Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-09
The Trihmnc Tor ISh7.

The Election Is past, and its result proves that
the work dcvolvcd on the Republican party is not
yet completed. In all tho Eastern and Northern
portions Of the couutry--n New England, New .
York, Ohio and the North-Wcst--thc Republican
banner floats in triumph, while in Southern Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Indiana and llllois--n short, whcr |
ever few newspapers taken, and where common
schools too new and too feeble to have educated
tho present generation Of votcrs-thc black flag of
Slavery obStrucs 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 1850. We have failed Of |
present success, not because the People against
us, but because that large portion did not hear
read the argument and do not know what were
the real questions issue went almost solid against
MS reversing the verdict which the great maoriyof
the educated and intelligent endenyorcl to pro.
nounce.
These facts indicate the path Of pressing duJ.-
With unmnny iepinings over what is ire ocah'c
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 If her struggle
with shadow Of regret that the responsibility Of
governing il not coufdcI to her champions before
tho People fully ready TO sustain thcm--wc
began afresh the work of dihusing that vital truth
which, in regard to the concerns of THE world as
well as Of the ncxi, makes Free indeed Now, in
the Slave Powcr'f hcyday Of victory, when its min
istcrr and sc:ytors are gathering and plotting to
make the most of their triumph and "crush OUT
the spirit which they vlinly believe to be crucidod
md entomboi-now, when tho laint-heartcd OF cold.
hearted who lately bashoi in the sunshine or our
premature hopes arc hauling oG 70 repair dana gcs
and talking of abandoning the rugged arena Of
roli.cs for moro quiet and nowcly fele--n',y, in
this hour Of wuarnes, and shadow, THr Tnur"E
rcnews its of eternal hostility to every form Of
tyranny over the bodies or souls Of monte the
shamefal assumption that the ben sltol and feeble,
whether in soul or body, arc to lo regarded and
treated the convenience thc prey cf their wiser
or stronger brothrcn--to the domination Of dcspots
and oligarchs, whether Of empires OF plantations
- the enslayer' of cities and kingdoms in Europe
or the breeders ofchildTen 3r the auctionblock and
the cotton-fed in Virginia or Alabama.
The doctrine that no human being wac ever csca-
ted for the benefit or advantage Of anothcr-tAat
Ill service between man and man should be rccipro-
cal-that the laborer should not toll and sweat to
ramper others pride or minister to others luxury,
but for the sustcnanco and comfort Of those near
It. rs, prevail, for God rcigns aud Earth nc1
created to be theater Of injustice, oppression and
misery forever. it must triumph for all true
prophecy afirms and the yind,ation Of Divine be.
nightly imp ratiyely requires it. 1t ,,ua triumph
icr Demooratio America cannot always remain the
s,oG Of arstocrats anil the shame Of rctorners md
liberals throughout the. old World. Il l0.' tai
umpA; for mans history /. no, chaos or riddle.
,.,.t s-.. ,--s.. Ir
roic calr; ever ailcd # its cae,t-ao drop # mar
tyr liyod was ever shed in vain.
But even if we Republicans were Disposed To- f,l
our arms in slumJcr, odycr.aIies would not PER
NIT it, They are busy today in Engineering their
cord, and strcnsthonin. ther.takcs with yigi,arcc
-4pctiyity which reveals a consciousness on their
part that their dominion must he made sure forth
With or their sccptcr will have forever d,TarteI.-
To-day, mymilons Of the Slave rowr threaten
md hara.s Northern Mexico, are cucamped in the
heart # Central America and wacing war o.! ex-
termination on the distracted inhabitants Of its pct
~ Republics, while it by turns lecrs and scowls at
cuba, while its most ruthless bands are lrecirtated
on devoted Kansas, under the protection and smile:
II the Federal Administration. Even as We 'v.itc,
the telegraph informs u that twenty Free State
men, guilty Of attempting to defend their bomc.
against the rlpnc and violence # Bulord and Ii.
tus' bloc! .lirsty bandits, have been convicted by
Lec.mrtos Court Of man-iaughtcg and .ghtenccd
to five years imprisonment at hard Labor .,l9us
Th.1 Is but a fair specimen Of what has NJ passed
for uE,ico in hLnsls--a jas: ico which takes the
criminals into pay and eils them in hunting down,
numbering and .'wi?ins out' the innocent, whom
it consirns to- the state llison if they age ever
yoalei the maiue.s of resisting their orprg-s-