Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-09-26

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RELEASE or THE KANSAS PRISONERS. The
terror of the peoples Judgment have taken
hold OF our insane Administration. The re-
cent demonstrations in Iowa Vermont. and
Maine have actually frightened the official CO.
adiutors Of Border Ru1ianism into a tenn
porary and partial suspension of hostilities
against Kansas. Gov. Robinson and his as
sociates, who have been held for months in
imprisonment under a spurious indictment
for treason, are released on bail and Gov.
Geary promises to drive the non resident in
vaders Of Kansas from the territory So SAYS
the telegraph and we hope tho announce
ment may prove true.
But let it be remembered that this is verv
inadequate beginning for the mcliora'ion Of
affairs in Kansas. The remedy here uroposed
is mere sop to appease the Indignation of
the North, which ought to be contented with
nothing short OF a complete change in tho
administration Of the territory, and what is
more important the overthrow Of She present
federal admnistration, the author Of the un-
paralleled wrongs under which the free state
men suffer
Nothing can give peacc-permarent peace
to Kansas short Of the abolition of the spu.
rious legislature and their spurious code. the
removal Of the twin Dracos Of tine territory,
Lecomrta and Cato, and the permanent exclu-
bowie knives and pistols now triumph over
the liberty OF the people And the very fact
that cur BueLGnier administration have at
tempted notl.iu1 nut tho ini-erutls ,9lr way
shit OF hulng the prisoners and eXhilara-
ting the Lawrence men with empty promises
proves their irresolu5lon ard insincerity.
This kind Of clap-trap is too short lived
and too sinister in its object to satisfy the
ir'cmcn of this country. We have no doubt
that the ruihlnlv grasp Of the Buchnnor op-
rressor- on the throat Of free Kansas will be
lo)seneI; but only till the Fourth of Npvcm-
her- with a view to renew the outrage with
the more impunitY afterwards
The cat doth play.
And after sl5y"
Tho ruling spirits Of the s1-callad dcmocrl-
party are as determined now upon their creat
work Of enslavinc tho Freemen Of Kan.ag
as they were when the first Blue Lodge was or
g1nized, or when the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise was first suggested by Atchisou.
But they are too sagacious to preciritlte mat
tcrs,and know that they will accomplish mora
by lying low till tho election is over "Don't t.
say they to their plant servant, the Prcsi-
dent, Don irrltatc the people too much
just now, or Buchanan may be defeated and
the whole scheme fall through Let tho r.ea-
state men of on bail, but retain the laws and
the Judges. And that ls precisely the policy
the President has adopted Tho Discarded
Chief Magistrate really believes that the
South will take him up again that Buchan-
an having served but one term. southern
gratitude will bear him again to the White
House. Hence his refusal to acquiasce in any
radical measures for the restoration of tho
rights Of Kansas, hcuc, his reply to the
Kansas Committee, that the tc,,,i0riai i1u5
should be enforced at all hazards. lie is heart
and soul in the scheme for -ubduing Kansas.
1t is therefore to be hoped that this slight
but significant concession Of tho administra
tion TO the tremendous pressure Of public
sentiment, will only prove stronger lncen-
tive to the opposition, and may swell the tide
of public indignation until it shall sweep tho
last vestige Of federal Tyranny from its
stronSholds. Let the people demand not
merely a change of territorial policy, but Of
the federal administration. The election Of
Fremont is the only cure for the wrongs Of
Kansas.