Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-10-31

The Columbia Is. c. Times announces
that it has received, by mail, a pamphlet
under the frank of Hon. s. A. Douglas, bear
ing the title of" Read and Reflect" in which
the following passage occurs
That they have voted to legalize and establish
hereditary slavery in the whole Of Kansas, and to
introduce and establish slavery in a part of New
Mexico, and to declare that children who shall be
thereafter born to be slaves for life, and their poster
ity after them, in violation of the great princinles
Of self government, and State equality, which should
leave the people Of each State and Territory per-
fectly free to form and regulate thcir domestic in.
situations in their own way. subject only to tho
Constitution of the United States"
The Columbia Times in commenting upon
it says
e, It is evident that this document has reached us
accidentally. 1t never was intended for this lati.
tude, but as it has fallen into our hands. we give
the above extract simply to show to what extent
election tricks are carried on by men in high po-
sition."
That stephen A. Douglas should himself
use, or allow his f%ranking privilege to be
used to swindle the voters of the country is
not to be wondered at. 1t is consistent with
the character of the man and with the ruling
principles OF the sham democracy of the day.
OF course it was not necessary to send to
the South as an electioneering document, a
charge against the Republicans of attempt
ing to introduce slavery into Kansas and
New Mexico, That charge was made to cheat
that portion of the rank and file of the North
who read very little for themselves. but take
the sayings OF their Democratic managers for
law and gospel-as things to be believed in
and acted on without any inquiry-for those
who were befooled with the cry of .. Polk,
Dallas and the Tariff of Is42 who are to
be marched up to the polls on the 4th of No
motto
Buchanan and Breckenridge
&" Ere SOIL for Free Tol,''
which was seen flying over the Democratic
head quarters in Philadelphia, a few days
ago and for those who still Jeli.re that the
true intent of the Kansas and Nebraska bill,
was to give'the people of the territory the right
to frame their institutions in their own way
and that hat intent has been carried out by
Franklin Pierce, both in letter and spirit, and
will be by James Buchanan, if he is elected.
The same charge, at almost any time within
six weeks past, and the charge that the Re-
puhlicans voted to establish the fugitive slave
law in Kansas, could be found In the Boston
Post and in those papers which retail it's lies
and misrepresentation around the country.
We have seen them In the Buchanan papers
of this State, time and time again.
The people of Vermont, except the hope
.lessly blind and stupid, know that there lie
a direct falsehood or a gross cheat in these
accusations, somewhere, though all may not
be so well posted up in the doings in Con-
gress that they can tell exactly where it lies.
An exposure of it in a plain way will not
therefore he amiss, The lie is manufacture
out of a proviso or two of what is often called
- Dunn's Bill"
On the Goth day of July last, Mr.. Dunn of
Indiana got before the House of Representa-
tiyes a bill previously introduced by him,
g to rc-organize the Territory of Kansas and
for other purposes, and moved the prcrious
question, which prevailed. Amendments were
thus cut off, and the bill was at once put
upon its passage. Let us see what the main
provisions Of the bill were, SO Ear rs they
bore on the subject of slavery In Kansas or
elsewhere. They were as follows
|. Arcpcdi of that part of the Kansas
Nebraska act which declared rod and Of no
cfot the Sth section of the Missouri Com
act 50 far as it prohibited slavery
forever North of Lat, SO 80 and a reriral in
foH farce of that prohibition for Kansas and
Nebraska.
>. 10 this rcpcai were attached two pro-
''sos-hrst, " That any person laichdly hed
10 sorrirc in either of said Territories should
not be discharged from such service by reason
Of such repeal and revival of said eighth sec
ton, If such person shall be permanently re-
from such Territory or Territories
prior to the LIST of Jan. 1855 and any child
n children born in either of said Territories
If any person lawfully held to service, if in
manner removed without said Territories
before the expiration of that date, shall not (
be, by reason Of anything in this act, eman-
'ipated from any service it might have owed
iad this act never been passed.