Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-09

cccuinB AZ III !, "us II oVir''cr"l eiuv nev'-
ing OF u party ~ Is true they aPhroVeuo ,ne
can hauc ior tne meeting aC ,oncka pu'
nonouy ASKED tiGm ior tnnt anu u maze no
diierehce. ! uIu NOT V'.ihk IL r'ght uhuor1
take TO give character 10 the proceedings Oh
the topeka convention ny that sue meeting,
ana therefore ala not thlnk III proper 10 put
1T in.
nat is the course oil the MAJORITY report
After mentioning the Lawrence meeting, II
goes on to the Big Spring party meeting, ana
extracts their violent proceedings, IL you
please so to call them with a resolution ap-
proving OF the call and what next Ihey
then call up the Kansas League q secret NIL
itary ASSOCIATION. On, 1t Is terrible Aw-
full oaths! Inc book containing them Is cx-
hibited as having been got out OF II mans
mouth. WonSfrum horFfndum, 'nioFmtc' m
gcnS,cn lnHeh ddcnPt"m' W are to be fright
cned with 1t. What connection had that with
this business : l know the report OF the com
mitteo hall lntimates that the Big springs
side meeting had some connection with that
league but 1t appears by the paper that IL
existed long before. IL does not appear that
any man in the Big spring convention IN
dorscd IT, IT. IS true they passed RESOLUTIONS
inviting people to form volunteer companies
buttherc was no intimation about the Kansas
League. Inc connection between tnem Is
undertaken TO be extracted out OF the TACT
that the BIZ springs meeting
the formation OF volunteer companies. mat
had no connection with the Big. springs
mceting' ana even IL IL had, u had nothing
to do with this line OF proceedings; The dli-
fculty 49, That the proceedings OF the meeting
at Topeka whlch cal the constitutional con-
rcntlon and set forth their purposes July, are
not presented IN the report their meetings
are represented as having peen party meet
lllS anu Lnc1T UUT IUScB NlOlcnCe HllnOuRn tIPy
had declared thelr purposes iuily' comPleteiy'
ana repceateuIy'
ouch is the course assigned TO the proceed
lnGs oil THESE people ny the majority report
J. mere are other Things In the report OF Il
similar character; as, Tor instance, the allu-
SONS to the eInigrant ana society 1t is not
a!loSeu that 'he aid society nave useu OF au-
Vlseu any Iorcc OF 'lolehce' pue inc inference
Is lett to be drawn lhere are a variety ct
other things alluded to OF a similar charact-
er, not material to the great leading features
OF the case l say, therefore. that. as a lar re-
presentation ana true picture Oh the leading
features OF the case thc MAJORITY report
falls altogether short OF 1t Indeed, can
not but say from what l nave already shown,
that as n picture, reproducing a true impress
sion, there Is not one single lineanent which
is not either distorted IN the drawing or dis
colored IN the shade.
Mt fresldeht' IN tnc speech OF the honora-
bic Senator from ILLINOIS, he advanced the
idea that my minority report conntenances
violence ! can see now such an impression
Is produced on the gentleman $ mind, !
think 1t arises from reading a part and not
the whole together | 90 not mean to be I'M
ders'oou as Saying thdt J. thihk he means 10
ncrVert IT, l 40 not believe 1t. | do not
IKE to say such things 10 charge lnten-
tlonal suppression To- any mind implies
/, wrong Intentions DO not really THINK the
r gentleman meant to use 1t IN any bad sense
t OF that KIND but | cannot see how 1t is thai
he can charge me with suppression in not
inserting the proceedings OF the Big Spring
9 convention. to give character to IA line OF prO-