Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-07-25

there is always something manly,
decent and heightened, in the fanatlclsm OF our
ardent brethren of tho South, that lifts it lar
ubove the vulgar, indecent, profone and dis
gushing spirit that too often marks the NANTES
tetion of political and moral fanaticism in the
North. There is a sneaking sort OF meanness
and O cowardly display of boldness in the rant
and fnstlan of the Piisburys, and Ga,rison', and
Parkers, and Ihompsons, and other sclf-c onstl>
tated philanthropists" of the Free States, that
are as far removed from the temper of genuine
Reform and Christian Progress, as they are
from the temper and taste of the great mass of
the people among whom their monkey-tricks"
are played. They belong eminently in the
category of heroes admirably characterized by
Shakespeare as,
"Ou, of he reach OF shame, confident
Out vt the reach OF ddhser, bold"
The ianatlvlsn e South "aiona, for OK
ample, (of which we lately gave brilliant
specimens from among the toas.s at the Cele-
hra,ion Of the 18th of July at Charleston) is so
apparently sincere, and evinces so unbounded
self.csteem and selfrespcct on the part of the
"chvalrous" citizens Of that magnificent Com
monwealth, that it excites less of contempt
tran of regret and commiseration. We are
really sorry for the unmitigatcd folly that as
sumes so respectable form We are i'm
pressed with the conviction that the South
ruronians are prepared to eight bleed and
die" for what, in the promises, they most erro-
neou.ly conceive to be their invaded "rightS."
Mr.. CALHouS taught them that Slavery is the
very "bulwark of Freedom" and Mr.. CALHOUN
WIS the pulse of the State--the perfect index
TO the beating Of its mighty heart! 1t has been
not lnaptly said that when Mr.. CALHOUN took
snuff the whole State of South Carolina
sneczed The smile hardly over states the
Immense "home influence of that eminent
gentleman. Certainly it might be affirmed,
that when he took snuff the whole State took
snuff also,-ther sneczing being good deal
dependent upon his further example The
fanaticism of our Southern friends, therefore,
has something in it, both as respects its origin
ard its expression, that 10 respectable. 1t Is
the offspring of educated conviction, and,
though it is Enthusiastically absurd, it disputes
and argues like man and a gentleman. 1t is
no billing.gate BLACKBOARD, if it have nothing
of the good sense which sometimes underlies
the billingsgate vernacular.
But what shall we say of Northern fana>
ticism 1t has neither sense nor decency, but
is an outrage, dirty outrage, on both An
Anti Slavery, or Free Soil, or Free Democracy
meeting was lately held at Danvers, Mass.
attended by such "mastcr spirits" of discord
and anarchy as Parker Pillsbury, Lloyd Carl
son, and that class Of crazy zealots whose
philosophy it is to hold nothing really bud but
the DEGREES of Providence The Springf cla
Republican says
At recent anti-slavcry gathering in Dan
vers, presided over by James \. Butlum, a Sc
RES Of speeches were made, characterized by q
spirit, for which fanaticsm" is altogether toe
mild name. Scoundrelism would be far more
appropriate. The meeting was held on the
Subbnth, and, as a specimen of the spirit and
letter OF the addresses, we copy the following
extracts from the speech of Parker Pillsbury =
THE Atm of July is the most cursed day il
all the calendar. The day when Judas lscari-
TO BETRAYED his master; the day when jesus
Christ was nailed to the cross, is more to be
honored and celebrated with the firing of can
non and waving of the hateful bunting, thar
the 4th of July. On morning of the 4tll o
July we should clothe ourselves in sackcloth
and sit in ashes during the day.
George Washington waded in blood through
an eight years, war he then went home, anC
grew rich in selling his nclghbors and stealing
their hard earnings.
There is not sterile hilltop in Austria, but
that IS more sacred to freedom than Bunker
Hill, and the plains of Lexington and Concord
The vilest mudsco that floats on the Danube
is nober craft than the proud trigatc Consti
tuition"
The Republican adds
ITO show the devilish hatred he bore to the
Christian Church, this same Pillsbury, on the
same Sabbath afternoon, went through mock
ceremony oftakng several dogs;into the church
questioning them upon their doctrinal opinions
and putting replies satisfactory to himself, into
tnelr mouths. After this he propounded them
and finally baptized them i'll the following
words g b ptlze thee, Bose, in the name Of
the Father, &C., baptlze thee, Tiger, &c"
Our readers will agree that fnnatlclsm is nc
name for ,nch essential blasphemy as this"
And yet it is with lust such co-pduta,ors tha
the party in this State from which the Hon
LrcIus d. PEck recently made lucky escape
acts!
The Republican justly remarks:-
"The South, even in its hottest hole' of Sc
cesson, can furnish no adequate offset to suci
madness a. was exhibited at the Dsnvers meet
ing. We have before us the Columbia Is. e..
State Rights Republican, containing report II
tie celebration in that place on the 4h. On
o. seventy toasrs offered at The dinner table, six
weight are either audatory of South Caroline
and secession, or condemnalory of the Union
vet in all these tUasis and the speeches whC
accompanied them, heated and crazy as the
were, we can find nothing vile and unman
enough to warrant, in justice. any comparlso
between them and the proceedings OF the Dan
vers meeting
Tomorrow, the Plisbury party of Vernon
get together at Montpelier to try again TO seduc
some respectable person with their empty bat