Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-07-10

dent responsible before the Country and the
World.
Our opinion is, that the war, so unjustly and
wckcdly begun. should be pressed with Wig
or. 1t is the only alternative left Clouds and
darkness. IN consequence. rest upon our path in
the future. but it has to be trod We act upon
this necessity, and do not hesitate to support the
Governmental peril M 10 sustain flor we
war not against the South. nor the people of the
South but against Slavery: and when there is
common foe in the field, and the summons comes
TO the Citizen Soldier. we know. and can know
but one Country. and one Duty, and would not
/ urge another to 20 where we are not willing our
selves to lead
But in taking this step, we shall neither shut
our eyes toa vile and wicked policy nor close our
lips against the mcrccnary spirit which has in
volvcd the country in the horrors of War. With
our harness on we feel. indeed, "A more uncon-
qucrablc determination to resist the giant course
of all this mischief: stronger will than ever to
overlrn corrupt dynasty and elect rulers,
Freeman who will stand by and defend the Free
Not a iot of Principle do we give up! Not
hairs breadth of Sentiment of Opinion. or of OPP
position. shall we yield TO the curse which. YAM
pre-likc, is sucking away the lfe-blood of the
Nation. and which, unless shaken off forever
will destroy the Republic, while Cutting its in
| formal lust
The people the United States have hard
task before them The Public Offices of the
Country. these many years. have been filled, for
the most part. by dcnagogucS who have Sportcd
with the public veal. as children with their holi-
day purchases And paid adherence and hire
ling press, have laborcd to glcss and glority their
scliishncss. and even while perpctrating and per-
iectng their gigantic schemes of fraud 10 embody
their names in the public mind AS the essence of
", lao, al .,f
this roitcnncss. There can be no safety. securi-
y or stability to Liberty or Property until we are
Now. rs the only Constitutional remedy the peo-
pie have Is through the Ballot Box. there must he
established sound and healthy Public Opinion
whereby worthy and honest men shall be put in
the places OF the unworthy and dishonest. For
this end let all who are for Peace and Progress
let. especially. every friend of Freedom to what
ever party he may bclong--unite. and heart to
heart and hand to hand labor with lnsty sinews
and ceaseicss energy, until the CONSTITUTION and
UNIVERSAL LIBERTY shall be acknowledged of all
men.
Good friends for whom we can vouch. who
know us. and who have stood by us from the be-
ginning. will conduct the True American while
we are away. They will be trammeled in moth
ing No position taken by us. or necessary to
be taken by them in behalf of Freedom, will they
abandon or hesitate to assume. For the Right
for Justice. for Universal Liberty they will plead
as strongly and Glarcssly as ever, Our paper is
iH in TINS State. in Eastern Tennessee in the
mountains OF Virginia and North Carolina. Let
the reader glance at his map and see what an
inroad would be made upon Slavery the People
OF this LARGE region were reused againstit! That
they can bc--tIat in our humble way we are
lastnning on this result, we kHoir. Mt for our
selves. then, but for the Cause. do we ask the
friends of Freedom tO siletau thp True ,yo.icI,'