Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-20
COMING TO THEIR SENSES.

The St. Louis Intelhgencer, one of the
most influential papers in Missouri, which has
had no word of rebuke for the Kansas rufflans
until now, comes out with indignant portrait
ture of the evils inflicted not only upon. Kan
sas, but upon Missouri, by proceedings which
are disgrace to our country and the age.
That paper says
-" Our news from Western Missouri is Of
ominous and most discouraging character
That region is suffering from mildew and
blight Its glory is dimmed, its spirit abated
and its hope fading.
The emigration to Kansas has been almost
entirely checked. Emigrants from the free
States have ceased to 60 to Kansas, because
they can find as good lands elsewhere, not
cursed by the mob law, nor ruled by nom
resident DULLES. Emigrants from the slave
States do not go to Kansas because they will
not put their slave property in peril, by taking
in into territory where there is a strong
Free Soil element threatening the security Of
J the ,Slares. as'--ssas ------.
Thus the matter stands. The Northern
emigrants shun Missouri and Kansas as the
plague spot of the nation. The Southern
emigrants shun Kansas and Missouri, because
tnat here is the battle ground between Slavery
and Free Soil.
The result is, Kansas, the fairest land under
the sun, is neglected and idle; occupied by a
very few honest, and earnest, but Disseminated
pioneers, and lorded over by a dozen or two
feudal tyrants of Missouri, who curse by theil
presence the land they have desolated.
Between these fires Missouri is leading OF
her languid existence. St. Louis is retarded
in most woful way. Our railroads creep al
snail's pace. We build ten miles while othel
Western States build one hundred In every
department of life we feel the paralysis. To-
stead of bounding forward, buoyant, strong
and rejoicing, we sit with dull eyes and heavy
spirits, listening to the slow tick Of death
watch.
These arc the bitter fruits of the repeal O.
the Missouri Compromises wicked ane
wrongful deed-that will yet bring a hell Of
bitter self reproaches to its authors Missouri
did not demand that repeal. The South nevel
asked it. Atchison solicited it-and in mo
ment Of political insanity the South consented
to the wrong and made the wrong her own.
The free States had a right to be indgnau
that lifelong Compromise had been repealed
and they had right to try to keep Kansa
free as it had been, by peaceable colonial
alton. They attempted nothing else. But 1
portion of the citizens Of Missouri headed b.
Atchison and Striugtellow, denounced thu
Northern emigrants as "paupers and hirel
ings," because they were sent west by tn
money of society; and so they held count,
meetings in Missouri, and raised money an
sent Missourians to Kansas to make Kansa
a slave territory. Were not these Missouri
ans "hirelings" too And did these tw
wrongs make one. rig ht?,
Atchisou and Striugfciiow, with their Mis-
souri, followers, overwhelmed the settlers i
Kansas, brow-beat and bullied them, an
took the government from their hands. Mil
souri, votes elected the present body Of mer
who insult public intelligence and popula
rights by styling themselves the C Legislator
of Kansas This body of men are helpin
themselves to fat speculations by locatin
"the seat of government" and getting tow
lots for their votes They are passing law
DISTINGUISHING all the citizens of Kansas wa
do not believe negro slavery to bea Christian
institution and national blessing. They ar
proposing to punish with imprisonment tn 10,
least utterance Of views inconsistent VIII
their own. And they are trying to perpetrat
their preposterous internal tyranny coy ap
pointing for a term Of years creatures OF thei
own, as Commissioners in every country t.
lay and collect taxes, and see that the law
they are passing are faithfully executed ia
this age anything to compare with these act
in audacity!