The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-05-24

Every fresh Outrage upon the rights of tn,
free settlers of Kansas makes the Pro, strong
rr and more convincing Fat IN. aim of ,h,.
''''u'" !" Alternating to force Slavery into
vat Territory, is part of gigantic scheme
% foster AMI perPetuate the system. The
pro-slavery emigrant carries his human cattle
with him. not to put to the proof his pretend.
rd abstract right to 20 where he chooses with
his property :" not because free labor is i'm
possible: not because scrviIc labor is ,he
mos, profitable. lie translates an evil which
curses a virgin soil, that he may strengthen
and sustain it at holne-that South Carolina
and Virginia may not lose the power they
have hitherto exercised in the rational coun-
ellis. The ri ghts of suffrage, guaranteed to
the citizens of Kansas by the Constitution,
have been violently withheld, their lives and
their property endangered by an armed mol.
and illegal, Al bitrary, and inhuman acts have
heen enforced BY presidential authority. not
TO maintain anv moonShinc doctrine a,out
! 'popnlar sovereignty. but to make new ont
posts tor Siayc:,-to send new Senators and
Representatives to Washington to look after
the interests of Slavery in general and OF
shareholders IN particular. THIS is what the
North complains of-this has very much to
do with the Kansas excitement Are We
traitors to drnOuncc such wrongs? Are Gov
errors Heeder and Robinson, and the Free.
State men OF Kansas, guilty or treason for
resisting such injustice: Gould they be men
and do less? Governor Recdcr went to the
Territory democrat, acquiescins in the
Kansas Nebraska bill, and relying upon the
honor aud patriotism Of the President to sus-
tam nIm in carrying out Just and reasonable
acquisitions for the new Territory But in
discharglng impartiaIly the duties Of his sta
ton, he offended the President, was removed
and an INSCRIPTIONS doughface appointed in
his place. Gov X .eder was not tb, ma,
whom the South demanded for tie post. lie
was gentleman; he respected Inc laws: he
was conscientious arr, impartial he was a
democrat al. would not do He must stand
aside. kansas must he made Slave State,
If no; legally, then by fraud if not by
air means, then by foul.
We do not purpose even to name the indi
vidual acts which have transpircd in accord
ance with this programme. They are fresh
in the memory Of every man, and altogether
are weight of damning prool,heavy enough to
crush the administration by whic h it has been
carried out. Almost every mail from the
West brings new plots and devices tcndino
towards the same dark result. While the al
m'n'strat'on press affects to disbelieve tina,
outra2es which even they dare not sanction
have ever taken place, the evidence grow.
stronger with every day and a. the curtain
lifts and the designs of the South are, one by
one, unmasked. it requires an unusual degree
Of temerity to defend or apologize there for
and, moreover. we firmly believe, if the North
will consent to unite upon this only issue at
the next general election, an uneouiyocal
judgment will be pronounced which shall
tell in favor Of equal rights, of freedom and
of law.
: Later news from Kansas, which We publish
elsewhere, makes it probable that the people
OF Lawrence are to he assaulted by a horde
OF Missourians, freebooters and banditti of
all escriptons. These fellows, to the num-
Der Of one thousand have been enrolled in
Shannons militia, and are prepared at his
command to march on Lawrence. The oeo
pie Of Lawrence are preparing to. resist tbi,
invasion. as they resisted the former, and do
it by the same right by which our fathers re.
sisted the armies Of King George. Any at