Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-11-26

NF7TnE LEGISLATURE Is anxious to adjourn
on Wednesday booming day before Thanks
giving SO as to give the people additional rea-
son to be thankful, we suppose and SO the
House where this anxiety is strongest occupied
the whole of Saturday afternoon debating
whether they would consider the lame Liquor
Law then, or wait until this morning. The
debate was conducted chiefly by Messrs. BAR
low, .NEEDHAN, BRADLEY of Westminster,
WRiGHl Of Castleton, in favor of the postpone
ment, and by the SPEAKrR, MessrS' WARD
NER, BARRErr. WrLL1A,s, and others, IN ia
vor of immediate action. The po9iponcy5 got
1t, by vote of 50 to 81.
Mr.. WR1GHr Of Caateton desired the matter
postponed till Monday, to-day, chiefly because
he was anxious to remain A W big orr one more
Sundan The passage Of this bill, said he,
amounts to bill Of sale, transferring the Wing
Party, body aud breeches to the Locofoco Par
ty! This only proved that in the event Of the
passage of the bill, Mr.. WRIGHT intends TO as
sign his body and breeches to the Locoocos,
that's all. Wings. os a general thing, don't
boco,oe 1,,cofocos ON sucb terms. Tho Whr
p,r,u !, vern,ont has nassed tbrourh worse
.r;.,s tina, tho enoctmcnt Of tho Maine LIQUOR
Law and survived Mr.. Wr,cpr knows that
1t was not killed deai by the much rcvied ila-
beas Corpus Act and we have confidence that
Mr. R.Rtow's bill to repenl that act should
chance ia FAIL we shall keep iorcinr on as usu-
al ohev,nu nh laws. Stnte and National. I'm.
fl they o,e reno,,ed Tn, Whir Party N Vcr
mont has 4, mighty s,rour vital power, and can,
he killed 81 e,slv,
MIR WI. LAWS. Of Sunderland oyhibitcd
himself as an onnonen, of Jcbo,e and took oc
CASTOR to assa,I. with considerable leoblenc,s
the dphatcrs in the IIou,c ~ who had the roor
seuse no, to replv to him., This ran, Of me,
who conuot debate measures that thcv were
semi n the I,epi,la,ure to debate. ayoinst thos,
who ram. and who in doinr 81 sinr,lv pertnrn
their d,,tu is d,scustinr. The more dobot
there Is. as general rule, the better It will be
both as respects the character of or Laws an,
of orr Legislature. The crvjnr evil Of Yer
mont lerislahon is fast reitiuo 10 be that law
are nassed ,r;tbout Gobatp which in,nIr. con
sideration. And the member who cravelv OF
lects to the freest and fullest discussion &c
monstrates his unftnesS for his place. Mr.
WILLIAMS thought if lawyers and other gen
tiemen of the House were not quite so ambI
tlous to display TIER "cloouence," the Hous
mlpht adjourn much earlier. So 1t mIrht,-
but then its laws and enactments would stan
chance 10 be much more absurd crude an
Objectionable than they frequently are now
When the Capitol of Vermont is occupied b
a LEGISLATURE COMPOSED of DEBATING MEN Ia
1t used to bel hasty and lnconsiderate legi>la
ton will be greatly less likely to occur NJ
Williams will be wiser man when he come
10 know more.
Now our notion Is that the Legislature shout
adjourn when It has finished It's business, an
not beforehand that all this talk about was'
ting time by debate Is nefer sensible nor de
cent. II is a direct attack upon the freedom c
speech and discussion, in precisely the quartz
where that freedom homd be most unImltec