Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-07-12

Ell population adequate TO sustain n state
g )vernment, can establish one; and in the
J. IN ,antime they will be living under the protec-
ton of orr arms and enjoy the olly laws they
' a e yet prepared to endure
4 There is, tlen, only one real wound upon the
= DO ly politic--tha suspension Of California and
this is the very one which, with exquisite surge
~ the President proposes to us to heal immc-
kdately and by itself alone.
b But 1t is insisted that trivial as these dstur-
ab nces are, the country is nevertheless excited
Sard distracted Sir, the country seems to me
tn ithcr excited nor distracted 1t is worried
kbj our own delays. and has become impatient
= not inpatient enough yet to approve this bill,
Id 1t impatient for the admission of California
sal)ne. That is all.
4 Still it is replied that the slavery question
Emlst be settled. That question cannot be set
IT ed by this bill. Slavery and freedom are CON
I'll citing systems, brought together by the union
30 the State, not neutralizcd, nor even harmoni-
Ez I'd. Their antagonism is radical, and there
Ef ire perpetual. Compromise encounters con-
hi ct, and the conflict involves, unavoid,bly, all
81 lestions Of a national INTEREST," questions of
frevenuc, of internal Improvements, of industry,
SoF commerce of political rivalry, and even all
"a lestons of peace ana of war. In entering the
Ec recr of conquest, you hve knled into fer
sc1r heat the fires you seek to extnguish be-
&c rusc you have thrown into them the fuel of pro
gp1gandism. We have the propaganlisn Of sla-
every, to enlarge the slave market, and to in
gcrcaSc slave representation in Congress, and in
gthe electoral colleges for the bramble ever
a seeks power through the olive, the flo ana the
Y zinc should refuse it, and The propaglnls!n Of
q reelomt TO cOuntcractt these purposes. Nor can
n this lgandism be arrested on either sl1c-
4Tha sci is fall OF cXcS, AMI they swarm over
Gthe land Emigration from Europe. and from
&ASln, and from Polynesia, and from the free
Estates anj from the slave states goes on, and
TuuSt % on, ana will 70 on, in obedience to laws
(which should say we're higher th1n the consti-
sution, if any such laws were acknow'e edged
Shcrc. And may be allowed here to refer those
Hwho have be Il Sc nlallz2d by the ulusion to
fsuch laws, to single passage by all author
Hwho5c opinion; did not CIR on the side Of super
sstitlon Of tyrany.
n If it be said thrt cyo-y nltoa ought on this
Esu5jcct, to follow their own constitutions, VIC
Care at an ed Of orr controversies. for they
Sought not to be followed unless ,hey are right V
imlde they cannot be rightly la,do if they arc
HcoH'rnry to the unvers Il law ofGod AMI ntture $
.8-DjScoUfScS on GorarRNem hy .Hgcrnon Sri
guy, chapter !. page 3, &c.
I Ana Whenever tho emigran's TO- whether
9TH y 60 from necessity or of choice they form
Ec )ntinuous, unbroken, streaming professions of
II oIonists founders of States. builders of nations
= nj whore colonies are planted, st1tcs are foun-
4 led and nltions built Labor is there the frs,
Il nj indispensable element and it bcrins and
. prosrcutos to the end It's strife for freedom and
'Hpower. While the sovereignty ofthe territories
.rrn,ini here, the strife wi cone up here to be
scomposol. Iou may STAY the Wlinot Proviso
Fin the Senate hamber and bury il beneath the
yCapitol, to-day, the dead course in complete
sStpnl will 1tr cl,ti,,n Il, l., 4
rjw
4 When the strife is ended in the territories, yo,
,1now possess, it will be rencwcd on new fields to
Rtoriiiy advantages gained or to retrieve losses
sincurrcd; for both Of the parties well know that
sthorc is ''yet that word horcatlnrn
! Senators hive referred us to the promise Of
kpraco which hcrlllc in the Missouri Conprom-
Else. Sir that prophecy is but huff it., Journey
{yet The an eXltion Of TcXl', the invasion OF
sMcX,co, this prolonged struggle over California
stlS desperate contest for the SHOWS an sands
sof New Mexico and Deserot, are all within the
lsnOpc and liEi of the prediction and so are
IA he stiies yet to como over ic1-lounl regions
"a eyond St Lawrence and sun-Jurnt plns
& beneath the tropics.
Bat while this Compromise will fail Of all it,
hpurpo3cs it will work out nerious and las ing
scvils. All such compromises are chlnre5 Of
sthc Constitution, made in d"rog ton Of the
iConstltution. They render it uncertain in its
smeaning, and impair its yigor AS well as its sane
5tiOnS The Compromise finds tie Senate in
Swldc divergence from the House of Reprcscn-
ttativas, by reason of the undue lnulupicatio OF
sleebe consump,ivc States, effected by former
compromises OF the same sort You will mcul
sthlt evil until he Congress of the United States
twill be unable to conduct the business Of the
scountry, by reason o.! Il chronic disagreement
Sbetwacn this and the popular branch, and til
srpSnt will be the abo lion Of one b..uch or the
.othar, either of which would probably be fatal
TO Liberty.
This Compromise is rendered doubly danger
: Gus by the CIRCUMSTANCE that it is concession
alarms of diSorganizltion and faction Such
"a onces ions once begun, follow each other with
n earful rapllity. and always increasing magn:-
n udc. Il is tlme-high time, TINT panics about
Ethe Union should cease; that it should be
known ami felt that the Constitution, and the
!. Union within the limits of human security, are
ssate, firm and perpetual. Settle what you
scln settle, confde in that old arb!tcr time foi
his favor AMI aid in settling for the future wha,
kbcongs to the future, and you wi hereafter be
Ere ieved Of two classes Of patriots, whose labor,
scnn well be spared--thoSe who campr for dis
sunion either to abolish slavery, or to prevent
lncipation, and those who sure der princi-
splcs on sound policy to clamors SO idle.
j SIR, the agitation which alarms rs are no,
sslgnS Of evl to come, but mid efforts Of the
i commonwealth for reliaf from mischiefs pest
a There is way, and one way only to pu,
4 hem at rest. Let Us 90 back to the ground
where our forefahorS stood. While we leave
slavery to the care of the states where it exists
4 let US iniieXibly direct t policy OF the Federal
EGovemment, to c rcumscribc its limits, and ia
9vor It's ultimate eXtngl!shmcnt Let those who
Shave this misfortune entniled upon them, instead
Z of contriying how to mlntain an equilibrium
Sthat never existed, consider carefully how al
Ssome timc--t may be ten or twenty, or even
shty years hcnce-by some means, by some
SmeanS Of their own, and with oar aid, without
sudden change orviolent action, they may bring
Eabout the emancipation of labor, and j S rCsto
Grafton to It's ust dignta and power in the StItc.
,$Let them take hope to themselves, give hope tc
4 the Free States, awaken hope throughout. the
y world. They will thus antcpa'e only wha
Hmust happen at some time, and what they them.
sselv must desire, If 1t can come safely and as
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