Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-05-03


1 knowledge Of the of civil connections,
which have involved questions Of moral right and
conscientious duty we'll as balances OF political
power, Whether, on the otter hand the people Of
>, Kansas under these circumstances, will submit to-
this tyranny of citizen Of the United States like
themselves, whose term OF political power is near
ly expired, can be determined 10y pnsiderng it in
the aspect in which it is viewed 10y tbcmseves-|
Speechless here, they yet are, | give utteranco
to their united voices, and, holding in my hand the
arraignment IF George ILL.,, by the Congress oil
l776, | impeach--in the woros. Of the immortal
text-th President OF the United States.
"He has refused to pass laws for the aceommoda-
ton Of the people unless they would relnquish the
right Of representation in their Legisaturea right
inestimable to them and formidable to tyrahts On
ly:
lie has called together legislative bodies at q
mace unusual uncomfortable and distant from the
depository Of their public records for the sole pur
pose Of fatigung them into compliance with his
measures:
lie has prevented Legislative Houses from being
elected, for other than his conviction that
they would oppose with manly iirmncss his inVa'
sions on the rights of the people:
lie has refused for . long time after spurious
Legislative Houses were imposed by himself, by
usurpation on the people of Kansas, to cause 9TH
ers to be elected whereby the legislative powers,
incapable of annihilation, have r!turned to the
people at large for their exercise, the State re-
; naming in the meantime exposed to all tho dan
ger of invasion from without and civil war from
within:
: lie has created a multitude Of new Offices and
sent hither swarms Of officers, to harrass our oeo-
pie and eat out their substances
lie has kept among us, in times of peace, stand
ing armies to compel our submission to foreign
Legislature and has affected to render the military
independent Of, and superior to the civil power:
; lie has combined with others to subject to a
jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution and unac-
knowledgcd by our laws, giving his assent to their
acts Of pretended legislation:
F.r protecting invaders Of Kansas from punish
meut for any murders which they shall commit OF.
the inhabitants Of this Territory:
t For abolishing the free system Of American law
il this Territory, establishing therein arbitrary
Government so as TO render II at once an example
and fit instrument for introducing the same abso-
lutte rule into ether territories
For taking away our charter, a5olishing our
most valuable laws and altering fundamentally the
powers of our Governments
For suspending our own Legislature and de-
olaring an usurping Legislature constituted by
himself, invested with power to legssote for Us in
4 al! cases whatsoever"
: What is wanting here to fill up the compliment
of high judicial process? Is it an accuser? The
n youngest born of the Republic is before you i'm
$ ploring you to rescue her from immolation on the
e altar Of public faction. Is it a crime? Bethini
II yourselves what it is that has been subverted.
s. is the whole Of a complete and rounded off Repub
"
but, in substance, q Civil State. Consider the ef
feet The People OF Kansas 'perfectly froe,
They now free only to submit and obey. Con
slider whose system that Republican Government
was, and the Power that established it,. 1t was
one Of the Constitutions OF the United States, es-
tablished by an act of the Congress Of the United
e States Consider what tyranny IT Is that has
been built OF that atrocous uSurpation. is not
discriminating tyranny, that selects ana PUNISH
es one or iew or even many bat 1t disiranchlses
IDll. rcduCps aloct W
Examine the code created by the Legislature. All
the statutes OF the State OF Missouri are enacted
IN gross, without alteration or amendment, Tor the
Government OF Kansas; and then, at the end the
nasty biunder OF misDomer Is corrected ny an eS-
t p'anatory act' tnat wherever tne wore o'ato oc'
ours IL means lertltTry. A,Q Wnue 4 coue -
one ihat stLes no' ihuceo tie lIu.'S oi 'e Moio'
fDut 'he equaiiy ih'porl't e!etueht ot 0'e' tne
iliot' M l'u,'s u 'ue NM q eoao ''.'
buts III P9' II s.l rnu itoo .I'9 -
70 iien .''c ~. " NnoG ~ ;',iu
n'suc' teo'1' "oeN nj W @ u ~, 70: -: ~
! i'SeIt CONSERVATIVE VI az o'mer ii6",s anu
10 un oncluct Nnn'lna ilc s''.'uS VI ~
many ieIPo01S III: ms r,'i'l'',t' ~ NJ" " a." Nv
Moilo-.no itcsiNcn' VI 'n1 ou'''u 1'"'o9-t"o
ccnSt'tutioiu anu Ilio9en uc'chuei u''u Plotecto'
oi tn9 peIppiG Mno I"Ic oeen SSucHuo'eu anu en-,
sinseu, IS ere nnS w u,sn.tS VI
w"r'S W 'h'o tIou''" " n',1 o'Se .'o'0 s,''' i,
Dc iouhG one more august 'han we senate oi th9
ohte1 states ~ IS Tue aitiGp', constant unu
uiuouoIu t.s ~. "le u'io - 60. 'lt; "a q
Tue c1ie' purpose oi tneir ueiuSI'u question auu
E complain oil all persons Oh what uegree Soe!cr'
louhu grie'o9s " thc ooiiinghMeui'h III npusins
the power ana trust conmlleo 10 them ny 5he peo-
. pie. Does TINS tribunal neeu motive! we nave
lhat' too IN painful reanty. 'hese 9surpanons
ana expressions nave hItherto rested with the
President OF the United states; and those whom
ne has appointed. lhey shai ne iet tuhredresFec'
they will hencetorth become, by adoption our own
The convietion OF the ohendlng PRESIDENT is
complete, and ne now SINKS out OF view IiS pun
lshment rests with the feoPie OF the ohtea otates
whose trust he has betrayed. Ills conviction was
only incidental to the business which is the order
OF the cay me ne Ttuei u '''' u"y 10 'N'
, OF the wrongs Oh hans"s.
How like unto each other are the parallels OF
tyranny and revolution in all countries and in all
times Kansas is to-day IN the very act OF reyolu M