Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-07-18

them. or In sdherino TO their enemies.
giving them cid and comfort. No per-
ssn shall be convicted Of treason unless
on testimony Of two Witnesses 20 the
sane overt act, or on confession Ia open
Court"
"The reader sees At once there can be
no treason without an overt act By war,
or In aiding their enemies. No pre-
teucc OF this IL set Up against the mem
brrs OF the Topeka LcRi.Issure. They
were civil body. peafesbIy assembled
for peaceful purposes. No prctence Of
treason, In their ease. can be set up
The President has no thority whutev-
er Cor his orders e. sumner. II IL
naked ael Of despoiism.
nut Is thst al I i Il en- act merely
negative Dune without suihon,y -
Not at an IL Is far more srbitrsry
and uudscioos set than that. II IL a
positive violation of civil rights In q
great and essential feature Of freedom.
The Constitution De :iarc- The right
Of the people peseeably 70 sss emble. TO
keep and bear arsns. and 70 BE- secure In
their persons, houses and cifccts. esch
one OF which provisions have breu NO.
lated by the United States authorities In
Kansas. We have been a. careful 10
present this whole case a. dissIncsly In
the light OF the Law as II Il were a CON-
mon criminal trial. Bat what Il Il In
fact ! It's bold. afro eioos. insxc,,~s-
blc crime against the whole hmesirsn
people. For the fret time IN eli our
history u freedom openly prorcribrd -
For the hrst time are peaceful citizens
seized sud carried before military tf,ku.
nails. For the hr-t time has pesceiul
assembly OF unoiIcndInq men been bro
ken up by military force. Losk 70 II
fellow citizens look 20 u well. You
mnsl defend youf ewn rights fs.E
The following is from the New York
Tribune, comparing the course u ne
Government In the Ksnsns affairs with
Dorr Movement, In Rhode Island.
Acts Of hleh-hsnded tyranny. esoh
moro fsrIlIaus than the proceeding. fol-
law each other Ia such rapid suesessIon
that there IL reason 10 fear that the pub.
Ne sense will be dulied rather than
awakened by them. We propose. there.
fore. TO consider THE Last act Of dcspoi.
lam 70 the light o. the only parallel
which our history siIords. .'f
The mira nehIsed portion OF she PEG.
pie Of Rhode Island. under her old ifee-
hold charter, tired OF waiting lof re-
lInquishment 81 their exclusive pvivI.
leges by the fresholders. q I~ns,h srt
on foot IN 1910 q movement whIeh raI-
minated IN the DIR Constitutes and
Government Of iss9. 30 Car ss irrsllty
Formally. "law and order" are concern
ed. the Dorr Movement msy be said BY
an emmy ~ have stood exactly on q
par with the Ffee.Slaie movement IN
Ksnsasi but there was THE Wide tiI<r-
enco IN the esses--,he Dor Movement
was In opphsliion 20 a legal and hing.
established oovernms nt--ops hose
past legitimacy wss not and could not
be disputed while the Ffee.kis
Movement cnnfronis plotted. Gigantic.
audaeious and now demonstrated fraud
namely, the election Of q TerfisWIsi
LegIsiaturr for Ksnsss by Ml-suurl vosrs
and bowle.knlves on the 3o,h oi March.
1855. The Kansas case differs from
the Rhode Island case sn This vital point
that. whereas the ee.Sufrsgs men
Of Rhode Islsna endesvored % correct
nm anomoly and Inequality affecting he
Right Of suffrage by igoonnr srd fup-
planting the existing and IepslIy,Fecor-
nlxed Government, the Free. State men
IN Kansas had no valid Internal sovefn-
ment of the Territory TO oppose. but
only fragrant. swIndlIng. palpsbIe I'M
posture.
Well, NJ. Derr took the oath a. Gov
erpor. bic Legislature was organized.
his Message delivered. acts passed. a
Militia force embodied, &c, s--ev~ry-
thing that the Ffee-State men o. Kan.
sss bsve ever attempted 10 do. and great
deal more. Yet no bloody ~Algerinr''
ventured TO Interfere with augbi. OF this
-presiden, Tyler ORDER d out no troops
10 suppress II. Not until the Dorr Gov
ernmenrt threw itself into direct and
positive collision with that u sought 20
supplant. by attempting 10 take posses-
sion OF the public property snd NUM-
tons. foFeibly dispossessibg those who
held for the Charter Government. did
any one dream Of resisting Dorrisni BY
iorce OF arms.
Compare this with the state OF things
now presented in Kansas, where the
simple meeting Of persons claiming 20
be State Legislature Il suppressed BY
Federal csunon and sabers-by orders
rom the War Department at Washing
ton, enforced by five companies OF d,a-
yoons. The right Of peaceably Assem-.
bling to petition FOR = redress Of griev-
ances is thus .virtuslly eleven down
The Free-State men OF RsnssA, their
presses all "crushed cut" BY Border.
Ruhsn violence. are now prevented
from making their wrongs known TO
their Eastern brethren In any sutnen
manner. What will be the next step