Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-17

holding rarlcy with kings and autocrats.wit
John Mitchell ilogging slaves through II rice
swamp, or along the rows of cotton un hi.
plantation
The public wish to know how it happens
even il Slavery CaR be- defended, tut the de-
fence of it should be 81 congeniul Il task to
Mr.. Mitchell There ara some necessary
tasks that honorable men DO not Ike to per-
form. II carital punishment be allowed
some one must be the hangman. If the gril-
lotine must stand some poor caitiif must
assist its functions. But what ,hould wr
think if those very men that had sl~nt their
lives in endcavors to aboliSli the galuws. and
put away the harbruus, rlttlin4 guiIlutiue,
should rush into tn" first vacancy. and parade
with v0ci!erpus pride their elevation to th"
dignity OF Il hangman, or an eX"cutiOn"r
Therr were nUn enough tO do the dirty work
of SlaNerN--mrn born upon ~ lr,el with their
tasks. We ,iiI not expect to see a great "a
ionn"r-a champion OF human rights, after
IN ilIustriois cirpumnNig ig,iion 6i thr globe
.s martyr for ii'ed5n--u-ing his very i-,t
hours of liberty in rubbing down the still
and .Lalhrd lm's of Slavery. som" other
man surely might have tc"u Ionnd for Suiil' a
function.
But We cannot continue in this painful
strain. The fall of such .r man AS john Nit
chrl has been thought to Ice. cannot ox,lt"
only inSligunti,n. There i. rity. too Tlur.
is n strnn,, and ,,a,rro,s urri.iuo in r,,r,
heart ,rrtnstino that if SIAN not hoi. w.
iustiuctiyclv feel that if is Il ,r,nm--nn, oi
those dreams of impossible dishunur, that
sometimes torment good m,rl and We stand
waiting for it to break. and the visionary
horror to- lv away back To the limbo of Inusky
folly. whence it issued
q Sir. had all this that has bonnencd
uassed in a dream. would won moi have. wnkad
bathed m sweat. f., saw sl,udJoring :, What
a horrid NIGHTMARE has been ostrde of nv
soul, God save me from even such visions 1t
wrong - Tint which Won would thus feel
we d5 feel for Won. That which Won would
thus calculate to God, men sneak 10 each
other. tell YOU no news. Sir. when saw
that Won have fallen down in thr siolt of the
who'll. community. from the ,,lnre ni a cham
pion of Liberty t1 the s..ryile Office of creenino
all tho Jovs ,if vour Gr. an vonr beIIv G,r
slavery
Once vou stood like snpc creot nok wh,se
wide circumference was Hlt,.d nm nhn,e nll
tba rostur.s tha ,,l,rv or ali L.botdors onJ +.
cnvert far =, thonsnnd tin,iJ siu,,;nu-Lird.
Nav Won lie nt full lnucth ,lonr t4u 1rn,,nJ
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tnrmoJ - f.,ran Win Lr,tnn Lor"i's ar1
Jo.,,niloI loaynst Noynr ,,,ai, .l,olI I7,sL,,''I
mon nro,irt S,ring rrn,n y0,r s,ynilh,, hnd. ,
Z.or o,,,in sL,lI G,,d.s si,,,;r,, l,;rIs frliLar
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Wy nnnnn. Li1, rro,, ,n,.soIr tho. .i,o.o. ,.,.
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'Laari'.s s,Iitm1a ~ ;nsrn,i,;,s T;,,,o ,H't
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mon and surrounded hy tbe anniai s,.To,o. .
thins or Iovin, bearts nav vii d,5ft :nn ~
a r,,or s,l;tnde wi,bon, l,ro or ,1otL,,
or ,;tv or honor Ynu will swnen cnIJly an
nrdn y d.rl currant lilo m oror-roll;u,'; ;o..
hairr that rolling and rn,,undin,, oTor so
much go;ns no rasf b, cb.n,;n,, ,inoo
Hmt ,hnr. H., G,tnro ho,InJ ~ ,Iiis o,.o, ~,
oor,h NV ,;nn '',,S 1 e,tm InnJ, Jm
J,,r - ,,I;a,' tuo ,",, c,'n, |i.. iii
omo ,,rn1t br,thnrhooJ onI io, sI.n In ,i
Inu ~ NAM T., ,Lnt iI,,, o,,, ,Ia a,'' II
ho ro.oor.h moJo r,r oi1 ,Lo ,o,nos .I,a, s;raa
tha world ha,,,n bnvn wrou,ht onJ snT,rod
c,r tIa ,,,oJ Tor tLain l.;,l Fri, Iii T., ~,
NV w. c,.t w., uo "
From tbn ohscnr;tr ;nt" wLilL T,"snnt;n hn :
aun@ Nil who dnred tnd.fy IL rr,,n tbe shaJ.S
onI 1nrknnss nc ohI;,inn f., ,,hioh n,',,nass',s
u.n,,Id ,n,or d,u tLo ,,,,,,,or, ,c III
claimed bum,n ri,bt and Lu,n,n I;Ior,,. ,t,,.
will coma c,rtL J,;r;,,,r ill., 49, s,,,
none he f,rgottnn tbnt Iorrd tn Irin, =, -" "
the worlds freedom In tLat dav Will tan
thousand names Shall he hrorI in ali tb.ir
number not one shall utt.r that g,,ue and G,r-
cotton unmn-.Jnhn Nitrh,J
Rut coma bocl tnue I.Lr NIi+.J.,l :.
not yrt ton Late O,ir Lr,i.t. .,nI 'nnr hands
shull helm Won. if Won viii Lut stir y,mrsalf
to break that rnchantmcuf that SOM. mnh,n
mischief co,un rr,,, ria, mi A.. rnolr, .,r o,,7J