Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-05-31

TAYLOR through their "plansw Democracy, !
with Coss at its head and Footo at its tail, IS
exceedingly gricved Just now, through patriotic;
apprchcnsions that President TAYLoR's plan
may be found to be the best We have no
sympathics with these democratic" p trlot-
isms. We distrust both Cas5 and Footc--
"1fmeo Danaos ct dona ferentes"
We prefer the shoe strings of President TAY.
LoR, to the gorgeous habiiments" of Cass and
Footc.
But what is President TAYLoR's plan ?
1t is to admit California Just as she presents
herself, in her "robcs of Freedom" as Senator
SEWARD beautifully said, and to leave to Now
Mexico and the nondescrpt Territory Of Utah
the democratic Tor rather, what is better, the
REPUBLICAN, privilege Of determining for item
sc,rcs whether or not they will obey the law Of
physical Nature and Humanity and exclude the
dctostabc and impoycrishng system of human
Slavery from their limis, And this plan, We
say, and the People say, is reasonable and just
Vermont has the sovereign RIGHT to establish
Slavery within her jurisdiction tomorrow, if
she plcascs; and Vermont has never desired to
interfere otherwise than through the potent in
lluence of Public Opinion) with the similar
right Of any equally independent community on
earth. The washes her hlnds Of Slavery, and
would be glad to influence " the rest of man
kind" to do likewise and that is all. Neither
her patriotism nor her morality leads her into
Quxotic attacks upon Windmills or BARRIERS
1 l. ( e. 1,F
ritores," and that she expects to secure uncqui-
rocalh. She stands by President TAYLOR, and
acknowledges no other Wing President either
in the Senate or the House. She thinks she is
Wing State bccaus she is in favor of Wing
Principles Including opposition to the cXtcn
sion of Slavcry,) and is opposed to the extern
sion of Slavery because she is a Wing State
Nobody can argue or drive her from this belle
: and her practice under it. Locofoco dema
! gogues have tried it, and failed ;-other peopt
1t that attem it will fail also
u We therefore conclude that the Propo
II sitions of the Compromise Committee are whol
= ly unsatisfactory, and inadequate to " the emcr
4 gcncy." Let each Of these Pr positions "stan
u upon its own bottom" Let the Represents
" tvcs of the People vote upon them indeper
IDENTIFY. The capture of Fugitive Slaves ha
no natural, nor decent, connection with the At
!, mission of California; nor is there any nccc
- sity for duplicating the question of Freedol
, in the Territories with that of the Slave Trad
in the District of Columbia The People hay
h., sent their Representatives to Congress to d,
tcrninc each and all of these qucs ions as the
-, may. independently and on their own merits, /
presented for decision. Each may be decide
without hazard to the stability Of the Unto
. mas much as each is within the constitution
a power and discretion of Congress. This is pr
-. ciscy where President TAYLOR leaves the
- all,-this is precisely where the Constitute
e ana g the practice Of the earlier President.
~ leave them all. Neither Of thcm except Il
admission Ct California and the government
- the Territories, demanded the notice Of Pres
u" lent TAYLOR when his Message to Congrc
:. = was written. His recommendations in rcga
to the latter arc wise and patriotic, and arc
"' ccivcd with the popular appreciation. II is E
'sCompromisc Committee" who have disturb
49, thc peace of the Country by Introducing IL
~ elements of discorl. The People STAND
THE PRESIDENT.