Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-04-18
FRIDAY, APRIL ls, 1856.

ul' rupfrNsion OF Congress, lmonninr the
House Of Representatives, and would have
been determined before conflicting passions
had been inaamed by time, and before an op-
poriunliy would have been shorded for sys-
tematlc Interference by the people of ind-
vidua States" Could the President, in any
explicit arrangement Of words, more dis
uuclly have confessed his disappointment in
lalllng 70 secure a merely formal election Of
Legislative bodies within tho Territory, in
fraud of The organic law, Of the people Of
Kansas md tho cause Of natural Justice and
humanity
The President then proceeds TO launch se-
we're denuncailons against what he calls
propagandlst attempt to colonlze the Terri
tory with the opponents Of Slavery. The
whole American Continent has been under
going process Of colonization, in many
forms, throughout period Of three hundred
and hily years. The only common element
Of all hose forms was propagandism. Were
not The voyages of Columbus propaqandist
expeditions, under the auspices Of the Pope
OF Rome Was not the wide occupation Of
Spanish America propagandism Of the Cath
olic Church The settlement Of Massa-
UhHsetis by the PILGRIMS Of the New Meth
erands hy the Reiormers of Holland the
liter plantation Of the Mohawk valley bv the
Palatlnes the establishment of Penpsylva-
mia by the Friends the Mission Of the Mo-
ravIans at Bethlehem, in the same State the
foundation of Maryland by Lord Baltimore
and his colony Of British Catholics; the set
uement of jamestown by the Cavaliers and
Churcbmen of England that of South Chr
o'na by the llugenots Were not all these
propagundst coloulzations Was not Tex
as settled by colony Of shareholders. and
Caiiorn1 by companies Of freemenY Yet
never before did any Prince, King, Emperor,
or President denouuce such cOlonizations. .-
Does any law Of nature or nations forbid
them Does any public authority quaran-
tine, on the ground Of opinion, the ships
which are continually pouring into the gates
OF New York whole religious societies from
Ireland Wales. Germany, aud Norway, with
their pastors, and clerks, and choirs
But the President charges that the prom
gaudlsts entered Kansas witlra design TO
"anicipate and force the determination of
the Slavery question within the Terrrorv,n
goa favor of Freedom forgetting, neveuhe-
less that Dee has only Just before deplored
Ainre OF his own 10 anticipate and favor the
determination ot that question in favor Of
S.a5ery, by couD-ds maiu iu advance even
of their departure from their homes 10 the
Atlantic states and in Europe Tie charges.
moreover, that the propagandsls designed to
prevent The free and natural action of the
inhabitants In The intended organization Of
the erutory," when, IN fact they were pur-
suing the only free and natural course to Or
gonlzs It by lmmigraung and becoming per
Wanent inhabitants, citizens, and electors of
Kansas. Not one unlawful or turbulent act
has been hitherto charged against any one
of lhe propagandIsts OF Freedom. Marx.
now, 40 extraordinary inconsistency of the
President On the 2Jih of June, 1854. only
tweniy-nlne days after the opening Of the
Territory, and before one of these emirranis
had reached Kansas, or even Missouri.
pnpagandlst asspctntlon, but not of eml.
grants, named the Platte County SelfDe.
iensye Association, assembled at Weston.
on the western border of Missouri, in the
interest Of Slavery and it published, through
tn organ OF the President of the United
States at that place, a resolution, that "when
called upon by any citizen Of Kansas, It's
ness TO assist 10 removing any and an emi-
grants who should 60 there under the aid
Of Northern Euigant Societies" This as
sociauon aiterward often made i,ood It's afro
cious threats, by violence against the prom
eriy, peace and lives, of unofendinp citizens
OF Kansas. But the President of the United
States, so far from denouncing It, does not
even note ms existence.
The majority Of the Committee on Terri
tories ingenious'y elaborate the Presidents
charge, and arraign Massachusetts, her Emi.
grant And Society, and her emigrants.-
.censnrcs Reforc ,bo t,,s., -, "o'.uy oI
,.os ,,ssoi M, - 49,. ", Eu",c III"
oonl,c,tio, ,,r,,,,o, -, c ou
Win vor, e,o.,,,a -, ..,.i.. Nv, o'g'AeIS'
lands i'm Wes,sr,,' go. aae','s @',' "P ne"
man charters vb,.b oI' h ~ 'ii''e COM
lions indns,r;,i ',a-.I 80 80 ~ o,' ussocl',
re,rions noy.o.doys ins,a,i 9','o'''.''o, ~ ulu
ships. for the more convenient transaction oc
thair fsc,I ,fI,,rs M .,,.,.i -.11 ~
'N" uiN'9 Ht bCtut chpltal Is
some c"uuuu. Neither The granting of the
e"'l 'l'ei' not any 'egusiatlNe action OF the as
socla'loh uhder II, was morally wrong. To
emlgfate from one State or Territory singly,
orin company with others, without incorpor-
auon bY statute, Is right Of every citizen
OF the United States, as II is right Of every
freeman in the word. The State that de-.
f-'N 20 y fAffHl lht ouultti 10
whom II is denied is a slave. Such free emf
grafton is the chief element Of American
progress aud civilization. Without It there
could be no community, no political Terrific
ry no state IN Kansas Without 1t there
could have been no United States Of Ameri-
ca. To retain and carry into Kansas cher
lshed political as well as moral, social and
religious convictions, is right Of every em-
grant. Must the em,grants to that Terrific
~ carry there only their persons, and leave
behind their minds and souls, dlscmbodled
and wandering m their native lands They
only are 1T founders Of "A State who exercise
independence of opinioni and it is to the
exercise of that right that our new States,
equally with all the older ones, owe their
Intelligence and yigOr,
"Tbere are. wbo. di.,,o, f,,o ,t.i, ,,,iy. .ou
suli fof their own aud coun,r,'. gl,ry toll;
M9'ls " som SOM, i'' 'oo,sd to .nelf parent SPOT
s '' |
,' ".' mo'',y wr9nq Tor MASSACHUSETTS,