Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-03-27

FHEE PBEss eFFlcF. No. College -, buflng-
ton. Vt
GEO. y s. C. g. BENEDICT,
Editors 6 Proprietor
These are the leading measures Of Che last
.es.ion 81 the S7th CONGRESS. which expired
on the Attn irst.-a Congress which VIII he long
memorable fer It's high-bsnded acts of uncousti-
tutoual Legislation and ifs bold disregard Of tho
clearly manifested exTrtsio of popular senti-
meut Sent lci
s. ends an article on che '- Ac,- r.,>-rl at
the Jas; session Of Con-7c-.' which wc find
30 taeSnfae- Of last Friday Oribcs- acts IT.
mentions fr5t, that for the admission of the
State Of Wet Virginia, provided thc people
dwelling therein accept the Act 10y popular
vote, to &c taken On the Goth Of March. The
State viii he nearly three times as large as
Vermont Is. and contains at this un,4 ten
Ter cent. more white Inhabitants and only
about l2,Coo slaves Tic people are mostly
loyal and wish the State to be- thoroughly
Free Staie, and the Act makes provision for
such result in a very short time The
moTrnc1t for making it new and Free
State came from the loyal people Themselves.
Tie Sentinel has no sympathy with such
movements, and although the act was the
subject Of long and patient discussion in
both Houses, and after its passage by large
majorities was kept for consideration by the
Presiden; an unusual length of time before
be signed it, the Sentinel denounces it Just
a. JEFF Davis would do and in equally nslis-
nent terms. 1t says
The act is undoubtedly one Of the clearcs,
cases Of open and fragrant violation Of cons,itu-
toDal law which the history u Congress affords. -
OF course it IT, Seut,,el has no doubt on
the subject, the majority Of the Senate and
the House, the President and his Cabinet
must he set down as fools OF knaves Il J.
not 90 L. supposed for moment that the
SnhHd could he wrong on such a subject
Next itspoaks- of the act approrria'ing
500. zoe .oeo at cucc. to Igv up the ARREARS
due the soldiers. being, as # savs. about
the only creditsble act Of the session. OF
o,Urzc Tact was a needed and important act.
We wonder the Ssstigs' dill Not deu4unce
It asst does every thing else done So support
the Government of the Nation Sine. ae-
clrding % the SenfI7e', tie }dmiri=.ra,isn
is al wfon--al its important merHrc, uu-
c3natg, nal why should those who -,rye
II s-ca an unconstitutional ha7ne- as the
Admin -'1sl'n is engaged me- ct amy I'y p
Why n'' s'n7c thc soldiers "Hi- SD that trey
VIII aH lmt tlf -ervi-e and leave tne \i-
mlnistra'i'n Hi-' ans dry on the rocks ; "l
oou7-e the compromise and PEACE measures
which tho NH''qo is so eager ior- would .c
on The ais' road TO success under such e.l-
oums'anoe,
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~ til rrssident and his subordinstes in their
oat'1seeus wrongs upon 50 many thousands Of
e. 1 t., them asrst an the nenaitje. ipcTIrs
sy th7ir arbitrary arrests Of american citizens.
sni ih- al-ree.rd ana suspension o. me Er i 81
uron i,irti6e ss well IS upon written law
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Se7''sel says. merely to show ITS malignity