Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-07-11


table froemon-forbeatin freemen do you
believe in this sudden conversion lsit hon
est; It is true, genuine, heart repentance
or is it only the selfish, cowardly, skin deep
repentance. forced upon tho Tyrants by their
fears Of Fremont g. Dayton, and Of the wrath
Of the people Judge ye. For our part
we hesitate not to say that 1t is spurious re-
pcnance There is indeed confession of
guilt but mark this: THERE IS NO REP
I ARATiONl The Infamous laws Of the
Bogus Legislature are not repealed the real
Kansas Legislature is not recognized; Rob.
inson is not released from the charge Of irea
son; the Border Rufians are not driven from
Kansas; Lawrence is not rebuilt tho print
ing presses are not restored private proper
ty destroyed is not replaced the Topeka
Constitution is not received the will Of the
People Of Kansas, already expressed by a
popular vote. and maintained in spite Of the
hired ruiIians of the Sayocracy, is not re-
spccted No none of these things are DONE
They have once attempted TO cheat Free
dom Of Kansas by trickery. Now they say
let rs hare another game. But won't they
cheat again; We know little Of cards but
we know there are four chief cards Of which
the slayocu,lc blackIegs have all bot one. -
The ace the pcople)is on the right side but
slavery has the King Pierce the Queen lthe
Senate and the jack THE Army VIII
you irust the knayes with such a hand 1t
won't do.
Let two things be remarked, for with OH
the apparent fairness of Douglas bill, there
are two fatal traps init:
l. The President, with the advice of the
Senate. is to appoint the five Commissioner
who are to take the census, and provide for
the election. 10 fnct they are 10 control he
,rioie q6ur--counting whom they will rs ci-
tIzens, and admitting whom they will to vote
Is President Pierce worthy Of this trust -
No! and Douglas and Cass have been the
very first to prove that the people have no
c1nfdonce in him: Tor these gentlemen have
taken care 10 give their pledge o. that he shall
appoint men from different sections Of the
Union, TO represent fairly oil political parties
All Why don't they put the commissioners
IN The bH2 VIII they give US committee
for Freedom If so-lct them put their
names 10 the act. Bur no such thing is TO
be expected, They will give us, probably.
two Republicans, two Shvocrnlic Democrats.
and Dough-hced American In short, a
committee packed for Slavery. We put no
trust in a Pierce-packed committee. Kan as
was soemnly pledged TO Freedom by the
Missouri Compromise. The South pledged
it; Congress pledged it; the Government
pledged 1t; every political party from 1870
to 1852 pledged it. Let that pledge be re-
deemed Let us insist upon tho clear legal,
constitutional, moral right Of Kansas to
Freedom
II. The people who are in Kansas on the
An Of July, and remain there for three months
are to control the question Remember
hundreds Of the free state mon, actual set
tiers, have already been driven ont Of Kan
sas by the Border Rutiians, and hundreds
more have been prevented from going in
Remember again: the 4th Of July is the day
of the meeting of the Topeka Legislature,
and it has already been announced thai thou
sans Of Border Rg6ians hare been enrolled 10
enter Kansas on that day. The 9TH of July
has not been selected without purpose 1t
was anticipated as a day Of triumph to the
Slavocrats.
These two considerations stamp Douglas'
new bill as shnm--as scheme, plausible
on its face, but really designed to consummate
that perfidy to Freedom which originally re-
pealed the Missouri Compromise, and has
since sought to extend and establish Slavery
in Kansas by violence and fraud. As con
elusive proof that this is the real purpose OF
the bill, we give the following extract from a
letter addressed to US bya Vermont Mem
Der of Congress;
House of Representatives,
Washington, July 3, 1856.
"Pheips of Missouri nol0 says that tcdh
Toombs' blu las reported to the senate by
Douglas, knnsas icould BE SURE TO BE A
SLAVE STATE"
Freemen of Vermont put no hope in
slams no trust in Traitors Douglas,
Pierce & Co. shameessly confess their guilt,
but there is no true repentance. They con.
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