Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-18

the public attention should be confined to the
of currency, tariffs, internal improve
ments. railroads. foreign relations, &c. This
sort of talk. in the Willard Fillmore and
Washington Hunt style, did not betoken a
man for the exigencies of our times. a man
who in I776 would have thought 1t better
to let all talk about Independence and Lloer-
tv 20. and that Congress and the people could
be most proftably occupied with settling
questions of wharf privileges and market
duties. would not have been the man to head
the nations councils, nor the nations armies.
Since the letter aforesaid, we believe Mr..
Bates has said nothing but Others have
spokcn for him, and done all they could to
Fill out the articles of his political creed
This is done with much formality in the
St. Louis Erening Nqcs, of Nov. s: and the
Republicans Of the nation are earnestly INV
ted to study it in its present enlarged and
somewhat authoritative form. Well, We have
done 50. and it does not suit us. Not that
We find fault with all Of it, or do not hnd
much that is good in it, as far as it goes
but too much Of it is made up of nCgaiireS'
and some of its posihres are of q very ques-
tionable sort. Mr.. Bates don't believe "At-
rican slavery is the corner stone Of liberty
he don't believe slavery is a beneficial instr
tuition in either a social, political or reIi'
rious sense: and he don't believe cit can ex-
ist in any territory acquired by the United
States except by the positive law OF Con-
rress." lie don't believe the Shareholders
ought to grumble, If they are not allowed to
carry their slaves into the Territories-or
because slavery is 1ocaf-ed, for the reason
that they get more than an equivalent IN be-
ing allowed to vote for their slaves
while free-state men are not allowed TO vote
for their cattle he don't believe that the
question of slavery extension is any longer
| before the people. Now all these don't-be-
lieves are no more than Franklin Pierce and
james Buchanan were once ready enough to
proclaim nevertheless they gave the whole
force of their official position to help the sla-
very p~ropagandists. Stephen A. Douglas
will declare every one of these don'tbeheces
a part Of his creed tomorrow, if the demo
cratic party will be any more ready to take
him as their candidate for his 50 doing.
But let us see what Nh. Bates does believe
in. according to the St. Louis Ners. lie
docs belere that So the entire Democratic Par
ty Of the Free states are as decidedly opposed
as even the Republican party, to the extern
sion Of slavery over territory previously tree. -
We don't believe any such thing. He does
believe that 81 the present limic, privileges,
and guarantees of slavery can be maintained
with the cheerful and hearty concurrence Of
nine tenths Of all parties in the Union
Now the National Government, by Its Exc
cutive and judiciary says slavery exists il
oay body plelses to have it, in all the terri
tory of the Union, and the Government use-
the power and the army Of the nation with
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rights of the people. It is also openly claimed
by Shareholders that slaves are the only kind
.rh;.l. .s. C,ostis1r;., T.,
cial manner holds the government bound to
protect.
while such are ..5he present limits. privil-
er.s and gaar,ntiss'- Of slavery. we dom
! believe as Mr.. Bates ioes. Mr.. Bates does
believe in the Fugitive Save Law. IN d
speaks (or his organ doe>) with more earn
e>-nes in its support than in support Of any
thing else. Tit should be repealed or prove
| insufficient lr its purpose, he would DE- for
! havin- Congress enact a more sure one
Believing the Fugitive Slave law unc'nsutl-
tlonal and Infamous, and that the c@1nstiti-
ton was never intended to give congress
power 70 enact any such law Whatever we
don't believe as Mr.. Bates does Mr. Bates
dos believe "that every State has IL right To
say how much it wants OF African Slavery
NJ doubt a State has the Po'sr 70 nave Ar
ricaa OF Hhte Slavery and aHo'her State
might have no more right to Interfere than
it would have to interfere directly with the
cna' tments OF England or Algiers' but as To a
'7ght in any state To establish Slavery OF
to MAINTAIN II. any longer than till it can
get rid OF it safely, we don't believe in 1t, and
So we differ from Mr.. Bates.
We say as we said before, we DO not object
to many positions laid down as Of Mr.. Bates
n%olitical creed but the tone Of the article
oftba s. ronis Mars is not. as a whole. one
which the r .nuhlic,ns Of this State will find
their hearts warm to and what we say Of
Vermont Republicans, we believe Of many,
many thousands and hundreds of thousands
in other States. also.
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