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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-07-04

Gov. WISE on THE DEMOCRATIC NoMINAToN.
At the Democratic ratification meeting at
Richmond, Virginia, GOV. " se made speech
which goes far to prove the assertion that it
was Mr. Buchanan 5 peculiar subscryiency to
the spirit of the South that gained him the
nomination, particular by the preference Of
Virginia. The speech was notable one and
we give some extracts.
GOV. Wise commenced by claiming that
Mr.. buchanan was nomi mated through his
agency. "lf it was meant to inquire" he
says "whcther | did it, | have to say that
gladly take the responsibility ofit" lie
then, after briefly speaking Of the general
history and characteristics Of Mr.. Buchanan,
goes on to say
.Ic has been especially faithful on the
subject of slavery | undertake to say that
NOT only no man North, but no man South,
can show Il better record than that of James
buchanan on that yexed and dangerous qucs-
tian. lie has been arraigned for the imputed
offence when he WAS mere boy-a very
vouth-of having presided at OF attended
meeting in Pennsylvania which denounced
slavery and resolved in favor OF the Missouri
cu,utr1Iuise. This charge had been actively
circulated against him in 1852, and it SO hap
reped that then Mr.. Buchanan had wiH his
a,cu hand, furnished him, (Mr. Nise,) with
irr, ,fragajic er1deHCc 10 Sholr net only that ths
limitation lcas false, but that it was next to
impossible for it to be true lie did not
support the Missouri compromise,
The Governor then went on to demonstrate,
by various examples, the peculiar fidelity OF
MIR. buchanan to the South, and gave an
instance where he was more devoted than Mr.,
Calhoun
"When the issue of incendiary publications
arose, he voted 10 riolatc the rcrY md'iS,
rather than permit the agitators OF Nat
Turner nsurrectiOn to light the fires OF IN
cendiarism by the Post Office. When
the Wilmot Proviso was invented, especially
for his destruction, by a Cameron faction IN
his State, he firmly withstood an insldious
contriyance in free State to undermine the
tenure of slave property and was found main
tanning the sovereign equality of slave States,
when others laltercd and Others tell on that
fatal issue. When the issue of annexation
of Texas arose, he contented not himself by
going for n measure which would admit
a State with or without slavery about her,
but he went undoubtedly and unspent Tor a
measure which admitted State, new state,
not with or without, but with slavery already
established as her peculiar institution. In
1916, when the issues were coming to an is
sue of internal strife, or separation, he dld
not 90 for an extension of the line of the Mis-
souri Compromise to the Pacific. and every
| Southern man went with him. on mat
point Mr.. Calhoun hmseD trent tUrther
! North than Mr. buchanan went.
We wanted territory in the Southwest to
preserve the equilibrium of slave power in
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Speech of Mr.. Underwood of Virginia.

There were delegates from Virginia to the
National Republican Convention at Philadel-
phia, but the delegation was not full, and
therefore the delegates did not vote on the
question of nominating candidates. Among
tho earnest speeches made after the no
minaton was completed, Mr.. Underwood's,
of Virginia is specially noticeable. Mr.. I'm
derwood, said
Gentlemen | have but a few words to say
to you, and | shall be compelled to speak
them in sadness. Why is it that Virginia is
not represented here to-day as she was in
1776l why has the sccptre departed from
the Old Dominion 1t is as Thomas Jefferson
declared, because God is just, and his justice
will not slumber forever. Appause.
Sir, it is because slavery has blightcd what
was naturally one of the iairest and loveliest
portions of our country. 1t is, sir, because
our political masons, instead of building the
bulwarks Of freedom, have been erecting for
tifcations for slavery, and cementlng the
walls with the blood of crushed humanity.
Great applause 1t is because our hunters,
instead Of pursuing the enemies of freedom,
have been hunting down Christian women
for the performance of acts which might al
most invite an archangel to come down from
the regions of the blcst. Cheers. Hunting
them down for teaching the poor children of op-
preston and licensed wrong to read the Word
of God f" Shame. - Hunting them down
by means Of those tyrannical laws which
were made not to govern, but to crush out
every sentiment of freedom, of virtue and
of humanity. Virginia is not here to-day,
because her wise statesmen by their unwise
legislation have polluted its fair land with
the sweat and tears Of unpaid labor. APP
plausc.
And now ask you, my friends, if you are
willing that this hlighting curse of slavery
shall be extended all over the fair plains Of
the West Are you willing that the clank-
ing of mAnaclcs and fctters shall be heard all
the way to the Rocky Mountains [' No. ="
''no. Will you aid in forging more man
acles and fetters for the arms and ancles of
christian men and women, brothers and
sisters, husbands and wives to be separated
from one another, lashed and chained in the
coflle gangs Of the trader, driven to the cotton
fields and dreary sugar plantations of the far
South, to drag out their lives in hopeless, un-
requited toll and then to end their existence
in agony Of wo unutterable. Con
tinued applause.
This is the work which Virginia is doing
to-day. Shall the same Infamous work curse
the futare states to spring up in the West,
which were destined to be the homes Of free
men. t" No." no" Shall these homes.
dedicated to you and your children, and your
children children for ever, become the habit
ations of freedom and happiness, or the ha-
bitations of cruel oppression and misery.
Cheers.
Gentlemen, | will not detain you longer.
| appeal to you to let the fate of Virginia be
a warming. Let us all remember the admoni-
tions Of jefferson. Let us remember that the
curse of Heaven is and ever must be upon
human oppression. Long continued cheer
ing.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-07-04

1nE OPINION OF French EDIToR.-The
Courrir dcs Eats- Inns, which received the
nomination of Buchanan with much satstac
ton and expressed no doubt Of his election,
seems now to think the chances are not so
entirely in his favor al at first appeared
The nomination of Mr. buchanan receives
less spontaneous adhesion, and encounters
more lively opposition than seems to have been
anticipated. Not only the Ostend Manifesto,
but the whole past life Of the iavorite son
of Pennsylvania, is evoked against him. Even
In his own State, a man whose name gives
weight to his authority, Mr.. Patrick Henry,
has recalled from oblivion certain expressions,
which are not calculated to increase the p,p-
ularity Of the candidate elect of the Cincin-
natl Convention. Thus, in Fourth of July
grafton, delivered in 1878, Mr.. Buchanan
at the time devoted body and soul to the old
federalist party, exclaimed. " II | had II
drop of Democratic blood in my veins, |
would open an artery and let it out. In
ISIS he declared Tor Gen. jackson, but
" without being, thank God, n Democrat. -"
On another occasion he enunciated the un-
democratic maxim " that ten cents a day
were wages enough for working man
TO these "reminiscences Mr. Henry adds, that
{" Gen. Jackson put Mr. Polk on his guard
against Buchanan, warning him that he was
a man whom it would not be safe to trust
Mr.. Polk, when too late, was convinced of
the soundness of this advice, and so express
ed himself to the Hon. Henry Horn, of Phla-
delphia,"
When such arguments as these are brought
against candidate, at the very opening OF
the campaign, the result of the contest cannot
be considered by any means certain, In tins
respect there is striking contrast IN the
situation of Mr., Pierce in 1852, and that OF
Mr.. Buchanan at this time. The friends OF
the latter will do we'll not to allow them
selves to be lulled to sleep in the confidence
of their strength
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-07-04

MYSTERIES OF TIE Posr-orFlcE DEPARTMENT.
John &. Riyes is responsible for the follow
ling; lie said that when Amos Kend Ii was
Postmaster General, he took tour to the
South and West, partly on private business,
and partly to get the film off of his official
optics, and see how postal matters were con-
Quoted. Of course he did not make himself
known every occasion, but he always look
cd on at every turn in post-route, and some
times he learned something. At one place in
Mississippi he stopped, while travelling in
- :" oe-coach, at rather insignificant vii
where there was '' distributing
Office " of some Importance. No one knew
that he was the Postmaster General. The
postmaster Of the place was away from home,
as he had been for some months, and the busi-
ness of overhauling, sorting and distributing
Uncle sans mails was in the hands Of sub,
in the shape OF an old negro woman. The
postotiice was kept in pretty good sized room,
and on one side of 1t there was "a heterogeneous
mass that appeared something like Il huge
pile of mail matter; and it looked, too, some
what like a small tea garden. There were pa
pers. letters, large and small packages of
books, &c, in huge confusion piled around
The old black woman very deliberately un-
locked the bags and emptied their contents
out on the floor. Amos looked on, and like
Satan marshalling his legions in pandemo-
mum. he admired.
The dafky after emptying the contents of
the bags in the piled commenced putting
back, and in every pouch replaced miscel-
laneous assortment The Postmaster Gen
eral had his eyes opened some, and it occur
red to him to ask 'Aunty' if she could read.
'Oh no, said she, but | puts back just
about as much as master used to y As the
critic said of Macready, when he asked the
Danish courtier to play on the pipe and the
courtier took him at his word and played
Yankee Doodle 'Phancy lIamlick's feel
inks Fancy old Amos" But his observa,
tions were not completed. There was an enor.
nous pile of mail matter that had been accu-
mulating for months under the postal super
vision of the sable sub 1t was after M.
C,'s had learned the art of iranking, and
when their beloved constituents were in
the habit of applying for seeds and other pro-
ducts at the agricultural bureau of the Patent
Office. The cucumber seeds of those days
were not all basswood, as Kendall can tes-
tiiy The seeds in the moist, warm climate
of Mississippi had germinated extensively
throughout this immense mass of mail mat
ter; cabbages, beets, carrots, cauihOwers
were there; potatoes had sprouted; while Gu
cumber, pumpkin and squash vines had ex
tended out of the heap, and run nearly across
the room! 1t is supposed that the warmth o.
the political documents, stimulated by The
fiery nature of southern politicians, had ad
ded to, rather than subtracted from, the fer
tile nature of the postal compost
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TnE BosToN Journal has settled down on
to be supported by all who wish to overthrow
the present iniquitous Administration, and
the destructive policy which it has entered
upon and still upholds. Admitting that it
would have been glad to see Mr.. Fillmore
placed again at the head of the Nation, it
says
"Upon calm and careful survey of the ell
ments which will enter into the contest, we
can see no prospect whatever Of the election
of Mr.. FILLMORE, and we have yet to meet
with one Of his friends who now 50 slnguine
as to anticipate such a result. And any at
tempt, therefore, to concentrate the oppDsi-
tion to the administration upon the American
ticket would be unavailing. The Republic
can ticket is undeniably in a better position
The contest will be practically between BIT
CHANAN and BRECKENRIDGE, and Fremont and
DAYTON, the one heartily supporting and the
other uncompromisingly opposing the policy
OF the present administration and taking IN
to consideration the mOmentOus importance
of the issues involved in the contest, we can
have no difficulty in deciding between the two
tickets. So far as the Journal is concerned f,
the adoption of any other course than the
support of the ticket nominated at Philadel-
phia, would be to depart from those prnc-
pies upon which it has heretofore been con-
Quoted.
In giving to FREMONT and DAYTON the sup
port of the Journal, we do SO not as a party
newspaper, but in conformity with that in
dependent course which we long since marked
out as our rule of action in political matters.
We believe that, with such
a ticket, the widespread hostility to the doc
trines and policy of the administration can
not fail to have free expression, and that to
have free expression, and that to secure its
triumph it is only necessary to make those
sacrifices of individual preferences, and o!
minor issues which, in the present crisis, ev-
cry true patriot should be willing to yield
Upon the success Of this ticket must rest the
hopes Of every American citizen who can re
alize the importance Of the present crisis, iol
the preservation Of peace with other nations
and for the continuance of the Union, mas
much as the triumph of the Democracy witt
its aggressive foreign and subscrvient domes
tic policy, would be followed by "A continu
ance of civil strife, and too surely, we fear
by foreign wars"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-07-04

The General convention on slavery.
The General Convention Of the Congrega-
tional Ministers and Churches in Vermont,
held its annual meeting in Waterbury, june
18th and the two days subsequent. Their
action on the subject Of Slavery and other
questions connected Herewith, appear in the
following, which we take from the Vermont
Chronicle
Committee on resolutions from Rutland
Consolation presented the following
The Committee to whom vas referred pa
per from the Rutland Consolation, relating
to the present condition Of our country, to-
gether with other papers relating to slavery,
respectfully report
We see no occasion to repeat what this
Convention has more than once heretofore cX-
pressed respecting the moral and social
wrongfulness of the system Of slavery existing
in our country, and our desire for its speedy
termination but in the Developments of
its tendencies and its bearings on the rights
of our citizens and the institutions Of our
land which have been recently made, we see
cause for prompt and decided action.
rs the disciples of Christ, and as loyal cit
izeus, we acknowledge the obligations of
righteous law. and profess our hearty allegi
ance to all its heesbts. In the dominion Of
suo IA" Su .si
tal to the highest ends of his existence. 1t
is because OF our earnest love Of law, and of
the freedom of man under the dominion OF
Just law, that our sorrowful concern is stir
red in view of the existing state Of things in
our country, and our adherence awakened
against the doings of those, who, by lllgrant
60 @ " ~ 80 49,. ,io ''-
''luU % VIC nioiu iiio'U '''i
therefore,
h'S"f''1' l, lhat thi9 Convention IeSti's - ;
events Which nave htely occurIcu ~ '"o Sct'
oi our national government anu III V'c remote
territory OF Kansas as eVlhcliiG Il rcl.eul ta'-
ed ana concerted purpose alreauy IiPthI"S
INTO clorts to put down the freedom o' speech
ana oi the press SO lar as tIcy are oIIo9.u
to slavery, 10 tramlle uhuer loot t"G conNu-
tutl2h ana laws Oh Vlle lai1' anu 10 Suosll'u'e
Tor the sovereignty Oh the Whole peol't, VHe
arbitrary VIII OF that small Ir'GIloI "' our
roruIaiioh which Is com lo,ou 9' 'IdNe'o'''eIS .
thus subvertlng the vital iundalheh,al lrln- lh
| clples on Whicn alohe So'GrhIlinV VI lrt'-
dom ana equal rights can De paSeu VI ilall'-
tanned;
:. lhat Ill thls manifest PuIPoSG an" c'i-
ueaFor 10 iorce 'hc puoiic mn" ol 'h'? Ia
to acqulesce IN the unlimited extension ana
/ perpetuation oil slavery IN the results u
"hlch they nave Already lea' ana IN tne per-
lis winch they threaten TINS convention Sc,
cause Tor alarm anu ANXIOUS iorc"ouinE'
IN respect to thc luture peace anu "tIlaIe %
our beloved country ana IN our Julgin5i''aI
the iHehuS ol lree institutions are cdl'tu POI
hrmIy to determine thnt the tefritgrlaI GAIth
SION ol slavery anu us Increasingly ounelui III
huehcc On our na'lohal coutl'e4s must a' tn'
.: nat we assure our bretn[eh ana iri9hi
-. N.'.sH' -; T'i y VIZ '',v' -
% x tbt M't nrr;torv r0 uJ in " tba lG ,nors "r
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From the New ORR sun
" GIvE'EM JESSIE" A Presidential can
vass develops the latent powers of wit and
song In many youth and man who would
never be witty or poetical if they lived where
there were no elections to spur and excite
the activities of the mind The Presidential
campaign also g YES rise to pithy and pungent
sentences, or plays upon names, which at
once become battle cries. About the best of
the kind we have seen, is that of which our
confrere OF the Mirror makes note At an
impromptu gathering Of the Fremonters, the
other evening, says the Mirror, an advocate
of the Rocky Mountain candidate put it to
the party whether it was not better to send
to the White House one who had completed
his humanities by marrying an accomplished
woman, than to send there the rusty old
bachelor, Buchanan At this interroeatory
gentleman present who remembered the
maiden name of Mrs, Fremont Jessie BEN
tom, shouted, " Wen give'em Jessie -
The happy turn brought down the house, -
OF course, and giving 'em Jessie promises
TO be the tavorite watchword through the
campaign with the Fremonters.
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the protection of our own. free labor. The
Southern policy (Which has long been that
the democratic rarty) has cen to le-is-
late against free labor, and in favor of siore
labor, in favor Of the foreign manufacturer
and against the American one, because the
American one las been northern one
Equality of rights and privileges and an am
pie protection of person and property from
foreign and domestic violence" What
commentary on this is the administration oc-
cupied with crushing down the free state set
tiers in Kansas, and furnishing au uthority ana
arms to rufTans from Missouri and South
Carolina engaged in that atrocious work !
5. Against raising more revenue than is
wanted for the necessary expenses OF govern
ment-in face Of having run the annual eH-
penses of the nation to sepenty millions
year-that too in Il time of profound peace.
g. Against distributing the proceeds OF the
public lands among the States, where they
might be applied by the several Legislatures
for the peoples benefit, in face of the waste
full laws for giving the lands away by millions
of acres to railroad corporations.
T. Against Unitcd States Banki Good
gracious, won't the world be astonished a
kick at the old dead monster-or rather at his
ghost, for even his bones were crumbIed to
dust a half generation ago
g. Against entrusting the money to Banks,
though every business man knows that
through checks and transfers most Of the pub
lie money is actually IN the vaults of the
Banks, and that the sub treasury is practical
ly humbug.
O. Against altering the constitution ami
taking from the President the veto power ;
about which there is no issue whatever. Al
So another kick at the dead Bank
10. In favor of the Declaration of lndc-
pendencc--sO far that is, as lrlshmen,
are concerned, whilst the chief leaders Of the
party scout it as IL lie when it declares GALL
MEN to be born equal, and entitled to the en-
oyment Of life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness" Also kick at the alien and Sc
dition laws of John Adams time, which were
ended half century ago.
Thus it will be seen that these resolutions
were meant to keep the ghosts Of old contro-
versies on the stage, and by their means to
secure the continued allegiance Of the few an
tcdluyian iogies who have not yet heard that
Gen jackson is dead The platform, 50 far
smells as musty as the scrapings Of an old
charne house. What comes next will call
for closer scrutiny
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-07-04

Tho i,,,,,,o,,. r,H the Nn,r Norl, orrln
,..l ,., :.. a..
'I ''' ''I7" '"'''o''e7' III .'s i'y
24th, thus reviews the action OF the House
Of REPRESENTATIVES in the Herbert case.
We bo,. g, Jut,, fl, rarf,r,n and we shall
n,t .brinI, 6.,n Jis,har',in,,i Tl,t Jutv
j.. TO announce in un,nistakahle term. to the
adopted cItilan. Of irish birth throughout
tLe .,ur,rv that thn democratic r,rtv in
Cnn,r1ss L,ye ,huneulIv deserted their
dntT da.arraJ tb.ir I,yn Jr,r,s.fon. Of i'm
rartioli " between different classes ofcitizens:
And thai thew have. A. rlnin as deeds can
snoak dcclarri trn murder If n man of Irish
birth Inv one of their colleagues To be a triAe
,ybnIIv un,yorthv cyen Of inouirv. Is the
demntrntic n,rty mad or is # only rotten.
Than il sb.ul1 :, bn.ie itself with half
/ a ,Iozan evcnrtions. every man of the mniorl
/ ~ C,r Kant,r.'s ,ni,rJornris a nrofas.ed.damo-
/ crat -" What. then. does it mean Or can
il mean ANYTHING but one tLinr-that an
lri.hman born. however peaceable or loyal.
/ is only fiji {, b. used bv the democratic party,
and tyLrn u..J. set mn as Il TARGET. and shot
Win immunity This is what il means, and
+, tlis uleanii., we Shall hold the entire par
~. We hold sir. Pierce, Mr. Douglas and
Mr.. Buchanan for this conduct of their con-
flant, and supporters. They We're all in
/ Washington, it was for days the topic of the
town; if their friends have taken sides
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-07-04

The royal geographical society of Great
Britain, have presented the royal premium
for this year a massive gold medll) to DR..
Kane, for his Arctic researches This is the
fourth time that an American has received
this medal within twelve or ) years. The
first was presented to Rev. DR.. Robinson, for
his researches in Palestine the second to Col.
Fremont, for his Western explorations the
third to +, G. squier, for his researches in
Central America and now the fourth to DR.,
Kane.
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The Kansas Raid.

a. ,,;.., d. r..,,,;r.r luv. ti.r luftur
.1,1...,.. .., ,..,,.l,
was "''T'S9'' " " "l'''y N'''"'' '''' ''".'
esteemed gentleman oi New York rlty, VINO
has alvavs acted with the Democratic party,
,,r, ,,;,,.. .,,s,,r.,,,.o If tbo roIinliitv Of
'''' 70
'"' "il''r' "''''
" The original Is not signed (though OF
course. the authors correspondent has means
,,r ;l.,,,ir.in., h;,,,> lost if .LouII he oncncd
nrl... 49,, H. J.. ,..,,,.,, o.l
III '"' ''' '"''' ''''' ','
perhaps murdered ior 80 Tree an expression OF
his views. The case is not solitary, the
creator nu,ar. Of letters from Kansas men
n...I... ,,.r;.l. ...,,,.,. p. .,,o s,,,o
''' ,,
address are Without S'5""'"i'S'
JrNE 18th, lSjG.
", I.. .r.o p.i.,, or r.rr,r ;s
inli..nratri ~ the iicrrr and summon par
tr. The South has poured in her armed
Il ,neradors. who have been enrolled by Shan
non. and Of course are to be- paid out Of the
L. ). Treasury. The Prince Of lirc-cators in
onen dav says to them, "the Free Sellers,
or -- Yankees have built You houses. 90
and drive them off and take them" The re-
port Of the investigating Committee will sink
ther cause. The leaders are arrested with
or without process lawrence is principally
demolished, and all other leading Free State
settlements are Threatened, all Of our leading
m.n are arrested or fled, and others less pro-
miucnt are being arrested daily. On night
Of oath utimo, the Puttowutomie tragedy
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THE FIR d E P R ESS.


~ For tvms sac iast Iagc. II
GEO. W. & q. q. BENEDICT, EditorS and Proprietor,
VERNON FOR MONT.
When once master from the South
A flying slave demanded,
The judge, in free Vermont, replied,
" Your suit cannot be granted,
Unless you show a bill of sale
By God Almighty given"
The master lost the slave, for there's
No slavery in heaven.
And our good State is now as then
As brave and firm and true.
For freedom in November next,
She'll show what she can do.
Then old Vermont for John Fremont
Will nobly do her part
lie has already half her name
He shall have all her heart.
U. V. NJ.