Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17
JOHN MITCHELL.s FOUR POINTS

John Mitchell is a smartish Irishman who
escaped from British rule in New
South Wales and made his way safely to New
York City. There he at first enlisted the
sympathy of the natives by loudly declaim-
ing his hatred of tyranny, and then almost in
his next breath, astounded them by making
known his love for Slavery and his longings
for ian Alabama plantation we'll stocked
with negroes" Thereupon the ardor of his
hasty friends cooled down very quickly, and
he found it expedient to carry his pro-slavery
hunkeyism to a Southern market. So he at
tended Southern Conventions, and did some-
thing in the way of editing paper, "Ihe
C,tisen," at Knoxville, Tenn, his writings
being characterized as out-Heroding Herod
in favor Of the most extreme fre-eating doc
trines. But somehow, John Mitchell could
not make "the Citizen" 90 at Knoxville and
he has moved his traps to the seat of the Fed
eral Government, doubtless hoping that
droppings from the National Treasury will
be cast into his lap more freely there than
they have heen in the remoter parts of the
country.
Apprehending, he says, "that there are
many Southerners thoughtful and vigilant of
the signs of the times, an1iously this mo-
ment watching the movements of politics at
Washington, and quite prepared for all haz-
yards and extremes rather than submit one
hairs-breadth further" he offers to them
"the aid and cooperation of the Citizen" ::
and here is his programme
owe devote it to the support of the southern
cause, the southern cause in that form which our
enemies call extreme, ultra, aggressive &c, and to
save trouble, and let our readers see our whole
hand at once, what we require on the part of the
South is
FVa-Repeal of all laws prohibiting tho for
eign slave trade, or imposing penalties thereon
Seeond-Repeal of the law abolishing the slave
trade, in the District of Columbia.
ih"d-Absolute resistance to everything in the
nature OF Compromise between the North and the
| South.
Fomth-Peremptory demand for the ipterven.
ton Of Congress, President and Supreme Court for
slavery in all the Territories, the moment slave
holder brings his slaves there in other words, in.
PREVENTION by the authorities to sustain the law
and prevent robbery.
These four items include ALL"
Well, what if he fails in doing such nice
little job of journey work, as he proposes?
Why he will stand by the Southerners sup
to a certain date, say till the day Of
- $50" lie is sure that ''if Southern
ers arouse themselves, they can attain them
all, or else dissolve the Union" and if they
will not do tiff they will let the said
blank day of some undetermined year between
1859 and 1870 60 by,
"If we find the cause of the South still looking
downward If the people are seen still submitting
do purchase slaves at eleven times their proper
price if the stigma of prohibition against buying
and selling slaves in the federal capital is still car
risd contentedly the brow Of the South as if it
were an honorable scar-why in that case, we shall
90 North, and become abolitionist."
We pray John to reconsider the awful
threat with which he closes. The thought