Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-11-02
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LISGTON:
FRIDAY NOVEMBER ., 1850.

rulers of the slave States have 90 long KEEP
in silence the lips of honest men among them
is losing its hold in some degree. Disregard
ing the howl Of "abolitionism" which il
raised against every man who has a word t,
say against the tyrannicaI dictation Of thes,
oligarchs, or dares to intimate that layory is
not morally socially and politically one ofth,
greatest blessings on earth, they are begin
ming to speak out their real sentiments bold
Z ly in several Of the slave States, and to ac
politically with those who oppose the extcn-
SION Of slavery into territory over which the
L. :. Government has control The bold
and manly conduct Of Henry Winter Davis
Of Maryland whose decisive action on Ia.
/ Speaker question viii not be soon forg n
by the true hearted mon Of the North, $
not at this time stand alone by any mcaLe.
We find in rhe Salem a. j. NaloaaI San
dord am account of great republican meet
ing Gin j. T. Nixon's disricD just after the
Pennsylvania election After stirring and
effective speeches by Hon d. ULLuAN, Of n.
! and Hon. /. f. CHIrrENDEN Of Vt, Hon.
/ II. W. Horwiy or MARYLAND was next in
u3Jgc-d.
Mr. II. said It was with no ordinary de
/ gree of pleasure that he congratulated the
I representatives from Pennsylvania and the
people Of New Jersey upon the brilliant and
signal victory which had Just been achieved
over the combined forces of L1cofOcoism and
FuQop in the States Of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and Indiana. rs a Nlarylander he reloiced
at the opportunity afforded him TO mingle
his voice with theirs in the glad, eXUitant
shouts which had gone up on the announce
ment Of Curtin's election in Pennsylvania
and the total r5ut of hamDemOcracy in
{ Indiana and Ohio. To him It auEured IA
v0rablv for the best interests Of the country
/ and presented a most cheering prospect Of
1 entire redemptiOn in November from the
hands Of those who had enjoyed power but
| to abuse it. and who were seeking further
lease of it, but that they might still further
/ perUcrt it.
The victory iustachieved, was one over which
they might well rejoice 1t was the hrSt de-
cisiYe blow which had been struck Ia Ia tne
campaign. it was to the cohorts oil + fu9loH
what Magenta was to the AustTlans.
But he had left his home not with the pur-
pose Of Joining in any celebration OF uco'g
he had set out for New Jersey while the pat
tie was vet tundecided-on the morning oil the
dav on which the great engagement had taken
pla2o and whilst he was glad to be witness
and participant IN their jubilant demonstTa
ton. he had another object IN view, ana
different duty to perform. lie had been re-
qucsted to visit New Jersey ana say "oI'
in behalf Of their candidates Tor congress
Ncssrs. Nixon and Pennington, IN elthcr o
whom he recognized a friend, and he was no
the man to say nay when such an appeal wa
made.
MR. HorrMAH admitted that he had avoW
oJ his WILLINGNESS to vote for JOHN BELL, !
he could be satisfied that IN SO dong he coul'
helm TO overthrow the Democracy, but not ]
) his vote must help either Douglas or Breck
, onridrc. Yet now, many Bell men wer
.. fusing with disunion and squatter soverelgI
. democrats. in opposition to the People Par
tv Of New Jersey in respect to their congress
men. as tbev had so shamefully done in Penn
, sylyania, Ohio and Indiana. 1t was in tn
r wav and bv such an unnatural and unhol
, allIancce, that they were hoping 70 accom-
| plish the defeat Of Messrs. Pennington an'
Nixon"
S AS a member of the Opposition Party @
] | MARYLAND, he was there to raise his voice an
e I onter his nrotc,t against it; in the name an
on behalf Of the nearly or quite unanllnou
0 voice of that Opposition in the CITY ana count
D in which he resided, he protested against IT,
) Mr. Huffman adverted to a large meetln
0 held in Cumberland in February last'ih oD
- dience to a call signed by l5O prominent Sl
> liens, in which the polltlcaI~ course CI NJ
Pennington was spoken OF IN terms UI Hlo
positive commendation, and the lollo"In
I resolutions were adopted
S "Re,olred, That Southern Shareholders as we
!. and accustomed as we have been all our H'os
the institution Of slavery, we are u
\ willing to admit, that our feelings anu we've
q properly represented by tnose PuO1Io M - "
seeking 10 elevate the maintenance VL sla'e =
INFO the importance Of making 1t the TaIlyH
;, Ground Of Shareholders in our political eontest'
{ P,g,J,e4 That we deplore the existing predoI
e nance Of party rancor in our midst, ""'h G.
,s,,ber see IN The Free States any Potr9fle eui-e
caDable Of sincerely spUlng our coHhNy' II" ~
Stare States anu citizen irho can Be supposed 10
Jc bon,sfIy that there are such; that in our OPP
IS ion the encouragement Of such diseased section
t yiows will more speedily and certainly deteTml
e Tie dissolution of our glorious confederation tn
il ali the political demagogues from Maine to MI
issippi.'
"Subseouent to the adoption Of these re
v olutions. the Chairman of the meeting,
: the course Of some remarks, employed Il
n language
sc "He said at this day there was too mu'
political poltroonry-men, for fear OF ben
h called Black Republicans or Additions
N feared to speak out their sentiments. As
N himself he had been born in the midst
Of slaycry-the companions OF his youth We
of the slaves Of his fathers household-he
er grown up to manhood in their midst,
now every hand upon his farm, and eve
Zoe servant in his family was a slave, and
led feared not to say with the fathers OF the
me public, and the wisest men this country eN
ma produced, that slavery was an evil - a
ihl yet with this action, and these proceedln
red fresh before the minds of the public,
proiessed friends OF John Bell, in New J'
VS. sey, were conspiring with the Damocra
sts, party Tor the defeat Of Mr. Pennington a
laI- his colleagues, whose only offence consist
ing IN their standing where he did with a l
tlonal heart-a heart large enough to take
ew all this broad Union" lie (Mr. H.) v
lus there to maintain that this course, on [
nj part OF Mr.. Bells friends IN New ,Jers,
be was nothing more nor less than an impeac
in ment of the record which his CNr. II. 'sl o.
eed people had made in behalf Of the conserr
not tsm and nationality of one of New Jerse
truest and best citizens. For at the I'll
y, these proceedings were had the House
led Representatives had been fully organize
ct, bis whole course ip regard TO the Speak