Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-06-27
from the y Y. World
-E..FEVN--S LAST GASP

H.sl. D.. r. -uah thing for government as
. .,u-ya position m respect To
t.F. 3D.. federal power, within lts own
..,l %. bias got to be either the as
....I t.. ably It has got to pursue
...... .ua abiding U0lIcy-a policy not as
.... with jh.- OF that measure, passing
-., SSH. re occasion. but as bJt,1mcd on
.-......- .llrcIrla. The real, though not
..-.r.-r. issue between the two sections
.--aall tie federal government be
.-. t... DOB o. rr1-siavery or anti-,iayery
.r.I mot whether this or that partlcu-
r.......a about slavery shall be tiled IN
l..- particular way. The disposition
..-.a. ..l tells not IN measures only IL
r..itv cnec, 10y the use made oi
BOD moro potant.y still by the
-.. influence that goes forth from al
-.. Apart from any political act
.....f'. at r4iltical acts, which are
-.... within constitutional limits, author
..r .y.rt. . fr1iisj1as moral power, which
.. ..rar q the Constitution can either
I.... OF eircumscrIbe. This must be eX-
M either for slavery, or against 1t. 10
H..u .y-rtgd IN the former way hereto
. mus. he cxcsted in thu latter way
.H.. Tie late messages Of President
81. indicated the fact, and the
..-f-a araula Of Congress fixes It. The
.., .r.arta' law Of the land, - within the
..trtr.rl scope of the federal govern
mont. % ha freedom Its ruling principle
.-t. operate against slavery instead OF for
From the dav this is established, slave
r. H..u- 90 decline. The institution Is so
.e9 90 all the prevailing ideas OF
...... That il cannot hold it own unle :
.. .-t.I hv the strong arm. Government
..,sr it. and not disiayor It other
n must lancuish and die. Calhoun
Af..Ht. SD did JEFF. Davis and his fellow
...r. ..aj1rs. The question Of national po-
l.. s.s Co them a rl'dl question as affecting
...g lY. and every rejecting man must now
.i l....nize IT, When this vital question
u.- decided against slavery its final doom, IL
70 llmdugd IN the Union, was sealed.
4 81. tua. of the specific act precludIng
avery forever from the territories. E1teh-
..n D.. ono OF its vital necessities. Ii must
...,. fresh territory 70 feed upon, or 1t pc
r.-E.. from seli-cxhaustiOn. Calhoun I'M
r.r..I tina. too and 1t was that which
...nr,.tred him with such energy to the an
...-.t.,1 of Texas. and which made all OF
.ti. followers fllbusters, in spirit If not IN
an This exclusion from the territories not
...f bears 9s-aiust its economical necessities,
i.r lu-urg- a urep1nderance OF Tree states
winch hereafter must weigh against IL 70 r.
..c,liv with tremendous effect. Tie home
sd FIN and the new gold discoveries viii
r,-Gfsts the western territories with great
Ist,Il.y. It is perfectly safe to say that,
,..thfn ten years, seven new states llnciudlhE
U.-,irn Virginia. Will be added to Tx
I..-.,. This will make the proportion o
..a. states to slave two to one, even "ll ..L
30 -aslta period, and this disparity. Z, mus mus,
t..1slf,er be- constantly increasing ela' Ell
r.ar.r.re. is not only confined by the oil
yh.ca ha. plzsed Congress, but IT VIII %
overland and Iaralyzed by the muiupiyi ny
ines states. Under such a condition
Iuss. It must anguish and de I's ia'
40 i- simply question OF time