The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-04-19

quarter or source, official or otherwise, such
epthets may come. Neither should they
deter any man from peaceabIy performing
his duty by following his honest convictions. I"
Having said this much in behalf OF the
fright and duty" Of the Missourians to
go TO Kansas an control the elections for
such highly praisc'worthy and com
mendable" object as " the establishment Of
slavery in the Territory, the minority re-
port proceeds in this wise to show that it
was equally praisworthy and commenda
Bile " for the New England Emigrant AID So
cieties 70 send men there to "cOnrol the
elections and prohibit slavery"
/ On the other hand, all those who have seen
and realized the blessings of universal liber-
ty, aud believe that it can only be secured
and promoted by the prohibition OF domes
TIC Slavery, and that the cvcvaton Of honest
/ Industry can never succeed where servitude
makes labor dc rading, should, as in duty
/ bound, put forth all reasonable exertions to
ndvance this great object by lawful means
whenever permitted by their coui try. When,
therefore, Kansas was presented, by law, as
an open field for experiment, and all were
| invited to enter It became the right and duty
of all .uch as desired to go there as inhab.
tants for the purporc, by their numbers and
Their votes lawfully cast from time to time,
TO carry or control in legal way, the elec.
| ton there for this object. This could only
/ be lawfully effected by permanent residence,
aud continued and repeated effort, during
the continuance Of the territorial government
aud permanently remaining there 10 form
] y. n f,.n s,atu f,,tp
! those who entertained the same sentiments,
/ but were not disposed themselves to 20, had
| the right and duty to use all lawful means to
encourage aud promote the object. II the
/ purpose conI! bc best effected by united et-
I lorlS, by voluntary associations or corpora
& tons, OF by State assistance as proposed in
some southern States, it was all equally law.
iu and laudablc This was not the ohicious
. intermcd,ing with the internal affairs of
another nation or State, or the territory Of
/ another people"
/ In these two extracts we have t e position
Of the minority report clearly Identified.
. Fir,t, it was the fright and "duty OF
/ the slaychOlding States to send men to Kan
saS to acquire the night to vote, and thus
control the elections and establish slavery in
the Territory and -" the purpose could be
best Effected by united efforts, by voluntary
associations, or corporations, or State assiS-
tancc, 1t was al! equally lawful aud IsudabIe,' y
Second, 1t was the right and duty Of
the uon-,lavehodIng States to use the same
mean, to send men into Kansas for the pur-
pose Of becoming voters and controlling the
elections aud prohibiting slavery.
THIRD, that each Of these movements on
the part Of the two sections ofihe Onion was
equally lawful and audablr was high.
1 " prHiacwor,h and Icommeudab.c, '- although
. "ruE SATCKAL, AND PERHAPS uNAveIDAELE,
I CuN-rQCESCE oF gHE NArrnE OF THE EHPEW-
NESr WAS TO rgJDtCE VIOLENCE ~ BgNG-
. lNG 1870 DANGERuI, coHTAcI AND Collision
i ISFLAMMABLE ELENESTs
! Thus It appears that this line Of policy is
adopted and defended 81, pral-cWOrthy
aud commend1ble ~ rule Of action, on the sup.
position that its natural, II not unavoidable,
. consequence j. to produce violence j. this
the policy Of the auti.Ncbra,ka men; l.
this the ground upon which my co league
/ Nr. Trumbulll prououncco tho minority re.
port as "mas,erly' production: Was il
y view, Of the p99.it.an that the senator frohr
. Mas,achusett, Slr. summer re,'r',,,,' ,,'...'.-
to is author ior such an admirable docu.
mrnt. and that the senator from New York
Mr.. Seward took upon himself the obliga.
ton to make good al its positions: j. IT
true that the author Of the minority report
Is prepared to defend line Of policy which,
according to his own acI,now .cIgucnt, leads
naturally, aud perhaps unayoi4ab!y, to VIC.
lvncc,
Mr.. Colamcr--l did not ,ay so.
Mr.. Duug!ls-l have .hown that the Ian.
guagc used is susceptible Of no other con
struction. The report defends the night
and asserts the "duty" Of the slayehoIdln-
States to attempt to control the elections anI
establish slavery IN Kansas. 1t a 50 defends
the right and as,cits the "dUty of the
free States to attempt TO control the elections
and prohibit slavery in the same Territory
and then says:
"lI violence has taken place as the natu
raj, and perhaps unavoidable, Const q icnct
Of the nature OF the experiment, bringing in
to dangerous contact and collision iniiamma
bile elements, it was the vice of ml>taker
law, and immediate measures should be taker
by Congress to correct such law
Here is a distinct Acknowledgement tina
violence was the natural, if not unavoidable
consequence of that line ofpolicy marked ou
and pursued by the New England Emgran
Aid Societies, and the counter movement il
the southern States, which those socieue!
; brought into existence by way of antageni>Iu
The fact is admitted, coupled with an eXcus
, which explains the political designs OF TIL
whole movement. II violence results iron
the action of the Emigrant Aid Societies, tn
fault is charged on the Nebraska act, as " tn
voice Of mistaken law What "vice " wa
there in the Nebraska actY The minorlt,
/ report answers the question. Ii turned owe
q. the decision of the slavery question to tn
: inhabitants OF Kansas 1t contained the prin
cipe OF self government, in obedience to Ia
constitution. 1t left the people free to torr
and regulate their domestic institutions II
their own way. This was the vice OF II mis-
taken law 1t banshed the question OF sla
very agitation from the halls o! Con. res
: ana turned It over to the people VINO wcr
Immediately Interested ill., responsible io'
aud had right to control, the decision OF tn
qu stlon. Ii that great punciple OF sci
government which the minority report call
"thc vicc Of a mistaken law, had been pen
United to have fair play in Kansas, as 1t dl
. in Nebraska, there would have been no NOR
' trouble or violence IN the one than in IN
other. In Nebraska, to which the Emigrar
' And Societies did not extend their operations
and where emigration and settlement wei
d, lett to flow in their natural channels, nothin
y has occurred to disturb the peace and qul,
'; of the Territory. There this "vicc of
4. mistaken law produced peace and harmon,
instead Of violence and conflict, as It's matt
a. RAJ, and perhaps unavoidable, consequerc
In Nebraska, where the principle of Sci-go'
y, crnmcnt was permitted to have fair pIa
c un .er the provisions of the same "mistakc
law but where "the expert, nee OF brinI
r ing into dangerous contact and collision II
" amablc clements" the natural, and perhaI
=. unavoidable, consequence OF which was VIZ
cnce, was not deemed "highly pralscwor.i
. aud commendablc where it was not con
!, sidcred right and a" duty" of Il
r. States in the two extreme sections OF Il
4 Union to attempt to control the political de
~ tinies of II distant Territory, and with TIN
:" 70 view to array all the inhabitants into tw
!, great hostile parties, and for peaceab
20 men INTO the ranks Of the one or the 9th,