Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-02-22

cious ointment--the Savior while he is with u.s.
though the Pharisee may cavil, and say that
this precious ointment might have been sold,
and the value Of il given to The poor.
| Now, sir, know of no o, her way Of per torm-
ing the duty Of justice, and Of accomplishing The
object before me. 1t is no excuse to me for not
| paying this creditor, because there Is another
creditor there TO whom am equally Indebted !;
because we have poor n cur own country, am
not discharged from the claim of charity upon
me in behalf of the exiles, whose liberties have
been stricken down, and who have been driven
among us from their own land. Let them ali
come on let them present themselves in what
ever order and tc TIE e4teIt OF my ability will
ulscharge and cancel my obligations to the
wholr. II my friend from Georgia NJ. DAw-
SON supposes that this is the measure of ius-
we I'm agong to require him to support as a
rehei o' aliens or Of The alien and the foreigner,
VIII tell him, and l will .ell the Senator from
Illinois, Mr.. Douglas, that they much mistake
the nature and character of my sentiments
aud principles with regard TO aliens ard for
eigncrs.
| am in favor of the equality Of men-of ALI
men, whether they be born in one land or born
in another | am in favor OF receiving the
whole. ] acknowledge them all 10 constitute
one great family, for whom il is the business of
statesmen and the business Of man to labor and
!
ask the votes of those distinguished friends and
Senators in behalf of the alien and the foreign.
er, il will not be fer the exile r,drely, Vh0-is
commended to your sympathics for the suffer.
iDgs he has sustained in the cause Of liberty in
Europe; but it will be for the amelioration of
the laws Of naturalization, which put period
OF five years and an oath in the way of any man
OF any country in becoming a citizen, which
raise barrier between ourselves and those wlo
cast theit lot among us. There is where they
vii! find me and they will f2d that to the ex-
ient that humanity bears the semblance which
is impressed upon us by the hand OF our Maker,
it is my design and my purpose to labor to bring
about that equality inthe land in which ! live,
and as far as may be in all other lands.
And, going upon this broad principle, ] have
no hesitation in saying that there is no disnc !
ton in my respect or affection between mon Of
one land and of another between men of une
cline and another; between men Of one race
and another; or between men of one color and
another no distinction but what is based not
upon Institutions Of gorernment not upon the
consent ofsocoty, but upon their indtridNdl and
perstnA merit. II The Senator from Georgia
| Mr.. Dawson will test this, if he has this sym
pathy for free negroes which | am rejoiced to
hear him proclaim, let him bring in his bill, and
the first aye that shall respond to it will be mine
If none should so respond to it before my
name should be alphabetically reached. More
than that if his sympathics embrace class
that deserve them still more--the slave-let him |
bring in his bill for the slave, and my voice for
emanci pating tine slave in any district or terri. |
tory shall 60 for it. Nay, more let him show
me way in which can give vote, an effect |
ual vote, for the emancipation OF the slave, in |
his own State, or any State, and ! shall feel
honored to participate in the movement and my
vote shall be given to sustain it, with more joy,
Than it gas ever given upon any occasion IN
my life.
Sir, neither here nor elsewhere will
admit, as a rule for the government OF my
own conduct, that there is distinction
between men. But, on the contrary, VIII
walk up to the mark, assigned in the dec.
atalion of independence that "all men are
created equql.F Sir the first vote given
BY me to keep any man or any class OF
men in a condition below my own, is yet
o be given. 1t never will be given in this
place.
Mr.. President have submitted the remarks J
hought necessary TO vindicate MY proposition
from the censure it received when It has SO in
directly made its appearance before the Senate.
When that proposition shall be brought before
The Senate in its proper order and manner, af-
Ter the Senate shall have coEsd cred the reso-
luton OF the honorable senator Of Michigan,
Mr.. CA.s,l shall be pleased to state the rea
sons why have submitted that proposition in
detail, and the grounds upon which ! have Civ
en- il in its present form.