Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-04-29

support your dastnrdly assalants with thci
votes, be deprived Of their suffrage? he woul
have raised his bleeding had, and with tn
fire OF Indignation kindling in his dim eve, h
wonld have answered "No In the name O
my country, no For the honor Of Masaa
chusetts, no For the name of the princi
pies for which my blood is flowing; no. L.
them Kill me. but let the rights of man b
suic ~ tremendous applauso.)
Sir, was to speak on rerublicanism at
the West, and so I did. This is Western re
pnblcanism. These are its principles. ant
am proud to say its principles are it' poll
cy. These are the ideas which have mlliac
around the banner of liberty not only tn,
natives Of the soil. but an inuncrlbln host o
Germans. Scandnaviins, Scotchmen. French
men, and gondly number of Trishmen, also
And here tell you, those arc mistaken who
believe that the Irish heart is devoid of thost
noble impulses which will lead him to tho
side ot justice, whore he secs his own rights
respected and unendanscrcd. (ApplIuse. J
Under this banner, all the languages OF ci-
vllizad mankind are spoken. every creed is
protected, every right is sacred. There stands
every element Of Western society. with en-
thuslasm for great cause, with confidence
in each other, with honor to themselves.
This is the banner floating over that glorious
valley which stretches from the Western
SiIrc NJ the AllorNanios TO tho Rocky Nou"-
j-ius--'' 60 Valley ' o...o.... ..... ,n..,,. '.r
nation, ri ;ua word ,s-rmhlc to c.i,..ts
the resurrection II human freedom (lrc-
mculogs appaus..) Tie inscription On that
banner is not "oppostipn to the democratic
party for the sake of placing new set Of
men into Office" for this battle cry of sparl-
la tors n hpnrtc bnyp mr. !. II
"rcstriction of slavery and restriction of ao
right OF suffrage > for this--bclievo my words
| entreat you-ths would he the signal OF
deserved. inevitable and disgraccful defeat
but the inscription is: "Liberty and equal
rights, common to all as the air Of Heaven
Liberty and equal rights, one and insepara-
Bile! Enthusiastic cheers.)
With this banner we stand before the
world. In this sign--in this sign alone, and
n ot1"r-,here is victory. And thus sir,
" m-.l - rcu'it. ~. ,t ....tu iiran
ia .I, itH W..r .. .. A.pr-
ricIn nation r,sts. Ia.. pean .p 'ahll
the srat mission o' ',u. t4. IS ,,i.'u--;lus
W. mean tp answer the anXt,p, Gu ,,'un OF
n-trnddcn humanity: "Iit- Nun '... I,,-
cnlty to bo free and to govern himself! The
am wrr. isa triumphant "Avc," thundning
into the ears OF the despots Of tn" old world
that "a man is man for all that proclaim
ming to the oppressed that they are held in
subsection on false pretonses; cheering the
hearts of the despOnGcnt friends oruAu with
consolation and renewed confidence.
This is true Amcricansm clasping man
kind To its great heart. Under its banner
We march, let the world follow. cloud ap-
plause, and three cheers for the champion of
freedom in Wisconsin.
FATAL AccrDEN1s.-Mr. A. II. H,ckngs
of Peacham was killed ut Mount llolley on
the 18th by pulling rifle towards him by
the muzzle ; the hammer caught on Il plank
and discharged the rifle, the load striking
Mr.. ii. in the breast He lived about "a
hours.-A little son of S. D. Townsend Of
Wallingford, was dreadfully burned on the
18th, by falling backwards into II keith Of
hot tallow which had been prepared To- dip
candies a.. IIa' died three days afterwards.
TnE OBtRLIS Rescue TRMLs.-Thc Ohcr-
lin slave rescuers who went to Jail, rather
than consent to be tried by the packed jury
tIltJ nuu convicted one Ol tncN mum Dcr
gained their object. Judge Wilson rcccdcd
and called ii new jury. The iudGa is 50
much annoyed by the reports Of tho irial in
the newspapers that he has appointed an
official reporter. The counsel for the prison
ers intend to take the cases before the su-
prcme court of the state, on the question Of
the constitutiurality Of the law unl which
they are convicted. auI as the five Judges
are all republicans, 1t is quite probable that
the result of this aflir will be to put OHIO
in the same position as Wisconsin in rela-
ton to the fugitive law and the sovereignty
of the state courts within their own limits.
Sunday was great day for higher law gos-
pei in Cleveland. Nearly all the ministers
preached it,and Prof Peck, one Of the priso-
ncrs, addressed a crowd Of three or four
thousand persons in front Of the Jail, preach
ing an excellent sermon on the duty ofo'eyins
God rather than man, where their commands
are in opposition, lie stood on tn. s.aps Of
the Jail. and the yard ard street and all tie
roofs in the vicinity were covered with the
The venerable Joshua X.
Giddings was present. The public sympathy
with the rescuerS is becoming 50 genera, and
decided that the democratic suppor crs the
fugitive law begin to wish themselves well
out of the scrape.