The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-08-16


on. to get b.rA How can they return:
IN.y are mock.d with h,inc tod. 1T YOU
vii cone bark. Won will be good voters.
Bat bow ,an 'hry get tack: And it,hey do
ct ht'k. bow a!r LEY 10 ,fav There! Have
IL" laws u..Grr which t',,.>r invaders we're ~
TINS orIa.z i and railed As sheriff pas
- been r,pr,l-d Not AZ all Have they
h en- vd-a'rd IN any way Mo- IN the least.
l. anything o! that kini promised: Not a,
all. H.. any provision been made for
.rt-y : Mt the least. l. There any prom
Is. - il: Nome. Now. ask gentlemen, in
ali 'and3r. how can they say Tat the pro-
VISION that Il these people oct back. and can
>'t, there. tie! may woe next y ,vember.
furnishes an. So unity or >ati>ia-.ion: That
provision furnishes no security: IN The nature
OF hjn.S, II never can furnish any.
ii l. aid thlt some Of The ObnoxiolS laws
Of the invading Legislature have been super
>,'!ci hv the Amendments TO The b,I!. That
NAY tie: hnt II -. the laws repealed are not
all that ought 20 be repealed Ii they are
superseded AZ all. it is merely by the trriar
alton OF ii OF ri.h's. Who're does that
I'LL Of richt> come from: 1t is tak,r
from thc Constitution OF the | ni,rI S'a'r>'-
Was not the Constitution Of the United
States in force there al the time Ii WAS.
Then Is it any better for putting it in detail
in a Till: Not at all. ID! it prevent such
laws being passed or being enforced by the
courts there No. Will it do any more by
enac'ins II III this bill: | do not see why.
have now. Mr. President. stated briefly
he leading facts. believed by myself TO he
true. which operate Is in>upcrahlr obstacles
TO sustaining the bill of the committee, and
which, in my opinion. won'd form in>upcra
Die ob>'arl"> IN any candid mind. am SEN
stole that gentleman NAV diil"r with NE a>
To the IA is which have stated. 1t is so
throughout the world We must be govern
ed by tl,,. facts a. We understand them Some
gentlemen understand them perhaps in one
way. ! in anoihrr; nut while they are sub
rrtS-maier of m, own belief, they must bc
.uic> to my own Judgment and 50 must it
ne with others
$ me rc''rmcn have suggested that a
c0r}c HunrLr has been thrown ont to us: that
The otter side finding themselves in trouble
and wanting 10 get ont Of 1t p"accaniv. ak
rs what we propose to do? have aircad,
suggested wha' we should. of course. propos"
70 hr. ii they were true We have proposed
II, bot II has been rejected. We may pro
Jose a.:in. hu. suppose it will be rejected
1t Is sinpy to r,.'ri"c this step. 70 oh!iteratc
this measure. to replace vonr Missouri Com
promise. 20 reSiart. 10 reorIaniZ- the Terri
tory. to do away with all the consequences
which resulted from It's invasion. and pro
eel fairly and properly. know that Moth
ing Of that kind vii! be agreed to here. and
therefore >iilll not take time IN discussing
t: but in my own estimation the state OF
cir um>'an"c> prolu ed by the attempted tx
pcrimrnt is such that do not see any cas-.
wav. even III the mode suggest, of y,romo'-
Ing immediate peace.
The experiment was to invite people 70
this territory, for none were there them l.,
>tvin- t. them. "Iou shall be left perfect,
please: settle there from the Free States and
the slave States, with YOUR different views
cf public policy" Wha' was the result OF
this : II necessarily brought into collision
men OF different sentiments upon an rritaf
ING topic. which they think personally lmpor-
tant 10 Themselves 50 tl,,. Won could nor rea-
>onsbly expect to have A fair and candid OPP
Grafton OF YOUR experiment. This is one OF
the wees Of the experiment itself: it is il,
he narur, of the experiment. submit tia
Gentlemen mi-ht naturally expect that Il
would brig INTO collision th" most violent
men. entertaining different views on this sub
Irct: for they are most likely TO enter INTO
>u"h a collision When Won invited such
men. and agreed to leave them to Themselves
II appears to me very much Ike an expert
'n"nt which any man must have artcI,'atc!
would necessarily produce d'>rord, collision
violence AID probably ooi~hrh
1t ha- produced these Things: such certain
v has been the result. In this state O! ,i.inr>
! shall not say that see any wav perfect,
clear in bringing about immediate peace: hut
DO say. that TO expect. At rE:> tin,r. ti,t III
people will have fair opportunity Of tryirr
this experiment by discussing the >ul j.,
Nd holding pra"eahlc and quir' ,lu,a>>.
,'l'i u>inu iair aroumrnt> through the pres
mi orally. Is to nr alfogrhrr prepo>trrou>
have Low a word to >av in relation 10 tn,
T,rka CpH>'!tu'irn. II IS an eNtrc.nrcas,
Necessity, at times, " is SAID. j',s'ih cxtr' IA
'Nca>Hr'> la the prr>,t NJ state OF tiny.
ia" aim >son OF Kansas with the To,rka
Constitution is the most que, and easy wa>
al ~c''In. H.. qae,,ion ,hnk it well JUS
fed h, he circumstances do rot "a. tha'
| -hnu' Always hc wiling ~ APPROVE, und,r
III circumstances. such mode of u,,tiur NJ.
1 institution. hut think th. Circumstances
;'n EXISTING thtr" well justified he attempt
:. |'''irvr! it DID express thr opinion OF
in*l":ltv OF til" people, then J should M,
u,in ; What Whence had since occurred 10
drive N" people away. 1t was the viii OF
me people. then it seems to me | am well
justified in sustaining it. What do Won find
n Truth: We understand. from ME report
Of The committee % the House OF Representa-
ives that there were one thousand seven
hundred md thirty one votes east fer the rat
iira'i"n Of that Constitution. AID hut fort,
tx against it. ! have no cIoubt that thoS.
who w"." in favor of c>'a',li>hir" Slavery did
not after d that election to any considerable
extent: hut they were invited to do it. The
election was open to ever, body RESTING in
have AZ any circtor. How many were there
of them: The utno>; that can he made out
At any time. by any votc-a:tcr striking out
those who were proved 10 have come abroad.
armed for the OccaS:on-is SIX hundred Pro
Slavery voters
BESIDES the one thousand seven hundred
and thirty one votes cast for the Constitution
'le ballot box at Lravenworth was destroy
ed ,'u1ging from the votes given in that
precinct on other OCCASIONS. there must hav.
been at least FIVE hundred votes. and laroe
proportion ofihem for The Constitution, de-
>troy"d. There were. Therefore, clearly
more than two thousand votes cast in that
Territory in favor of the Constitution at that