Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-03-14

Legislature. They went on and
passed the laws which are now
brought here Some Of those laws
are as iuhuman as any code ever pre-
seuted FOR the Government Of con-
quered people.
! wish to call the attention Of the
Senate and Of the country to some
Of these laws forced upon the peo-
pie who were alured to Kansas by
the assurance that they were empow-
cred to shape their own institutions
Here Is a precious enactment:
" " any psron p,iui, wfe, Introduce iu,o or pub
ish 1 rhcnfte uf cause 90 Boo brought into, printed
wfiuen, published OF circulated or shall knowingly as
sst So Bringing into, nrntnr publishing ot circulating
wthin ihe tenrofy. amy book, paper, pamphlet maea
znef modi o5 eifcugr continuing any sutemcuts. ar-
gumnnsi opnion sootiuent, doctrine, advice or inuon
ho calculated % produce dsofdcrly, dangerous re-
he h1u dFHhect1n among The suvos in this Territory,
or 20 fn'uoa Such slaves toescapo from the service of
ihf n1ies, or o rrsi' thoir authority shall be gull
ynf ieony, ant ho published by lmpusonmcut at hard
labof iof term not les. than five years"
This law, thus enacted, is the law
thai is to be executed in Kansas. if
"o.' "0' Wy "G s"'v's u' '"o o"-
'eo '."'eS ca'a'fy' II 'he men rom
the free States in that Territory
should print or circulate this senu-
ment uttered by the President Of the
United States, on the lst day Of jan
uary, 1851, iu the constitutional con
vention Of New hampshire
yi p ,b, ss, N.Y. .bou not bee 5,.o"s ~, lo".s. o
w', s,g 9,s ,S's i. '''' connected with slavery that
saw tbat if these avowals were
circulated in that Territory the ner-
sons circulating Them migbt be de-
nonnced os circnl,,iog sneecb thai
was calculated to eycito disadec,ion
amono mon hell in bondoge
ICn slavebolder .honld find in the
hand Of some one oC his hondo,en
who may have boen tauobt in snite
Of lepol nrohib,tions IN road tho ton
commandments tho prsgoant onos-
lion or the Chief NI,o;s,rots Of the
Rennblic Wb,t ona ,bino is ,bere
connected with slavery Tint ;s no,
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~ =, roada, slaao.,, ,a-on,,,,I -, r,d,.
states ~ shn1ld na cJso 80 ~
tbe oDinions and nrincinlos oc m,
hle If did NOT promo,iv return :
peremplory and emphalic NO when
called uonn ro accord NV sanction f.
farm of oovrrnment ,vbirb nernet.
yates slavery 9" would not the slave.
holder deem If "a fixed fact" ,bot
the man who circulated these SEMI.
menls was "auilty of a feIon, >
punishable with five veors or imnris.
onment; Ay sir. if some son n
Massachusetts should ne found cir
-''''"~''Ho '''"'N bS i'NIh vi
culatlnu the resoluttous of thp Dem.
Ocfdlc state Convention IN IC49
:,t ~ tru
NlllcH Ny Dtnltlnli L. lIducl, inc
chairman oC the Notional Dauocr,t
chairman w 'iS -N"hpHdl bSHlpOldN 4
ic Committee. and now the presl
i 49, ~" ~ '~''
ue"' DlS'''c' A"orhey 'or Massa
cnuseus' declaring 'hal we are OPP
PoSoo 20 ,'a'ery III every 'or'h an'
c''o'' "'H III '"'o' u ,'eeuu'l "n'
''eo son wherever man llVes lhrouSh
out Gods heritage IA pretty broad
decIafaI'on' that includes Kansas
say, that II these resolutions Endorsed
by Charles u. Greene, the especIa
lavoule OF the President IN New
England, as national Democratic
doctrine, should be circulated II
Kansas 10y some son OF Massachu
sets, he would be subject TO the pun
lshmen' provided Tor IN this section
Here, Is another act OF tins IN
human statute:
a ,1} 'ss 5 P'5.oo, by ,n9.sios o, wiring 'i,oI sI
slaves IL .hi' rs,ia, o. .h.ll Introduce ia'o ,s e
ouoduced mo tn. ront6y, Saaea Of paa'od, y pub
NN.