Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-11-23
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know the mar, it might be taken or q
burlesque on tie prepostcrous talk which is
SO much in vogue in South Carolina 10 these
d4ys. But we presume lie is IN sober earnest,
and that makes il so much the more ridicul-
ocs. The Union being now dissolved [Mr.
Rhe;t says It is las easily as falling down
aI..-he sets ont 90 give lis hearers an out
lire of tie horrible grievances which South
Carolina has Undergone from tie tyrannical
North. from the foundation Of the govern
ment 10 tie present time. TIE ehackles of
her bondage having become uncomfortable,
that ruissant State has, according u Mr.
Rhe;t. now ris-n up il her might, and burst
them from her limbs as Sampson did the
green withos Of the Philistines; and she now
s.a-ls forth dIsenthralled, "a nation independ-
cnt Of al the world beside, the eInbodiment |
Of all that Is noble, Tree. and generous on |
earth, Wit T. halo Of neyer-fading glory
oroau3 a-r head, aad freedom, honor and
prosperity to attend Ler footsteps for all time
t. cJ-lc.
Mr.. RneJt, after repeated calls. arose amid
tremendous arIlausa, and said
1T is now late, bat | viii answer your
call. my friends The audience here inter |
rupte1 with three cheers iJr khett. Ate. /
quiet was restored, Mr.. IGett resumed : /
There exists a great mistake, iellow-citizens. !
in sIpposing that the people OF the United
states are. or ever have been. one people.
On the contrary. never did the sun slime On
two people 50 thoroughly distinct as the poo
ple Of the North and cot the South. They
differ not only in their Institutions and social
organization. but their characteristics are al
together peculiar and distinct. 10 Illustrate
this fact. now that the Union Is dissolved,
(for the Union Is DISSOLVED. We may put that
down as certain-the I Mon Is certainly dis
solyed) [Great applause. To illustrate
this fact, | repeat, now that the mon Is
dissolved, let Us recur 70 the past history of
the sections. The first great issue npOn
which the difference of the North and South
was apparent, was upon the question Of the
alien and sedition law. John Adams was
then President, and the North passed law,
that any one who should speak and write
disrespectfully Of the President of the United
States should be punished. and pay the pen
atty of $500 for his offense This law the
South resisted. Southern men said it was
an invasion of the right Of freemen and of
the Constitution, which guaranteed, as one |
OF our liberties, the preservation OF a free /
press They said that free institutions could |
not live, except where there was free press.
This was the first great difference between /
the Northern and Southern sections Of the
Crion
Isn't that rich-the notion tina: tie North |
= o,,rosoI To- f-oo ,,-o-s .,,.7 .r.o Saul, :,
I"''i Vi 4'-0ou'A OdIoiina 81 ecI4-!3' "heTe
IL Is only with peril 10 a northern man e life
thot he can have stray c7rv Of = rorabli-
,.... -,
!''l - IL '--' u ui'~ having sAu
along over the war OF IoI2-''a war Tor the
honor Of the Norh"-oyer the tar;T mos
tio, ,.f,ro .o,a Co .l.,.-,,,,;c-; ~
- ~ 80
u 10o--All lh'eh1e1 70 Cypress Tie South,
he says the purpose of sectional domina-
non then arose but the Northwest pre- |
-o,+od tba s,,t;,,-o+;o,, IF H., S,,,++ ,-biob |
Iie Nor'h intended 20 'Hect ~ means OF an
just tar.Es.
"taiing. then, TO accomplish their ~ /
iahAlc.I purpose t@Tlugh unjust tariIiS, what /
were tusY o. 10 AneE Qecl4ed % aSltate
tA3 slavery question J0hn quincy Adams |
eomI!eLc5d IL my HISt aflFoached the !
question INIcU1- Inc 4HsiGots Iretext OF the |
i--"t o. Ie'IH'n' neF commenced to pour /
= = ''-- '-,H i7'-'i'1iS 'u'o congress. S-ne o. /
t.e 9'"'--e't Eleh saw -htr design. To
saw 1t, ana advised resistance. Iipt other
~nlf d F md
was mere question OF the right of letiti0n,
ana - they succeeded. Iaen came the Mex
can war. AND Sd settled was their purpose
- ih1fe-'9 t'- H--' .-r % n'n-~ltye-ho.di1-
States go hnal'y suhJu-ate the saith. that
| ey ana II 70 the first war apr priat,Cn
M c9nci'lon taat al Territory acquired by
the com non nlo 'ud treasure should be
A'h-sid' eUOt,"As f'3lt' Inc Mexican
war $50 y ana '4eh came the great
O'-''1sl 49,. N"-i'o'-'4d' Inc cry or no
i-ioie '''''e 2'''e9 was raised ana California
W. Io"!Y i'ihS avery, was
- 1e'i 4''e' mo Ihe Union.
- IN. ,IS1 .''S'li'ct. Inc Senate then
S.'Vu MT u !ivih iAe SCUM ana h.teen from
Noitu. 1t Was the turning poInt Of your
costumes ID 'he CnI"n' fellow citizens, and |
couiise!cu resistance az every hazard ana Il
lie iaSt eAtIeinity' Silee then other free
States nave heen ADDED, and he power OF ,
lIls ooGtb 10 me lnian Is paralyzcd. Tyu
We '''eh A'Tzf4 QUIZ a1d h1ilied out, aad
sno1 OUT OF Kansas. They have thus, lI-
ioT-cl'ilgns' succeeded IN both paris Of taeir
pDIiey. ihey nave got the majority in both
~ ailIa,. : % ooiSIeS'. Inc South IS IN
"a 'i'% |'l'es ~ 'h'lity- iney have
- VIZ - i"luS' me S8ath' and IN
ernn,on+ IN 80 ',,iy'i t''e f5-eiaI 10Y
81 -. "-''c %, tiI7 'ihe Tie ,
has annoaIa,, ii'lS lF9"el 'sle
S. bat -. ''''H ID vain =
;nr nsti.nc =, -, -.'e NJ "''oi.n-
~ -'T. P4''eiice - "I.n- UPON "ron5 and IL -
au.a ulou i.isull' Ana a." they ba'e con e
n ''iT,i sci't'"- oi Fanny bY elect
.-5 D'acA NepDiiio@H Ire>i-tat 70 rulo
gu, % iIl'g nave yoa Saor' ted that they a
S Ios' az IT, iec' I,r yo2' ihey despiSs V
80 YOU ihey 'AlhS You low, q
:; 'Ieu ID 4n'9 llfited SCI 81 seml-barba- u
, 80 VI W -'''le more courage than
, ~ G"n NJ oes ana tAey haze had tae
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