Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-05-27
The e4ree Nxess
THE vICKsBURGH CONVENTION.
BURLINCTON:
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 27. 1859.

'cl'on' "eio a' ''cksoursh' Mlss'' May ~
lo' "hlch we 'lhu long report IN the N Y
HeraH), it seems the great topic of discussion
was the rc.ononiny of tbo Slovc.trode wifi
,c.;aa ,r,a =,
LUZ N'''''''''o" was iiu'" snia''c
than It's predecessors, and not over twenty
five, it is said, were there from other State
, than Nississirpi. A few extracts will o;v
c.:.,, A.
" "',' '''"'t'' VI '''' S'"''"' ''"c oi sen''
mont
Mr. Spratt of South Carolina. called II,
tbo resolutions introd,ood h, hin, -. .La ,al
-. ,'s'' '''''''''' y ''''" "' '''o ''''
convention, VIZ
81. R,sol,cd. That Slavery is right ant
tAat being right, there can he no wrong i,
tic natural inclns t" It's rmation.
= h'~Hf", NAT 1t Is expcdlent and prop
TT thc ioreigh SIlNr-tride should be rc-opcnco
anu 'nat this convention VIII lend Its lniln-
ohcc 90 any legitimate measure to that end.
%. hN''f'"' mat committee, consisting
oi one rom each slave state, be appointed to
consider OF The means consistent with the
duties and obligations OF these States, for re
opening the ioreign Slayo-tradc, and that
they report their plan t" the next meeting of
''''' Oon'ei'''''
He made firc-cating speech in their favor
.ltu;,,b, hos.;d .ho S,,,o .r,do ,,o,,,d
$40. ~ ~ a', I'M t"' oou'u
~ 'o. ~ I|'nI ".,iii .lic hlon; anu .ha'
~ 1;oS",.'oI ~, :iI onioh W, woulu nay -, "
Sonth InJ l.; h. s' ] J.. w s1' me lnen VI m .he
Tu;o,, '"' Tis ius's ''',n " preserve 'le
lni n'oni my h'u "' s'lke INSTITUTIONS
,I ndI's'u VIZ u.eiy e,ie'r'Ie Vi DIVINE appro-
o,..; ,ai "i'u ""a i'o' iot ,n,'i " ioreeo Tue
human institution. Applause. IF then,
the question came up whether the South
e"ouiu 'oiio" out ','r fortunes OF iorego then
honest pntrlots. had no ontion bnt ~ Cnllnw
out those fortunes
Mr. 1.oooI n,.;.r>,; ;,.
80, ''''' ''iu
y, "lie held that the moment negro touched
tne SOIL OF southern State, no matter
whether he came from Africa or from Nir-
gihia' nc was slave, and all questions al
iectlng his status must be decided, not by
tn, the federal c'urts, but by the State courts.
lhey had therefore, got the remedy in their
own hands II they chose to exercise 1t. No
power oi the federal government could affect
the question except by means OF the bayonet'
ana they We're not AFRAID OF that. Gap
plause')
Judge Jones, of Ga-Not the least.
Mr.. Davis went on TO saw that whenever
tne slave traders are satisfied that when they
treated as Sizes and thar lS ,hauan,o ",'r III
not be sent to the rallows. they will run all
the risks of English and French guns, and
traI .,s shId h',,Idns 10 ,nese shores the save
him God he would G,llow n tbor, Nnp
plause)
Mr.. Morton of Georria. snake of the in
trod,.,;,, ,c slo,,, c.,,,,, ,c.; NJ.
''' ''''' ~ -'i' La
mar;
''Thev were publicly offered for sale. and
some of them were purchased The question
was now to be decided bv a iurv, and the
Convention might rest assured that there
was not IL true Southern man living in Geor-
gia-and from such men the iury would be
selected who would hang Charlie Lamar for
bringing negroes from Africa. The case
would 90 as the Echo case had gone, and La
mar would be acquitted lApplausc.)
Mr. Richard I. Archer. of Claiborne Co.
Miss, next took the stand. lie said it was
Gods policy and mans policy to open the
slave trade. lie read paper prepared by
himself, to prove that stocking the land with
slaves was necessary to the fulflment of
earth
A motinn was made r., b,vo Mr. S,r.tt.s
spee'h lr''l'cu 'or Tue USE OIL the Convention
This brought out Ex-senator Foote in Il ve-
hement speech against such treasonablc doc.
tr;no ne tb,, of Mr. Snr,tt,s snoooh Ia
'""' ''i'"'' 'P'''"' iio
SAID;
"The proposition that the constitution of
the United States is no longer n valid and
binding instrument-the proposition that
n;s .he sicrcu Ia" OF lhe .hlon-enacted by
fear than ever will live in tbo co"n,r, aoa;r
-(appreciative laughter and cheers) )-the
proposition that these laws, marked with the
most profound wisdom, the object of admi-
ration to the most enlightened men of all
nations-tb,t tbesa I,,rs oro ort;,Iod q. ~
resncct and That v;olot;on on ,;oIa,;on ~
tbnm NAV ho nerootro tod -, ,ba I;o.h saos
and On ,Le land Of ths oInrin,s oontino h S."'
that these Laws nav ha sst ~ nn,'rh, "a
tbo ,,n,orn,ont tnno,io,or;as dosad "a .h. NV
relianco nav bo non6JontI,, rIaood ~ or 'tIs .hs
;uries of the country bu pernru ", onou;,
jelons ;s ono or ,ho fyy " IL
nronosit;ons tbot oorId ho ,oado ~ ,La I 49, '
mo of an ;n,sil;nont and L;nh - aoJ ". 80. ns
As to that sneech said be . I Lnnu ;,s pa
inc nronosi,i6ns and I ;n,ond INV -, Sh ~. 'edu
tbSesnn lop d;nr, ,r',asi,;ons Ia " aHo" 'nu'
snn and tb5n, t,hop all, nsoa1 " n,s i'e is
ont m actnowiod ,ed f,Inns thrornb ne,u
;nrv in Tho ;nr, Is ,o ~ as, ,iii;ous" PEI.
ali ever dSr;Soalv incuio,tad II T,aa ,nn iv
,rv bernrs n1naor,atn ~ w. :" ,bt re0 Tot .h
moraI;tv nf thar snoech sboui3 snd m1' n,i"u ~ i"u
sano,;oD IN ,h;S oonn.u '.ioa.u th nuu poPuidii
nnt bo ,xor,bv of ha;nn ,ha ."r uos;Jany ooy ~ouiu
honost mNy ,onny ~ S '"' 'e''uo"oo Vi any
r"''i0' f'''o''
MI foote avowed himself pro-slavery
man out and out but he denounced Spratt's
resolutions
..Tbese Mr. presidon, or, oxtroord;,.r,,
resolutions.
Resolved That slavery is right, and being right