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0"hoh Ny Iiic onio democracy III 1913, and re-
affirmed in 1850 and 1882, the Convention of
January 9Th reafirms; and then stultifies it.
self by adopting as part of the creed of
the Ohio Democracy, the Baltimore platform,
the resolutions of which on the subject of Sla-
very are as follows;
"That Congress has no power under the
Constitution to interfere with o, control the
domestic institutions of the several Statee and
that such States are the sole and proper Judges
of everything appertaining to their own affairs,
not prohibited by the Constitution THE fore
going clause is q truism, and in perfect har-
mony with the truism of the second resolve Of
the Hunker Con yention of Ohio but what fol-
lows ID directly in the teeth of the first resolu-
ton OF that Convention "That all efforts
OF the AbOlitOnists Or Others made to induce
Congress to interfere with questions of Slavery
No discrimination here between Slavery in
Territory and in States Ed Era. or to take
lncIplent measures 10 relation thereto, are
calculated to lead to tho most alarming and
dangerous consequences, and that all such eff
forts have an inevitable tendency to diminish
the happiness Of the People, and endanger the
stability and permanenc0 Of the Union, and
ought not to be countenanced by any friend of
our political institutions"
The Ohio Convention with a beautiful con-
sistency adopts this resolution, condemning in
the strongest terms the very interference which,
by its first resolve, it affrms to be the duty Of
the People! The second and third resolves
Of the Baltimore platform are
That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intended to embrace the whole subject of
Slavery agitation in Congress- and therefore
the Democratic Party of the Union, standing
upon this National platform, will abide by
and adhere to faithful execution of the acts
known as the Compromise Measures, settled
by the last Congress, the act for the reclaim
ing of fugitives from service or labor included
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tho land, TO unite in enforcing their execution and
TO irtwn Indignantly all combinations to resist
Lenl ! harmonic sincere and ardent devotion 10
INC institutions Of religious faith with the most
universal religious liberation Ia preserve the
rights OF all by causing zach to respect those of the
ether to carry forward every social improy oinent
70 the uttormost limit Of human pcrfectibility by
tho tree action Of mind upon mind, not by tao
o5trnsivo Intervention Of misplaced force TO up.
hold the integrity and guard tho limitations Of oui
organic Law to preserve sacred from all touch of
ulurpatioD, al the very palladium of our political
salvation, the reserved powers of the several States
and of the people to CHERISH with loyal fcalty and
devoted affection, this uniOn tho only sure fUun
dhuon on which tho hopes of civil liberty rest to
administer government with vgant into gritty and
rigid economy to cultivate peace and friendship
With foreign nations, and to demand aud exact
equal justice from all, but to do wrong to none to
cochew intornieddling with the national policy and
Gao domestic roposo of other governments, and to
repel IT from our own never to shrink from war
when the rights and tho honor OF the country call us
10 arms, but to cultivate in preference the arts of
peace, seek enlargement of the rights of neutrality,
and elevate and lbCralIc the intercourse of nations
and by such just and honorable means, and such
only, whilst cSalting tho condition of tho Republic
10 assure to 1t tho legitimate influence. and the
ocnign authority of great example amongst all
tho powers of Christondon
Under the solemnty of these convictions, the
blessing Of Almighty God is earnestly invoked to
sttond upon your deliberations, aud upon all the
counscs aud acts of the government, to tho end
that, with common zeal and common efforts, we may
in humble submission to the Divine will, Cooperate
for tho promotion of tho supreme good Of thcst
United States.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WAsufsGIor, December l. 1851
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The Presidents Message.

1t lie q pity that the nation is obliged t.
undergo the infections OF President Message,
- often as it does, considering the kind of
article that is furnished II tn Know
Nothings will eject a President who f,,n5rs
nothing, aud will see to il that he shall S0y
rothing--or if he intends to know q lttl.
somethiuS, that he .hall ery IL and hs,y
done with 1t, speaking right to the point
and in as few words as possible, --wo hail
LINK something has been gained
A. for this last Message Of Trlrl.us
Pierce 1t doubtless show. Improvement com
pared with the one he gave Us year az.
There Is not such a quantity Of vague scutenc-
ss and mystical arguments in it about no
body could tell precisely what but which
all the mischief makers of the nation could
make use Of to favor their own plan. II Is
better English to say the least, though there
is in it an abundance Of trashy vapid talk
which neither tells the reader what has been
done, or 10 going to DO done, or ought to be
done. All that belongs to these three heads
could have beon said in one eighth Of tho
space which is actually occupied We insist
upon 1t that President who has d silars Of
;s2o 900 year, with the use Of house and
furniture besides, has no excuse Tor such "A
IRENE dilution in Lls official communications
to Congress
The first really business polut which he
presents is the statement that the [ GOV
ernnont had lately submitted propositions
to the Governments Of Europe and America
In favor ola moro exact yet liberal rule on
the subject Of Neutrality, than has been here
t)forc allowed by those powers. Russia lac
says, agrees to the rule proposed, viz that
free ships shall mako free goods, except con-
traband articles, and also that neutral proper
ty, except contraband of war, found ON che
mics ships, shall be exempt from conlscation.
Others have not decided yet. Prussia will
agree to it, if rrivatcering can be wholly dis
allowed in case of war, which the President
does not exactly favor. Something is to be
said on both sides Of that question on the
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-12-15

The proceedings Of the Temperance Meet
Ing on Saturday evening, reported below,
show that the movement now in progress to
secure the enforcement Of our Prohibitory
Law, is ono Of some weight. Its friend, are
~ earnest. They are met and encouraged hv
the prompt expression of a hearty and, Il. far
rs they have gone, almost universal desire
among our citizens, for the thorough cAccu-
ton Of the law--and something i, like to
be dome a. well as said The committees
have already the names Of three huHd,d anal
M'Hg@, persons in our community who dc
sire to be known a. the friends Of the enforce
mcnt Of the Vermont Liquor Law and have
secured Il respectable nuolcrs ola fund to
meet the necessary cAlc,.scs OF such enforce
mcnt Til, is only Il beginning. The effort
Is To 90 ON, aud it should not stop before Il
thousand names are added to the list We
trust that no one who does not desire to be
known as the opponent of Prohibition and of
Temperance will refuse to give his name and
influence to the rood work
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- We nave OOlalnCd permission to share
with our readers, tho following extract from
the private correspondence Of valued lady
friend at the far South. We hope to give
other pieces from her graceful pen, in future.
Panic in n Southern CITY.
Nov. 10, lsji.
The panic Is over tho sickncs. has gone but
never shall | forget the day when il was first an.
nounccd that case of yellow fever had broken out
in our midst. That dreaded ssourgc was raging
leartully in ncghborng city, and every one star
ted in alarm at the bare mention of it, It was ON
Sunday that the fearful news was first made known.
Sunday which is to the greater part Of our popula
ton hohdos and not hoiy dag, when, during the
afternoon, the streets are always gay with Catho-
lies walking or riding for pleasure, carcc8sly laugh
ing und talking as they pass along, when nurses
dress up their babies in their prctticst, and take
them out for show When groups of fifteen or
twenty negro children are seen in every direction,
some jumping the rope, some playing "Rng around
ring" and others tumbling and frocking together,
while their ebony mamas aud papas promenade the
streets dcckcd in all sorts Of fnety aping the man.
nors of their masters and mstrcsscs. But iIct sun
day how people seemed to crap out of church How
quietly they went to their homes, scarce daring to
breathe as they went along. Here and there two
or three gossipins women would walk together,
Whispering softly that the council ofphysciins .aid
it the very worst form of yellow te,er-and at
that very moment the sick woman was diving of the
black yomit And then after every ono had gone
home, here and thoie a man would steal cut aud
meeting fellow, they would stop in tho corner of
and another would venture forth to learn all tho
danger, until groups of faces were in place
Of the usual plea, urc ecker. Not ridcr to be
sten, not child stirring abroad not an nfant out
Of it, nur.ery. The holo city va. a,rcl aud silent
and seemed to bU holding it breath
Yet, as If to make one feel the silence AMI tho
still more by worry contrast, there weto two or
three frightened women hurryng through tho street
bowildored and terrified. Cne VI them rushed into
my house, and told me, lay sick, that ohs felt
it her duty TO inform Of the danger that no and
all her family would leave town oarly tbs next
morning, that che could not breathe in ,hi. tainted
air, that she not atrad IN the least, but had
promised hor absent father never to -tay where
tho yellow fever was prevailing. Her check vcrc
burning rcd, he could not lit ,tll, and afraid to
peak aloud, Whispered ouI her tory, with a ncr-
'ou. rardiy that va, halt dreadful, halt idiculou.
to sec.
Early in tho evening l.lond caiuo in. to Jay
that She intended to go into the country tho next
day, taking all the chiIdreu,-''not that SIN afraid
of the fever" said he, "but you know how much
the children want to so, and l have been talking Of
it so long" Thus every one wnS frightened, and
every one denying the terror. srry ant came in,
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The burlington Custom House.

We arc sorry that the site of the "Strong
Building" as 1t is called, ON the East side of
Court House square, was not selected for the
location of the new Custom House and Post
Office Ill this place The situation would
have buCu more central aud convenient for the
mass Of the rost Office gocrs Of the town
That old cysorc, the Strong building, would
have boon abollshed-pullcd down quietly in.
stead OF burning up some day and half the
village with it. The now building would
have added TO the completeness and sy,uni,Iry,
if the word is allowable in such a connection,
of the square. For these reasons, we should
have preferred the site Of the Strong building,
and we think a majority of our citizens will
agree with us in the preference. All of
which is not saying that the site chosen
would not be u very good ono if no better
could be had, or that there arc no reasons in
the prices asked, Sc, which justify the choice
of the Secretary of the Treasury. On the lat
ter point We are without information
0J~No.7, of Gr,tli,h's Letters from Eng.
land, lnow IN type, Is crowded ont Of tins
"o,h pHPCii ny press ~ OF Ct matter.
Gy-LiGuI Gorsc rr.-Oil is growing ,clrcc,
and whales " don't bite do they used to do.
The New Bedford Mercury announces that
the average catch Of the whalin, fleet the
past season will not exceed 80 bbls u ship
which 10 little more than half that OF the
preceding season and oil has gone up'
accordingly Since Louis Napoleon prohibited
the Oscillation Of spirits in France, alcohol
has been shipped from this to that country,
IN quantities, TO make French brandy Of, and
with tho consequent rise ill price burning
fluid has gone up also, and continucs to go
up''-to say nothing Of an occasional 5lo,o
up OF course, many who have uucd oil
and fluid, alarmed at thc prices, have returned
to tlllow clndlus, and now t4llow Is ~ high
that you can hardly touch 1t with very
long pole indeed In view of which fact VIC
give II a. our candid opinion that ce,, mn
h'ddcr . regulator, affords the chcalvst light
to b" had short Of piuc knots. Our gas
bills convince uo, and will convince any one
who viii tax" the trouble to examine them.
that our regulator make, u ID, ia: ct thill OF
forty per cent. u'i,i j. all the Gli.rodco
between cheap and dear light. Eyarts 4 Co..
have few more Of the regulators lcft-lnd
those who burn gas, cannot afford to be With
out them, whether they know it or not
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OF whom l,977 fill vacancies made by removal
OF disloyal incumbents. The cost of trans.
portation hy coach is cents per mile, hy
railroad | ! cents 4 mills, by steamboat :
cents 4 mills. The rates on the northern
railroads have bUen increased, but dimn
ishod everywhere elso
The expenditures Of tho last fiscal wear
were eight millions and a half 80 600 Of
which Is charged to " mail dcprudations ami
special agents The revenue was six and Il
quarter millions, showing a deficit Of about
two millions and a quarter to be covered by
special appropriation. The postmaster zen
cral makes the deficit show less by dcductipr
an appropriation of 700 900 The rcycuuC
is about one million greater than last year,
and the Increase is almost entirely in
letter postage. The expenditures OF the
current year will greatly exceed those of last
year.
The postmaster general is confident that
Congress did not understand its last postage
act, ana Tor that reason advises the repeal of
net clause dcducting ono half the usual
rates ON newspapers if paid quarterly in adj
vance. The principle adopted in the cstab-
lishmont of the post Office department, that
1t should be scl-Sustaining, he considers the
only true principle, and that the rates of post
age should be made high enough to do this
Plan for the registration Of valuable letters
SO that they may be traced, upon payment
OF extra postage, is commended to the notice
OF Congress-, and an appropriation asked to
meet the expenses of the scheme. The rates
pad for the transportation Of the mails to
the Pacific coast and by the Collins line to
Europe, are exorbitant and should be reduced
The British post Office department decline to
reduce pamphlet and magazine postage across
the Atlantic to one cent an ounce, as PRO
posed by our department There has been
this year more rigorous enforcement Of
forlciturcs and fines for defective service,
which amount to &ll0,50o against SIS 600
last year - Srrin oG.iJ Bon
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luckily free Dress.
BURLINGTON, FRIDAY, DEC. -. 1851.
The Free Press for 1855,


We should be glad to commence the year
With largely increased list of subscribers
And VIC call attention to the Inducements to
subscribe which We induccmcuts.
which, without any wish to cxalt ourselves at
tho expense Of others, we believe no paper i'll
cur vicinity uud few country purcts any
where can hold out
The Free Press will continue t. give much
moro reading mater than any other paper III
the State, 1t will employ during the year a
regular foreign correspondent whose weekly
letters from England and the continent Of
EUROPE VIII he constant and attractive
feature. Its interesting and yaluaLl. CORES.
Fac:Ai Coast, New York City and ether
parts of our Country, will not fall of either
ID quantity or excellence. Its TEL, yraphic
report Of the Cambridge Cattle Market will
continue to give our Farming friends market
nows week later than they would otherwise
receive. Elaborate Meteorological tables
will be monthly feature. Its selections.
carefully winnowcd Of all that iudiciou,
parent would hesitate to place before his
family, and its condensed Summaries Of poll
teal, religious, agricultural and general in
tclligcncc will continue to absorb Il large
amount of editorial hbor-and an increased
attention will be given to the local affair, of
our County and State. In short no pains
Will be spared to make the Burlington Free
Press an honest and reliable Journal and
good newspaper
The past year has been anything but
prosperous one for newspaper publishers aud
we ind our case NO exception to the general
1ulo. The great Increase III the price of
cverytilng which coca to make up ncws-
paper, has borne heavily on all, and many
papcrh throughout the country have had to
yield TO the pressure The and non paying
or ,,Ou paying subscribers, have cxtinguishyd
three papers in Vermont during the wear
The Brattleboro Statesman, the only sheet IN
Vermont which in SIC comes within over
one tund' cd square Inches Of the Fro, Press,
Is now sold at 81 IS III advance. an increase
Of Is per cent Others of our State Journals
havo boon forced to reduce their si.c TIE
Tree Press for The ycqr 10 come u,U suffer 20
rc31tt'o1 ~ SIC or mcrcosc N prits-und It
must rely On an Increase of patronage tor the
ability to meet Its increasing expense
In view Of the above consideration We
aubmlt that the Tree Press l. emphltlullly
tho cheapest popcr N the State or ,,cin,ty
We think therefore that it deserve, more
paying subscribers We know 1t needs them
And we respectfully ask the assistance Of our
present subscribers in our efforts TO obtain
them. IL but ono in ton of our readers will
induce some ono else 10 send US his name and
t. years subscription money, We shall have
list which we can live Oh and make ils-
provclncnts in our sheet which now we can.
not afford.
\. d. The Free Press will be sent one
year for one dollar aud half if paid strictly
in advance il paid not in advance but be-
fore Elk months, one dollar and seyentv.ive
cents ifnot paid till the end Of the year, tro
dONors.
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You're, g.
TtOF THr FREE lIi-T
Late News

u -. Ed'ior oftl. Ti,, Pr"
see from the Burlington Hsrrn'i Of the rh INST,
that "Mr,. Alexander Hamilton l. dangerously Ill
at Washinston," q fac, which Is the more interest
ins a. some four weeks since the papers throughout
the country generally, announced the death Of that
venerable lady ON the 9TH Of November last. 1t Is
hi 81 time that thoy corrected their mistahe. The
friends Of the stark Bank at Bennington will be
ccrnod to learn the also contained
in tho last Setar!, that the bills OF that Bank are
not received at tho suffolk Bank. l. it really so
Nnnr.. L
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IItNS At IIoME AND ABROAD,

lin III of tn new Custom House
wls -ury,yed yesttrla~ Il, hunt, com
priso about AZ AZ. All . qpartel # Land.
We UNDERSTAND
Nom GnLr William H4nLereon. =
returned Californian of springfield. Mas
has lately been exploring the state Of 0or-
mont IN search of the precious metals. AMI
has found deposit, of gold on the Cult
Stream, 50 called, IN tho southwestern
part OF Plymouth, at the head of Black Riy-
err also in the towns ., >acrburnc, North
Shcrburnc, Stockbridgc, rittsticld, Barnard,
Bridgewdter and " ood~toch, on the Quechcc
The gold thus found i, purcr than that found
California, and i worth one dollar more
per ounce. In some Of the places enumerated
above, Mr.. liankcrsou got fifty cent. worth
Of gold from pan of dirt, which would be
considered more than fair yield in the Cali
lornia diggings.
Thu Swunton H'ydM speaho of re-
cent Railroad CONFUSION in that county,
which has placed Swnuton thrty-siS
hours journey from Burlington, instead Of one
hour and thirty minutes a, heretofore, and
accounts for it by an accumulation OF ''rocks"
at st. Adams.
-NoMlN,rlo>>.-rhc Virginia Dcmo-
cratic State Convention, after Il stormy Sos
sion of three days, nominated Henry 4
Wise for Governor, and passed resolutions
approving of Gon. pirrcc'S administration
4 Il /, Y /
shire, GruiSr W kitucdgc has been almost
unanimously nominated 10y the Democrats
for reelection to Congress and resolutions
endorsing the policy of the national govern
mcnt were adopted. Mr.. kittrod.r opposed
the Nebraska niI, IVA, the administration
docs not dare ,o maoc thi,a test Ia New
Hampshire.
-'EtYrov>.-Uuc Of thor. .>.a- given
by President Fierce Tor his hlrhlrou, attack
on nrrytuvu, i, init rs uiqL,tant, r,r,
b'oo.s ar oto a",'d r"r,. y ii such 70 ruIu-
htion were rot human. w. all know for
what latitude that remark was intended II
Is certain that thus far the bpmhltlmrnt
has been followed 10y none Of the hrrrhts IA
rcctcd 10 fow from It, TIE " nest of pirate,
aud irccbootcrs, ha, not hceu broken up .
The inhabitants have returned to III, II d,,o-
lated hulnys, aud irc rebuilding them lhD .
British have not been driven to abandon the F.
wottctolatc, hut have exercised more oIrn
authority over th, place, since ia, burning,
than before. NN lea, any glory OF r,nown
hccu added to the american aru>
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Adjourned Meeting

ADJOURNED V'ctinr
Of the Burlington Maine Law society.
The society met pursuant II adjournment
at Concert Hall, Saturday L,eninc, Dcrcm-
Der 9th, to hear report of canN isoiu. com
mittec, and t. transact any other business
deemed nccc,sai! The proceedings of last
meeting were read. IIL>RY IooNI-, Chairman
Of the Executive Committee reported that ON
ly It portion Of thu subscription papers had
been returned To tn, Executive Commute
stated that tlI,o hundred aud slAt y-slA had
signed the arti,l,s OF asauclatlun--l large
proportion Of them voters, and men Of IN
Auencc-and that Tho subscriptions amounted
to 3l52, -, good beginning Som- Of the
canya=-lnS committees were present and &c
ported -cverl!ly that there Vas stron- and
universal teelln. TO SGT the Law enforced
& BIGLlow Lsq., stated that the 10
man Catholic Bishop had pledged himselt t.
use all effort to stop the accursed and unlAv-
fu hlfi,, admitting that luls. proportion
Of II was confined to the lrlsh population.
and that those vino were violating the Laws
among that clas. were mainly Ir,h nom,H
j. ) ADAM. stated that the Bishop was
'''"o . VIVA enc ~
night hour, alone. to some one Of the many
,iis bo,.s .hcr. Rum and ,rimc voro hoId;D,
,,.,,, tos,y,. .,,o. one r,.,,, iuirrv or ,,op,u
as midnight broil. Mr. Adams also stated
,h,, ,,I,I,,t Mich, dr,,ulo, br,,, ,,,l,
so lv LIQUOR sold on that ,lav. WAS engaged in
THROWN. hi furniture out Of doors and turn.
ing his wife into the street, exposed to the
inclemcncy of the weather with the t,cr.
molnctor below zcro' "a E,irprosnrct rormorc
inmates Of the poor.house-with an increase
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kaIlZas.

he election of Delegate to Congress from
kanzas Territory has been held, and General
Whitfield the candidate of the Shareholders
is elected by a large majority. lie was the
principal candidate in the field, and had the
advantage Of others on some local matters, 50
that his election cannot be considered as de-
cisivc Of the popular feeling there on the
Slavery question.
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The L. 5. Mail routes extend nearly 22U,.
600 miles, embrace u 900 Offices and enrich
1000 contractors with the handsome sum of
Sl,bdo 900 per year. The number OF Offices
was increased by ,22S during the past year
ani N,6lS new recruits were admitted to the
administration body guard Of postmastcrs