Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-01-23

down ia thr street and bad - Ii,c again foi
fear oi b-iug shot, when they were - weak
THAI lhr slightest motion was agony On
being iul1rtunel II there wac ANYTHING in
the namc % humanity that could he don, u
stop liz brutal Proceeding. hc finally con-
scutrd e. iCt them al me- 0u recciviuga Taper,
signed By all the surgeons present, stating
that t..e men were %, sick u walk. and that
their removal wa- an impo-sibility."
SENIyINT N NENcAND.-Therr was held at
Manchester, England, on New Years' Eve, a
meeting Of those who we're in favor of nav
inS the F-lerl government -uppnrtei and
tie rohellian lur down
Mir. j. e. Edwards moved the following
'' That this meeting, recognizing the common
brotherhood of mankind anl the sacred inaljcn-
all rights e. every human being 90 personal
freedom and c,uil protection, records its dctest-
aton f neuo slavery III America aud Of the
,tfe.lpt of the rebellion, Southern ,liyeholiers
to organize On the great American continent a
nation. having slavery s., i's basis
Mr. Edwards saii
1t might suit certain cllsscs in this country to
laud the chiyalry Of the southern sllvehollcrs
II might suit those who had a keen relish for
arbitrary power exercised by one individual 10
laud the condu,-t # the southern slavehol lers
IN their soccssion movement, and 90 d.sguisc the
fact that the South rebciled To conserve, perpe;-
uste and extend slavery; and that IN fact.
slavery va, ths sd. cause q the present civil
war-
Attempts hai 5..ii maize TO excite the people
. - 9 49, r.r.Hf Ia
Two rap>callious we've employed by Mason and
Slidcll and paid by confederate money They
calle-- upon = manufacturer, now on the plat
form. thinking that he had southern prOclivities.
They made men drunk, and hell what were
called representative meetings of the cotton
workers of Lancashire. Yet, As Nr. Bright
saij the other day. with all the money and NAL
ice they could use to excite the people to
recognize the South, they had not been
able IN succeed. The ill-adyised expression Of
Lord Russell that the North was fighting fer en-
pire aud the South for freedom was calculated to
be source Of bitterness TO America. The North
were fighting for the re-conquest Of that which
had been attempted to be stolen from them by
company Of traitors; and the South violited the
most solemn obligations because they were beaten
at an electOn.
The resolution was adopted. Mr. Edward
Horeon moved the following
80 That this meeting, composed mainly Of the
industrial classes OF Manchester. desires to re-
cord ts profound sympathy with the efforts Of
President Lincoln and his colleagues to maintain
the American Union in It's integrity and also
us high sense Of the justice Of his proclamation
Of emancipation, and other measures tending al
once 70 give freedom TO the slave, sni restore
peace TO the American nation
Mr.. Horson said
Those who now found fault WITH the North
were the same who formerly blamed the democ-
raey Of the United States for maintaining slave
~. They were afraid that if America contin-
ued to rise as it had in the past, and become one
consolidated power over vast continent, with
its affairs regulated as they had not been regula-
tsd in Europe, it would be too powerful an ex-
ample for them to be able to resist manhood suf-
frage-
some people wish 10 see Ameries divided, be-
cause they thought that country was becoming
too powerful. If English statesmen would cease
to bully, and would act uprightly, if the press
Of England would exhibit little more morality,
We should have no need to tear powerful
America
The resolution wac adopted, and then the
address was read and adopted
Mr.. Basley, NJ. P. in speaking TO tho sd-
dress, said
There had been no meetings in the South to
assist the unemployed operatives in Lancashire
but there had been enthusiastic meetings with
that object in New York. II VS. the free who
sympathsed with the free.
Mr.. :. Pope said
The North. whether ighting for [ Union OF ior
supremacy, were entitled 10 the sympathy Of
Eugl -hnen, because their success would at least
c.rcumscrihe slavery and secure its extinction
The sueoes, ot the Saith voul b. a calamity to
civilization.