Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-04-25
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
CIRCULAR OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE

We solicit your attention to the call which
has preceded this paper. 1t is not only to
recommend to the people the immediate So.
lection OF delegates from the several States
equal in number to three times the represcn-
tation in Congress to which each State is emit
tied, to meet on the 18th June. ut Philadcl-
phil, to present such individuals as they NAV
think best suited to uphold the cause TO
winch they are devoted as candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency but also to
invite the members of all parties who feel it
to be the dominant issue which should CON
troll the election, to meet at the same time
and place, to confer with tho Convention us
to the best course to crown their common
wishes with success. One of the parties
which will be represented at Philadelphia has
taken tho name Of Republican, because it
was given to that founded by Mr.. jefferson,
u embrace all who love the Republic There
IS TO Democrat who does not love the Rcpub-
lie. There is no Wing who does not love the
Republic. There is no American who does
not love the Republic And we fondly hope
there is no naturalized citizen who does not
love the Republic
But 1T IS not SO important that the great
movement which we desire to see successfully
inangurated shall be designated by any par
ticular name, as that it shall be strong
united and effective. why may not all those
classes who are hostile to the introduction of
Slavery into free territory, unite at this
crisis OF impending danger, to vote for
assert The Grand nrinc,nla IF ronross;nS Tho
extension Of slnvaboId;pg nonolnIy and ~
,indicatc tho r;rbts NJ t2o noo,Io ~ al 500
tons of The t'nion vbo l,b,r VIII tbc;r o,r,,
hands ticket which will not agitlte with
a view to dctract from the rights of the
states to dispose of the subject within their
It's influence to DESTROY the freedom of white
laborers is Il fit subject of investirl tim with
a view to roprcss the aggressive mower in overv
constitutional wov O''''
The rights of the laborino class involved in
thi, question have been BETRAYED bv the rn
nrescntntives fran tho North and Snntb ;ntbo
interest of the shareholders. who have voted
to surrender the lands to slave labor which
vrro sct nnart IN male rrnoLoIJors onJ on.
rich the working men Of both sections who
own no slaves. Who should emiorato IN them
cultivate and improve them With their own
toll. Here are areot nrincinlas hlondod in
dis cause. the one imn6Ilinq the vindic,tion
,c tho RIGHTS Of FREQ l,LEr-tbo otLor ,La
c5astisement Of mierniJcd renrosont i, t;v ,n
who have violated the filth nicd,o5 bstweon
th..'t,yo sections of the Tn,on 70 Zach otber;n
their comuact. and their own faith ne renre.
lives in misrepresentinr the will Of their
constituents in the rpnaalinr nets and disc.
having their instructions in reference to
thom.
Can there be any diHicuItv !, ur;t;,o tbo
men Of all rartios' who concur in tho 7rsot
dositu of DELIVERING, tho masses from, tho IN.
prossions of the SlIyeholdcrs in thn tcrritn-
iios. and the fair. free healthy rorio,s If tho
Far West from the Blot of Slavery and the
stcrilitv that attends ire r,ots,,,s ,,Laro,.or
(! -
in the nitcd States. tLcv boId no,rIy r,nr
,ill,,,s ~ .I,,, ~, Vs., ilO'a 'o"i
gi; ~ ia, .c4p are slA ihiii'o'ls Oh
,,i "a.,'V "lae'oll III t'c oouthcrh states
I, "" ~ i Nv u"u tnt!e are 'Weh'y mn
I,iIS,,;.i M loPu''tloH III 'ne North
N,''' vi ,''o i'lle'so sil're inc last cen
niions r i','ir'tts VI t"yse tMenty.I FIX
unions lIi OF people IN the vast regions OF the
TO the ambition. to the r'Isn flows ofintarost
in which the 347 600 Slave o,ynnrs wnnId
indulge themselves in their arrorance tbev
sti.matize as Black Rrrnblirlns thnso VIA
would make Il constellation of fraa hr;,,ht
Republics constituted of the white race alone
unfinished by Slaves Of nnv color. their his.
tory and their laws unhiemi.hed Lv that
word Are they called black becluse they
could redeem their white brethren of the
South. bv rcseryinr to them n refuge from
the tliTaidom iInp55ed on them Lv nogroSlave
" there, and which makes the master the
orprcssor Of all beneath him. of whatever
mrlexion' Arc they called black because
fhcy would resist the Slave owner with his
word. in lis attcmnts to cyrpl from thoir
?, mes the sans Of tho frco std,rs ,,Lo Layo
,lr.Idv ri.t thrir Ints in ,bo no,, i,nd i,' ~
\, aich their fathers taurht them ia loni G,r-
ward to as their inheritance. under A comnro.
misc of more than tLirtv vcors stand,ng
The doIorltory eritLat is inonnronriotolv
.I1li,l to tbose who labor to build mn frcs
states composed of white men to transfer the
{ .ium OF the b'GcI institution from those who
'4lrg to 1t us part OF their republican sys-
tenn. 1t not proposed to touch the subject of
slavery in the States where it exists, but to
,Iut tie door upon it, and exclude it from
i 'nltones to which its approach has been
i5ibiddtn'
lie attcmut willie mazda to ,nr,u,do tboso
who would indentiCv tLrmsaIros Ir;,t, tI;s
cause. that there is no necessity r. ,nol,n ~
sacrifice Of minor differences to noke Eono,s
=. Tree State-tbat the ,rncIomot;n, ~ ~
President ha, rut down all dnnrer If ;r,a-
.iJn-that Gen. Atchison and lis honG;tt;
lud armed allie, from tbn SI,,t' 'o 49, 49,
up all idea of forcibe intcrrnrooo ,h ho.
mean to acquiesco in tLn ,cnronIIo sattia,I,
b. the question in favor If ,Int snct;nn With
rs shown thar - :. '''o' o. ''"t section "hich
number of emirants and th t'i, oi g s,, T,vi
to be held mill nC,,r +Lo pns;j.;t
ion. If thcnullifers of the south shall
hen triumph in the election If - prosidant
dominated by them at Cincinnati tho nsmr.
Lion established ly Atcbison will he found
ia nil actiyitv-its laws introducinr slavery
into the Territory and rrotectinc II from rc.
i>al at the blllot.boy. bv the disrranchisa-
10 ut Of the settlers hy test-oatb. will he en-. {
tn rni, and Constitution. framed bv defeat.