Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-08-05

rs power of dragging me from this platform
tie the rack, or of sendinga COMMITTEES to lniorr
}, me that am talking heresy, and must leaV
|, town at once on pain of being drowned
n the Lake-but it has not the right to do II
Il The people of Vermont have the power t
r pass law providing that every man VIII
e squints or shall hereafter squint within tn
b borders of this State, shall be sold into slave
ry And they may tell you that they hav
the right to decide foI themselves about theI
4 schools and rates of interest and about PEG
pie who squint But the right to give ano
: the right to deprive is not the same right
e y fifth prevalent fallacy is that w
practice the Democratic principle we profess
, But profession is not practice Protestant
: ism advocates the right of private judgm emit
} but not a sect practices it indeed the idea
: of sect forbids 1t. The theory of Protes-
tantism says read the Bible for yourself.
But if the man replies Il have read for my
self and have come to a different conclusion
from you l find that | must kiss the
Pope's toe, or 4 see no evidence that God
was ever nearer to any man than he is now
to me, there will be enough to pillory him
in the papers or worry him through the
town with the tin-pan of obloquy. Unques-
tionably body has the same rights of con-
SCIENCE that an individual has ; but when the
body impeaches the motives of the indiyi
dual who differs from it, and persecutes him
for his belief. it shows the very spirit of the
| lnquisition. Luther's announcement Of the
right of private judgment was the gun for
the departure, not for the arrival, of the
ship. We should not fire guns for our arri-
| rival when we have but reached the middle %
our voyage. The ship must yet bend to the
blast and the canary bird on the cabin wall
sing away the months ere the port is reached.
: across the ages the race sweeps on, while
Faith sings sweetly Graded in the human
heart
We must learn to look beyond the label
ana not suppose that cider is champagne be
cause it pops and fzzles from long necked
bottle. How many men sincerely believe
IN our Democratic principle of equal rights
How long is it since an eminent New En-
gland Orator, on whom the grave has Just
closed, pronounced the great principles of
our Fathers, to be " gHueing geuraHAes," |
and called that document which moves in !
front Of our civilization as the orilamme |
moved before the armies of France, - the
passionate manifesto ola revolutionary war -
How long since Mr.. Douglas said that when
the Fathers said that they believed that all
men were born free and equal, they were
speaking only of rdite men, and meant to
say that white men on this side the water
were equal to white men across the water.
Why then did not the Fathers IN that SUI
blime prelude say that white men have these
rights and that black, brown and yellow
men have none such ? Thank God. the Fa-
theirs of the Revolution were men who said
what they meant and meant what they said.
According to our American theory, there is
no race inferior in rights, and the moment
we allow any other principle, we inaugurate
a despotism. When we disfranchlse a single
man on any other ground than that of his
individual incapacity. we slap our Amer
lean Mother in the face. Ne must then
look to our own hearth stones, for there is no
longer safety for any man.
The speaker proceeded TO consider how
is to correct these errors and fall
lacies. He paid a beautiful and thrilling
tribute to Humboldt, as illustrating, in his
love Of God and respect for Humanity, the
culture that is needed. and said in substance
that the education which Will correct our
errors is one which shall make something
more than well trained thinkers; which shall
inspire nobler purposes, and develop indivi- l
iual morality. The material and physical
advancement of the age affords no guarantee
# liberty. Machinery is useful only in the I
lands of good men IF the telegraph tells
My lies who will pay for its messages, tho
hey flash through the ocean in an instant?
Without a safeguard in the character of the
eople, electricity may only serve to make
he tyrants voice heard in every part of the
and, and steam be only the messenger of
yrant's wrath.
Two hundred and thirty years ago
little band of men sailed from Delft Haven Ii
nd landed at Plymouth, led across the sea
y anidea. Their story is our tale of Troy They It
lanted that idea deep in the breasts of the
to come. God calls us to work J.
18th the Pilgrim Fathers for the fullest /
berty of all men, Gods Children The I'
story of the progress of the race is the his
ny of the progress of Liberty, because God
i'll have His way in His own world. and Il
i'll gradually make it His own
We have given above some of the thoughts 20
this noble discourse. We are sorry that
e cannot give with them the graces of man Il
r, the earnestness and humor, the force Jo
ID finish of delivery, which held the %
dience in rapt attention from the opening
the close, and drew forth frequent bursts
heartiest applause. 1t was all that could -
We been expected OF its distinguished %
thor-whch is saying good deal.
Mr.. Aldrlch's poem followed The poet n
peared to lack the volume of voice necessa-
to fill the church, and we fear that MANY
the pleasant things which his poem con- %.
ned were lost by the majority ofthose pres 26.
;. Mr. Aldrich fearing to tire the audience,
lifted considerable portion of his poem,
lch OF course makes 1t impossible for us
speak of it as a whole. At its close, the fer
lowing elections were made by the Soci- ella
es, for 1860:
Orator-Rev. Geo. B. Cbeever If No,, fer