Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-08-29

.a ..l INNt AHN' Nht DOu nave Mt'liDAil
St.. used to accept either Of those propositions
lf, when Congress shall have adjourned the
ult shall be that Kansas is left without
t'H protection Of adequate laws and civil au-
i.Hrlty, look you to that. The responsible
I'y viii mot rest on me, nor on the House OF
Representatives.
J da.iro, Mir. President, on this great oo-
G.. .Iun-parhaps the last one Of full debate
during the present session Of Congress, to
d liver my whole mind upon this important
subject. | add, therefore, that tho tendency
.Ul cnj-l will not say ohiect--of the revo-
luton which has been effected in Kansas,
which las been effected by her conquerors,
O. rough the couutcnance aud aid Of the Pres
ll.nl ui Che United Statss, are not of such a
Character ls To- reconcile me to that revolt
u.n. That end j, the establishment OF hui
uu % slavery within the Territory Of Kansas.
I'D should go with you and the majority Of
l.e >'1lt' IN cmlsculiting this army bill rs
If ,'Hue rom tine House Of representatives..
T l..uid thereby show that | was ut least
."D.i rent ON SOD great an issue. sir. ! could
Ir, I forgive myself hereafter, when review
'"- &. % course of my public life, it bad as
u't. to IniltcJ upon even the present set
I.1. OBJ k1u.t,, ieW aud poor. and scattered
..Hntl Gus forests aud p%rairies, rs they are,
N.N [ deem the mischlels aud evils OF a sys-
.nI .i compulsory labor, excluding. as we
.u.r ng .sI.ri.nle that it always does. the
..fe. I.aIt labor of free men.
Hu 30 b.. mot merely ON today and on this
generation that, / am looking. ! cannot reb-
O#Iu my eyes from the effort, at least. to
penetrate through a period Of twenty five
.'.r .O' hitv vcars-Ul % hundred years
.' even two hundred years-so far at least, as
n .'H'.-Wnu'5 vision ought to reach beyond
iI" horizon that screens the future from
common observation. All along aud through
o.. timly-sxpiorcl vista. | see rising mp be
fore me hundreds Of thousands, millions,
even tens "i milIlons0 of countrymeu, receiving
th.ir fortunes and their fates, as they are
'.ilS s.'lel 10y the action OF the congress
'i ihe lhlted States, IN this hour Of lanSuor,
u. tAe close OF q weary day, near the end Of
I'lfa'tad ana tedious session. shh'l not,
." ..d' meet them here on the earth, nut |
s..A meet them all on that day when | shall
-''. Up the final account OF that Stewardship
"lI2a my country has conhded to me II |
were ''" 10 consent TO such an act with my
''I".'h' ana CONVICTIONS the lrult OF early
't'.'.tl' ana lariStltn teachings, matured
y I'"'iuS o. history. by observation IN
"aeI' re'uoh uoullShes' as wen as
I' Societies Wh're slavery IL tolerated, by
''u0' I~nI'n2''"l IL me "hleh already
'li'. ''"I' '.e cIihaCleilc' ny travels In my
'N" '"N 'IIolRu Idhue oy reuectloh uhder
,i' oIseih'ae OF conscience and the RESPONSE
.I'tlI'' '' uNiE ny social converse ana by
d t''"s'uI c'.i'9ion' OF debate should be
'5.0' wien l"dt Idst Gay Will come TO me
Il III must come 10 all.l to call upon the
i''N- ana mountains TO fall upon me, and
crush ln- ana my name, dctcsted then by my
s''|' INTO the endless oblivion which Is the
M. ST un"e.eolua OF all evils, real or imaginary,
q. l.' thoughts 1i a generous and iilumiua-