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The Middlebury People's Press
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont
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Editorial from a pro-Southern perspective quoting John Randolph on contempt for Northern 'white slaves' and divisions, covering Ohio's repeal of the 'Black Act' for fugitive slaves, election of editor Samuel Medary, banking wind-up bill, and a stay law shielding debtors, concluding with a threat to conquer the North.
Merged-components note: Continuation of the editorial on 'White Slaves of the North' and southern political views, spanning pages with sequential reading order.
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John Randolph had a great contempt for the "white slaves of the North;" and seemed to appreciate the great benefit derived from the division of the North into parties. Said he once in Congress, "We do not govern them (the people of the North) by our black slaves, but by their own white slaves! I never voted for but one man (Mr. Varnum as Speaker of the House) from that country, (Massachusetts,) and so help me God, I will never vote for another."
At another time he remarked:
"We know what we are doing. We of the South are always united, from the Ohio to Florida—and we can always unite; but you of the North are divided. You have no common cause to unite you."
Ohio.—A recent Locofoco Legislature of this State passed an act commonly known as the "Black Act" designed to facilitate the summary recovery of fugitive slaves escaping into Ohio. The present Legislature has just repealed this act, to punish the Kentuckians for coming over in such numbers to the Whig Barbecue last fall at Dayton. The vote for Repeal in the Senate was 25 to 11—the Nays all Locofocos: the Whigs having always been opposed to the law.
Samuel Medary, the able and ferocious Editor of the Ohio Statesman at Columbus, was reelected State Printer for four years at the same time that Allen was reelected U. S. Senator, and by a similar vote:
For Samuel Medary (Loco)......57
James W. Smith (Whig)......43
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A bill allowing the Banks of the State whose charters expire in 1843 six months wherein to wind up their business, passed the Senate by 27 to 6, and is doubtless a law ere this. A bill providing for the appraisement of property taken on execution—in other words, a Valuation or Stay Law—is also going through; so that, while the Banks must face all their obligations within six months, their debtors are shielded from paying, except in property at a neighborhood appraisement. We can't think this fair or just.—Tribune.
You of the North are beginning to divide.
We have conquered you once and we can, and we will conquer you again. Aye Sir, we will drive you to the wall, and when we have you there once more, we mean to keep you there, and nail you down like base money.
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Southern Contempt For Northern Divisions And Control Through 'White Slaves'
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Pro Southern, Mocking And Threatening Northern Disunity
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