Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-10-18

The Third District had every reason to be proud
OF their Representative, who has shown him
self fearless and able, in the National Councils |
in the maintenance Of the WIG SENTIMENT of
Vermont. Cool self-possessed ng-headed |
and warm-hearted, Vermont has no worthicr
nor more efficient Representative in Washing |
ton than JAMES MEAoHAM. lie is emphatcal-
" a man Of and for the PEOPLE. He is neither
so far ahead of his age" as to be uninteli
gbly sublime, nor so profoundly wise as to es-
TEEN himself wholly infalliblc "a plain prac-
teal, highly intelligent and cultivated man, he
aims no higher than to obey the promptings OF
lis conscience, and TO REPRESENT the Wing
Principle AMI the Wing Sentiment of Vermont
HIP cordial, emphatic and prolonged applause
that greeted the admirable close Of his wholly
unprc Teditated speech, left no room to doubt
the character OF The estimate which his State
places upon his services. only regret that he
omitted to allude to the most infamous and dis
graceful Law that ever soiled the annals of
Free and enlightened Nation-the Fugitive
Stare Bill but have tho highest satisfaction
! in being AUTHORIZED IN s1y for ham that he
holds it in unqualified detestation and abhor-
renee, and will argue and vote fer its uncon'
dtiona RErE4L.
MIR. MEAcHAM was followed oy Senator
PHELPS in a speech that was listened to with
mingled feelings of establishment and pain
Ills sneers at /" the newspapers" care very
little about, because have a comfortable i'm
preston that the newspapers will manage to
take cafe of themselves, an endeavor not to
mislead, if they do not possess the " distin-
guished ability to leda, Public Opinion. The
profound, impressive and significant SILENCE
with which hi5 denuncialiGE Sf newspapers
generally, and the n Y. Tribune in particular
was received, furnished severcr comment on
the justice and good taste which dictated it thar
desire to make and so it may pass. Blu
his apologize DEFENCE of the Fugitive Say,
Bill-the most odious and Offensive abomina
ton that ever Northern hunkeyism and todysu
r suffered to be spread upon the Statute books of
$ "A free and intelligent people his repcale as
e serton in the face and eyes of the recent move
nents of the Slave Power in the Free States
;, that the Slavery question, (qT as he preftrre'
:. to call H. the "aigger Gnestlon'D is fpaly "set
, tied .; as the Editor Of a Vermont Wing "aews
r paper" detest, deny, and reprdiate. Tn
ii Slavery question is NOT settled nor unde
g favor Of God, will it EVER be, IL! this Repub
c lie shall drive it out. expel it, eradicate it, iron
- every foot Of territory on which it can be Con-
sTITuTIoNALLy REACHED The Free Press, 6
~ c. h. tbo ,-it !,
20 s ave Bill. The Free Pre<e consents to n
NJ n, Peace that lea1ea thousands Of human being
We at the mercy of Slave Drivers. 1t consents
the continuance Of no law that arrays the who
- power of this Republican Government again
III the few poor and miserable SIareS, who M
III have been So lucky As to " re-cnact the law
v God ~ by re. gaining thcir L. IL t.i4nal'c right
- to personal freedom. 1t consents TO no SEQ,
- promises" with Slavcry-that business mn
II" be eft to the Constitution. Farther than til;
x it is for " war;" If the Fugitive Slave Bill
ID in any respect, toleraJ'', Except in the enorm
II, of wrong which may make its execution imp,
~ sibc) |, as q Wing, do not sec it!
'.s take no pleasure in these comments;
no man shall commit me, as Vermont Wa
, to any species of tolerance Of the Fugitive SIa
IN Bill, nor, while that Bill is unrrpcalcd, to t
8 opinion, or assertion, that the "|'avery 'r II
g,r) question is settled" % for riddl
+, this republic of the responsibility Of Slave
80 aud all its works, at the earliest possible peri'
M and by every CONSTITUTIONAL means. II
49,, lie of that line, there is no settlement"
,.s am Webster Wing " as defined in
motto at the head of the columns of the +
Press.
have only space to -iJ that tho Preside
A. Gov PINE, at The conclusion of Judge Peel
speech, very opportuneIy introduced TO
o. Convention the Hon. NJ. LITTLE, of Portla
mr. Me-, the President of the Atlantic and St. La
III. renee Railroad Co., and a New England w
the of The true stamp. Mr.. LITTLE's address v
the enthusiastically received, 1t was iorciale :
LEY electives and entitled the eloquent speaker
ia the freedom of the Wing State of VERMONT
han At the close of Mr.. LITTLE speech,
ID Convention adjourned
pu- Dear SCISSORS, in the bonds Of fraternal IN
ave am TIE PEN