Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-02-18
The NiImOt PrOvisO.
Locofocos, to the Right About Face!

The decree has gone forth from the Wash
ington Union, that the democracy must array
themselves in hostility to the WI1MoT PRoylso.
and it is really edilyng to see with what varl-
Gus contortions and grimaces the faithful fol-
lowers of King Polk submit to the discipline
The North Star, paper for which we really
have felt good deal of respect, because it gal
lantly came to the rescue of the late Mr.. Dill
lingham, when no other locofoco paper in the
State dared undertake the heavy task, swallows
its own thunder on the Wilmot Provlso with
evident reluctance and lack of enjoyment. 1t
published CasS'S lickspittle speech, GIN which
that distinguished chicttain demonstrated not
only his entire scrvility to the peculiar " no
tons of his southern masters, but also the eX-
IRENE supcrt.uousness of the first letter OF his
own name,) and accompanied the publication OF
it with an editorial cognorH that it, Qhe Sar,)
was probably wrong or premature, in standing
up fn r..alam ne=inet -iovory. Poor Siar
it shouldn't have twinkled in the armament of
Freedom quite quick
The Patriot has given the Wilmot Provso
the cold shoulder from the beginning
Major Eastman is more cunning man than the
editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer! You
won't catch him rsking his chance at the pub
lie printing by ndiscreet opposition to the eXten-
sion of slavery lie goes for all Mexico,
slareS and all, as our de(unct friend, the old
Sentinel and Democrat, once said.
The new Sentinel and Democrat has fought
shy of the slavery question, since it awoke to
brighter life. Let us hear from you, brother
PAUL. Your predecessor was a Nilmot Proyi-
so man, as you will find by turning to his files.
What say you' |, is question that must be
met. We shall wrench half a dozen States
from Mexico by the War, as things now look,
Though pe are utterly opposed TO iD, and the
question arises: Shall Slavery or involuntary
seryitude, except for crime &c, be FOREVER
excluded therefrom? We say YES, FREE
territory or NONE ! How does it strike you .
The Union, Mr.. Folks mouth piece, says " In
'regard to the Wilmot Proviso we need say but
'lutle. That humbUg has wcH nigh erplodei'
Not so, dear CnioR and when it does explode
you had better keep out of the way! The In
ion also oracularly informs " the faithful" that
the present is not the time for discussing the Pro.
viso ques,ion-that it should be postponed un.
til the pericd when Congress should proceed tc
establish territorial government over any o.
our acquisitions" Not so, again. The WINGS
) say the principle of the proviso shall accompany
that acquisition, that Freedom shall be born
seih new territory not after it. What says the
Sentinel!
Ofthe two Bennington Ga:eaes we see only
Haswell's, which must be the delight Of Cave
Johnson eyes, ----I ~-.~ Gov, :, oil DolLI-..,
There is no finching there.
The Woodstock Age swallows Cass, speocl
and ALL and, of course, has no Wilmot ProvisC
to digest.
But the richest treat in the way of stacking
, and filing" may be found in scaly looking
concern printed now and then in st. Albans.-
Mr.. s. s. Brocn has most appropriately cho
,, sen that ioggy medium TO conceal something
! more than two dismal columns ofeXcessvely di
luted wisdom, in which he maintains, LIST. Tina
the Wilmot proyiso is " not in accordance icH
justice" CD and I'd. That Congress has no pow
err to ailix any conditions to territory whe
about to be annexed to the United States c.!
! Whether Mr. Brown means, when" Congress,
or 'terriiory is about to be annexed to the Unite
+ States, it is difficult, either from his reason o
, his rhetoric, to determine though it is plai
e enough that he denies that Congress has powe
to exclude Slavery from any territory we ma
e hereafter acquire Now, then, we dislike I
throw a iire-brand into the ranks of the " harm,
nious democracy" but we cannot refrain froI
, citing the following resolution, presented in tn
. United States Senate, on the 27th ult., by NJ
n Bgby, a Locoioco Senator from Alabama.
{ is as follows -
h Resolrsd, That NEITHER THE PEOPLE NO
II THE LEGISLATURE OF IA territory have any col
+ stimtional power exclude slavery from any sue
territory and that the people legislature OF teri
tory possess other political power than such as
II delegated them by Congress IN the act auhorzi
If them to form territorial government; and lnasnuC
as Congress has no power to exclude or prohblt saN
l., nv in any territory of the United states they cann
; delegate such power to the legislature OF terlto
I, OF the people thereof