Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-09-26

From the Sew York Courier & Enquirer
GovERSoR GEARY's INAUGURAL -'' We do
not ser how any reasonable person can object
to the tenor OF Governor GEARy's inaugural"
So says the Commercial AdrorhS"r. We have
to inform the C~ommoci0l that many - rea-
s,r,hle " persons do object to 1t most dcci-
5cdly, Ii is true that Governor GEARY has
g'oyed Lis iron hand with velvet, but he
makes it none the less weighty and Cypress
i've. His cXhortitions against " fratricidal
strife ~, and in favor OF burying the past i'll
oblivion, are all pleasant enough to the ear.
and so is his assertion of the right Of the
ioua Eis inhabitants Of the Territory to de-
tcrmino for themselves what shall be their
own domestic institutions, But what of all
this, when he accompanies 1t all with a do
c~Iaratiou that lie is determined to execute all
the laws Of the Territory, by which he means
the euactmonls of the bogus L"gislature.-
What more did SHANNON himself undertake
to do But hear Governor GFARY
] Cheerful ly admit that the people Of this Terri
tory. under the Organic Act, have the absolute right
Of making their municipal law, and from citizens
vino deem Themselves ag-rieycl by recent legisla-
tiuu, / would invoke the utmost frlclrancc, and
point out to them a sure and rcaccable remedy
llg h.u, fl,1gif q, ast me H.t Ls-iil'trr 2, rdH,e
apV anal oY lars; and I'm the meantime, 20. you value
the peace OF the Territory and the maintenance Of
future laws. | would earnestly ak YOU to refrain
llNi| HNh ...Ef '. .| 'f NV" .H|f
This j, AIDING insult to injury. The Free
State settlers are asked to observe, implicitly,
the statutes 90 that make it penal for them
10 write or utter "a word against slavery in
huuSls, and all those other Cuactmeuts that
would disgrace harbarism itself, until the
time comes when they can beg "thc next Leg
isllturc' o. Pee % little more mrrciiul. Does
Governor Gr,Ey take the Free settlers Of
Kansas for sorls OF fools Who and what is
this mat hgtstatUyc - j. it to consist Of
the same Council which was forced upon the
people Of Kansas by the border ruliaus last
year, whose term of service by the organic
act is two wears and Of q House of Repre-
sentatiyes 10 be elected next month by that
portion OF the population Of Kansas which is
willing 10 accept the electoral laws Of the ho-
gus legislature, and swear the approval they
prescribe Of the Fugitive Slave Law and Of
, The kausts-N Nebraska Act. The Free State
settlers cannot c9nscientiously, and will not
qualify themselves for electors on any such
condition, and consequently, for this, if for
no other reason, they cannot participate in
the election and thus this next legi stature
will only he O second edition Of the slave.dri-
wing squad which did up the legislation for
Kansas in such famous style at Shawnee Mis-
sion last year. This scheme, il submitted to,
and carried out, Of course secures slavery leg
~ J" lI lrtulNN " NIS ltli4tOIS II
is "a peace measure, with a vengeance.
The free settlers Of Kansas, 50 sure as they
have American hood in them, will not obey
these bogus laws. They cannot 30 it without
betrayiug their most sacred constitutional
rights, and making themselves a ~reproach in
the eyes of all friends Of constitutional free
dom, the world over. They will not obey,
and yet, we trust, they will not resist the
Federal authority by force of arms. Let
them tramplo those Infamous enactments un,
der foot, and let Governor GEARY, with hi;
henohman, LEcoMP1E, indict and convict - tC
the top of their bent -. 1t will complete the
clss upon which the people Of this Union vii.
soon be called 10 render Judgment. The ISSUE
cannot be too palpably or too sharply pre-
scented. 1t viii be seen whether our cotem
porary is right in thinking that no "reasona
Die persons can object.