Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-06-22

destroyed the North and dsgusted and
embarrassed the South lie charged ~
directly upon one Of their number, that aftt<
a most decidedly pro-sayery. platform hads
been adopted by the committee, he went to
southern gentlemen, and told them they
were conccding too much that New York
was ready to 20 farther even in SUPPORT of
slavery, and that there should be no yielding
to the anti-slnycry sentiment Of the free
states southern gentlemen were 80 aston.
ishcd and disguised ut this that they could
not iorbcar repeating it to the Massachusetts
u'l'gatipn, who have won the respect of all
tne hlsh-mindcd gentleman Of the South, for
thelr manly dignity and fidelity to the olin-
IONS Of their state. The charge of Gov.
Gardner was denied with coarse insults. nv
the New Workers, but its truth il within the
knowledge OF many gentlemen. with whom
they can bear no comparison for character
and responsibility.
SENATOR WILSON'S srrAcu
Mr. Squircs Of New York made coarse
and violent assault upon Massachusetts,. and
and especially upon Gen Wilson, charging
him with determination to break up tho
organization.
Gen Wilson rose to rcpel the unprovoked
assault made upon his state, and to rebuko
the insUlcncc Of the member from New York
All would bear witness that he Ojcn w
had uttered no words Of unkindness to any
one during the sttings Of the convention -
From gentlemen from tho south, he had
received acts of kindness he should ever rn-
member and all would notice that the wan
ton assault of the member from New York
was wholly unprovokcd. That member had
declared hat the anti slavery movement had
thrown up small men. The exhibition tho
member had made Of himself proves that he is
the last creaurc on earth to sheer at any
/ ono for want Of ability, temper or manners
/ Gen Wilson said he and his associates stood
/ upon that floor with 10000 Massachusetts
/ frccmcn at their backs-the delegates from
/ New York stood there with only bafled and
defeated faction behind them-men of buck
/ ram. Seward trod his heel upon the necks
Of the rampant gentlemen from New York
and irthis New York platform was agreed to-
he would look down into their political
graves. New York must be and shall be
held responsible for the platform it was
their work. We could not stand upon it in a
single free state Of the North The member
says he will 60 to the democrats, if the res
toration platform is adopted. Let him go
let his associates 90, bag and baggage, we
shall lose little Of either talent, character or
power. He will no longer be a hypocrite.
he toll, W. We are glad to hear it.
A.ppt tbs platform and the North will
rrpuIiate it and you-it has sent 100 pledged
men to Congress to restore freedom to Kanzas
will these members obey your DEGREES and
violate these pledges Never will they do 80.
Mr. Barker, who wanted to be mayor of New
York, and could not who wanted to be pre-
I sileut Of this council, and could not get it
. bccaasc we wanted a man who knew some.
thing more than to repeat the parrot phrase
- 40 North, no South, no East, no West, q"
and would not have one that blasphemously
. sneers at the higher law-he boosted Of their
victories in New York That state had re-
solved in favor Of restoring the Missouri com
promise. She was in favor of it by tens OF
thousands. We mean to hunt down these
men Of the North, who betray us-we will
look down into the political graves of these
apostates Of New York-these men who aro
false to the North and not true to the South.
Mr.. roRD's SPEECH.
Mr. Ford, Of Ohio, Virgnisn by birth :,
made a very remarkable speech on Tuesday
afternoon. The correspondent of the New
York Tribune says
lie is the looming man" Of Ohio, RELY
: upon it, Those who heard hi, speech of yester
day will not soon forget him or it. The mode
rate men Of the South hung their heads, and
the irc-eaters fairly raved, at hi. biting .ar-
casm and keen denunciations. He put the ras.
3 Missouri Compromise to them in the most
pungent and effective style. you stole our
iack-kuife,' said he ave caught you at it,
. and now you wont give it up. 1t is like
t the man who bought the horse on Sunday
and gave his note for it, then sold the animal
and pocketed the money, and turned round
and repudiated payment Of his note because
given on the Sabbath it was illegal. You
acknowledge YOU have had the consideration
admit ne rataal to ho ui,st Nd
T outrage and yet you refuse to right it :"
, Objection was made by several Southern mem.
bers to the assertion that they admitted the
! righteousness Of the repeal. "Well then, ="
said Mr.. Ford, get up and tell u, what you
do think about it. Let US hear your comics.
sions.' Judge Hopkins, of Alabama, rose
and defended the repeal rs that Of an uncou-
stitutional act. Cunningham, ofSouth Caro-
lima, said ditto, and also one or two others
$50 ahead, said Mr. Ford, - let US hear
You all.
Kenneth Rayner-"ls it expected that
Southern gentlemen generally will give their
mental experience )" Ford-''Yes, yes; let
II. hear YOU all. Rayner-"Well. then, |
have to say that the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise was an uncalled for and an I'M
necessary act, an outrage even, a violation Of
plightcd faith and would have seen nv
f right arm wither and my tongue palsied be
fore would have voted for it
Several other moderate men Of the Slave
States agreed with Mr.. Rayner, but were not
prepared to aid in righting the wrong, whose
lnlqulty and injustice they freely admitted
But most Of the southern members were in
dignant at the admission. of Rayner, and de-
nounced him for them. Cunningham of South
Carolina, an ayowed Secessionist cracked
his whip over the gallant North Carolinian in
true overseeing style. limitations were
given that Mr.. Rayner should suffer for thi.
Mt home His answer was bold and defiant
He said he would trust in the generosity and
justice Of the old North State and if his enc
mics dared 10 bring the issue of these opin-
ions home to his constituents, he would
stump the State IN their behalf from the At
lantlc Ocean to the Tennessee Mountains
Mr.. Ford after while resumed, aud poured
forth a torrent Of inyective that was perfect
ly overw helming Ohio he said, had
stood up for the Compromises of 1850, had
maintained them in good faith, but if the
South refuse to right this great wrong, we
will never more be lick-spittles and boot
blacks, and demcan ourselves to catch your
runaway niggcrs. Two-thirds of the Ohio
delegation here are Nirgnians by birth
there is one who did not leave Virginia until
/ his head was as white as il is now but thew
will repudiato the land that gave them birth
/ they will no longer be bound by past Com
promises in favor Of Southern Slavery, unless
You come manfully forward, and return what
belongs To us, and what you have stolen.
after having got the pay for giving it to us"
ITEMS At HONE AND ABROAD.
- MAINE LAW IN BURLINGTON Mrs
Mary Mallory, a resident or SINNERS Lane,