Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-03-21

! 10 ON THIS HIhibIl.'
The DR.. Batcheler here alluded
to was one Of the most prominent
AboIitionists in the Slate--a mem
Der of the Constitutional Conven-
ton and General Pierce said he
could not feel the evils of Slavery
more than he himself did. That is
certainly sentiments" it's some
thing more than an "inuendo."--
Now, sir, suppose some faithful pat
riot, wishing to be booked up in the
soundest politics Of the country,
should go to Kansas, and unwilling.
w take some of these documents
with him, and suppose they should
be found in his pocket, could any
thing less than five years imprison-
ment be inflicted on him and might
he not feel that he was under great
obligations to the clemency of the
court, if they let him off with that Z
The only limit is, that the punish
ment shall not be less than FIVE
years Imprisonment, but may be as
much more as the court please
But, sir, will leave General
Pierce. Suppose some unfortunate
wlght-one of those three thousand
clergymen, for instance, about whom
so much was said-should stray III
to Kansas with some little volume
for his solitary reading IN his peck
ct and the constable should liud il,
and open it, aud read this: " He
that stealeth a man and selleth him,
or if he be found in his hand, he
shall surely be put to death" (Ex-
odus, ch. u, v. 49, do not say
what that means but, in the hands
of an uneducated black man, might
it not have a tendency to produce
dangerous disaiiection;' and, if
so, would it not come within the
condemnation of this law
Again, sir; Suppose he did not
take the whole Bible, but only took
the New Testament; aud suppose
he should there read as follows -
"The spirit of the Lord IS upon
me, because he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor; he
hath sent me to heal the broken
hearted, to preach dellverance to
the caplives, aud recovering of sight
to the blind, to set at liberty those
who are bruised" duke, ell. 4, v.
lS) do not say what the mean
ing Of this is ; but might it not,
with an uueducated black man, have
a tendency to produce dangerous
disa0ection,o within the meaning of
the statute which | have read
Again "Thou shalt not deliver
unto his master the servant which is
escaped from his master unto thee
he shall dwell with thee, even a
mong you, i'll that place which he
shall choose in one of thy gates,
where it liketh him best thou shalt
not Cypress him" (Deut., ch. %,
v. 15-lS.) | do not give any
meaning 10 this but only sug-
gest whether this is not dangerous
stuff to put into the hands of uned-
ucated men, and whether it might
not have tendency to produce
" dangerous diSallection ?" Would
not man be subject to the condem-
nation of this law, who should be
found with any such document as
this in pocket: The Senator from
Tennessee said the provision Of the
law was not severe enough, but that
the offence ought to be punished by
death. Well, sir, there was trl-
bunal which sat more than eighteen
hundred years ago, upon the Author
Of one of the sentiments which
have read, and thai tribunal thought
just so, aud passed sentence of death
ION him, and executed him
Now, | come to the consideration
Of the messages of the President
In his annual message, presented
to us on the 3 LIST of December, 1855.
he says:
"Ia'ho Territory or E.o., ,ho,o have boon act.
p"isr se " 80 & &s asS asa' ~ a
f'','s' L,''"1'"
MARX 'ne ua'eS oates are some
l''lns III ms iha''er Nolhins had
occurred up 10 me DIST oil Decem-
DER '"S'' !" JuS'Hy ms ln'erPos''loh'
III ms message on the Nl'h oil jan
u'fy, iooo-'"eu'y-Iour Gays al
'efWaius-he S'yS'
Of . 'l.' tho a ,o '' Of 'f Kaa
a Saa'e o 9e,o eoaoe OF ,@Gs, Which 'ooag'
and gently TO recommend ,he Adoption BY you Of such
case apposr to 1oqui'e - " ' ~
| nut it to the President of the IT,