Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-06-20

grcss from Ohiow called on to the platform
to address the pcoplo-which he did in n very
interesting manner. We take some extracts
from the report of his speech in the New
York Ere. Post.
1t was remarked by historian thatGod sllt-
ed Europe for seed with which to plant thcNew
World And yet here IN this land, wet with
the blood of these men-a land consacrtte ted
by the blood and the toll Of the men who
gained our independence-in this home OF
ours, men and women are driven from their
own homes, their houses are burned down
and women are separated from their children.
And all is on our soil where we have been 50
long characterised as sympathizing with the
down-trodden and oppressed Of the world.
My fellow citizens, we have all rcbuked ty-
ranny abroad, and in our Fourth-ofJuly ora
tions some Of the men even, who are sympa-
thising with the invaders, have talked about
this land of the free and home of the brave
| say that there cannot be fOunda stronger
instance of tyranny than has been exhibited
upon the soil of Kansas by men processing TO
be Americans. And, to crown the lament
able picture, you see the President here writ
ing long messages about Central America,
and whether this Padre Will is to be recog-
nized. lie sends message after message to
the Congress of the United States and pa
pers are excited upon this great question
whether Walker was a real hero or sham
hero Laughter. And here is my distin-
guished friend old Gen. Cass-whllc the
wall of the unfortunate is borne upon the
breeze in Kansas while our men and cur
women are coming home and asking us for
our warm sympathies and generous aid
here is old Gen. Cass, who Processes to be
tha la s,r
excited upon this subject ne is excited too
but he is excited in regard to old Crampton,
the British minister. Cheers and loud
Yes my friends, in this day of disaster and
of trouble, when mems hearts are failing for
lear--when the descendants of our own people,
our brothers and sisters, are pursued to
Washington and to the great metropolis
of this emisphere-here are to be louud
men who are troubling themselves about Nj
and Champion, and have no heart to
feel for the interests and woes Of bleeding
humanity [Checrs. This is no "nsser
question loud applause 1t is a question
iOr white men. 1t is not whether tins man
or that man shall have Il hundred or two
hundred slaves, and shall breed slaves
for market, but it is whether this is consist
ent or inconsistent with the great principles
winch undcrllc our own nbcrllc>.
The question is whether you and | shall
retain that noble heritage which has
been beoueathed to you and mo by the fathers
Of the Revolution, [CAecrs It is whether
this lady and her young husband shall live
free in IA free country. Continued applause
Talk about niger worshippers and mig
ger worshipping The day for such cant Is
gone by. Renewed applause. The question
is whether you and shall tread the soil and
feel and act as ircemcn; enthusiastic cheers
and waving of hats and handkerchicis. or
whether we shall bite the dust. Great SEN
sation. | take it for granted you all feel
that. II you do motif your hearts do not
the cause Of these sutlrr-
ing people-you are gone-hop,lcssy, IN
curaby gone.
assert that all the allegations that were
framed against the Missouri inyaders-all
the charges that were preferred ny the mA-
iority Of tho llouse-havc been fully sus-
tAined by the evidence taken by the Commis-
sion Of the House. Have you read that cY-
idence [Noiccs-'les, yes
ask you, fellow. citizens. do you know in
all history of any civilized government o! tine
globe where such cnormiucs have been eh-
acted by men protesting to be civilized, upon
the rights of property-the personal rights
of their cOmpeerS-Of their associates '-
There is not Il single instance; the aggrlya-
ted wrongs that have been heapei upon the
people OF this whole country and heaped es-
pecially upon the people Of kansas-are more
enormous in principle, than those wrongs
which stirred up the old men of the revOlu-
ton, and caused them to resolve hy the
blessing of God they would throw off the
power that thus encroached upon their rights,
and deprived them Of the inalienable rights
that are given to every man by his creator.
| say If any OF you, whatever may he your
partialites or your political position,or your
antecedsnts-if any of you, | say, will dis
passionately look at that evidence just as
If you were jurors in the box to try case You
will find that there never has been II parallel
to the inlquity of the acts Of those Missouri
invaders in any civilized country OF the
globe. NOTES.-The, never. Fellow-cit-
zens, | am surprised at myself that | have
been so long deluded by the sham-the pre-
tence of the men who pretended to be Union
men-savors of the Union. Laughter, +
say | am astonished at myself that | should
have remained SO long, with my brethren, in
the gall of bitterness and the bonds of iniq-
uity. Laughter
am surprised that should have been 50
long deludcd with that ignis tdt,ius | was
drawn by it into bog after bog, and we would
never have got out if we had not found our
selves with yawning gulf beneath our feet.
Then it was that we woke to Il contemplation
of the proper position of this country.
So, ellOwcitlzens, this is II question Of
life and death to the people OF kansas.-
There can be no doubt as to the wrong. Is
there any man who wants any more evidence
of the wrong than he has already l. there
any man belonging to the sham democracy OF
1.
must admit it to be, because as You all see,
it is built upon such miserable shams as pop
ular soycrcisnty-is there any man, ear,
not how deepdown into the slough he may Toe
who doubts that these wrongs have been
hcaped upon Kansas Cries OF NO no =
| My iellow-citzens, tins man pointing to It
/ venerable gentleman on the platform say
/ that his son has been killed in Kansas. But
/ to the men that doubt concerning theS
things in Kansas, We may apply the word
! that were spoken to the man in the drcl
pit Of despair: "if they believe not Nose,
and the prophets, neither will they be per
suaded though one rise from the dead. -
The man who can look upon these outrage
in kansas-who can listen to the tales to
blood and martyrdom, and then shout lu
buchanan and Breckenbridgc dgc--is past cur
is hopclessly gone, Applause >ucl
men love darkness rather than light, for th
reason the scripture giyes-because thel
deeds are evil
Is there in this vast assembly any hopelcs
Ia pause, and laughterl-prodigh tha
has travelled away from his fathers house
where he had plenty and to spare, and Is no'
endeavoring to feed himself uIon miscrabl
husks in a far off country, for the democra
to-day is certainl far IF, The man VIII
will leave the green pasture which our +.
theirs prepared for us here, and the sti
waters where they resided and enipyc
these blessings Of liberty, and 60 of and el
deavor to satisfy the enlarged capacities
his immortal nature with the miserable he
estes and errors of the so-called dcmocraS
of the resent day-such Il man is the Vi
tim of II strange delusion, and believes !
, that he may be damned. Applause al
7 Laughter.
. Oh, if men would only talk as they feel
they would put their hands upon their heart
il they would take the Declaration of Ind
pendence and read it again and again