Litchfield enquirer., 1855-08-16


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 The opefssions Of slsveisoldels, st lie pie. srns dime. manifest ilse necessity of gene sal and effective Sfgsuisssion of ths friends ot freedom. X complete unity of se,,timcnt and harmony Of action pefvade sss fnass . the south. One idea, and only one, controls sI.eir feelings and movements, and illat is 10 perpetuats sIavcry mo matter what she means, ahsir absorbing dtsife is to extend and strengthen that institution. This de sire has given birth to an intense hatred to. ward nortiiefn people, who seek t0 secure to slI mankind the enjoyment of equal Iib- esty. And hence they do siI things which will grasify spite, annoy their political op- Ponents, and widen the area of slavery, re- sardIess of common courtesy, honor, or law.
 The breaking of the compact of 1920, was followed by the unlawful and violent acis of nonresident mobs in preventing the cleo aion of representatives, by the people of Kan ssssand ia eiecting in their places represen Sa.ives of their own unlawful and inl,uman principles. The operation Of these men may be seen in ske proceedings of the Kan sss Legislature now in session. IL is a fix ed determination Of the south to make a slave State Of Kansas, by any means at their cnsnmanj, snd io Kansas and else. where they are now industsioasly working to riTectlhat object. rtsinfuepce which she south has over our sational adminis,ra- sioa prevents its inteHenssce with the un. lawful proceedings in Kansas. And the Isnorth has to oppose she illegal movements .ot tue slave power, backed up, or at least solerated, by the general government 2
 The sasne aMawfal spirit which is nov. ing in kaesss, is also manifested in various parts of the southern States. In Kentucky, recenfiy, Rev. John c. Fee, resident min isser,preachedin moderate manner against sbe sin of slavery; and ie was immediately and ~ftli violence rsssed 10 abandon the pulpit. That fearless champion of freedom, Csssias M Clay, asserted and snsin,sined ahe right of speech by adyocaiiag the .casse offfeedom in the same manner on ,Ise lth of July. Bat in the south there arc few that in ii'e defence of human rights, are as brave and determined as MT. Clay.
 la vireinis, the ypro-slavrsy papers are advocating ssse most ridiculous and snheard of .noans of msnitessing their hatred of the north- Tae Richmond Enqarsv proposes che runishmsns cf any citizen who shall receive oe ship any goods or articles what ever by Massachusetts vessel, or who shall receive any grsin ot other article from that State.
 And the casrs afe almost innumcsablc in which law-abiding individuals Of the north have been denied the privilege of remaining within the borders of slave States.
 These dishonorable and lawless actions result from tho nature of the southern ins.i- ,u.ion. Truth neuds only the defence of righteous weapons. Dai the advancement of wrong always depends upon fAlsehood, iawlessness or outrage.
 The friends of law and order, of the rights of American citizens, of ffco territory for frce,nen, of equal liberty to the whole l,n. man hlnily. have hu, one proper course be. fore them. And that Is to uni.e in tue de- termination ,hat the slave power shall he ie- stfietcd 10 she States in which 1t exists. To efiac. this, a general organization should he made, in opposition to every mpn, mea> sure or parry, that, directly os indirectly, operates to perpe,uaie or sustain the ins.is tution. ss ! y.s, ssss
 Hall who afo as hear, opposed ta hMnan oppression, would ultimate their principles Into practice, and break aloof from ail party rule or individual innncnce that may in,et. fero wish their action, we should speedily sec tho. system of American slavery dena. tionalised, and shut out from any surround ing territory and thus 1t would he madc . shfiftlcss alfair which would soon decay through sheiack Of tue means Of life. which i, eau oaly gain byez.snsion over virgin soil. M N ! s s COUNTY TAX. asss .5 l5.s ho 1listy-four of shsihit,y.cigh, Reprssenta- lives of this County me,at tho Aeur, ilouse srn Thursday tos consider he propriesy of slasiHg a tsx 10 pay the debi of the county and b rrpsif tlae county buildings. The