Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-12-11
For the Free Press.
a The Legacy Of Age to the Younger
Citizens of Vptmout

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pass IN review, the political drama would not be
Without interest, AMI some OF the scenes might
be exciting; but iflerent and far less grateful
task is demanded of those who feel for the honor
OF the nation and desire the perpetuiy of its in.
sttutions
The indications Of the present hour are omin.
Gus of approaching danger. The foundations on
which the Republic rests are being sapped. and
under the guse of democratic doctrines. the here.
siesoi the most decided aristocracy are proclaimed.
In land where but late the foundation truth of
enforcement was, that all men aro equal. that
they have an inherent light to liberty and tho
pursuit OF happiness, leading men now DECLARE
these doctrines but "glitoring gencraities, that
the cornerstone of Republication is the right to
decree slavery, and hence less han half million
OF olgarehs have placed their feet on the pecks of
five millions OF slaves, calling them their goods
and chattels, and aiming the right to people the
vast domain of the Union with them and to mass
an repass with them through the entire lenytb
ana breadth oil the Free states The Judiciary
have manifested their adhesion to this diabo icaI
claim and in their zeal to promote it, have slammed
ov'r, as tho lawyers term it, and in case vbero
they dec ded they had no iurisdictiop. bavstrav
'ou oU' Vi tue record to proclaim that the five
"''''oHs Vi AFRICANS WITHIN our borders have no
p'IucaI rights and that their claims cannot be
examined in court; but, like the OK and tho ass
'H0y dle ona''e's to be bought and sold in the
market To make this claim more ffishtful, the
neau oil inc nation has volunteered the assertion
that tho Constitution, by its inherent force. Sc
cures to the master right to his fellow man asa
chattel, in the Territories Of the Union In fur.
therance of this heresy, the peopo of a nascon,
state have been practically denied tho rich, =,
self. government, and compelled 10 srh,,i,
coJe of laws imposed by citizens of another s,,,s
have been placed in duress by the troops q, tho
United states, and the farce of a state Consti,u.
ton is now being enacted, in which tho neonIs
| are required to ratify AN organic Ior 49,
tAiS hour, has not been submitted to them.
If God, in His providence, had doomed this Rs.
puoc to destruction for the basoneSs of its rulers
-'' 'A'.'uai course could have been devised
~ e'V 'ue~ over 10 judicial blindness.
,..., "''u "Ho' uhuet cover OF
O,''I " 'H0 Ohlon' are lnaugurs-
s "n''u nave SUBJECTED i've millions
~ ""' uesraueu other two millions and
-''' ~ 'eNoi'uVe' poverty and idleness, and
nave controlled the destinics of the nation. The
D' i'H1iHs iu'h Is accelerated by tho influence
r0"N' i'ODu'es' anu Two branch.
are now used as tho ready
nv nus VI oppression
:, .,,- ~" -''"'' congress
;-,. "s' anu " needS no
fortb.coninr mos,,,o rt,s, Ouiuuh % inc
the bo,esv th,, Ct. - WIN 'nuorse
force. carries with :, into ,La r,,, 10 'nH'fsh'
or Of tho r,s,o- -'''''0i'eS' 'ne pow
and all m, oi,i,oan'r. ~, man as cha'tel'
to resnec, THAT o.inoi,i,. 49,. "'' oounu
sas are b,und bv ,bo Io,r. ,,l,;sI pOP'V Vi nam
made far ,b.,, 49,, ,t.. 'i""ser' nave
coucocted. NAV Lc.o,,o oti;.....-..l.' just
a Presentation +, tbcr '''n
But there Is a vov
is on,. .,,or Wv 'p'H' inerc
by way Of e.nipepce N, 9,,,o,,.,,,. ,,,i;.,
in bo,b uo,.s,. t.,i,;.,..,.,
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.,' NO VI 'V"''Soh' ana
40 '''0 "'''on 10 f'ee-
s'''ue1 only oy
'"''" wig oi '"e Democracy can
"'''" '"'' '-'' n''''h Will u't submit to
- aims u inc Hro-eateFs' lhey know
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tb,ir ir,.,o.,,o ,,,.i...
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before ~. ,rc ,,y-.o 1por....'..--: - " '
the present vc,; will nrol,liy in5i,.,a A.,
course to b., pur,uel nv tho ,,,o I,vors ~. at
can Iiho,,v. ooa ,4,..I ,..,
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is in ioonardv er,oor ,,i,i;'u.'c
whose ctooL. 49,
arm broo,,
90 ....' IAN, Wv
statesmen for their apostasy, and the whole civil.
I'D world will cry. anon,
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