Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-08-01

as cfcctualy prescribed from receiving an
Office Mt the hands Of the Democratic party,
NJ though he was the inmate o' penitentiary.
Why Because he has undertaken To resist
your attempt to make slavery in these United
States universal and perpetual forever.
The gentleman from Kentucky told veg
terdav that he stood here as an advocate for
the old Whig party. What an advocate If
Henry Clay had not been in his grave, do
not believe we should have heard him here.--
Laughter He still stands by the old Wing
party ! do not wish to make use Of anv
harsh expressions, and | am glad that !
checked one which was on nv tongue. He,
an advocate Of the Whig party. who went
into council with the enemies Of Henry Clay,
with the old repu1iators Of his doctrines 10
overthrow that law by which he plumed him
self on having given harmony and peace to
the Union Il this the way in which he
asserts the great principles Of the Wing
party ! stood by the Wing party until
then When the Wings Of the South. with
some honorable and glorious exceptions. few
than | wish they were, emerged from the
dark councils Of our enemies, and the enc
mics Of our great statesman. Henry Clay,
and came here together to undo the work Of
peace and Justice and right, which had been
the pride Of his life they annihilated the
Wing PARTY. The Wings Of the South are
now scattered as sheep having no shepherd.
Having been trained under such q leader as
Henry Clay. during the bas, part Of their
political lives. il was unnatural for them 10
20 body and soul into the camp Of the enc
my. and hence they are in a kind Of political
purgatory to-day, dangling between
heaven and hell not knowing wheth-
er to ioin the Republicans OF the De-
mocrucv All this is consequent upon, and
traceahle to. the fatal act of giving in 20 the
insidious councils Of those who sought 70 ad-
vance themselves, not caring what became
of YOU. much less what became Of the old
Wing party which We loved My friend from
Kentucky savs he is the advocate Of the Wing
party Sir there is no W hig party. 1t has
been dish0n0rcd. repudiated, anuihilated, by
the completely Of him and others who sought
its 1astructlon
You repealed the N ssour Compromise
Why did you DO it Various reasons we're
assigned for the act on this aoor at the time,
All seemed, however, to concur in the opinion
that it was a bare abstraction that no prlc-
tical result would grow out Of it for the
South that Slavery could not 90 into hansas,
because the God of nature had not adapted
the soil and climate to Slavery. That was
the declaration made here at the time. do
not SUPPOSE II deceived anvbOdy-certaluly u
lid no: deceive me--but some men justified
their votes on this ground They told the peo-
pla that il vasan act of iustice to the south,
IN he attended with no practical consequence.
W. vara t,I1 then that in 1920 the south
c,rnrnittad an an act oF rolitical snicide. For
tLirtv-f,ur wears thew never discovered it,
During all that time, the South supposed
thew had achieved a triumph. In the thirty
fourth year however, prophet sprung up
who made theml acquainted with the fact that
they themselves had done an act deeply inJu-
ri,1s IN the honor and interest of the South.
When the act was ACCOMPLISHED. | said on
this A,,r that the Wblg partv was over
thrown. WAS told. however, that great
rrincirle was asserted The principle was,
that the paorIa ola Territory ought to have
a uerfect iyht to manage their own domestic
institutions ia their own wav. To men who
tbough but little. such urypositlon seemed
In be inst You were not content with the or
iirarv mode of legislature. but against all
precedent YOU incJrporated into the yery
BODY of vour bill these iingling words. that
i. was not the intention OF Congress t.
legisate Slavery into the Territory, nor to
prohibit it from going there, but 10 leave
the people perfectly free to form and regu-
late their domestic institutions in their own
way, subject however, TO the Constitution
Of the United States
more Gamuing act of duplicity than this
never characterized the legislation of any
| country on God e earth. say boldly, il was
A premeditated deception. 1t partially pro
duced its result but, thank God the people
now understand II. The doctrine that the
inhabitants Of Territory should manage
their own internal concerns in their own way,
seemed very plausible. | know the labor
which it cost TO get this formula into the
bill. | remember the various committals and
recommittas, and councils and alterations,
which took place before the creed could he
wOrded right. As one gentleman said,
stump speech was Injected into the body OF
the bill, in order 10 sweeten 1t with the peo-
pie From Adam s time 10 the present. who
ever heard Of setting forth in the body Of an
act the reasons for its passage Alaw Is de-
/ fined TO be a rule of action, and who ever
/ heard of making it express the motives Of
/ those who passed it It was an eItraOrdin-
ary occurrence that called for such extraor.
dinary legislation. 1t stamped this measure
portant and unusual. think cannot mis-
/ take the purpose for which it was done. Il
| was hollow, false, hypocriucal designed 10
/ deceive the people who it was hoped would not
understand it, lime, which tests all things,
/ has brought to light what | did not know
/ then. to confirm the opinion which then en-
tertaIued | have no doubt, from the evil
dence which has since transpired. that OF the
very time when YOU were enacung a law de-
/ clarlnr that the people Of the Territory should
do as they pleased On the subect Of Slavery,
a secret society was organized to carry Slave
rv into Kansas, without regard 10 what
might be the wishes of the people l say,
the proof stands out in bold relief and,
though it does not trace a knowledge Of the
society to the members who voted for the
bill, il shows that lust about that time se-
cret lodges, with secret oaths and all the par
arbernalia of a secret society for the deib-
crate purpose of carving Slavery into that
Territory. was formed in the State of Nilsson
ri. and also in other States and before tod
believe that il extended even to this city
II So. it still further marks the backness and
darkness that cover the transactions of those
I who rr.ditat,nr tho tahlishment Of Slavery