Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-30

Michigan, the other day, in which he told
the Southern Bourb0ns how they crowded
their Northern allie; oG from the bridge.
twenty years ago, ard showed how the same
process is in operation now, is worth little
fuller report than was given Of it by the
telegraph. Mr.. Chandler said, as reported
in the Congr, SSionai Record
History. Mr.. President. is repeating itself
In 1851 the E,urbops had absolute control
of this Government, in both Houses of Con-
crcss, tho v hitc li1use. and the Supreme
Court. The whole of this Government was
under your control You had majority in
this body. a majputy in the other House :
and you brought Up the repeal of the Mis-
souri, compromise You forced your men
then, as you are brcing them now, to vote
for that repeal, a,d you did it by caucus
dictation. Then. sir, you crowded your
Northern allies until you crowded them of
the bridge.
In 1857, wher | first took my seat in this
BODY with Mr.. Jefferson Davis, there were
in this body i0.ty-four Democrats, twenty
Republicans, aid two Independents. Of
those Democrats twenty-cight were from
the Southern Safes, sixteen from the North
crn States. nen, as now. the 1ndepend-
onts in this body, upon every question
connected viii slavery, voted with the
South.
You, in caucus, soon after | entered the
senate, dee sed that stephen 4. Douglas
because he asserted that he did not care
whether slavery was voted up or voted
down, should be degraded from the chair
manship of the Committee on Territories :;
and there were but three Northern Demo-
crat; ont of the sixteen On this f)or who
dared to resi-t elucus dictatiOn. You did
degrade him and put hin off from that com
mittcc Al, sir, then You crowded your
men of the bridge, and they sank into the
waters Of oblivion to risG no more forever.
Then you had from tie Northern States
on th;s floor ircm California, two mem
bers from Illinois. ons; from Indiana. two:
from Iowa, ono from Michigan, one. | am
giving the Democratic Senators irom the
North who ohcycd ant those who did not
obey Caucus d;ctatior From Minnesota
you had two from New Jersey, two;
from OHIO. ouc from Oregon, two ; from
PENNSYLVANIA, one from Rhode Island, one :;
"hicii ilau' thc SiA'ee'' va nv -
members hot so!l'i'y man iiou' nv -
Of oblivion. You crowded them off the
bridge. You compelled them to vote for
measures which the North could not and
would not sustain.
To-day You are dong the scli-same thing.
i1-iay you nave II th,S oUuy ioity wv
democrats thi7tYtiTee hspup'IclilS' anu
oae iHdFlenueh,- io-tay' as t".ntS w "
years ago on a.! lIeStioh7 'ohnect.u WIN
state rights tLe itaePehueh' parry as va d
unit 'oteS "ith the h-iilocIatic Pi'l' iTu
nave t"eiSe ~, hi'hoets u, 'iIS oouy nom .l'
North. lhere are ''eEe Deihocr"tic oena, ,
ators from the North, and they are arranged
thus; From taiil'rEl, one ir0m lndlana,
nos Il thcn. ynI lave two; from New
jersey you have t"', now a. then from
Ohio You have two, you bad but one then /;
from Oregon you haze two now and You had
two then; from Pernsy lyania you have one
now, You had one then; from Rhode Island
You have none now, but You have one from
Connecticut, and yaL have one from New
York.
You are to-day repeating what you did in
lSj1 and lSjS, you are crowding your
men OF the bridge, ard the men of to-day, as
the men of 1857, will sink into the waters o!
Oblivion to rise no more forever.
Look at the elcctiu7s of this last year.
Look at the change that has taken place
since the first day of March, 1879. Sir, the
people are more thoroughly aroused to-day
against this heresy OF State rights than they
were from 1877 to 1861,
h.rft tt-.tfU,sCI d fo nrnslDn ,lgtfprsDO DAVIS.
and every SINGLE one Of your Northern allies
voted to pension him. You eulogized him
As a patriot to he compared side by side with
Washington and all the patriots OF the revo-
luton, and every one oi your Northern allies
voted. ."ay.
Aitcr the close oi the rebellion yon Claim
ei that You were poor 'hat you were SUI
lefihS anu VIC luuhu you poor anu Suheiins'
we louhu you fags'u anu we ciotneu you
We PUT upon you the RODE oi american
citizehsh'p "hiIh you 6ad ,criei'eu, anu we
killeu Ter you Inc iat'eu eai, anu ii,'i'cu you
TO inc icast' snproslhs tia.. after tenn;
eio'Atd' YOU "ere III your lisn. hi'lu anu
when We have invited You 10 the ieas, you
say We aiwiyS o"nGu inc can anu YOU
nave no ih'cte'' III H. i"ledt i'usu'cf'l
Ana no" YOU INFORM Us ,nat YOU are go-
lns 10 repeal al iiie hePuoii'Ih party mas
done. " nat Is the Joo tha' you nave uh
dertaAeh lou are going 10 unio all l,a' INT
hepubiIcah party mas dome mere DO yo'
beSlh 10 you oeS'h at Afl lohattoX' o'
before II Is very important 10 know "her'
You cohihc"cc' and inc" 90 KNOW Where yo'
propose To stop hou have undertaken
very large J'h ior I: party OF your size, ant
with the people who are to SIT as Judge
upon your case. lou nave undertaken u
unNeat u man IN tins bo1y, but ycu VIII dem
that y'u nave undertaken the JON you "a,
that You have simply undertaken To lnvcsti
gate the case ii the seat oil Senator upOi