Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-12-19
The Tribune for 1877.

portions of the country--in Now England, Now
| York, Ohio and tho North-Wcst-tho Republican
banner floats in triumph while in Southern Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Indiana and 1li1ois--in short, whcr-
ever few newspapers arc taken, and whore common
schools arc too and too feeble to have educated
the present generation Of votors-tho black flag Of
slavery obstructs the sunshine. stranger to
America might distinguish those portions Of our
country most blessed with Education, Intelligence
Thrift and Virtue, by scanning the returns of the
Presidential contest of 1856. We have failed of
present success, not because the People against
us, but because that large portion did not hear
or read the argument and do not know what were
the real questions at ssuc went almost solid against
us reversing the verdict which the great ioity of
the educated and intelligent cndcavorcd to pro-
nounce.
These facts indicate the path Of pressing duty
With no unmanly repnngs what is irrcyocablc
with no abatement of heart or hope because the
triumph of Liberty in her ordeal is not won at
the Long Island and White Plains Of her struggle
with no shadow of regret that the responsibility Of
| governing is not confdcd to her champions before
the People fully ready to sustain thonl--wo
began afrcsh the work of difusing that vital truth
which, in regard to the concerns Of this world as
the Slave Powers hcyday Of victory when its min.
listers and sc:vitors gathering and plotting to
make the most of their triumph AMI "crush outs
the spirit which they vanly believe to be cruciGcd
and cntombcd-now, when the faint-hcartcd or cold
hearted who lately baskcl in tho sunshine Of our
premature hopes hauling off to repair damages
and talking of abandoning the rugged arena of
Politics for more quiet and nowcry fcllc-now, in
this hour of WEAKNESS and shadow, The TRmryE
its of eternal hostility to every form Of
tyranny over the bodies souls Of mcn--to tho
shameful assumption that the bcnghtcd and feeble
whether in soul or body, are to be regarded and
treated the convenience the prey Of their wiser
or stronger brethrcn--to the domination Of dcspo's
and oligarchs, whether Of empires or plantations
to the enslavers of cities and kingdoms in Euroro
the breeders ofchidrcn for tho auction.bloc and
the cotton field in Virginia or Alabama.
The doctrine that no human being was ever crca-
ted for the benefit advantage Of auothcr-tla,
all service between man and man should be rcciIro-
cal-that the laborcr should not toll and sweat to
plmner others pride minister to others luxury
but for the sustcnance ard comfort of those roar
and dear to him-is destined to certain triumph
1t must prevail, for God rcigns and Earth wa, nol
created to be theater of injustice, oppression and
misery forever. 1t must triumph for all true
prophecy afrrms and the vindication If Divine be-
nightly mperatiyely requires it. It p1t triumph;
for Democratic America cannot always remain the
scott of aristocrats and the shame Of rcfrncrs aud
liberals throughout the Old World. 1t NM, tri-
umph for mans history is not a chaos or riddle,
but everywhere instinct with meaning: and no he
roic effort ever failed Of its olcctno drop Of mar
tyr blood shed in vain
But even if we Republicans were disposed t., fold
arms in slumber, adycrsarics would not per
init it, They busy to-day in cnetLcuinc toir
cords and strengthening their stakes with 81 Glance
and activity which reveals consciousness. on their
part that their dominion must be made sure f rth-
with or their sceptcr will have forever departed
To-day, myrmldons Of the Slave Power threaten
and harass Northern Mexico, are ouca.an.l in the
heart of Central America and wa.in- war of ov.
termination on the distracted nhlbitunt, e j's I"-
ty Republics, while it by turns lcor' and wi, IT,
Cuba, while its most ruthless bands are rrociatcd
on devoted Kansas, under the protection and ,niirs
of the Federal Administration. Even as we write
the telegraph Informs US that twenty Free state
men, guilty of attempting to defend their home,
against the rapinc ard violence Of nufor}s aud ii.
tus' blood-thirsty bandits, have been convicted by
~
Lccomptes Court of manslaughtor and sentenced
W n'c years imprisonment at nara labor a. itlon
g. ;,s... >, T., ""o" oil what mas long passed
,'I, NV i'S ana aus 'n''h III H"h''ht """h' |
it consigns to the State prison If tl,y are ever
loaded into the madness Of resisting their oprrc,-
ors. Such crimes and wrongs unhappy Euu.r.
has for twelve months endured, even Hungary or
poIard has po,or ro,,,.. aud .bo p,.. , ,t
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