Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-06-08
CONG RESS. MIR. U " \ l. Il :
SPEC { II

PEECH.
The noticeable event in Congress June \,
was the elaborate speech Of Hon. Charles
Sumner in the Senate The Bill for the ad-
mission of Kansas furnished the occasion.
The speech occupied four hours in delivery.
Copies were furnished before hand to sew
eral Of the newspapers in the larger cities.
As printed it occupies in fine print two pages
ola large sized newspaper. Mr.. Summers
theme was "the Barbarism Of Slavery 1t
NAV be considered as a continuation Of the
one which be delivered four years ago, and
which led to the murdorous attack on him
in the Senate chamber by Mr.. Brooks of the
House, and it lacked none Of the plain utter
ance Of terrible truths which characterized
his former effort Mr.. Sumner in a few
words apologized for having left his seat so
long vacant, without making way by rcsig-
nation for its being filled 10y another lie
acted, he said "under the illusion Of an IN
valid, whose hopes for restoration to hi, ma
tural health constantly teiumphed over his
disappointments.
We can give but the 5rieic-t possible
analysis Of Mr.. Summer speech. The bold
declarations made on the floor of the Senate
iustice Gifts humanity. of #. rirbt 10 take
rIaca IF frsc5on in tbor : te,r;torio. IN
srito of ro,ular ,, ,...r...i..,sl will io.ti-
&, and ,n,i.o ,o,......,.,. ,,. ..,.s;t;,, ofits
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10th and ,....,..l .,.....,....,y Tlst,r,o
f,r bonevcd ,,lr.s.. .f r..... u,ier o,-tbats
has rome bv. Thor. ara G,. saaeisl clements
of barbarism in slavery. J. Ituakcs man
4 thing. a chatt.I. O., Dee i,Id and owned as
piece Of rropcrtv. Il alro,atcs the
marriage relation. g. 1, abroeates the
parental tie. 4. Il q -es the gate Of
knowledge. 5. 1t csmrIs the labor of the
slave for the rs, of IA, ,ilr.-r13+.ar without
wages. These. ssmctie.,s called the abuse.
olslavery. are css,nti1l part, of it. Take
them away and it would no, exist. Wbcnc,
ats origin? Not from the common Inv
not from the Roman Iaw-not from the
Nohammedan law-Dot from Srani-b l3v-.
not from ENGLISH or iucri..,n statute. oven
for we have "tic repeated .yermont, of the
Senator from Ylrr,oi, ,AIr. lI,s,u) and otl-
or Senators. that NOT a., s.n.l, state or file
Union can .,,,. s.,,L .,..f,.... ..,,.,,,..
slavery he found
This barbarjs:a derived. 1t come. from Africa.
anSe9t nurse OF monstii. from Guinea DaLomey
This bcnightod region. we arc told by Chief jas.
tce Marshall Ia % memorable Judgment (Yhr
antelope 10 hcaton A. o. still asserts a riult
is,arded by Christcudom To- cnslave a captive
taken in war; and this African Eartarism is the
beginning OF Amer can slavery, and tac supr,ms
Court Of Georgia, Slave state, has mot saruuk
property, says the Cou t, "tlc Georgia planter
held the Slave as chatt-l, either directly from
the Slave trader, OF from those who held under
him, and he FROM the Siavc-cartor in Africa.
The property ia tie Slave ID the plautcr became
thus Just the pIoPc. ~ of Tie original clpt0r
Meal A. Farrar, % Ga. Rep st5) 1t H. natural
that right, thus derived in dcdIncc Of Cariaten-
dom, should be cYercisci without any mitigating
influence from Christianity TIA. the masters aU-
thority over the person ol his slaye-pvcr Lis
conjugal rclatons-oycr bis parental relations
over the employment of his t.mc-ovcr an his
acquisitions, should be aguizsd, while gene
rous presumption incline, to Freedom, and the
womb Of the hond-~o'Han can deliver only
slave.
A. S l-..
'i D"iiiii0i li'''-N' ~ Gnu" '"1 li"0'i0-
al effects of this barbarian practice bv a COM
-. r.f.. r,.lsI
P'li9'n VI 'io ''S anu ''''o ''''''Ve ii' 'H'I'
various economical aspects, as shown from
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pun ''' -' ''' al III '''0 ''a'
of eminent stateman IA the slave states He
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'"o" lioVoe"' ~ ''''N ''' ''l '"'i'u 'h'lac'-
or in it's effects on -laye.masterS. as seen on