Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-05-03

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llr. ~'oT0n OF 'fnnsviFana SAID:
-i'' oi.... III "' moi N1'" lua' s"ouH
pave troubled '"e @ "."l.,'taj ms ume, could
ls"' tuT ietpna5Ire prospect that the House
would devote MS hme 10 practical 'e-' ition
Bat, Tor conSldarahIe lme after onr meeting.
the organization OF the House was obs'ructod:
and since orGahZ, d. i large portion OF ITS time
mas o"eh occupied oy Sp.tcHeH On me SUBJECT
OF Slavery, mostly by southern gentlemen, wien
no practical question to which they could APP
Ply was before 'hc Committee mere was no
o'"O'' a "'.I "''"'o-'E''t IN IilS, party |"
ln''m'date Congress, aud partly 10 occupy it,
'imc, so '"aj j." 'c-.'."I'n could hF ma'GloI
obnoxious To Southern g""h'" u. Indeed we
are I'l IeN To conjecture ON ms point The
.rA'h'" g'nu'i!"" II'iA H"fh carolina. (Mr.
I"h-"r",J wa" WIS S'''''r" To open ne He'
"'i" ID I. nan "I ,"m'u "'hd"g'' distinctly no
'h'd a. 'h'' on''7H Congress- a a condition
gr'''o'"'' e"''",'1u 10 5t'.'c 'Ic"aFGry fdo.-
."p' @c'ofu'n& 10 No"'he'h ''mahGS' '"eie
mould n' no 't&I''8'Ion' even 10 l'' passage OF
ne o'oi'"'! "ff"P''t""h Gd.' necessary 10
sustain me Na'rrh"3en' ""l 'ia' SucA meas
"FeS W"u'" "o' o9 Uo9'uc'' ny IAe'ung '"em
!" many uou'V' an" Nol'"4 o'' u'e'' nsTI''' o"'
y '''ce e5s'"i'i cd,'"S '"t cas- ana Nays on
eP'"t'u anu l''ou"S ''".,o"S 10 aoJourh uhll'
ne e"u " ''V ' ''''''"' ~ uo"oI ""V ti'a';
ocLo'c "e ventures "" >" mn 1t 'U'ed'' Hc "au
lnl assurances from sulhc'ent number OF
Soulherh genlcmen 10 carry II mo chect-
FOR, II he had Ilade II upon his own bare author
lly, would degenerate INTO contemplate gas
conade, which am sure that discreet gentle
men would not indulge IN. The scenes Of last
| Mo law in Ep- tain al
| showed that they had the VIII and the power 10
exccueit.
llele, then, we have wel-defncd and pal
pable conspiracy OF Southern members, combin
I'd TO stop the necessary supplies TO the cNs.
| tence ol the Government. dlsorganiZe and dis.
solve il, until the bands that bind the Union to-
Iether are severed and a gentleman early in
he session desired, discord reigns." Well
might that gentleman anticipate that the coun-
! try and prosperity would pronounce this treason.
rank treason against the nation! Sir, doubt
| f there is another legislative body in the wcrd
where such sedition would not be followed by
prosecution and punishment. France las late
! y eyed members of her assembly for simi-
! lar offence. But in this glorious country. where
nearly two-thirds of the people ar. free. we can
.ay ANYTHING within these walls or behind them
! with immunity. unless il b, 10 apitate in favor
Of human libertv-that is acrressionl
Let us inquire. what is ihe graye ofiense,
the MIGHTY wrong. which can iTs,ifv a throo,
big with such portentous consequences The
refusal of Congress to rropapa,e or establish a
doubtful or even an admitted Good in tho Tsr-
ritores would surely be no cause for rebellion
and revolution-mGch less would the ro(usaII
t. extend an evil. an admi ted evil. an unmit..
gated wrong. VIII an INTELLIGENT and free
postcrty believe if. when imnartial bis,nry ro.
! t,,J, 40, ,L, o,I,, -, r.! ,L; III -
w,s ife onnrpbens;on tha, tho Cnnrrnsss orthis
free Rcnubiic would not nrona 1ate nov nor,ai,
To be propaga,ed, the institution Of human