Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-11-21

Neither, Sir, will Southern men, mol
boldinp slavcs, who come to make home
in Kansas, suffer themselves to be thus de.
graded by slave labor, They know too well
IFS effects at home; The steel has pierced then
hearts too often. Oppression and degrade.
ton have weighed too heavily upon them to
have any doubts or misgivings in their choice
between slavery and freedom. When once
in Kansas they breathe freor, they claim and
assume the God-given rights of manhood
they feel omancipatod from the degrading
oppression Of their former homes, aud think
vou they will attempt to restore to vitalze
The vile and hated carcass Of Slavery which
has 30 long oppressed them? No Sir, they
will never do It. Let the result Of the recent
election be as il may whoever may be
chosen Presidents whether It be Fremont OF
r Buchanan, must not change the fate of Kan
sas She can, she must, and she WILL be
made free state. The testimony of every
man from Kansas who comes here to address
MS Is concurrent and united on this point
Every one before the Committee every one
in fact everywhere. who has spoken to us
from that territory, unites in affirming that II
the free States will but relieve the suffering
aud help the needy, on their way there, TINT
Kansas will yet be free State IN spite Of all
opposition They tell us that the men now
there have the WILL the determination 10 do
this that they mean 10 stay there and bide
the issue living or dying, they will never
yield.
Mr.. Speaker the concurrent testimony Of
the South Is with me that the free State men
Of Kansas are from the South AZ we'll as the
North, and that any barbarity IS justiiabe in
the attempt to expcl or vote them down.
In the Richmond Wing, one of the most
reliable pro-slavery sheets at the South, is
Virglnian's opinion of Kansas. from which I
will read the following as Illustrating this
point;
" The settlers Of Kansas are from almost
every State in the Contederacy but chiefly
from the free States. The Mlssourians have
made frequent invasions Of Kansas
1t would require many sheets Of foolscap TO
contain 1.-THE Of the barbarlties, robbenes,
murders that have been committed there
AmIoriiy Of The people Of Kansas aie for
making il a free State. They are not Aboi-
iiomsis, but free STATE men. The Mlssouuans
knowing this have recourse to various oxpe.
dents. The last or deuier resort is to expel
VI ostracise them"
such, Mr.. Speaker, is the testimony Of
those who best know Kansas and VIII make
that knowledge known. Aud yet, sir, these
free state men have the fortitude aud courage,
amid all reverscs, to maintain their integrity
and they will maintain it u the last.
Shall the free States desert these brave
men-bone OF our bone aud flesh OF our flesh
who are thus herocaly struggling for ex-
istence, for freedom Shall the burning
shame aud disgrace be ours TO do this p
Shall we mortity the iriencs and encourage
the enemies Of freedom Shall we discour-
age and dshearien them just 90 this point of
time when the elections have iurned against
them? Sir, | DO not believe this. do not
believe we shall refuse the small plttance
which this bill extends TO their relief
Mr.. Speaker, Kansas Is the great battle
field between Northern ireemon on the one
side and the Slayocraia Of this country on
the other. Freedom and Slavery here meet
aud grapple with each other IL Is fearful
struggle-a deadly contest. II freedom ls
beaten here on her own chosen ground,
where can she again make a stand The
question Is not whether kansis shall be
slave state, but whether all New England shall
be slave States--w neither the whole free
north 81 one sweep, shall become a subjuga-
ted province 10 which slavery shall rule tri-
umphunt The Moth, in contending for the
freedom Of Kansas, is fighting her own bat
tics She has direct interest there. Her
public welfare Is promoted when her free
institutions are planted IN a territory which
Is soon 10 become her sister M this Conicd-
eracy of States
Nlr Speaker, know not how Others feel,
but cannot but fear that # this great battle
Is ost-if We are defeated it that vast and
splendid country that paradise Of beauty
and fertility is yielded up to slavery, then all
Is lost-then further resistance Is useless
We are oil slaves,--here, as well as in Kan
sas, and Sir, we deserve TO be. Slavery will
have no let or hndrance IA the free States
Federal Judges will decide That It already
exists and Is protected here ana those de.
cisluus will be backed up 10y TIE feneral
Government with all the power of the army
aud navy, as are the slave laws now ~ Kan
sas. Sir, how can tins be Otherwise: II
Kansas falls prey TO Slavery, then will Ne
braska fall, then will Utah and New Mexico
fall, aud then will all our future acquisitions,
whether at the West, South or East, fall
with them into the hands OF the Slave power.
More than half continent will be affected
by this calamity, and American liberty will
cease to exist. Are we then prepared TO
weld up Kansas 10 Slavery No, never D.!
Death we can meet. Peul and suffering
can be endured, but Slavery