Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-10-24

discontinue OF MIR. hucien ID. Chase, by
Lieut. Gov RAYMOND, in Brooklyn, last
WOOL Tbo d;scnssion ;s cor,octIv described
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the n. \. Evening Post. MIR. Raymond =
mcrciful forbcarance to hold up to utter ridi-
cula and discraco tbc distrcssinp failure of
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the abihty with winch he maintained his own
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SAVE NE FROM NY FRIENDS. "A Stare
hoidng bu'hd"cr discusses PoIhcS uhIh a
RPWh'dH, ara mdScs Fremont |0icS.-
Hon Lucicn B' Chase, NJ. C.ot Tennessee,
Il buchanan man anI Slavcholder, author OF
II "lhie OF James h. Polk, recently chal-
lengod Henry j. Raymond to discuss the po-
htctl questions oi the day, in series ot
public meetings. The challenge was accept
ed, and the first discussion came Off at the
Brooklyn Museum on Saturday evening
Long before the time advertised for the dis
cussion to commence. the hall was dcnsrlv
unable to rain admittancc.
Hon. Edward Fisk was appointed President
and Mcssrs. IIageman and Thatcher, Vice
Presidents
The President announced that Mr.. Chase
would open the discussion and speak an hour;
Mr. Raymond would occupy an hour and a
half in reply to him, and MIR Chase would
close with a half hours speech
Mr. Chas, proceeded with one of the most
incohcrcnt. illorical, unidentified speeches
ever inrosed upon an audience. lie con-
founded the Republicans with the old whIr
plrty-calling the Frcmontcrs whics-and
won't On to ar.uc the question Of a National
Bank the removal Of the deposits tariff. &C.
lie INDUCED in a good many personalities
Among other things he said :. Some think
the Governor is ambitious. Perhaps it would
be wrong to accuse him of bobbnr about to
ret Office" rIlisses Tho chairman said he
hoped the speaker would be allowed to pro-
coed without interrupion. "A voce-don't
descend to pcrsonalities-eiye us arguments. |
Mr.. Chase said he did not mean to he perso-
nal but thought the Governor would not
push an Office from him. He rroduccd n
spcech which Mr.. RAYMOND recently delivered
i'm tho Tabernaclc and ottemrted to show
some inaccuracies in it. which he seemed to
think would help Buchanan. He said Fred.
Douglas was for Fremont mo. he is for
Gerrit Smith, Well. if he is not, | know
who is. and that is Joshua X. Giddinrs.-
Trhis was said in a sneerinr. triumphant tone.
as if il was cxneoted to annihilate Fremont ;
but some one proposed three cheers for Gid>
dinrs. which were riyenl lie then denounc-
ed Giddincs as in favor of servile war,
As to tie affairs of Kansas, he wished to
know by what authority the laws of the leg
islaturc were called BOGUS. He smoke of the
Topeka constitution. reneatedlv rronouncing
it Toreko. acccntine the much to the mer,
riment of the audience. His objection to it
was. that it excluded NEGROES from the terri,
tory. lie thought Fremont more of fllibus
ter than buchanan. and defended the Ostend
manifesto after this fashion O.. Sunnose two
of YOU were on n plank in the middle of a
river. and it would not hold but one of vou :
Of course vou ,ronld pnsh vour nejghbor Off If
Vou coui2. Well. that is precisely the doc
trjnc of the Ostcnl Manifesto. If we cant
ret along with Cuha in the nossession of
Spain. we must seize it," lie cave no reason
for the rereal of thc Missouri Comnromisc,
cxeent that it was violated in 1896 when the
Platte District was annexed to Missouri.
GOV. RAYMOND replicd in yerv powerful