The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-14

direct feeling aud regulate duty; and from
ten thousand lips is whispered the cad tale
=" The Aag which has given its stainless folds
to the breeze for a century from old Faneull
Hall, now trails in the dust: in the halls OF
the national Capitol senator from the COM
monwealth Of Massachusetts has been struck
down, and the deed justified and upheld by
sister state" The people Of Massachusetts,
will 90 on no futile crusade against South
Carolina; beittlc themselves by no infuriated
resolves and useless threats Yet that spirit
which recoled like the spring OF tiger upon
English oppression when it could be borne
no longer. rolled her tea into the Atlantic,
scattered her forces to the wind, raised the
banner of "cqual rights" and whetted the
sword on plymouth Rock, is now awake. and
the utterance ofits moral power will be felt
far beyond the bowie knife, the budyeon and
the pistol and oe felt and m.,lersiood to. |
have never before seen feeling SO deeply mo-
we'd The scholar. the divine, the artizan,
the merchant, all have one common theme
: the overwhelming sense of insult received.
: And what will the North do now? How
is public sentiment to be quoted, and what
are the results it is to work? Will its full
expression be brought to bear in Congress
and in claiming its just delegated rights, or
will II be crippled -trittcred away in divided
an! Inefficient unOrganized effort, and so lost
for another four years? Your readers breath
Gree" Mo""tai" air, and r-m mt,cr still Old
Ethan aud the time when Meir free Kansas
WAS invaded by border ruff ans, heu Brown
shot-the" citizens t:rac ,ed TO prison, and
Mcir lands claimed. Is fhnf fire dix. in their
hearts now: And how do their pulses bea,
as the smoke of burning Lawrence comes in
on the western breeze AN! The news of a New
England Senator writing under the lash of
Brooks? know they will equally feel the
dshcnor and blush for the land they onc,
were proud to horror. And vet. are there not
some who proclaim Tor popular sovereignty ?
Why then were not the rutiians driven ont.
the elections made pure, majoritcs suffered
to rule. and the rights of citizenship respect
ed? That doctrine then would have a force
and It's uphoi'iers have the aIYru'nre Of
honesty, and Justice been done to North and
South. DO they say &hv interfere with
State Institutions, why NEEDLE with their
rights How have we Done it In al
hitting Texas, in making a fugitive slave
law. in repeating the Missouri Compromise
DO thew saw. "therc is South as we'll As
North Has not the time come when it
would he proper to reply that there is a
.Nmth as we'll as 4 South Inrver heard
that fact minated in NV life learned 1t
in Geography several wears ago, but have
since thought it pleasant fable of Peter
Farley. Bat claim for Vermont purcr blood
and a t,ir,r brow This moment She is.
with al, the freshness and yigor of her stron,
and oak like growth. ndicnant at the wrongs
she has received, and will lift up her stron.
right arm in favor of Justice and right and
freedom to thr Il. H.rl,u', as well As hearty
and cheerful obedience to the Constitution
and the Pcrpctuty OF the Union.
To tte citizens Of Boston the case comes
with peculiar force because of the personal
relations she >u>tain>. As we'll as national AMI
POLITICAL Her citizen, have been shot IN
cold bIool while honestly and faithfully en-
.ayed IN teaching in krntu XIV. They have
been incarcrratcd in south Carolina and
could not be restored upon any terms One
died in prison in MARYLAND whom the Gov
ernor refused to pardon on his DIVING bed. -
But all OF these were indi, dual cases, and
although life was not less dear aud night les.
sacred, they were borne. and friends weep.
UNDECIDED for the crushed and fallen. But
when the fugitive sIavr law was passed.
and the rendition OF Burns demanded, and
her sons shot down like dogs for daring TO i,
a generous deed, horc >irkcred awhile AMI
desptircd. Then the Kansas bill was pass
ed, the Missouri, Compromise repealed aud
the voice Of her three thousand clergy pub
llclv and in>ul'in.v rcnukcrl AMI now,
during this Anniversary week. when those
same three thousand clergy are gathered
with the good aud the true from all New
England. comes the sckenin. news that
Lawrence is in ashes and Sumner bleeding
on the floor OF Tie Senate rs when Caesar
fell, the pillars OF the Capitol reel and trcm-
BILE. ask, what shall We the issue? G..
The House of Representatives OF Connect
lieut., on Wednesday, honorcd itself hv elect
ing James Dixon of Hartford, L. s senator.
to succeed doushface Tonccy after March
4. Mr. Dixon was the candidate of the A.
mcrIcan party, but is thoroughly an anti-sla-
very man. lie was elected toy the aid of Re-
publican votes. The vote stood III for Dix
on, lol for Touccy,7 scattering.
Verify, Touccy has had his reward
AID FOR KANsAs.-The Worcester Spy
says that a wealthy citizen of that County
has offered to give $40 900 in aid of anv we'll
matured plan for sending into Kansas large
body of Free State settlers
In this connection the Chronicle remarks