Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-11-28

out. The State could not protect him from
any wrong to which he might be subjected.
The United States Government alone can pro-
tect him from any wrong done to him under
either State or Territorial laws. Vermont
cannot send her authority out of the State.
1t she attempts to do so, she takes at once
the most dangerous Southern ground. A
prevalent Southern doctrine is that the in
habitants Of the Southern States have the
right to carry their rights as to property,
made so by their own State laws, with them
into the territories, and that the T.. s. Gov
ernment is bound to protect them there in
the possession and use of those rights This
doctrine the North has always refused to ad-
init. II 1T be granted, every territory will
become n slave territory, and in fact every
State will become Slave State. in spite of all
that anything short Of revolution can do to
hinder it. Tho Free States can do nothing
to resist the encroachments of slavery if they
take the Southern ground. This bill, as it
now stands, goes farther on Southern ground
than even southern men have dared to 90;
right to protect those who 60 from it into
other States or territories Recognize that
principle and any slave State will gladly fur
n'sh the money to pay all that this i'll pro-
poses to appropriate. Con'ede to them what
is involved in this bill and they will ask no
more to insure Kansas as Slave State. The
North must repudiate such doctrine or it
has no ground to stand on. 1t never has ia
ken that ground and it is not ready to take it
now We can send men, arms and means of
any sort abroad to protect those who are or
have been citizens Of the State but doing so
is roUolution. neither less nor more. Vermont
is not ready to take that step-and if she
were what would it avail
No doubt were the Free States to unite in
an attempt, they could overturn the National
Government. But no such thing is thought
of. Even on the question which was present
ed in the late election, the Free State people
have shown themsC Ives to be far from being
united Till they can be so far united as to
vote together, it is idle to suppose they would
be united to fight to maintain any such
ground.
The Free States have submitted to grievous
wrongs rather than resort to force of any
kind. Recollect the case of Massachusetts,.
She thought South Carolina subjected her
citizens to unconstitutional restrictions, and
under the authority Of the State an agent
was sent to South Carolina, for the simple
&c haGp ba
courts. Unceremoniously and with indignity
he was driven from the State. Massachusetts,
had no power under the constitution to get
redress for herself, and she yielded. States
cannot make compacis with each other, nor
with foreign powers One may do the same
thing as another does, but not in the way of
a compact to do so.
In regard to the plan to make Kansas
Slave State, the Southern States are of one
m,ad and the Gen. Government IS NTH them.
Give the Southern States pretext, and they
will ac' in agreement with that feeling which
now influences them. For these reasons he
could not support the bill as it is. LIST, we
have no constitutional power to pass and car
would inevitably doom all the territories to
slavery.
If Kansas is to become free State, people
who wish to make it so must 60 there, become
of it, and there make il so. The State Of Vt.
can take no steps to do it. If private aid to
those who have gone or who would 90, is
not sufficient he might be willing to vote char
liable aid to relieve necessities for food and
raiment. A question of that sort may admit
Of discussion under some aspects, but at least
it is question within ourselves. Whatever
differences Of opinion there may be about
feeding the hungry ana clothing the naked,
wherever they are, at the public expense,
those differences can be settled without in
any manner affecting our public relations
with the government of the United States.
Mr.. HuNToN said slavery was not intended
to be aggressive when the L, S. Constitution
was formed, but had been, always and always
successful, and always with help from
Northern men, The Southern politicians
were ready to take any ground, and to change
their ground in any way, if by so doing they
could carry their point The Missouri Com
promise was constitutional enough till they
had secured all they were to have by it,
Then it was unconstitutional-and Syudtter
Sovereignty was set up,-When that was
likely to fail them in their scheme to extend
slavery by it, they were ready to abandon it
in its turn. The ballot box had been invaded
In Kansas, armed marauders were at least
countenanced by the United States Govern
ment to oyerpower the voters How are
men to stay there He understood the bill
to mean simply to help sustain people there
with food and clothing. If Kansas cannot
be helped from being made a Slave State by
force, how is Nebraska or any other territory
to be protected from like fate He
thought the question was well stated
by Vermont Senator to them
faw days ago 1t is, how are we TO be kept
from being made slaves ourselves Under
the Southern doctrine that the slave holder
can carry slaves and slavery with him, how
long will it be before he will bring them here'
As general rule the L. S. Government
should protect citizens, and generally 1t has
done it, as in the cases at Algiers, In the
Kosata cause, It was done tpprotect one who
had only given notice of his intention to
become citizen. In Kansas, our own U. S,
Territory, no protection is given. History
does not give case like this, where gov
ernpent has allowed one portion Of its people
to attack and oppress the other Any thing
which shah be done, even to feed and cloths
the suffering, win be cdlled political. II has
4 bearing in that view, and cannot be helped,
NlR. Hr sTos said he did noin like pream-
blesAwouid 90 without this one if he could
have his chaice; he was wiling 10 oyield his
preferences on details in any way, if the