Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-10-29

!, contradictory principles to be appeascdI llO'
d is the Slavery question to be settled? Their
Q arc, indeed, some persons, Democrats affect
y ing to be philosophers, who reason thus
d '' Let Slavery spread wherever Shareholder
o please to carry it let it conform the law
: of the land to its principles, and adapt then
to the sole purpose of its protection. Never
q, ertheless, time, tho natural process Of de
5 velopement, the spirit of the age will dc
t away with it," Ah time and the spirit o
the. age may do wonderful things; they ever
laid tho Atlantic Cable, but, by the by, il
required Cyrus Field to start the movement
and keep it going. and Mr.. Everett to super
tend the machinery and Capt. Hudson to steel
the Niagara. Aye sir, do those men who
reason thus, know what the spirit of the are.
} and the natural process Of development mean? ?
Will tell you the word it is action, action
and delioa G7ain [Checrs.
wonder whether those philosophers have
ever looked into the history of the world ?
They would have learned there how time and
the natural process Of Development and the
spirit Of the age did away with the ftudl
system OF society in western Europe. What
was the process Of development, that spirit of
the az there? 1t is now commInlv called
" the FIR nch Rerolu,3on.'' Ii was the sub
iim"st tr NV and the hloDlicst madness rf Il
| people. 1t was the destruction ut the BlsiIlo
Ii wa, the dec ,pitition Of King and thou-
sands OF his adherentS. 1t WAS the hInsh-
ment Of the whole nobility and the refractory
priesthood. 1t was relentless persecution of
all conservatives. 1t was sea Of blood 1t
was the conildgration of continent, it was
twenty years Of universal war--it was more
terrible than an earthquake. [Checrs.
Have our philosophers particular liking
to that kind of natural process of develop
ment and spirit of the age? But as true as
the sun will rise tomorrow, they will have
the full benefit of it, if their policy, unfortu-
natcly for themselves, should prevail Re-
peated applause.
There is but one way Of avoiding lorcible
revolutions, and that is by beginning
! course OF progressive reforms IN time. When
! that season of absolute necessity may arrive,
is certainly difficult to determine .but reforms
will rarely be commenced too soon, and it
may very soon be too late. Are the advo
Gates OF slavery sure that this 'too late is
still very far Off? Let them beware If the
people OF the United States follow their ad-
vice, | see that kind Of "proccss of develop
ment' advancing towards us with the steady
! step OF Fate | see n time drawing near,
when those irrcconcable contradictions will
| break out in u crisis more violent than any
We have seen yet, and will cnvclop slavery
| "'iH .'iiiOh "iu ploSlCoS anu piOs spclllS III
the flames OF an universal cJnhdgration,
and then let them cry peace and stop agita-
ton Cheers
But, now methinks, see Mr.. Douglas
| stand there, with broad smile on his face,
| and hear him say with that refinement of
| style, with which that great man endeavors
| to maintain the dignity of an q. s Senator;
'kecp cool, boys, these predictions are all
CANNON. Invent we got my great princi-
| PIE, Loud laughter ana cheers
- wen Popular sovereignty was not
Popular Sovereignty, according to him, to
| hppease the conflict, to remove the tight IRON
Tue haiis OF congress, to locallze the struggle
10 queil the excitement, to settle the slavery
question iorevfr? But how did it happen
'hat Vne very enactment OF that Popular
oWereignty, as embodied IN the Nebraska
| oill, was the sghal Tor a new and spontIne-
GUS outnurst OF hostllitles! How WAS 1t
| p'ssihle that the very remedy should ian the
| lingering STRIFE into II new me. Anu indeed,
thc hi"'d OF American ireemen split oh the
pralri's o1 Kansas the snouidrr'hS runs oi
.no pi'r'eei o1nih' nreu, nov ny 'ne esNaS
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