Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-09-28


ture Of Illinois, and after 1t became certain
that the Free State men in Kansas were
strong enough to carry their point against all
resistance
" Just so long as slavery had a chance in
Kansas Douglas stood upon the side of slav
cry. But no sooner was the victory of free
/ dom sure, than Douglas was sure to stand
upon the strongest side And now he is held
up to our admiration as the .. true champion
Of Freedom" After having done more than
any other man in perpetuatlng the outrage,
what merits is there in trying to prevent its
final consummation, when it has become
manifest that in spite of him, that cOnsum
nation has become impossible ? Look at it.
/ The Nebraska BILL as ] heard my friend
| Grimshaw in Illinois illustrate 1t, had set
fire to the edifce of Territorial Liberty. The
Republican fire companies are vigorously at
work the Republican engines are playing
/ with tall force, and then comes the very in
cendiary, Douglas, with little tea-spOonlul
Of Anti-Lec1mpt0n water, throws it into the
flames, and then swclls himself up and claims
to have extinguished the conhagration-and
50 he goes before the people Of Illinois as the
"rue champion Of Freedom"
Mr. Schurz reviews Mr.. Douglas popular
sovereignty doctrine, and the shifting, con-
Trajectory and absurd positions which he has
taken about the ,'atrs Of slavery in the ter
ritoriss,-one w.jIe saying it is q Judicial
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cIde' whose oeli5-'h "N nAus' "ecel -'N7
while that the territorial legislature may So
f.oss the Shareholder that he may be forced
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rght-y1-. % take hIs slaves INTO the terri
tories on the same footing that he does his
t.-..
slavery elulH IA'S1 III Territory
without beng e'tao'i-,e1 ny local law lHen
1t existed there 'y Ia" hisHtr IMAM Iol'I
la" ana 'haJ e3ui& ne no "ther thah Ine
Constitution oil the Onl1ed states IN {his
SIS e'''S S1ni 'l.li l-iqs, 80 m t'i,i
slavery O'"u9' ~ lioil q q l!..l9
y d iii.4I ..l' ~ - - ~, ,i ISi''''.i
IN! ,.lt ~. ~ .i-'
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r I.-iri,i,iiIo t, Io,,i,l fIsnrIn,r Of his own
rositi5n. When he Observation-Disclosures
noint-and he did e 5ncedeIJ, this champion
of freedom, " was either aware of the conse-
ouence. or he was not. Irbe was NOT. be is
liable to the charge of gross stppiditv If he
was. he is liable 10 the charge OF deliberate
b-trayal Of the cause OF free labor, covered
WIN 'he si1sSesI ny 9OcIIsy III "tia' carae =,
hest As one who has NOT sacacity enough
to defend it, or as one who deliberately betrays
1t? There are cases where stupidity Is no
i'SI M Unit. . '"an - PV.i,S3 ,-;no;3. Of
Popular Soyereignty.' This is . leaving the
people TO form and regulate their own
domestic institutions IN then .3i own way, W.
gi5antic. INSCRIPTIONS, shameless fraud was
ever attempted upOn free pe0ple-if history
ever furnished an example Of unblushing
scandalous. revolving hypocrisy, it is this
true champion Of freedom - to fasten
Slavery irremovably upon the Territories, and
calling it d" leaving the people perfectly free
to regulate their own domestic institutions
to strip the people Of every right to regu-
late their own affairs, and to call it Popular
Sovereignty Strike the word - demagogue-
ism" out Of your dictionaries, if you do not
want to apply it here. But although We may
understand how inordinate, desperate ambi-
tion should resort to such frauds, it remains
truly wonderful that SO many thousands
have suffered themselves to be deceived by
them"
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clouS proposition lhd0e III uhe oehdVe Ids'
session. for putting a stop to anti-slavery
discussion in the 'roa States. bv civing the
'' wv - ii'-i0''' P'"O' ~ +'--o' '''O
lmprlson fer lie all such agltators-a meas
, ure ON a mar with any tbinr AGAINST tho
l;h,r.;.. .r ;,,l;.,1,,,1s ,.L;.r, on ro f,,,~d
- mn
IN the worst GcSpotlsns OF the old world.
/, Do,-I.s ..a.,,s p, have ,,o co7,contion or tbs
..r1u,3d ,yor- ,Iro1 which the safetv Of nom.
7,r 5horty rests Iat him not nretcnd r.
s,, tbsr he ATTENDED the law foT ibe nroven.
inn If ,-o.it;c,l o(fancss for be ought r
l.n1-r si go ,rslI ioforrro1 nan Fno7rs
that If all +baTsyrs in tIc ,gorId 1rbiob rlstor
+bo - jss,,,+;s-, ,,,,.,, .,-o,I,,,J tborl
f. b9-ii,- on, ,rfi,b I,e. nov rcer ,,,,o,, tLc
= rr.te,t hat roI,tir,I ofT1nces nnst Ina nre
D lentcl prdvontion ~ r,isabiof was itb,
sr,ro,,itl, ,-Ii,b a.. ,,o,,Io in al ,,osond nj
> c,ur+ri.- h.y-. hsa-, rrevar+od from ossertinq
theirLbarti,. Preventive laws are the poisoTT
with which fraodoro i liIIod II u sal,
that. wears AGO. am American citizen mo
Prince NIetterr;cb in the cit1- n Rrnssels -
q You remember Who prince Netto~ni n was
!. The history of tho world hardly Ln rvs III.
: minister who had to ane,ror foT more te,r,
= and curses Of crushed nations The America,
2 showed him the constitution Of tho T-nitec
!. States. ana asked his onininn of il - tn
constitution" said the Prince, =. lacks bu
|. one thing, and can govern the Empire o
Austria with it. - What is that p, asre,
n the American, with astonIsbment, 1t !
" the power of the central Government to mas
T.. nreycntive laws" What pitv Prince Met
II ternich is dead. In Judge Douglas he wonl,
o have found the .nan Of his heart Put th
: JUDGES Conspiracy bill unon our statut
n book and declare 1t constitutional, and tn