Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-10-31
Trecmen OF Vermont,

Trecmen OF Vermont,
FOR Tour years the Administration of the
Government has been in tho hands of Frank
lin Pierce and his odheronts. They have had
their day, You know how they have used
it. They sold themselves to the slave holders
oligarchy, defed the people, trod under foot
the sacred contacts of the nation, and opcn-
ed the way for slavery into the vast regions
of the West which lad been consecrated to
freedom forever. Not content with faith
lessly opening the door for slavery they
have used the wealth and power Of the nation
to FORCE it in. They have upheld a usurpa-
ton in Kansas which broke through all the
safe guards of our representative system
they have violated the strongest uarantees
OF the constitution for the preservation of
the citizens rights. They have encouraged
violence and bloodshed, and have disrraced
the good name of our country in the eyes of
the civilized world.
NEXT Tuesday is YouR DAY.-The People
then sit in judgment. They can then reach
the offenders and hurl them from the posts
they disgrace, or they can approve and reward
their crimes.
Which wiH you choose' 1t is too late to
plend ignorance Of the facts upon which to
ground a righteous decision. You know the
issue, and you know the men who represent
it. If you believe SLAI cry to be a social
and political blessing if you wish it ex-
tended over all the Territory from which new
States of our Union are to be formed if YOU
would give to the Slave Oligarchy the abso.
lutte control Of our government if you would
place in its hands a power which can only be
wrcstcd from them again by revolution and
civil war if you would endorse the crime
against Kansas Ivy rcsigning its fair fields to
the ruifans who have srrinkled them with
the ashes Of Free homes and the blood of
Free men if You wish the money and life of
the nation wasted in selling by violence new
slave fields in Cuba and Mexico and Central
America if you would have the African
slave trade re established ifyou are ready to
see slavery lcgalizcd in every State in the
Union and the STAKEHOLDER disgracing YOUR
free soil with his gang of slaves if you would
relinquish the right of free speech in Con.
gress if you wish to place the government
in the hands Of Forncy the suborner of
false testimony, Of Slidell the ballot,box stuff
fer, of Sicklcs the Post Office robber, of
Wise the mailman, Of Rynders the pugilist
and rowdy, of Atchison and Stringfellow the
bloody handed rufhans of the Missouri border,
of Herbert the murderer, of p. s. Brooks the
coward, bully and assassin If these and
heir mates are the men you wish to rule
over you at home and represent you abroad
II you desire to reward their crimes with posts
of honor and responsibility if you would
thus endorse their guilt and share their dis.
grace in the estimation of all good men, and
make the American name q SYNONYM for
and corruption, then vote for
James Buchanan, the associate and friend
and choice of these men, the tool Of slavery,
the dishonest p~artizan, the lifelong office
the author of the piratical Ostend
manifesto, the embodiment Of the odious
Cincinnati Platform with its open sanction
Of the enormIties which have blackened the
of the last three years, and which he
Is pledged to continue and carry on to com.
But if you believe that the slave power
had victories enough and too many if
you would resist its ~insolent claim to uni.
'ersal dominion if you would rescue tho
territories from its grasp if you would
Danish from all the great northwest the crack
Of the slave drivers whip, and all the foul
ness and wickcdness which follows in his
if you would secure for free homes and
for the prosperity and dignity of free labor,
m area larger than all the present States if
you would see rishtcd the unutterabIe wrongs
of the settlers in Kansas if you would
bring to condign punishment the murdcrers
If Dow and Barber and Brown and Phillips
md Hops and Bufum and their brother
martyrs for freedom, the p~lllagers of free
arms, the burners Of freq homes the viola
of free women if you would show man
sind that republican government is not a
that our government is still one of
and not Of violence if you would pre-
'erye the Union by restoring the policy of its
ounders if you would repress the spirit Of
illibustering aggression, have integrity and
.bility instead of Imbecility aud corruption
n the White house and its dependencies, res
ore peace and quiet at home and respect
broad then vote for fRENoNr, the lover Of
rccdom, the opponent of slavery extension,
he man of lofty and s'atosman-like purposes,
nd noble anteccdents, the true patriot, the
y~allant chieftain, the faithful friend, t j