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

tect it in the northern States of Mexico when
they are acquired. since they are now sur
rounded by slave territory
Oh. Douglas men, what Il lesson is this ?
Did YOU not tell us, when the Nebraska
bill was enacted, that this law was the most
efficient way of introducing free labor into
the Territories? Have you not most SOL
emnly assured US every day since 1871 that
the principle of Popular Sovereignty as ex-
pounded by Mr.. Douglas would most GER
tainly save all the Territories from the grasp
of Slavery? And now look there Your
own master and prophet admits, aekHout-
edyeS, and BOASTS of it-that this same prin-
ciple gave to Slavery one and one-halt de-
grees of latitude more than it ever claimed,
and that since the organization Of the Amer
lean Republic not square foot ot free terri
tory was ever converted into slave territory,
but by the same measure which you repre-
sented to us as the greatest and most reliable
engine Of free labor Your own master and
prophet tells you in your own faces, and in
the face Of all mankind, and IN the face of
posterity, that you have been lying most
atroclously-lying every day for the last SIX
years. This was unkIrd-was it not, Doug
lasltes Of the North
The time of the Baltimore convention
arrived, and the struggle recommended. 1t
became at once manifest that Douglass no.
mination could not be forced upon the Demo
cratic party without splitting that organiza-
ton in twain and he saw clearly enough
that then his election would be an impoSsibl-
Lty The South was seeding in mass, and
fba In
ed. Then Mr. Douglas, seeing disgracetul
defeat inevitable, wrote letter to his friends
in the convention, requesting them to with
draw his name if they found it in any way
consistent to do so. And declare, if Douglas
was ever honest in anything he did or said, l
believe he was honest then and there.
But now the moment had arrived when 1t
became manifest that there is Justice in histO-
~. Douglas position was disgusting, but
his punishment was sublime Then his friends
for tho first time refused to obey his COM
mand Those whom he had used 50 often
and 3D. long for his own Advancement
saw now there was a las. chance Of using
him for theirs. They said to him % We
have performed our part ofthe contract now
YOU have TO perform yours. We have no.
minated YOU for the presidency; now You
have to permit US to be elected c3ngressmen,
shcr.HS, county clerks. or cOnsta5ies, on
the strength OF your nlma. There is NJ
backing out. 10 for thc spoi,s ,'
"Dost thou think because thou hast suddenly be-
come nitrous, there shall be do moro cakes and
alcf
Yes.Jy saiu: Auu an ginger hatintl mouth.
too
prolonged uuShter)
And 50 the saddle Of the rump HomIna-
tion Is put upon his back, and the whole
CHASTITY pack Of o'5ce~hunters jump upon it.
The spurs are put 10 the Alnks-the wuiq
applied to the back Of the painting. bleeding
ilde, and SD the spectral ride goes, East and
West. night and day-snd may the stecd %
% perdition il only the riders reach their
goal. loud applause and cheers
Oh. there IS Justice in history. lie has, at
last, the idol of bis draams-the object Of
his l0ndcst wisies-fJr which be has laid so
many a treachcrcus scheme; for which he
has turned 50 many q summeIset; for which
he has struck So many blow at the peace
of the Republic; for which he has 50 often
rrostitutcd himself and his followers; for
which he has huEEed 50 many a loaier, and
lusuited 50 many an honest man; Tor which
he made every rum shop his head quarters.
and every rullian his frend-he has. az last,
the nomination for the Presidency but what
he has crayed as q blessing, has come down
upon him us q curse to be nominated, and
know that an election is impossible to he
voted for. and to know that every vote tor
him IS f.r Breckenridge and Line, whom he
hates, and every vote against HIM vote tor
Lincoln whom he does not love To be voted
for and be aware that those who vote for
him work not for him, but for themselves
To be dead, and Yet living enough to be
conscious Of death Oh, there is justice in
history Am ! exaggeratlng? Where is
that mighty leader whose voice once called
millions into the field +? At the street corners
and cross roads you see him standing like
blind, down-lallen Belisarius-n0t in virtue,
not in poverty bcyy Of political hariots
surrounding him-and begging for the mis-
cradle o5J.us of vote; begging the know
no-hipgs, whom he once affected to despise
begging the wings. whom he once iusulted
with his brawling denunciatiOns invoking
the spirit of Henry Clay. whom he once called
a black-heartcd traitor. Oh. but poor Bell
strius
Whcrc is the bold, powerful agitator,
whose voice sounded so defantly on every
contested field? Behold him on his scnti-
mental Journey, vainly trying to find his
mother home and his father grave, apoi0-
gizing with squeamish afectation for bis un-
called for and indecent appearance in public,
like one Of the condemned spirits you read OF
in the myths of bygOne ages, restleSsl y per-
ambulating the world, condemned to a more
terrible punishment than TantaIus, who was
tortured by an unearthly thirst, with grapes
and water within his reach-m0re terrible
than that of the Danaides, who had to pour
water into the leaky cask-lor he is con
demned to deliver that old speech Of his over
and over again. [Applausc, and chcers.and
laughter As often as he arrives at hotel
that has u balcony, as often as his hasty
Journey is arrested by q spontaneous gather
ing, when YOU hear a Subterraneau spectral
voice cry out "my great principle Of non IN
teryention that is the dead Squatter Sow
creign atoning for the evil deeds he commit
ted in his bodily existence. Not long aso,
he haunted the railroad crossings and clam-
bakes of New England then the cross roads
Of the South, and the ghastly apparition was
last seen in this neighborhood. Prolonged
laughter and che rs Where is he who
once, like Macbeth, thought himself invul-
nerable by any man "who was Of woman
born :" inyincibIc, great,