Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-12-05

l"h liu htNhWNhu HhluHtti NOV IL
Always foremost in the path Of infamy, |
Vermont has taken a step from which its [
more conslderate sisters of New England
shrunk in prudent apprehension of possible
consequences. But even Vermont exhibited |
some hesitency IN placing itself in the une- |
quivocal attitude of antagonism to the au-
thority Of the Federal Government, which /.
it assumes by its vote Of supplies to the reb-
els in Kansas. Al last the thing is done un,
der the decent disguise of a charitable con-
tribution 10 destitute emigrants from the
FREQ States.
IL this be the spirit of the donation, it
jus,ifies our suspicion of the character OF the
people whom the Emigrant Aid Society i'm
ported into Kansas. 1t they are 80 destitute
Of the necessaries Of life as to appeal to the
sympathies of a benevolent public, they were
not the persons to undertake the enterprise
OF subduing the ruggid antagonisms Of an
uncultivated region They were unequal to
the hardships Of frontier life. They were
vagabonds and paupeTs-the refuse Of the
redundant population Of New England. The
Yankee who embarks upon the world IN
quest Of fortune, whether as pedagogue or
peddler, whether 10 vend some machine Of
fabulous powers; TO retail rags in a remote
village, or to preach the gospel among the
heather of the South, IL as well distinguish
ed by the energy OF his character and the
fertility Of his resources, as by his lank locks
and nasal twang. To him, the apparently
impossible achievement of accommodating
wealth on sand bank is an agreeable pas
time. lie only wants an opportunity for the
free play OF his smooth tongue and nlmbe
fingers. The Yankee whom the Emigrant
Aid Society have sent into Kansas, is diff,
ferent individual. lie is utterly helpless
and clamors for succor in the extremities Of
cold and hunger. A yagrunt and outcast IL
the first instance, he did not 20 TO Kansas t.
earn subsistence by the j. Dor of ms hands
lie went teere to vote aud not to work HIS
mission Is TO manufacture a Free State, moi
to dig the earth. He contracted TO drive a.
way the bona fde settler by the terrors of ar
son and burglary not to become peaceful.
law-abidlng, self-sustalning citizen himself
fsr while he subsisted on the uncertain
resources Of petit-larccny but now that an
energetic administration has repressed the
productive play Of his faculties, he cries out
for bread and clothing The tender heart Of
Vermont Is touched by the appeal, and she
responds by the appropriation Of twenty
thousand dollars.
This is the formal action Of Slate in it's
sovereign capacity, This is a contr button
by member Of the confederacy, to the ne
cessities Of an organized opposition to the
supremacy of the Federal authority.
Meanwhile the scheme of excluding sla-
very from Kansas, through the agency of the
Emigraht Aid Society is zealously promoted
by individual exertion. The defeat Of Ere
mont has not moderated tho nrdor of the Al.
olltonists in New England. Ii the "wrong,
oil kauanen hnva Loaf auvtkfnn, 81 tbafr -.
ihellc Importantly, the deficiency of interest
Is more than supplied by the promising pros
poets OF speculation IN land. The stock,
holders IN the Emigrant And Society wonl
nothing to the realization Of "a splendid for.
tune, but an adequate supply Of labor on
their extensive domain. Slaves will not an.
swer, because Of the constant care and pfo.
vision they demand of the master. White
men and white women, capable of work fol
fourteen hours day, and claiming no solci
tude OF expense IN case of sickness--ihs d
the sort Of machinery with which the EN-
grant Aid Society Of Massachusetts propos
es 10 extor an interest on It's capital frou
the bowels Of "bleeding" Kansas.
This is doubtless specimen of the post
prandiai performances of the vrgiuian-o
the Virginisn drunk II, forsooth, the fire,
state men ia Kansas are suffering, they ar,
panpers, yagabonds, outcasts they wen
there to vote, not to worS--jasi like Vugin
ian,. The Enquirer man was too excited Il
see that his argument cuts both ways, if /
cuts at all. The Slouocrais cry quite al
loudly for aid as do the free state men,
Bot this is pureie stuff, Everybody know,
thsl the emigranl to a new country, remote
fpm civilization. suffers many deprivation,
under the most favorable circumstances. -