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

outrage dnu prosecution Win patience. Ie-
turning good for evil. They have suffered
wrongs manifold and Infinitely provoking
without retaliation. When aggression on
one occasion was pushed so soreIy that their
patience tailed. some OF the men said. Owe
cannot bear such wrongs" The reply made
by Pomeroy will become maxim Of Chris
tian men. BE patient your wrongs are
your very strength
When the armed Jay came, and their ad
versaries came out TO consume them them
and only then. they took up arms, and sur
rounded their home with living men, deter
mined not TO attack, but never to surrender.
They stood on free soil. They felt free
hearts beating in their bosoms. Bnt no flag
OF their country waved over their head An
army of the United States, made up mostly
OF aliens, carried the flag of their country O.
yer to the side Of their prosecutors. Yet,
deserted, betrayed, and wronged beyond the
measure of any but heroic patience, they no
bly, redeemed their lives, and, without one
drop of blood split, scattered their foes
Shall the prayers, the help, the sympathy Of
the free men of the North be withheld, while
the buele is sounding through the South. and
men are gathering. and weeks only are left
between this day and that on which battle
shall once more unfold its wings-not again
to be closed until the earth has drank blood
to its fill
! But if, with prompt liberality, we fortiS
those heroic men that are there, the emissa
ries of evil will come up, look, be afraid, and
pass away. False peace will bring certain
war. Arms and courage will inevitably Sc
cur" an unbroken peace.
Once, when England only asserted the
right to taxthe colonies ,heyrrh. He'd and wen.
to war. But now a foreign legislature has
been imposed upon Kansas. That Lrgi<la
ture has legalized slavery against the known
wishes Of nine-tenths of the actual settlers.
Ii has decreed that no man shall enter the
territory who will not take an oath of alleg-
ance to this spurious legislation. 1t has made
it death to give liberty to men escaping from
oppression. Ii has muzz!ed the press. 1t
has forbidden discussion 1t has made free
speech penitcntiarv offense The rights
tor Which the old colonists fought were su-
pcrtitial compared with these. These are
rights which lie at the very heart Of person
al liberty. Indeed there can be no personal
freedom when free speech, free press. a free
canvass ar! discussion are penitent'arv Of
lenses. These are the laws that the Presi-
dent is determined to enforce. Congress is
to he asked money to sustain this GOV ernment
in Kansas; and to pay for an army to cut
the threats OF every free citizen that will no,
yield to this infamv
Already the Senate, controlled BY the
Save interest, arrogantly offers to snatch
from the House its immcmorial right of orig
mating Appropriation Bills. The pretenSy
is to save money. The reason is to gam mon
ev for Kansas butchery. They fear that the
House will not appropriate for such nctari-
Gus abomination as that which broods the
Plains The Senate knows that every dol
lar voted fo- the army and for Kansas. will,
in the hands Of the Administration. BE- bull
let j" the heart Of 4 free settler. The House
ought to Known it too, and act accordingly.
The wLo,- country ought 70 know 4.
New England has given to the land a
President, who is determined that Kansas
shall have Slavery or Blood. His second
proclamation is like the apovalypt;" vision,
"And the second angel sounded, and rs il,
were a great mountain burning with fire
was east into the sea: and the third part of
the sea became blood" So will armed sla
very be cast into Kansas But will not these
rivers of blood dash against the Alleghanics,
and that fire flash along the line between the
North and South ?
Peace in Kansas will be peace everywhere
War there will be var all over the land
Now it can be stopped. But fear will not 70
it. Incidence and presumPtuous PRAYER will
bat hasten the mischief. When tyrahts are
in arms they who cry peace become their
confe.leratcs. MsnI;"c~-, action, courage.
ample preparations for defcnse-w!!! stop
the danger. The Providence that will help
us is that Providence which we help. God
works for those who work for Him. When
lIe answers prayer for harvests, he inspires
men to work: and petitions tor crops and
harvcsts are answered through plows and
spades. And God will answer prayers for
peace, by inspiring men with justice, with
adherence of oppression, by making good.
men bold and active, and bad II en- feeble and
cowarlIy; by stopping the ears of the rom
munity to the counscls Of towards and hvp-
Ocritcs.
Let every man in this awful crisis not fail
to PRAY. Ard that they may pray without
hypocrisy, let them watch and work. How
shall we dare ask God to save US from blood
she'd, when we will not use the means which
he has put INTO our hands? Faith without
works and prayer without works. are dead,
stone dead. Let emiSrants 90 thither bv
hundreds. and pray as they 60? Let them
that have money now pour it out and pray
as they give Let them that have sons in
Kansas send them arms. and pray that they
m Nv have no occasion to use them, but that
.ftl ev must be used, that the son NAV so
:. :,ld hem that the mother be not ashamed
NJ ~. so v whom she bore. Let men that
b.v. ,'uc nee speak out. Let ministers
and Chris, an freemen now, il: ever, speak
aoans, harl,, -is.n. uphold the whole retnue
Of Christian ms, t,:tions! Let those whose
tongue has been b., herto paIsicd by evil adj
yisprs now loosen the tongues and speak
M'wkom wiU the land M,'r counsol' There
have been two sorts of cou. sellers hitherto
One has pointed out for twe,ty years the
nature OF slavery, its tendencies, the hangers
which i! threatened; AMI all the r,'pht'cies
have come true. The other kind of coun'
sellers have predicted peace, dissuaded f.. m
action, urged compromise, and at each re-
luctant step have pro Used the country
peace.
In a single instance have they been right
Events have overthrow every one of their
promises. They have led US down deeper
into trouble at every step. We have been
betrayed by kisses. Excitements have deep
encd Issues have multiplied. Compromis-
rs Lave bred cocsatrces. We are spun o.
yer with webs. We are tangled with soph-
stries We have everything but maniness,
ghtforwardness,c courage anG decisive wis
dom. Our captal is not in ruins. and vet