Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-04-18

! "''E support lnht II SnOuld every where receive
Oh these sections, Vermont, ! am sorry 10 say
one remember having seen nothing IN the smp
OF encouragement, such, at least, as such works de
ihahd, hailing from HER precincts. She has done a
thnt she could do as State but have her Sons for
gotten the men and times that gave peace and plent,
and happiness TO her green hills Have their view
ld feelings reaUy became so estrangcd from tina
| Country, tor whose preservation their fathers will
lngly sacrificed their property and lives that the,
cannot JON in raising monument to ITS FATHER
whose praises unborn millions will delight to sing
ID they nor cherish and reverence the Constitution
ana pray Tor the Preservation and perpcluity OF til,
Unon as iervently and arden lily those Southern
'mngogues and iactlonists, who are henping upon
h'r the vllest calumnatons, and who would re-
ice TO see Vermont longer star in the bright fir
Ill iinent! When the Country halIowed by the hui.
est associations, is threatened with cirH tcar and
| tie Union threatened with dissolution, branded as
they are by some as the most Jealous agitators
should they not endeavor to prove themselves Iowa
u tn" best interests Of the whoic Conntry and exrr
their influence towards the restoration OF peace har.
mony aud concord to the arrlng States And how
could they better do it, than by sending as peace Of
ferlngs,' iohDie-Souied contributions to and in IN,
South, no North, but one great band OF brave heroic
seli-sacriticng, selt-denyng brothers s.
U AT recent meeting of citizens of Lewis
County, Kentucky, the subjoined resolutions
says the Maysvillc (Ky.) Eagle, were adopted
They Indicate the right spirit in the righ
qun1T Modification, or Repeal, is the word
The attempt to music the mouths of the Free
mon of this Country, by compromises" is as
little likely to be successful we are glad to see
IN the South as in the North TO pass laws
that havc for their object the perpetuation and
encouragement Of the odious institution OF
Slavery in this Republic is no part of the drl-
ties OF Congress. The Fathers of the Republic
the Patriots who framed our glorious Consttu-
ton, looked upon Slavery as an evil that was
destined soon to die out :-dshonorabe and
injurious alike to the Nation and to the States
where it then prevailed. Nowadays, the
tables appear to be turned, and the whole
energies Of this Government are to be pledged
to the support and maintenance of Hdrcyy. OF
the Union is dissolved No Rights are Sc
sacred, Just now, as the rights of Shareholders
A Just Tariff, which vitality affects the great
Industrial Interests of the Country is nothing
the Improvement Of our lIarbors and Rivers
the great arteries of Trade and Prosperity, is
nothing;-s long as Slave catcher from
South Carolina or Georgia happens to fail in
grabbing a POOR Fugitive Niger in the
Northern States! Nomatter what injuries are
inflicted upon the Nation, so long as .SIareiy is
protected and upheld This is the existing
Esprit of the age and the sooner it is OK
dressed the better it will be.
Mr.. WEBSTER, in his recent Ana2olis
Speech said, cmphatcaly, he had "NO CON
FlDENCE in any body ,rho Secks the repeat. or
any body who 'c'Shes 10 0iror modiy the Com
promise Measures passed by the last Congress" /.
The times have come to pretty pass when such
language can be addressed, without rcbukc, by
legislator to his constituents when a series
Of laws that secure nothing whatever to Frcc~
dom that Freedom did not before possess, and
that do unnecessary violence to the opinions
and wishes of a vast majority of the American
People, are to be regarded rs fixed and immu-
table, ON pain of Il forfeiture Of tie conGd,ncc
Of tle first officer Of the Government We
have come to n pretty pass, truly, when the
people ofthis Country are told, from their own
High Places, that their claim to patriotism and
loyalty can be purchased only by making dis
graceful concessions of their Humanity and
their ie@M RIGHTS to the demands OF Slavery 4
We abhor all lawless resistance 10 law: but we
more profoundly abhor that spirit OF pusillani-
NIFTY which signifies the exercise of, or the
Intention to exercise, nothing more than lcga!
rights, as an evidence of dsloyalty TO this
Union Just as though the only, or even the
best, way to preserve the Union were to
diminish its responsibility, and its intrinsic
value, as the great guarantor of Freedom and
Free Principles among the Nations of the |
Earth
The Resou,i ms by pubic meeting in Ken
ucky, to which we have alluded, are AS fol,
OW, -
W lrIfdS, III lIl' I'T OF fN-N GOVERNOR Mptc1It |
o Mr. Foos, the former in spanking ui the turtivr
dave bill assumes that kenuckv, with unhm,nd-d
VIII regard Ms repeal hv the Genera.
government rs IA dissolution OF the Union.
Resolved, thnt the opinion OF Il slnyehod,r rs is
ioy. Nlol"ae, or OF the 81 Uun Shareholders m krn-
uckV, can m no nIr s,u-r be regarded as the upu.
on al the GOO 600 non-savrhOldrTs OF our State
Resolved, That we snail br happy to be furnished
With the evidence 10y wdtch the EN-Guvernor learn
d the views "i the non-slavelOdcrs IN advance OF
heir having expressed them.
Re wed, That. so far we are informed intelli-
ent md Influential nun-savrhuldcrs rrg,rd the Fu-
alive Slave BII as unconstitutional ana anti Chris
ian.
Resolved, That the admiration which we feel ion
rec institutions leads Us TO believe thnt the North
llI rent IN ilrm IN its purpose of rcpeaiHg this TIL
n i"SHt mdnner, and that il viii be as much op-
oscd al the Sunlh as at the North, when the heht
hlAes US aburdauty here as it does there.
The Great WORLDS Far.
1t would seem that some apprehensions are
egnning to be felt in England with reference
o the immense and incongruous collection Of
eople expected at the Worlds Fair in Lon
on. Lord lyndhurst made q significant