Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-02-09

PRJrEcuoN FOR 4nE FauaurS-ILe Yir
sinia Legislature tie other Jay enacted q
law which ia it, practical working woul.
slll into slavery fox three months, any of sh,
Eeedmea who might see liz to refuse to work
flr tie wages established by tLe combin,.
ti9u4 OF employer, in that Stale. Il. define.
such persons rs Migrants" au.h.riz., q &
cJus.ab.c to .' h.rc out 90 such e.. yagran;s ''
/ for tie bls; wages be can procure. and iC tLcy
Try - run away authorizes the employer to
work such yasran;s with ball and chain. 90
THIS act was made the occasion fls very dis
tinct reH ini1r TO the Ysrsiniaus, both that the
general government still retains some au-
thority IN Virginia, and that it ] disposed
to protect the freedmen Gen. Terry. COM
mandins in that department, at once issued
an order which concludes as follows:
The ultimate effect Of the statute Will be to
reduce the freedmen 10 a condition Of seryituie
worse than that from which they have been en-
aucipatei-a condition which viii he slavery in
all but rs name. 10 Is, therefore. ordered that
10 magistrate, civil o.h;er, or other person shall.
IA any way or manner. apply or attempt 90
apply the provisions Of saii statute 20 any col
orei person in this department.
Gen. T.rry' order has been approved by
President Johnson. aud one scheme Of or-
precision has thus been blocked. 1, Is On the
whole well that the Southerncrs are show
Ing their hands thus early.
THE MASSACHUSETTS, ASTi-SlAyERr S5crE-
Tr.-This society held its 5j;h annual meet
ing IN Boston last week. It's President Ed
muud Quincy made farewell address, in
which he declared the work of the Society
accomplished, and announced tlat the Board
Of Managers recommended the solving Of
the Society. Nh Garrison supported the
recommendation. lie said
The last four years have witnessed change
Of public opinion in regard TO the equality and
liberty Of man unparalleled in the history Of the
world. The members Of tie Society should not
be despondent because the full measure Of JUS
tice had not been accorded 10 the black men Of
the South. The whole work hal not been ac-
complishei but enough had been done 70 give
great cause for gratitude. Bal as the state Of the
Society AZ the South was, It was infinitely better
now than when slavery existed the FIRE has
gone out, and its elect will not long be felt.
Revolution never goes backward, and this Will
not, it will 60 on till the equality Of man is es-
tablishel throughout the land. The Massachu
setts Society Is merely a name, it is ridiculous
10 keep il organized. Il hsd no funds. no pub
fss h..11
The proposition TO dissolve this Society because
no more antl-slavery work was to be done, was
not proposition to desert the freedmen. lie
closed by recommending that the Society DIS
solve before it adjourn.
Wendell Phillips of course stoutly opp0s- /
ed the proposition to dissolve. lie said:
The Anti-slavery Society never undertook to
abolish chattel slavery they did not begin
with that idea in their mind. Its object was to
put the negro race on an equality with the
white race its object was to strike out the
word white from the laws Of the land. This
society must do what it has done for twenty
years-cry out on the house-iops.
The other speakers, Earle, Mr. and Mrs.
Foster, and others, also opposed the motion,
and when the vote was taken it was voted
down by large majority. New officers
were then elected as follows:
President, John B. Sargent Secretary, Mrs. /
Foster Corresponding Secretary, c. X. Whip I
ole, and the Society adjourned.
is of little consequence, We fancy,
Ii der the circumstances the So 1
whether u 'srmine to live or die. /
iety formally IL. --ison Mr. ouincv.
With the loss Of Mr.. Ga. ,se sin..cr;tv I
nd the other members in WI, ~ bc- /
he people had most confidence, it ".
.ome merely an Association Of raiiers, whic"
lobody cares about and Mr.. Phillips can
till 'cry" from its platform, or from the
with about the same real ehec'
IN public measures as other nightly wailinss
rom "the hOuse-tops.'