Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-09-20
BURLINGTON FREE FRIDAY
DAILY FREE PRESS SEPT. Is. 1850.

DAILY FREE PRESS SEPT. 10. 1850. ~
GIVE adopt every letter, period and com. /
ma of the following article in yesterdays Bos.
On Mas, with a single remark-and that is
this we care not if Congress pass law
making it the duty, under penalty Of fine and
Imprisonment, of every man, woman and child
North OF Mason g. Dixons Line, to aid and
abct The capture and restoration Of human be.
inrs to Slavery. We would cut Off our hand
and pull ont our tongue, before we would ujte
for such a bill, but we should look upon it,
nevertheless, as more harmless than the straw
" manned against Oheos breast !" The pas.
sage Of the infamous Fugitive Slave Bill, ((or
which we are glad to say, no Vermont Repre-
sentative voted) does not add to nor take from
the guarantees of the Constitution" feathers
weight. 1t neither increases nor dimnshes
by the thousandth part Of a hair, the chances
of escape for the Slave, nor the chances of re-
capture for the Master. Things remain " in
statu quo ante bellum." The passage of such |
a bill is undoubtedly disgrace to the Amer
anybody that supposes that il amounts 10 any
Thing further, is not familiar with the facts in
the case If our Southern friends would only
believe this, they would be wiser men.
The following is the article from the Atlas
The North and the South.
The segie3 oe measures which have passed
/ ('opurcss yiih thp favv weeks i'm
porant in themselves, and will have to great an
| influence upon the country and upon parties,
| to be passed over without mature con5lderation.
| The times have been " out of Joint" for months.
Angry discussion has prevailed in both houses
of Congress. Party lines have, in good de-
gree, been obliteracd. Disunion has been
! openly threatened in the halls of Congress, and
still more untlushingly and boldly taught in
Carolina and at Nashville. What is it that has
occasioned this state of things a? The COM
plants have come from the South, not from the
North Northern aggressicn' has been the
theme Of Southern defamation, and the cause
of their threats ann fears. But we are told the
storm has been allaycd, the winds have ceased,
and the waves OF the sea slumber in their caves,
not breaking their heads Upon the rocky shores.
, What is it that har produced this dear, delight
full state of things ?-that has given birth to
"The hour when thrilling joy repays
A long, long of darkness, doubts and fears p
In order to answer these questions, it will be
be necessary to enquire what it was that gave
rise to The storm-what it was that " set the
heather on fire =" Think not dear reader, that
we are about to cross that Sahara Desert Of
Southern loqmcity, TO gather thercfrom all the
real or imaginary pale lilies Of pair" which
have filled their vision from time to time and
which, bound up in bouquets, ane styled North
4 /, A..
, feet bat IL our teeth. We shall sum up the
whole controversy in the brefest space posi-
BILE. There are two classes Of human being
on this continent, or rather in the United
States the one white and the other black. Ii
:, a portion of these States say Is Of them, The
y black race are the saves Of the white race
is They are bought and sold, as we in New Eng
n land buy and sell our horses, sheep and cows
= They are driven from State to State for sale, a
e cattle are driven from Vermont to Brighton c
st Ctmbridrc markets. Like cattle, the parel
le is divided from the offspring. The Slave own
to no property, not even his own body. There
, very respectable portion of the people iNin
So in tie fifteen free States who think that In
=. system of slavery is a monStrous Wrong, an
=, they have tried in peaceful, constitutions
o.. and legal manner, not 10 eradicate /, hnt
DrcrcH is SpreaL These men, although the
compost d 'dNl VI " ~ ~ W. ~ 't' 80 -
~ FREE States. are called by our Southern br thre
9 'f,ratics,' 'abolitionists,' distnrher5 Of III
ne pubic pcace' The are the aEgressors uTC
III Southern rights and The men who have ma
l. all the 'diStucbinccs and all the excitement;
II and put the Union in iNoptrdy.
r Asa guarantee tOr Onr Southern brethren
nd remain in the Union, these persons must,
nd far As practicable, be slenced and puni>he
Oar Southern brethren say. give US all IN
we want, and we will ask for no more F.
, ever cl Sc your mouths in regard to SLAYER
and what You cantinIy term lis evils. Lea'
" the public domain open to us for the further e
III tension Of our institutions Give u IN
nd scopc to catch our rui ayays. 40 81 trial
he Jury and tie bGEeas corpus in their case. iii
Ms us the right by law, tC &C to your Free STATE
an ard carry off any co!oreI man We may 5
~, there, upon our bare word, that he is our slav
H. Let us appoint Commissioners to carry our
nat mands aud claims into execution, and we "
is be content II remain in the Union with yo
nd and supply your army and navy with oihce
in the public departments in Washington vi
ia. scons If our first families, while YOU Ct I
-; North NAV furnish the common soldiers, a
,,d now and then an officer, and respectable c
~ ecutive appon,ee. If you are quite submissi'
- we may throw you a small tariff bone. }
~ Pippins, when temptations were removed tr'
his I'VE senses, was inOuel OF SER unVeGnUlt
ma 50 with our Southern bretlreH. When th
I'm have got all they want they pretend ibera
ely because they don't ask for more.
the These seemingly eXt'avagant demands of c
lb- Southern brethren were, at first, resisted by
ave people who live in the North; But soon the
STA were symptoms of giving way. There was
md gentleman BY the name Of Winthrop, who t
the North desired to have elected Speaker; but c
md Southern brethren said that should not be, a
"a he vas defeated Georgia supplied the Hor
~" Wv. with a Speaker. Many Northern men heT
ivy do it, Then the North asked for tariff to p
Tue ect their labor from European competition,
III Mr., Badger, of North Carolina, said no. '
Gu quite his words;
he :" Yes, sir. Though every mandatory
or the North should be stopped though her VIII
industrial pursuits should be ihered, thou
y her streets should be filed with sturdy begga
the and her asylums and her poor houses shot
M everywhere be crowded, her public and priv
AXE charities oppressed and verburdencd, a
mt. though the remedy lay in my ii lgle vote, Il
,,, vote shl Nd not be given