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

.'.A N.N|.A Ni''h NNNN Ar ''f @- '''N' ~
| hUld-for no reasonable acts, but
barely for the avowal that he loved Freedom
better than Slavery-ho was hcwed in pieces
10y men who occupy important positions under
this miserable ADMINISTRATION who still re-
tain their places, and who, | have no doubt,
commended themselves to the powers that be
by the most deliberate murders.
! know, Mr.. President, that this is hard
indictments; but it can neither be doubted nor
denied. Our country has come to a crisis
which demands all our wisdom to cxtricatc
her. ! speak plainly of the evils which are
existing. because we must understand them
before we can apply u remedy. | believe,
before hiuh Heaven, that, in the history OF
all men who were ever intrustcd with the
welfare of mankind, the acts Of none blacken
the pages of history more than those Of Frank
lin Pierce, the present President. The &C
cueatious which | have made here are beyond
the reach of DENIAL. The record is made up,
and by that record he shall be tried. 1t will
not do now to deny it. | impeach him of
these crimes. and those who believe he is
guilty of them, AID still uphold him are ac-
c~essorics after the fact.
The Free State men Of Kansas have done
no wrong. Their only crime is, that they
loved Freedom more than Slavery. You can
mot escape Ivy CRIES against the Ail Society
AND yet here j, a sophistry thrown into the
report Of tine committee and the speech OF my
. colleague. that it il, a wonderful thing that.
while Ksn,l, is eroaniug unier all these
evils. Nebraska is enjoying peace : The Sen
at1r from hcntuoky. ia his rgument yester-
day.. thought it was q profound mystery how
II happened that, although the first bill pro-
posed To- wH kc but one Territory out of this
great region. ID was rc%c1mmitted, and after
o4ri- reported as a hill for two Territories.
90 one VINO did not look hchinJ the curtain,
chat would seem to be a little strange. Why
did vou want two great Territories with
scarcely O. white man in them In my judy
u.ut. when the first hill was reported, the
i4tl was 20 make % slave state but it was
seem that the Territory was 50 large that it
would receive a great population from the
free States, and that it would not be as like
D. thpt your secret societies for prOpagating
slavery would be as successful in the whole
Of it as hv cutting it in two, and making
sure of one at all events. and trusting to luck
for the other. You cut it in two, and com
menced proceedings to propagate Slavery in
Kansas beca use it lay alongside Of Missouri,
and it was therefore easy to transport any
number OF Missourians there, to control the
Territory. You thought you could make it
ii slave State much easier than you could the
whole region at first called Nebraska.
Why j. 1t that there is no disturbance in
the present Territory of Nebraska Merely
Npcaus, YOUR secret society to propagate
slavery by lraud and force has not been in
operation in that Territory. Does any man
suppose, tor one moment, that the Southern
States, intent upon making the Territories
Slave States. would willingly adopt the prin.
eIpIes OF the Kansas Nebraska bin ,as preach
aI by it's Northern udvocatcs' We know
fr.r fI.- intend tn bring slavery into the