Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-03-14

| hh'I"ssNu laws ior t"e hVVoHlpiiShHehC Oh
mat end snoVer'lNe at once OF s'ate sovereign,
", AMI oil thc estlpIlShed sHeSunrns oI civil
roolpn. Then the country again had rest.
Ne"ued with It's Efforts or content WIN their
succcs9. the sayoholdlng interest proclaimed
IL truce.
When Franklin Pierce, on the an OF
Mtrcc, 1913, became President OF the United
States no controversy growing out oi slavery
was asltatini the country hStahhShed
laws, some Of them enacted with unusual
N'l,nnity, ana under circumstances whIch
made them oimoro than ordinary Obligation,
mad fixed the character ol all the states nnd
ended the contest concerning the territories.
sixteen stato3 were Free states, AMI hlteen
states were Slave states. by tho Missouri
Compromise Of lS2O. slavery was forever
ProhbIted from all the Lon9lnl territory
lying north Of the line of SO deg. 80 min
,WIlle over the territory lying south ot the
and De.,ret, no such prohibition had been
extended.
The whole country reposed upon this ar
raot,m2nt All sections and all interests
whether approving 1t or not, seemed 20 hclui-
escc IN Its terms. The sllvc-holdlng interest,
through all its organs, and especially through
the General Government, proclaimcd that
tins was final and lrrepealaplc ADJUST
lncnt OF the struggle between Freedom
an slavery, FOR political power that II
had been Effected by mutual concessions
AMI IN the spirit OF compromise ana
that 1t shoul he as enduring as the unlon'
and as sscred as the Constitution itself. Both
/ political parties gave 1t their sanction IN thelr
National Conventions; the whole country as
/ sentei to Its validity; and President flerce'
IN his llrst official message to Congress pieuG
4 cd himself to use all the power OF his position
/ t" prevent 1t from being disturbed
bdt all these rrotesthtlons proved ueIusiVc'
and the acI1Icsr'ncc and contcutmcnt when
thoy produced afforded the opportunity, not
/ only for new aggressions on the part OF slave
/ ~, but for tho reputation Of engagements
into which its agents had soleinnly entered.
/ IsSS than year had elapsed before these
pledges were broken. and the advantages
which they secured to Freedom withdrawn by
! the sllye-Aolding power.
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M, ,nAL of LIE Mi9ooOhi 'oHi i'o'i-
lH"'
f., tLc c,ursn or time and the natural pro-
,,ros, nr n,nnl,ti,n that nort,,n of tho Lou
isi,na rnrritnrv lvinr west of the Mississip-
F III rirer and n6rtb' Of tn, line of 2j der. 80
/ min r,,nn to he dosirrd far occuration. and
/ nm tla ol.b ,r NV 1874. AN act wns rasset
er,,ti,, r,,n il tl,e two tcrritorics Of Kansa.
o,I T,i~I.',, anil nr,,rizin, governments
G,~ t,,n l,ih From fhis Whole re,ion the
sI,,.LnIlip., int,rost thirtv.f,ur veors ba-
for, r,,I n,,r.r1 that uslnvsrv and inyolun-
,nry s.ryitnl, otheryiss Than in the nunisb-
mont ,r crime shouId he forever prohibited -
md b,j rncaivod az tbe rrico Of thi. agree
ment, the admission OF Missouri, ana suh'e-
qu'u,ly tha admission of Arkansas, into the
K,. tho K,nsoso,l Tobrosko hill tLi. rro-
Lii.jf;S, ,ras declared to he .,inoncrative and
v,iI ami tho intent and m.anin, Of the bill
was r,rthcr declared tn he. mot to lcrislato
Slavery into anv Territory or State, nor to cx-
/ cIud. II tl,.rorrom. hut Leave the pcopIe there
nr ,arI..,lv free tn farm and racui,tn their do
n..+i, institutions in their own way. subject
nrly Z, tLa Constitution of the I'pitrdStatrs -
Thus. without A single u,tition for such ac-
ton from any quarter of the Union. but
against the earnest rcmonstrancas Of thou
sands of our citizans-against the settled and
profound convictions Of the great hpdy Of the
pcoule in every portion of the country, and in
wamton disregard of the oJlirltions of Justice
and Of good fifth. the Missouri Comuromise
of lS20 was repealed. and the sal which had
guaranteed Freedom to that vast territory
which tho United States had purchased from
France, was snatched from the bond.
Oregon. Washington New Mexico. Desorct
ana thc new state acquired from leIlS. north
OF 50 dcc 30 min by compact. were all OPEN
ed up to Slavery. and those who might first
become the inhabitant. thereof were author
lied to make laws for it. establishment and
lcrpetuation
r,,r ,>.r,etn~ ar, r,>,,, Avn r,,r,
lIih ~ A9tDS 1r hAN9A1 AND LIE
,iUN VIZ lHh pHNEhAh Wv Elm
MIN l.
Nor did the slaye-hollin. interest stop
here in its crusade of Injustice and wrong.
The first election of members for the terrific
rial Legislature Of Kansas was fixed for the
3Oth of March. 1855. and the law of Congress
prescribed that at that-election none but '.nc-
tual residents of the territory" should be AL
lowed 10 vote.
Yet. to prevent the rconlo Of tho territory
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