Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-02-22

have been told more than once upon this soo-
is an accomplished fact-ths fndependsnSa
Of the rebeliious states-or ws must rsfu,. -
acknowledge it and accept all the re,ponsB,b.
ties that attach 10 that refusal. Recogpizs
them Abandon the Gulf and coast OF Me-.
lco surrender the forts Of the United State
yleId the privilege of free commerce and free
intercourse strike down the guarantees Of
the constitution Create a thousand miles II
interior frontier to BE furnished with inter
nal custom houses, and armed with internal
forts. themselves 70 Ls : prev /
the next caprice Of state sovereignty o..
ganize a vast standing army, ready, al a No
ment's warning to resist aggression create
upon our southern boundary a perpetual
f6othold for foreign powers, whene7er
caprice, ambition, or hostility may see Ct 70
invite the despot OF France, or the aggressive
power Of England tc attack u5 Upon or
u~ndefendej frontier sever that unity O.
territory for which We have spent millions
and labored through three generations q
create and establish pull down the flag Of
the United States and take a lower s8
ton among the nations Of the earth; abandr
the high p~rerogatl7e Of leading the march o.
IEFLIuf . LL4E 4gf[ "a EeAA--A1E LaEAD-4AHlIr
the terror Of irownIng tyrants, the boast #
TIE world, the light Of libevty-t0 5sc9us
the sport and prey Of despots whose throne
we consolidate by our fall-to be greeted
Mexico with the salutatiOn Art thou as
become weak as we? art thou become Tx
unto US % This is recognition.
Refuse to recognize We must not c0e-
n State II the peaceful process Of secession
We must not coerce a State engaged
the peaceful process Of firing into a Unit.
States vessel, to prevent the Reinforcement -
q United States Tort = We must not c7s--s
States which, without any declaration
war, or any act Of hostility Of any kill, hare
united, as have Mississippi, Florida and LOU
isIana, their JOINT forces TO seize a public f--
tress We must not cOerce a State which Las
planted cann0n upon It's shores 70 urs-e-.
the free navigation Of the Mississippi Wa
must not cOerce a State which has r5bJsf;7 The
United States Treasury This is peaceful
secession.
TIE LAVE NCsT IL ESEJECLD.
Nr. Speaker, I do not design @ 1aa--s.
with gentlemen about words. Ld1 no-wlsc
TO say one WORD which VIII exlsps-l-s the
the already TOO much in14ue1 state u a
public mind but Is1y that the C00stltutl-
OF the United States. and the laws made Be-
pursuance thereof, must be enforced O.
He1 tci5 stqnd across the p4th Of tia. szto-r=
uert must ellhsr DESTROY The pOt0eT OF ne
Tn1ted States, or II riH destroy them. L'l-
applause in the galleries l trust II G5-
that any such collision IS years, centurle-
yea. thousands OF wears Of. I see no necess.7
for il. I think II may be avoided ~ pru1eu,
administration, till the people come 10 then
selves. But the laws Of the United States
provide their own method Of enforcemen-
and when they are enforced, those Whors.z-
must take the consequences
I think the revenues NAV be COLLECTED
Cisaf-cted parts on board United States shI1s
think the laws Of commerce may Dc e.
forced by allowing no vessel u pass out VI
less she has papers Of the United States ~
board. The postal routes and a-rTangene-g
NAV bs sustained or suspended, as the inter
ests Of the government or the dlsturoet coz
diuon Of the localities may require. I-s
courts of Justice, # needs be, may be SGT
p0rted as thew were ID Utah, or We may
move the courts, extend the districts over
several states and locate the courts II states
which are not disturbed. These are The -
cuIar peaceful methods Of enforcing the avs
n the United States. These methctS.
pursued. viii allow time for reflection, CO,
ing time to the people, excited BY q fa-.
political canvass, and surprised on a sudden
~unprepared, by revolutionary contri7aa'=
prepared before hand. We can ava; TIE
inevitable time of division, disc0rd an -
sistance 70 taxation and military e1acuo,s
If states levy troops and s-a,E
no one. the United States may well let then
eat their own heads of. T4e cost uil s5~
dlspcrsc them. But # they assal the Ln-t@
States. or other States, OF loyal citizens O.
the United States in the disafected Sta-1 ~
the 5lq1us Of COLLISION rests on those r-- "~
PEELED the Jrile1 Safes 10 resistGuce.