionary principles, which nrc
ossarily attended tho reorganization of gov
ernment ; mid it was sat back still moro
effectually by the consternation which fol
loMod the disastrous failure of tho first ro
public in France. The privileged class
promptly availed themselves of the advanta
ges which the constitution aflordedto fortify
themselves tn the federal government. Tho
last federal .'cts directed against the privil
eged class were tho abolition of the foreign
slave trade after 1603, mid tho eternal pro-
I..1... r en :.. .L 1 I .... .1 . t
oiiiiiioti ot mover in utu oroau nnu uivii
unsetthd rocton which extends from tho
north batik of tho Ohio to the eastern shore
of tho Mississippi. Even tho frissago fef
thai ordinance was, by Us silence, assumed
to imply a right on the part of the ortvilegcd
class to OlnnTZiriTilh atlvr (h- rr-tzflyiaa
south of the Ohm and east nf the MisalssipiC
Unlooked for events havo lent to the
privileged class advantages which have morn
than counterbalanced the adverse effects of
thisenrly national legislation. 'I he invention
of the cotton-gin which easily srpirntes the
seed from the fibre his initio cotton an al
most exclusive agricultural staple in the
states of the privileged class and an eminent
commercial staple of thu whole country.
Thu national territory has tiecoseanly been
enlarged frmti tune lo time to nccommodato
nn evergrowing population and an ever in
creasing co'iuncrce. Favored by these cir
cttmstanees tho privileged clas-i have at the
mine lime round in a home produc'l' n of
slaves in Maryland and Virginia and other
States a compensation tor tho loss ol tho Af
rican dlavo Irane; and they havo not been
slothful in unlearning all Iho fears ami dis
missing all the timidity and conciliation
which marked their conduct during and im
mediately alter the revolutionary war. The
admission uf Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississ
ippi, and Alabama as slavehidding States
into tho Union seemed unavoidable, inas
much as thsy wero tlio overgrowth of somo
of tho old thirteen States; nnd thus theso
new Stales sooth of the Ohio, balancing the
growing Ireo States north of that river, eerv
ed as a sort of balanco between the privileged
aud tho unprivileged classes winch it was
not necessary to dislurb. This was the first
final partition of Iho unsettled territory of
thu United States between those classes.
In 1 80 1 France ceded to the United States
a hrniil belt stretching along Iho western
bank of thu Mississippi, from the Hntisli pos
sessions on tho north to tho Spanish province
of Texas on tho south. This acquisition,
which was equally necessary for the safety
of the country and for tho uscn of commerce,
stimulated the denre of tlio privileged class
fur an extension of their tcrnt ry and an
aggrandizement of their power. New Or
leans, situated practically on tho coast of tho
Gull of Mexico, was already at onco an an
cient alaveholillnir colony and an important
cnmnieicial mart. It lay contiguous to the
slivehulding states, under tr.cso circum
stances, it wns without any resistance soon
orgamzetl and admitted into the Union, with
its ancient laws and customs tolcratinc
Slavery. St. Louis, though destined to nc-
qnlro great commercial importance, was as i and a seditious movement was organized In
yet an inconsiderable town, with few slave- ) their behalf in the olavoholding States to
holders oud slaves. The Mississippi only I overawo Congress, if possible, and to iuaug
divided it from llio Norlli-wcst 'Territory ttirato revolution if their menaces failed. You
wlvjcji wo.. already ciin.iecatr.d.ln FiPedtvn J )! .VrtowwclLtbrt-wav lftlint jnorporahle
The best interests ot tho country required I controversy. How eminent men yielded to
and humanity demanded lint the ordinance j the menaces without waiting for the rcvolu
uf I7d7, should bo extendod across tho M'J-1 tion, snd projected and tendered to Ihc priv
sissippi. 'Tho privileged class, however, ileccd class a new compromise, modeled
took possession of tho region around Si. i after tho already time-honored compromise
Louis, and made partial settlements lower j of 1830. You all know how firmly, notwitfi
down on the west bank of the Mississippi. standing this defection of leaders, honored
St. Itui.s audits environs matured as a Statu and bolovcd, tho llouso of Representatives
in lriin,aiiddemandcd admission with Slave-1 and even 'he Scnkto repelled the compro
ry into tho Union. Then, only thirty-two mlso, and how fiimly tho unprivileged class
years after tho p-tsjago oftho ordiiunco uf
17c!7, and after its unanimous ratification by
tho American people, tho privileged class
made common cause i at Is tho new alavchold
mg State, and assuming a tone at onco bold,
insolent and menacing, they denied the pow
er of Congress, althiiifli in the Territories it
was supremo it lid exclusive, and equally su
preme nnd cacIiisivo in the adiiiissmimf now
Slates, to Ioifislato at all agamst their privil
eges in Iho T. rritories, or to refut-o admis
siun to n new State, on tho ground of its re
fusal lo surrender or abate those privileges;
and they threatened in onu loud voico to
au'jvert iho Union, if Missouri should he ro
jeotstl. Tho privileged class wero backed
then by thu Senate of iho United States, as
they havo been backed on nil similar occas.
ions sinco that limo They were met, how
ever, Willi firmness and decisiun by tho un
privileged class in tho House of Represents,
livos. and so Mmsoiiri failed then lobe ad
mitted ns n Slavo State. Th privileged
class resorted to n now form of strategy, llie
slroteiry of compromise, 'They offered to bo
satisfied if Missouri only Inn I'd bo admitted
us a S'avu Stale, while Congress should
prohibit Slavery forever Hi all tho residue ol
that pirt of the Louisiana purchase which
lay north ol the pirallcl of 3ti '.',0' of north
latitude. Tim territory lying between tho
pirallel and Ihn province of 'Texas, and Con
stituting what is now thu Stato of Arkansas,
being left by implication lo Slavery. This
compromise was accepted, and thus diplo
macy obtained fur the privileged class im
modiato advantages which had been dented
to their clamor and passion. This compro
mise, however, could havo only the authority
of a rcpoalablo act ol Congress, so far as tho
prohibition of Slavery north of 3li 1)1)' was
concerned, wise aim great men contrivcu oiavery suuum uu cuiuuiuuu m mo uiointi
extraordinary forms to bind the faith of llie 'of Columbia as long ss tha privileged elate
privileged cfas to that perpetual inhibition. 1 should require Us continuance.
They gave lo the coini.romisn tli " ") I Now Mexico, with her free constitution,
nirip oT a cotitraef, witli mutual equivalents was superciliously remanded to her native
between the privileged class and th" unpriv-1 mountains, whilo without a hoaring, her an
tlegad class, which It would bo dishonorable cient and freo territory was dismembered,
and toitidious on the part of the privileged and its fairest part transferred to Texas,
clam, at any tune, on any grounds or under i with thu addition often millioim of dollars, to
any circuui to noes to annul or rovoke,nr even ! win iu acceptance by that dethnt privileged
tu tint in question. They proclaimed it lu Slate. You remember haw it was solemnly
boa contract proper tu bo submitted to the jatti-ulated that Utah and New Mexico, if the
peoplo themselves for their ratification In tho I slaveholders could corrupt them, should come
popular otcctiutia. It was so submitted lo into the Union, in duo lime, as slivcholdiug
the people, ami so ralilisd by them. Uy ur- States ; and, tinally.how the privileged class,
tua uf this eoniiirontiee Missouri camo im- i so hiehlv oflended and exasperated, wero
mediately into tho Union as a Slsvo Stato,
ami Alkali followed soon nllerwanl uu
Slavo Slate, whilo, Willi thu exception of Mis-
sunn tho compromise of 1h7, by virtue, of
the sanio compromise, was extended across
(he Mississippi, along thu parallel of tit)
.'lb1 to tho Rocky mountain). Thus, and
wilh such solemnities, w us thu strife ut Iho
privileged class of slaveholders fur ugeran
iJistmeiit of territory finally composed and
lurcvtr settled.
it id not my purpose to discuss thei policy
n.tlif. iitktir,.ifltint nrral ...IllMinmi!
the case ol'the constitution, the responsibility
for that great moisuro rests with a genera-
'Ul. in
tion thai baa pasaed uway. Wo have to 1
deal with it only as a fact, and with the stats
of affairs Ihat wos established by it.
'I he occupation of tho now region west of
tho Mississippi, which hnd thus been saved
for 1'reeJo n. was artfully luistnoned Indefl.
nitely, by diuicatlugit Ha it homo for tho
cuucfi'itrili d but jierislung Indian tribes
It sounds in Mvor oi mo iiumainiy oi mo uu-
privileged class, if not of Ihcfr prudence,
tlitt they neither remoatrated nor complain -
ed of Ihat dedication.
Tin, .titer., nf ihn ni ivilcdircd class, iii
securing to thenwolves immediate posjos.ou .
of Missouri and Arkansas in exchange for
the ravcrsionsry interest of the unprivileged
class 111 the remainder of tho Louiiiaus, pu
chene, stimulated tiiem to move for new nt-
ti..,.l ..iiri-li.vo. i.r .fmivsin.. which' mlnhl
yield thf m, further scjUluitions Spain was '
unable to retain longer the alaveholdinj?
provinces ol East Florida and West Florida
which lay adjacent to the Slave States.
T hey fell to the United States by an easy
purchase, and tho privdedged class with due
diltigenco procured their organization da i
Slate and its admission Inln tho Union Thu
spell of territorial aggrandizement had fal
len on (he United Stalea of America, anal
simultaneously the spell of dissolution had
had fallen on tho United States bf Mexico.
The priviledged class on our aide of tha
uordcr enterd Texas, established Slavery
therein violation of .Mexican last s, detach
ed that territory from Mexico, and organ
ized it as an independent sovereign State.
Texas, thus independent end sovereign,
sougnt annexation to tha United States. In
tlio very hour when hs virtue of a sufficient
number of the ttoprcviledged classes was)
giving way to effect a constitutional annex
ation of Texas, tha President of the Unite
States, with a senate not less subservient to
tho privileged clsss, executed a conf de
etal by which that Stato unlnwdillv. .ml in
i .i-i. - . - ... . - -
i ucnanco oi an prcceueni, came into the
Union under a covenant ellpuliting that
four new slave States might be created oat
of Us territory and admitted as Slave States,
while, by a solemn mockery, en inconsider
able fragment that lay north of 30 dee. 30
min .... n.ipnr.itionsly dedicated (o Free
dom. There remained no other now terri
tory within tho United States, and so by this
slrango partition of Texas thcro was a third
final settlement of the pretensions of the
privileged class s snd it was ocqniesccd in
by the unprivilcdired class who thought
thcmseli es secure in tho old Northwest
Territory by the Ordinance of 1787. and
equally safe in Kansas and Nebraska by tho
.Missouri uompromue.
'Tho public repose that followed the an
nexation of Texas was of short duration.
Mexico resented Ihat offense. A waronstiod,
and terminated in the transfer. of the entire
northern portion of Mexico to tho United
States. The Mexican municipal laws for
bailo Slavery ovcryivherc, and tho new pos
sessions wero under that law. Not a whit
the less for tint reason did the privileged
clasa dcmind either an equal partition, or
that the whole should be opened to their
colonization with slaves. The llouso of
Rcprrsi ntatives rcristcd these pretcnsions.oe
it had resisted similar ones before ; but the
Senate seconded the privileged class with
its accustomed zeal. So Congress was di
vided and failed to organize civil govern
ments for the newly acquired Mexican ter
ritories, and they were left under martial
law. The question raised hy the privileged
I class wont down to tho electors. Tho pec-
pie proiiiclly filled tha llouso ot Hcprc.cn'
tstives witli a majority sternly oppened to the
extension of Slavery the breadth of a sin
nlo square mile. They Increased the force
of the unprivileged class In tho Senate,
wlulc they call to the presidency General
Taylor, who although himself a slaveholder,
was committed to non-intervention on the
question in Congress and to execute faithful
ly whatever constitutional lawa Congress)
should adopt. Under these circumstance
California and iNcw Mexico, youthliil com
munities, practically tree irom Slavery aim
uncorrupted by the seductions of the privil
eged class of its political organs, hastened
to establish constitutions and apply for admis
sion aal'reo States, while Ihc eccentric pop
ulation of Dcserct, indulging latiludinarian
principles equally in matters of religion and
of politics, prayed to be received into the
Union as a State or as n Territory, and with
or without Slavery as Congress should pre
scribe. Tho privileged class remonstrated,
I irecnicn throughout tho Union demanded
tho unqualified and unconditional admis.ian
of California into tho Union, and refused to
allot any further territories to tho privileged
class fur tho extension of tho system of hu
man bondage. You all remember, too. how
in a critical hour tho President sickened and
died, und how tho hearts of Congress and of
all tho peoplo rorrowed at his grave, and
thenceforward all was lost, You remember
how tho provisional successor of that lament
ed President with ominous haste accepted
tho resignation of his cabinet and committed
the seals to a new one pledged like himself
to the adoption nf Ilia compromise, which the
peoplo had condemned, and how at last after
a painful struggle its adoption was cffectcd.I
tlunk.alsu, ihat you have not thus soon forgot
ten the terms of that compromise, the fourth
final and everlasting settlement of the con
rlict between the privileged and the unprivil
eged classes of this Republic. You have
not forgotten how the ordinanco of 1787,
which excluded Slavery from tho region
north we. t of the Ohio, was left to stand as
an institution loo sacred to bo even question
ed. How tho Missouri compromise which
extended that ordinance srross the Mississ
ippi, and over all Kansas and Nebraska, was
made al once tho authority, precedent and
formula of tho new compromise, and oven
declared to bo an irrepealablo law forever.
How California, which refused to becomes)
slavo Slato, was grudgingly admitted into
tho Union as a free one. How the hateful
and d. testable slave auctions were banished
from tinder tho caves of the capilol, quite
across to Ilia opposite bank of tho Potomao
river. Ami now in consideration ui tnese
magnanimous and vast concessions made by
j tha privileged class, it wis stipulated that
1 brought to accept thu compromise on their
part, by arvenartiiieuioi ma iiicii ousoieio
fugitive elavolaw of 171,1:1, with the addition
o'tlu revelling features of an attempted sus
pension 01 lue nave. ,oiu. , .in auputuio
prohibition of the trial by jury ; an effective
re,kj of vital rules of procedure aud evit
dene.', and the substitution of commissioners
iu place of courts ofiu.tico, in derogation of
the Constitution. You all remember how
laboriously, and cistentatiodely this com Dro
' uuso wusassociatodiwMh the time honored
promise ; how it was declared not tho result
lofmcro ordinary legislation, but a contract
I leiOia nilM U4V-UIIHta w. vi.w .t,ta.ug mm-
" mutual equivaienis oy mo privileged
wilh tha unprivileged clauses, irrepealablo
snd even unamcndablo without perfidy, and
even treason against tha Constitution and tba
Union. You all remember how, notwith
standing your protests and mino, it was ur
gently, violently, clamorously ratimjd ajiu;
Icynfirincil,as, fell, fair and tip-l, '4
poum vjf iimoiu uy mv ...v "-'".'"'lltt-ai
fcouventlons of ' the country, ivprebcntinr; the
j whgle people i f tho United States, at
lUliiniom in 1852 1 and .how tjha.tierojc, aud,
1 L'Eneioua Scott was rejected tq brins Into tha
rrtsiuency one wou migm more saieiy be
trtislod lo defend and preserve aud establish '
Itforerer. ' ' . r )
Nevertheless, scarcely one year had eJap t
led before the privileged class, using
of'ouTown representatived aa their tnlru
( 1IA Past.)
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