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

to cur own.
SECESSION AND REBELLION.
Hon. UryFr Wu-ra DAVIS Of Maryland,
II a mastery speech in the House Of Repre-
ssntatives on the til inst, summed Up the
IavIs=s acts IF the .s1ccssionists as they
Gil themselves, the atrocious treason Of Nr.
Buchanan : Cabinet officers ana his own dis
graceful couuivancc and imbsciitr and show
Cd that the secession movement is q rebellion
and nothing else, and tina, It must be dealt
with as such. Tire imq7zs.ti-i,y 4 rcc9E-
niz.u- the pretended new government With
out disastrous consequences 20 the Nation,
and that 70 enforce the laws u the Nation Is
Dot making war upon q Stata-are set forth
with unmistakable clelrness
WHAT TIE EEBELz HAVE uoSE.
Within two months alter the formal, peace
fuI, regular election Of the Chef Magistrate
IF the United States. in which the whole
body of the people " cy-rv state competed
with zeal for the T.Ize, without any new
event intervening without any rev grisv-
auc.s alleged without any uew meCacss hav-
iu- bean made, we have saen. ID the short
course OF one month. q small portion Of the
population u SIX states trausce1s the bounds
at q single leap az once %. the state and tie
national constitutions. uslrV the sZ.raJrdiu-
airy p~rero-ative Of repeating the supreme law
Of the land, exclude the great mass of their
iel.JW-cslzsus from the protection Of the
constitution. declare themselves eDascipaced
from the obligations which the constitution
prc1ouuc-s o. Be supreme over them and
.rrr tLeir laws. arro-ata % themselves all
the T~rcro-aJ7cs Of independent power. reScind
tse acts u Cessi1n OF the public property,
occupy the public Offices. seize the tGrtresSes
O.; the United States c5af1e1 % the faith Of
the pe1p.c among whom they were placed,
em5ezz.s the pubic arms concentrated there
Tor the defence % the United States, array
thousands Of men IL arms against the Unit
ed States, and actually wage war on the
Union by besisginE tTo Of their forSesses
and firing on g vesl bearing, under the flg
Of the United States, rc.glorceuelts eod
provisions To one Of ,len.
IBE TREASON OF FLOYD AND BUCHANAN : 1EBE-
CILITy.
The very boundaries OF right and wrong
seem ob.i-s-ated, c.s. trs 81 G CG5inet nan
is1eT deliberately, for months, gagged IN
changing The dlS.rl- uli0E Of pubic arms 10 rl1ces
n The hands Of those a50A 10 resist me 7ub.Ic
authority, 50 as to place within their grasp
means Of wagInC war against the United
States greater than they ever used against q
foreign foe and another Cabinet minister.
still holding bis commission under the au-
thorIty OF the United States. still q conf
Dental adviser Of the President. stIl bound
by his oath 10 support the Constitution of
the United States, himself @ commissioner
from his W state to another of the United
States, for the purpose Of organizing and ex-
another part Of the same rreat
of rebellion and the doom Of the
seems scaled Uien tbc President sur
By such ministers, permits, tritLJut
re5ukc, the government to Be 5e,ratcd. ncglecis
solemn trar1lHg Of the first soldier OF the
age, till almost every fort is a prey 10 dJmes-
TIC treason, and accepts assurances CT peace
ID his time at the expense Of leaving the
national honor unCuarded. His message
gives aid and comfort TO the enemies Of the
Union, by avowlng his inability to maintain
its integrity and, paralyzed and stUpefed,
be stands amidst the crash Of the falling re-
still muttering, Not in my time, ,
not IN my time after ne the deluge ~
Sir, History, by her prophet Tacitus, has
irawn his character for posteritv-mcJor !
7T5UGl0 U!SuS dun prIUGlus fult, q C0HSsnsu :
,HlHlum cGpGl InperI nlSi iTpsrlsSct. Yes.
HlsI fmpsrasSet Jane Buchanan might =
lave passed to the grave as one Of the men ,
II the republic equal 70 every station he !
He'd, and not incompetent for the highest. :
nc acquisition Of supreme poorer has rere7led n
IS IpcaDGc'ty, ana Oot0as him nth Ge unsn- Q
IG5le honor 0ftbs cb5cf destroyer Of his colq- ?
-y's greatness. il
THE CONSEQUENCES AND THE ALTERNATIVE. q
We have, Mr.. Speaker, this day TO deal. :
4 4 great measure, with the consequences of 4
is incapacity. Persons usurpins newer in d
x or seven states have thrown off their e
10 the United States. I, was
indy hoped that 1t was only temporary, Z
Ossibly 4 desperate continuance 10 restore :
ne chief actors to power but we are now n
lthorItatIvely informed, 5Y the response Of Il
0uth Carolina 10 the kindly messenger from d
irgInia, that their position IS permanently z
zed that they desire to have, andwiu have, =
0 further political connection with tie
nited States and a distinguished gent
man. until within one month a member Of
le Senate OF the Uaited States, recently
ected President Of the revolutionary cou- 2
.ntion at Montgomery, has inlormH Us in o.
IS inaugural speech that il Is their purpose i,
laily 10 sever their connection with the IL
Aited States, and to take all the eonso- 3,
fences OF organizing an independent re- ~
Iblic. re
Mr.. Speaker, we are driven to one Of two =.
we must recognize what we "