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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-08-31

meeting to make arrangements, and against
oil cntrcotios AMI expostulations thi, would
be Senator threw out of his Office window
flag for IVAN Buren, and Adams"
Under this lag he obtained tho floor at
Fusion Meeting" Mt Williston soon after,
and gave a caricaturc Of the meeting at Mil
ton, the members present living on " govern
mcnt pap" the hungry and lookcrson,"
&C., and concluded that great speech by say
ing that he was for liberty " everywhere.
During the campaign of that year he took
the stump for " Free Soil"
In fifty, he opposed his associate, Mr.. Dix
on, for town representative because he had
been " FREQ Sjiler." In ffty-two he
pledged himself to A. j. Rowcl the Free Soil
candidate for Congress; attended the Con-
vcntion ut lIydepark and helped nominate
Mr. Adams, voted for Mr. Haywood sold the
Free Democracy to Pierce and King for the
small pittancc of the Post Office again. and
now stands forth as the mighty Ajax Of
Democratic principles" and asks the old
JEFF rsonian Democrats to support him for
their Senator.
Will you do it ask every one Of you,
if the above is not truc statement of facts
When this would-be Senator first came into
this County, the Democrats Of Milton, firm
as the green hills to q man, could poll near
three hundred votes on any election anC
now, where be they Not fifty votes can b,
found. Such q thing u Democratic eau
Gus is not known. My Post Office and my
self in it, will manage all. By " lying low
here, d" jumping - there, and a little fraud
7 yonder, the party have been scattered to tn
: four winds of Heaven never to return. TIN
, name that once was " honest and honorable, >
has become by-word and reproach anon,
men.
1t WAS saying of Mr., jefferson, "whcn tn
t Federalist claimed the name of Democrat
it would be an evil hour for Democracy.
lie might have said, when the democrats be
come rccreant to principles AMI lost to sens
" of regard for long cherished compacts, the
o knell would toll - and it has tolled, til
l. hcarse has passed, the grave opened and clo
i. ed over long cherished principles that no.
must be supported by II new party under
) new name, or be lost forever With such
6 party shall act, and not alone, in this Stat
o as the 4th of September will show
ia JErFERsoNIAN DEMOCRAT.
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Tuesday next the freemen Of Vermont are
TO perform that great act which is meant to
distinguish them as free people. They are
to assemble rs equals under the laws Of the
land, to choose by their own FREQ acts, their
own legislators AMI executive officers for the
ensuing year-to show by their rote, how
watchful they are to preserrc those rights
and free institution, which their FILTERS. np.
pc0ling to Divine Providence for support,
pledged their Lives, fortunes, and Sacred
honor" to secure.
Never since then has there boen time
when the freemen OF this State were NOR,
strongly called to unite as lovers Of thos,
principles which wera dearer than lie 10
their fathers, than at present. Never WAS
there louder call upon every one to ask
earnestly Of himself which way the National
Government is moyi lg-whethcr towards the
spread of free n,1h"tons, or the establish
ment Of a most atrorious dcspohsoi, aud to
uphold or condemn it accordingly,
There was great fear in many minds when
the constitution was formed, lest the power
given to the President should prove danger
Gus to the States and to individual liberty.
His power Of nominating all III, suh,r-
dinate officers in the milton, it was said
would enable him to corrupt the legislative
bodies Themselves to au unlimited extent. If
weak man, bad men would use him; ifa
bad man he would corrupt the weak aud IN
Principod AMI thus Congress would be
ma J" to help on any mschiovous scheme
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-08-31

/ NEW EpiIloN of "F,nH on the English
and Foragn Fmds,' very recently issued,
gives statement of the existing national
debts Of the principal countries of the world.
This is interesting at this time, when the CON
traction Of additional debt is very likely to be
forced upo all the leading nations Of Europe
at least. The aggregate amount of Euro
poan debt is stated to be II GA Sal 600, OF
which the debt of England is G77S, 92S 900
France, 1898 900 600, (rccent loan not in
Guided y Holland, ElO2 4jl 900 Prussia,
GO 800 GOO Russia, E6S 900 900 ; Spain,
10 600 GOO B.lgium, 10000 900 Aus
tria, t2ll 900 0u0. The various countries
Of Central and South America, Mexico and
Cuba, have uu aggregate debt of t59,7SS,-
$50 The debt ot the United States is put
down ut $40 600 600, and that of British
India at AS GOO OO0-making the total
public or national debt of the world to he
tl7G2, G2g ,4S0.
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ESESD IN THE RETrRHs.-Will the Tow

.FSESD IN THE RE1uRNs.-Will the Town
Clerks of the several Towns in the County do
U, the especial favor to send in .tiN returns Of
the election, by mail or otherwise, as soon us
possible after the votes are counted, giving
especially the name and politics of the Town
Representatives. And will our friends in
each town see that this is done.
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which he might favor to strengthen his own |
hands At his own mere pleasure he would
displdcc good officers who could not be cor
rupted, and fill their place, with time servers
and scrvile tools who would be as ready to
work for him, without any regard to the pub
lie good, as the subjects OF any King for
their master Mr.. Madison said such acts
would subject him to Impeachment, he would
not dare TO do il.
What Mr.. Madison thought impossible has
como to bo an avowcd practice. The ,cor;t
fear, Of the statesmen of early days are now
ruth realized We have an executive
equally ready to be used by the bad, and to
abuse hi. power to corrupt tho weak or the
dcpraved. The bollest corruption was re-
sorted to that he might secure woes in Con-
gross for the worst measure which ever passed
! that body--a m ,asure which had for its very
purpose to force slarcry with all its afro
cious violation Of the personal rights Of man,
with all its unrghteous accidents of enlarged
political poper to those who practice it, with
oil its dcpravins and impoyerishing inilencc.
on the nation at large, with all its wrong
to the free states, by giving the slave states
an unnatural and unjust a5cendcncy--to force
slavery we repeat, in violation Of every prin-
ciple Of free government it,cg,-in open yio-
lation OF the most sacred compact which the
people Of the nation could make, into every
foot of free territory which the nation now
owns,-and more than that, to secure to thu
shareholders alone the perpetual control o
national affairs.
The mounting pretences which were pu
forward at first by the actors in that afro
cious deed are now done away with through
out the Stare States, The real aim is no,
bolHy arotccd, and the whole action OF tn
National Administration proves it to be er
gagged in helping it on. Its most shameless
uphulders III the Tree States are quite read
!. to yield the point to tho slaveholdin
! States, if by SO doing they can hold on t
office and po,cer. Here in Vermont that
done with more caution. " Democracy an
O - democratic principles are tailed Of in
:, never ending recurrence Of phrases withou
any distinct meaning. The Administrative
= of Franklin Pierce is held up as a model one
and the people are cxhorted to do every thin
to maintain " the party" Let those VIII
dctest such wrongs, such duplicity, sue
\ scrrihty to the STARE power, remember that
: vote for the REPUBLICAN TIckEr i. the tr,
y. and only way for them to show it.
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That Mysterious convention.
A Letter from a Straight-Out.

Mr.. Editor - see tlat you have stated
in your journal that four persons from Brad
on the eth inst, and returned nome dis '.r-
tened. and agreed upon candldat and r'sJ-
buttons after such return. Nuw, sly allow
me 10 say to your readers that these state
mcnts are thoroughly false for VS. ono OF
the few numbers present, and am happy t,
inform you that the Sccrrtarys report l.
strictly correct, only stating what was dou.
ut the Wing State Convention. And - far
from being disheartencd, assure yuu never
saw more hopeful set of fellows, or those
that felt in better heart and spirit.
Nours truIy
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The Massachusetts MoYcmcnt.

The Committee appointed by the Chapman
Hall meeting, met in Boston on the 22d inst,
with committees from tne Know-Nothing,
Know Something and Republican organiza-
tons, to sec what had best he done to unite
the people of Massachusetts in their rcsis-
lance to Slavery aggressions. As is quito
often the case when committees from different
bodies come together, there were disagree
mcnts on points Of order, and the amount Of
discretion allowed to each one by the body
which had appointed it. The Chapman-IIall
Committee felt themselves limited to an
agreement for Mas, Convention. Other
committees were earnest Tor Dcleyotc Con-
vcntion.
The Boston Journal says
Fx-Gov Boutwell, then took the hoor and
made very eloquent and able speech, taking
the strongest ground in favor of a fusion
upon the naked question of resistance to the
further aGgressions of tho slave power. lie
alluded to the recent transactions In Kansas
in terms of the strongest condemnation, and
besought the committees not t. disagree
upon such trivial matters as whether the Con-
vcntion should bea delegate or mas Conyen-
ton, while such important matters as the
slave question were pending.
Mr. Brewster made a lengthy speech IN
favor OF fusion. lie wanted the Convention
to be composed Of delegates chosen ~ promo
scd By the report, in order that the tou'en-
ton might not be controlled by those rcsid-
ing in the immediate locality of the pince
where it should b. held
Al this time there was good deal OF feel
ing manifested in the Convention, and con
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-08-31
(from tho Brattleboro Republican,
X. N. County Conventions.

IL is reported that i'll tho counties Of Chit
tenden and Windsor, whore Republican Con
ventions have been called after the manner Of
the State Convention md nominations made
the X. IS. have held separate and auhsc.
qucnt Conventions, and put in nomina ton a
distinct ticket. This course is indercnsibl,
and suicidal to that party. 1t is in effect
making the peculiar principles of that order
paramount 10 the question Of slavery. Not
only 50, hut it is prescribing men ms candid
ates for Office, not because they arc onposed
TO their principles, but because they do not
happen to be members of their order and
the friends OF freedom in the counties arc
divided on account of an odiuus and reuro-
hensl'le spirit of prescription. 1t is sac
rihcing the great cause of freedom To a shad
ow, to less than a shadow and ia silnnly "A
senseless formality. The principles of the
American party have our sympathy and an
probation, but not the artificial, intricate
machinery by which it is now surrounded
AMI when 1t acts Independent Of and in hos.
tillty 10 the Republican movement Of the day
1t becomes II curse instead of u BLESSING ~
the country. Whatever sympathy we NAV
feel for the doctrines OF that party, We should
be false to the most cherished rrinciples we
profess, if We should hesitate to 1iscouute-
nance and oppose every attempt to make il
q cause OF division in the great army of free
dom.
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For Toun Representative,
GEO. f. EDMUNDS.
Republicans of Colchester

The Republicans of Colchester are hereby
notified to meet at the Inn of Widow Sharp,
IN Saturday evening next, (Iomorrow) the LIST
OF Sept, ut o'clock for the purpose of nom
mating suitable person to represent tho
Town in the next State Legisla turc.
lows COMMITTEE,
Colchester, Aug. 3lst, 1853.
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r. NICK. OausBr

We cheefully give place to the ab1ve J. tor
from our old friend. We must beg leave t.
state, however, that the only t.'iur ia oar
article contrLGictcd, is Il very unImp Irtlrt
one 1t matters little 'ut'r. occurred tho
proceedings OF tue three or four dieJIt,s
who assembled ut the Junction. Ibis mur'
we d. know We went t. the pointed
place of meeting, arriving in the cars ut
about halt past one clock IN the afternoon.
We looked about the Depot, AMI tndIn4 "
one we knew, who could possi1l, toe there a.
delegate to any convention, proceeded to t"t
hotels where we were equally unsuccessful 90
We were told that Mr.. Orms y WIS There
few moments before, but was then probably
in the cars, then Just On the point ut ,U.srtlu.,
off for Bradford. We looked over the hotel
register and found Mr.. Ormsty's mann re-
corded with those of Two others from III nd
ford and West iuirloc. This WAS al lhp
trace OF u convention that We, Iti.I ~ sever
nj prominent citizens Ot the lace, could dis
cover, after the most thorough search ami
inquiry. No convention had been seen or
heard Of by any one. Oar inference wts.
therefore fair one, that the three or four
gentlemen who arrived 1t The junction ana
recorded their names ut the hotel, went home
with the returning train of cars, ami trans
acted their business afterwards. We are
glad, however, to be corrected, aud to learn
that friends are such Il hopeful set oi
fellows We, too, are hopein, When We s.,
50 little respect paid to an attcl pt made t.
divert the " iigs Of Vermont from their fran
purpose OF acting together in their olpu>i
ton to the Pierce administration, and OF re-
buking its enormous outra5es on the rlghts
of the North.-U JourHaL
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Republican Meetings.
JrNnERIIIIJ

S. ADAMS, ESQ. of Burlington, will adj
dress the Frcemen of UNDERlllLL, at the
ACADEMY at UNDERnILL FLATS, on SATUR-
DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER LIST, at I
O'CLOCK.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-08-31
To the Freemen of Chittenden
County.

The danger in the Election of next Tues
day, is not that the wrong cause will triumph
but that the right one may lose the moral
power which an overwhelming victory by an
Increased majority will give it. You have
not altered your opinions on the great ques-
ton before the country. The continued ag-
gressions of slavery-the outragcs in Kansas
and upon the rights of personal freedom
nearer home, have surely not lessened your
Indignation at the propogandists Of slavery
and the administration which is their will
ing tool. Are you willing, then, that apathy
and division shall lessen the voice Of Vermont
upon the subject Any falling of from the
vote Of last year will be claimed ly the Ad-
ministration men as their gain-as an evil
dence that the Nebraska excitement is pass
ing sway
LET THERE NJ FULL VOTE,
AMI there will be no chance for such claims.
fun ro.e - great Republican r,elory.
Each voter has a personal responsibility in
this matter If he stays at home his exam
pie will be followed by others, aud it will be
poor excuse if the event proves less favor
able than it should, to say IL thought
one vote would not make much difference"
Let every man 60 TO the polls himself and
see that his neghbor does likewise
BEWARE OF SPLIT TICKETS.
There will be such in tho field. Be sure TINT
you get your tickets Of the right men, and
read them carefully to make sure that oil is
right, and
VOTE TUE ENTIRE TICKET.
We all have common end in view. Let
us work steadily and truly towards it, with
due disregard Of minor differences, and we
shall roll MP majoritie, for our nominees
which will throw even the immense one. Of
last year into the shade.
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] f. II c Ii O ,

The Frcemen Of Jericho are requested to
meet in Mass Meeting at the TOWN ROOM,
JERICHO CENTER, on MONDAY EVEN
MING. SEPTEMBER 3D. at : clock, when
j. 5. ADAMS, ESQ, of Burlington, will be
present and address the Meeting
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BURLINGTON.

There will be n Meeting at the TOWN
HALL, on MONDAY EVENING NEXT.
at q o'clock. 1t is expected that GEO. F.
EDMUNDS, ESQ, and other able speakers
will be present and address the meeting.
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Ballots.

The ballots for the Republican Ticket, for
State and County Officers will he furnished
Mt the office of the Free Press, by S II Park
hurst, Chairman Of the County Committee -
They will he ready after the 9th ms;
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VOur administration papers are OF late
wonderfully taken with "Whg Conven-
tions '-letters from "Whigs," from "old
Wings" &c. We see the Sentinel has a let
ter which it says is from one of the oldest
and most active wings of Chittendcn COun-
ty," who objects to DR.. Peck, as one of the
assistant Judges of the County. on the
ground that he will DO interested in many
suits in court for the next two years. lie
thinks "if the Wigs look at the matter as
he does" thy will sec the improperly of
voting for him. That real or pretended
sold Wing" could find no weightier objec-
ton than that, shows how hard he was
put to it to find any Did the Sentinel,
or its "old Wing" correspondent, never
read the Statute, which forJids a Judge
of the Supreme or County court to sit
in the trial Of any cause in the event Of
which he is interested, or if he is related to
either party within the fourth degree of con-
sanguiuity or affinity The occurrence Of
suits in court which concern some iudss of
the court is not an uncommon occurrence,
yet who ever hears of a judge sitting in the
trial of n cause in which he is personally
interested The objection is an idle one.
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COUNTY NOMINATIONS.

ron SENATOR'S,
GEO. w. BENEDICT, of Burlington,
ELANSON II. WHEELER, Of Charlotte
JOHN ALLEN. of Wes,ford.
roR ASSISTANT JUpGEs'
EZRA B. GREEN. of Richmond
JOHN PEEK, OF Burlington.
ron JUDGE or PROBATE.
WIN. II. FRENCH, Of Willston.
ron STATES ATTORNEY
TORREY L. WALES, Of Burlington.
POR SHERIFF,
HUMPHREY PAUL, Of Burlington.
ron HIGH BAILiFF,
JOHN UPllAM, Of Colchester,
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\l)ecItln Grre Dress.

STATE NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR
Hon. STEPHEN ROYCE,
Of East Berkshire.
ron LIEUT. GOVERNOR,
Hon. RYLAND FLETCHER,
OF Cdrendish
ron TREASURER,
Hon. Henry NJ. Bates, of Mortified
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AGood Recommcndation.

"PIeAse, sir, don't you want q cabin
boy ?"
IL do want cabin boy. my lad, but
what's that TO you ? A little chap like
you ain's ftfor the BERTH"
"Oh, sir, I'm real strong. II I amt
50 very old, can do great deal Of
work"
But what are you here for? You
don't look like city boy. Ran away
from hume. hey r.
"Oh, no indeed, sir; my father died
and my mother is very poor, and / want
to do something to help her. She let me
come"
Well. sonuey, where are your letters Of
recommendation Can't take any boy
without those"
Here was damPer. Willie never
thought Of its being necessary TO have let
ters from his minister, or his teachers, or
from sone other person to prove TO strsn-
gers that he was an honest and good boy.
Now what should he do. He stood in
deep thought. the captain meanwhile
cnriously watching. the workings Of his
expressive face. AT length he put his
hand into Els bosom and drew outhis lit
tie Bible, and without one word put IL into
the captains hand. The captain opened
TO the blank page and read
willie Graham. presented as re-
ward for regular and punctuaI attendance
at Sabbath School. and for his bIaneleas
conduct there and elsewhere. Prom his
Sunday School Teacher"
Captain McCIeod was not pious man,
but he could not consider the case before
him With heart unmoYed. The littIe
fatherle1s child standing hnmbiy bsiOre
him, referring him to the testimony q his
Sunday School Teacher. as It vas gwen IN
his little Bible, touched a tender spot in
the breast Of the noble se9map, aud
cIappiug WilIig heartily on The shoulder.
| he said +:
4 . You are the boy for me you shall gsil
4 with me; and if you are - good ladas
4 think you are, your pockets shelst -
emspy when you go back yogE good
q mother"
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A BEAUTIFULPOEM.

IT is pleasant 10 sit with ones wife,
By the light of brilliant taper,
While ones dear companion for life
Looks over the family paper
And now and then reads song or story,
A marriage, or death, or tragedy CORY.
To feel that one's nothing to do
But to sit and phiIOsophize gravely;
Each murderous deed to eschew-
APPlauding the editor brayeIy,
For his tact and his talent, his shears,
Now waking to laughter, now moving to tears.
o happy the man that is blcst
With wife who can tastily read,
Who will give his newspapers no rest
Till their items are all gone TO seed
Who excIaims now and then, as she pricks up
the taper,
" My dear, won't the printer want PAY for his
paper %
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R "A man may. bs grsa 81 rban
but never wise or good ohl tak
pains for
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-06-06

ESWhy is four cent sugar like a man
that never sarreuders Because it's
clear grit, nothing else.
uThe Bible is the ehri.tian mariner. chart.