The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-03-01

pd 1T; ty the desires of the North and by
thc mos: solemn ag:errirnss CT the South.
Whrn th- DAY ra.nr n, freedom TO take 1t.
tie Scn'h ',:okr Down rs trrarherouS promi-
SIS. Opened the aa,rs, and let form lis ch'i-
dr"n 10 rnlvr the race against liberty yet.
vo'cr,ty A..larirr thu, the one which took
.,os,es>,on Gr.t. >hon.d hold and control IL.
Free settlers took it, Slavery Jagged behind
and lost it.
Seeing itself ,!clratcd in this nefarious
scheme the South, trtur|I"rous again, pour
I'll armed mer acro>, her border to plant by
violenr. legislature there, and the corrced
and fraudulent legislature dared to lcgaiize
slavery. 10 defend it AGAINST even discussion
by binding law around every free throat
ike hal.er Lest il he thought that we
rxaegrrate. W. give two sections OF the laws
OF this pseudo legislature.
Sc. II. ii any person print. write Introduce
to. pu'ili, circunte. cause to be brought m
e., ,.il., ri..cn published Or circulated. Or shall
knowingly ri asst in bringing into, printing.
publishing ~ circulating within tins Territory, any
boob. paper pam het magazine hanGtlll. or en-
cUar ';;;.irg INV ,.c!nr'it- arguments opln
o,i-. ~t,tlfu-Ii Doctrine. advice i:,,irlIo. cacu
ga. ,,:.:,e roi. HnoAg he slaves III thi- Territory
r 70 ,urr such slaves 70 e-cape from tht service
y! their .-er, IT, resist tier: authority. he shall
be guilty OF tcu@v. ard ,e punished by lnpri>on-
ut,,u. hart i'o. !or terri. not les than five years
SEC. T. II a,!y free person. by speaking or wrl-
ting. as-':r maintain that persons have not the
right tn ho!! -.ve- in This Territory. shall intro
iuce into this Territory. rrimt publish. write crru
la,e or c:,,i>.. be intro uce in this Territory.
L. I, ! Il
r-rrito. NV No,i I1I"r. III ,eazjnc. pamphlet or
crculnr Containing any denial Of hc right of per-
SON. 10 io!i 81 w. in las Territory. such person
snail H.. deemed gu!ty Of felony. and punished by
iinur- ii,.ieiii 1T hard labor M Of n"t less
than tvo trsg>.
I, wa, 10 such laws ti,a, armed scOundrels
OF Missouri >w"rc that the free settlers OF
Kansas should submit. Northern men. taught
TO think. to read. to discuss. to make the COM
mere. OF opinions free a. the air that sur
rounded them though in an immense ma jori-
ty, wer. required by piriful crew OF wretch
rs thru,. over the border Of the State for a
mere purpose OF violence. 10 accept these
laws thar outrage every institution OF the
land and rve,v historic anter dent OF our
country. or be cut down and shot. 1t was
thought perhaps that these sturdy settlers
could BE made 10 throw up the undigestr'l
milk OF liberty as easily as they DO WHO dis
grace New England in the chief places Of
government At washington. But the men
OF Kansas were men Of stomach. They had
dr., sted every crun5 OF liberty. 1t had zone
into t,ci" blood and Lones 1t had fashion
r,i their hc;. IT and conscience. 1t had made
,u.r and Chr;. tiaiS Ct them.
When the iii . thtrtd rabhIe drew near
to Lawrence, threat, wing to razc it to thu
ground unless they wo'ld yield up every
sentiment Of honor and fall down before Sa-
tan aud Worship him. the men OF Lawrence
raised their dc.en>cs. took their arms, deter
mined to beat III v,lrnre bv 1rrre.
That courage saved them. The rifle
brought peace. HUI they been "m"d.
had they been pnsIlanimrus. had they h~i
such Christians As irt..si the North. who JUS
tifv arms tl- ,,ran's hut inveigh against SELF
defense o.. the SIDE Of freedom, We should
have had \ riou,trouS tragedy of violence
ard J.ool.
III" storm was held back hut not dispcrs-
cd. The sam- men are still in Kansas, face
TO fave. The same ruthless assault from the
South will be rewarded. The same manly
breasts will meet he war. Already we hear
the mu,,rrin. in the clouds of those thunder
voices which will vet roll over the praries
and rrverberate along the AltghancS There
j, but little time, bu. little may save us from
civil war. II is spark now. \ foot may
tread it out But il it kinlles, it will sweep
the praries in sheets of flame The foot
that should tread it out was bred among the
New Hampshire hills. But the shallow Of
the government, black rs midnight, falls up
on Free State men: its Iurid smile is with
thu a"crr--nr When God stood among the
oppressed. Egypt was dark and Goshen was
light In our dav, Rulers east the blaze of
full favor unon Egypt. and the scorn and
blackncss If heir wrath upon the land of
Goshen.
Who ,her are those armed men that al
ready confront rWh other and between whom
this whole land is called TO decide? How
have ili.y come into this Territory, and what
are ieir erran,i> On the one side are
tn. representatives OF civilization. on the
other of ba .!trism. On the one side stand
mpn o! liberty. Christianity. industry. arts
and of universe prosperity: and the other
are the Wa. and rr:nc III ,ieril!S Of worn
out S.a.e State ~'''tion-;nen whose ideas
OF society aud ,ivi.zo ';on are comprised III
the terms. rifle, Ii,r>e, hound, slave
toll acco and whisky: !. y nd these there is
nothin. hut all annual III roaF'ous camp
meeting. where tl:ev get jus: NOUN rciS'
;on to enable :!,n, TO find out tina Bible JUS
titles all the imnle ,>urabie vices al wrongs
OF slavery. The Freq 81 lie men e. "n' MIN
..r with books. with new-oa,.erS, with 'Eee
Soho rs, with Lyceums. with Churches, al.d
the whole re.in,e Of bcn.t.cnt Institute Il,
OF Christian civilization.
The Slave Safe men came without books,
without enough education to read if they
hal them, without schools or wish for them.
They ,onc with statutes framed for making
free though. SIN. Tree speech i penitentia-
~ Ctitn,e, a free press punishable with death
iii, in the least loosen. the tonds G; oppres-
SION.
Til. men Of the Nortl, come with rare in
dustry: with mechanic arts, with all ,nprov-
I'd implements Of hus'andrv. They build
town: they found cities; they convert
wilderness to a garden, and will transmit to
comm" generations al Inheritance such as
Old En!, md -,ucL as New Enyisrl never
saw.
IT,, men oftl.c South. reared where labor
was di>urace, a"e without mechanic arts,
without habits OF industry. without organic
inc tendencies. without the creative force
which builds up new societies. They come
to curse the land with a system OF hushandry
which the earth drrr>t> well it may for the
100, OF the slave burns th" s}il like fire. it's
The agriculture Of exhaustion. Iii the hus-
taniry fimpover;>hment. |: the South in
oculatrs the State with her iepro>y, til" plains
of Kansas are iairer and richer to-day as
"A WILDERNESS than they ever will be again.
For slavery rob> frs; the slave and then the