Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-08-02
THE TENDENCY OF ApFA1Rs IN KANSAS

THE TENDENCY OF AFFAIRS IN KANSAS
We do not believe that there is democrat,
whether the most abject of 'doughfaces, or the
most invcterate.pf hpnkers, to be found in all
the Free States, who, had he been fld'tSo years
ago, that the Administration eou have either
sanctioned or suffered one-half of that series Of
outrages commencing .ssh the elections, and
continued to the presaps timSiss tsemobs aud
moa ~ legislation in' KANSAS, who would
act nave pronounced estatement q base libel
% the character Of G'qnsk Pierce, Ms admins
tratioS> and the dep 4; Ais pal p were sus-
taining him. F,Wastj r III aid have indig
nanty exclaimed, - 1' ~ kl would you have
me believe that Fang q ss,ls. embodiment
of democracy, sllS " - u "a a|G rights,
and the defender o. ION, would
stand listlessly byland see ca very foapdationi
principle of democracy subvested by-arampling
tho sacred right of sustageis NdR,--the car
dinal principle of State ughts,serat haught
more boldly and palpably than was oyer done or
attempted by old FederalisIAstself, by permit
ting the people of one SITE to control the
election of another State, andesep The Constitu1
ton and laws of the country gtsssly violated
and set at defiance, and all without lifting q
finger to prevent such outrages! Never You
might as well brand him as traitor to 1emoc-
racy at once, and violator of his oath to pro-
tect the Constitution from infringement, and
carry Quits provisions. Never! When Frank
Pierce has done that he will be no longer a
democrat, he and his administration will become
reproach and disgrace to his party, and they
Mill speedily bury him like the dead, from their
sight"
Now who doubts but that such reply would
hove been made to such superstition! Who
can doubt it! No one. And yet we have
all the outrages on democracy which are invo
ed in that superstition committed and we ha'
seen, and still see that President and bis admin
istration Ito put the most favorable coustruc-
tion on their conduct which is possible stand
ing mute, refusing. TO act, and oHeringno rebuke
to the perpetrators -
Now should the blood Of a civil war be found,
within two years, reddening the plains Of Kan
sas, who wili be held responsible for the fearfl
event! Not the miserable tools of Atkinson l.
Co but the criminally derelict President and
his administration, who, by their acquiescenee
have thus. encouraged, or at least have suffered
the seeds of civil war to be sown broadcast over
our Western borders. And as things are now
progressing, is there no probability of collision
and bloodshed growing out of the transactions
Of the past year in Kansas! Will the Fre'
States suffer the independence of Kansas ant
Nebraska to be subverted by the force of arms
and take no part with the latter! They mus
see that they can not, if they would not hay,
their own turn come next. And if they d.
take part, who sees not, as the South, taking
courage from the acqaiescence of the govern
nent, have already declared for the side Of TIL
perpetrators who sees not the inevitable re
sult-civil war OF the dissolution of the Union
And in that case we repeat, who will be respoh
sible e.
This seems to be q grave matter, and ont
which, independent of the slavery question
loudly demands the attention of all those who
value the peace and integrity of the Union, ant
behooves them to open their eyes to the position
in which the course the President and his admin
istration, in the affairs of Bansas,>must soor
place the people of the United States.