Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-04-30

1850, that bill was Introduced ard referred to
the ComE;:tec on the Judiciary aud, as carly
as the l7th Of January, j. was reported back
f-0,G TIE Committee. 1t underwent several
days discussion, upon IN Jtlon which | my
self had the honor to make, that Win the resp
luton introduced Uv the SLnltc- irou' lenue5-
see, Mr.. B!,!,i ana the resolutions and bills in
troduced by an honorable ,enutor from Mlssis-
sippi, lMr. Foote, mo longer hore--nnd the
resolutions Of the Scnator from Kentucky, (Mr.
C1v,) should be referred to that muchrcyiled
Committee of thirteen
We afterwards (what seemed to Inc to be an
anomaly in parliamentary busne's) REFINED in
this body the fugitive slave bill. subject to oc-
casional discussions, while the same subject
was before the Conmittee OF thirteen. The
Committee reported bill on that subject,
which we supposed would be quite as efficient,
ana lees offensive to northern sentiment, than
the bill which finally became a law.
BY I'm amendment winch was lr!roluced--.'f
| saouid speak OF CON nit,c3 Gn.lf3 i think by
the senator from Aljcingan. ppl which was
adopted and reported 10y the Committee, il
would have placed this law IN much more nc-
ceptabie AMI less offensive condition to the
North than the law which finally passed. But
there was u wreck of the omnibus, and we had
to gather the memJra diIecid as we could, and
fix them together. In doing 50, we lust "a rht
Of the old fugitive slave bill, reported by the
Committee OF thirteen, and took that already
- cpared to our hands By the Committee on the
Judiciary, and ihat was pissed General Scott,
when he addressed the Union meeting at Castle
Gdrdcn--whcn he wrote his letter to Mr.. Clap
when he spoke III tie Capitol, and tle lobbics
Of this hamber, manifest Z thu utmost degree
,pto Of nd al, Ia hat r,ln rf
adjustment should be agreed upon, by winch
the Union would be relieved from the mena-
cling condition III which It was placed, must
have had in contemplation that with the other
great objects. That he went for I'LL the details
OF that measure or for all the details Of ali the
measures usually called the compromise, do
not undertake to say. | have never heard him
declare it.
There were many things in those several
bills which would have had ont Of them if |
Gould. But the Union, like divers other pa
prrs, with very patriotic spirit. locking very
much to the notification Of the country, desires
to re open tn!s question upon the tu-Ityc
slave bill. ana to indicate that General Scott
must say what were his purposes, or that he
cannot be supported by honorable ner trcn the
South. We'll, sir, We Shall see. | have nc
approximations upo: that subject. ] consider
Z,
nm as hatluhli ahc as pAttlollc as any man
| whatsoever, VINO Is named Tor the Presidency
" elther oil the pir'lc' OF the couEtry' lie
"0uid Scofh TO Acquire Il triumph LOT one sec
ten OF the country over another; ana NOBODY
would 90 II Dut !Iltle TWO .'ehhy poIuclah'-
No enlightened p.triol or Statesman, with e.
.a!ged views "ouIa ever desire IT, ~ Wou. {
DC the niduS-the nest OF unhuADcred MS II
ts9 ilture-'he nest from whIch, instead
oITu' win prlIliht p'a.hage, 10 Ge-@hl NE eye
ana warnings TO rec ne me ear, NouiI ISSUE
serPents TO sung the American PEG . 10 mad
ness IL IS unofotHetIl' ana l. u ','"'9e a.
II IS uhDrothcrIy, TO ucare shch sc-uonll al
Van'ages mi5cIIleu thu npl'. NC american
Fh,uof can, or wiIl ever desire IT,
II were placed upon the confines Ct the nos
distant frontier OF tho FAST or II "ere PlaccI
| Gron the BANKS o' the kio Nrlnie; or ti'nTaln
were paced IN the lurtne't west upon IN.
WIG see BANS lHv9n by IN" waters oi tl'
peaceful sea; or II we're upon the COD height
OF the Rocky Mountains, .aou!d GcslFe u D'
able to say, with ~ heart with swelling
e%uItaht prlia, htS Is ny co"'HY; an IN
.fm@rtc1n c'i'cen.
Sir, every portion Cl tIc InJOn. - tue en-