Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-06-24

The Vaccinations OF party, and the low level OF
vulgar strife. Itmust turn from that Slave Oli-l
garchy which now controls the Republic, and
refuse to be its tool Let its powe- be stretched
forth towards this distant Territory, not to bind,
but to unbind; not for the oppression Of the
weak, but for the subyersion of the tyrannical;
not for the prob and maintenance Of a revolving
Usurpation, but for the confirmation of Liberty.
These are imperial arts, and worthy thee!
Lei IL now take It's stand between ths living
and dead, and cause this plague 10 be stayed.
All this !, can do; and II The interests Of Sla.
very did not oppose. all this il would do al
once. in reyeren, regard for justice, law, and
order, driving far away oil the alarms Of
war; nor would Il dare 10 brave The shame
and punisbmen, Of the Great Refusal. Blu,
the Slave Power dares anything; and ], can
be conquered only BY the united masses of
The People. From Congress 10 the People
appeal.
Already Public Opinion gathers unwonted
forces TO s:ourge the aggtessors. In the
press, in daily conversation, whenever two
or three are gathered together, there the in.
dpnant u,,erance finds vent. And trade,
by unerring indications, altesls the growing
energy. Public credit in Missouri droops.
The six per cents Of that State. which at par
should be 1O2, have sunk to 844-lhus al
orce completing the evidence Of Crime, and
anesling lis Punishment. Business is now
iui ming from The Assassins ard Thugs, thar
linfes, ihe Missouri River ON the way 20 Kan
! sas, 10 seek scme safer avenue. And this,
Though not unimpor,an. in itself, is typical
or greater changes. The poliiica. credi, Of
the men who uphold the Usurpa.ion, droops
even more than the stocks, aud the People
are turning from all those through whom the
Assassins and Thugs have derived their dis.
graceful immunity.
Ii was said Of old, "Cursed be he that
removeth his nsignbor's Landmark. And
all The people shalt say Amen. ~ Deut.
XVII, ny Cursed, ii is said. In the city,
and in the field; cursed in basket and store;
cursed when thou comes. in, and cursed
when thou goest out. These are terrible
imprec a,ions; but il ever any Landmark
were sacred, IL was that bv which an i'm
mense territory was guarded forever against
Slavery; and if ever such imprecalons could
' justly descend upon any one. they must de.
scend now upon all who, not con,ent with
! the removal Of this sacred Landmark, have
since. with criminal completely, foslered the
2 incursons Of the great Wrong against which
i, was intended 10 guard. But utter nc
! imprecalions. These are not my words
! nor ia il my part 10 add TO or subWac, from
them. But thanks be to God! they find I
5 response In the hearts of an aroused People
making them turn from every man, whe,he
!. President, or Senator, or Representative
= who has been engaged in this Crimc-espe
!. cially from those who, Graded in free ns,i
I ,u,ions, are without the apology OF educa
" ion or social -prejudice-un,il Of all sucl
= those other words Of the prophet shall b
y fulfllsd-"I will Sc. nv face against ,ha
n man. and make him sign and provert
l. and will cut him off from the mids, Of m
le people. e."--( Ezekiel XIV. 8.) Turning thu
m from the authors Of this Crime, the Peopl
- will units once more with The Fathers Of In
ty Republic, in just condemnation Of SLAYER
l. --de,crmined especially thar il should fin
d; no hame in the National Terriiories--whiI
~ lhe Slave Power, in which the Crime had il
,e beginning, md by which il is now sustained
Ie will be swep, into the charnel-house Of dc
e funct Tyrnnnies.
10 In this contest, Kansas bravely stand
forth The STRIPPING leader. clad in the pant
i'll ply OF American institutions. In calml
\ meeting and adopting fraIhe of Cover
y. !. ment, her people have with ihlui,ive prom
e, ,ilude perlofmed the duties Of lrsemeh, an
les when consider the difficulties By w6ic
e, she was beset, | find dignity in her aliilud
%. Os In offering herself for admission inlo II
~ Union as Free Slale, she presents q sing
gh issue for the people 10 decide. And sine
: the Slave Power now stakes on this issue O
by It's ill.goiien supremacy. the People, viii
no no vindicaling Kansas, will at The same lin
n overthrow this Tyranny. Thus does u
10, contest which she now begins involve n
of only Liberty for herself, burfor the who
gs;; country. God he praised, that she did n
'a, on bend ignobly beneath the yoke! Far avs
,e, on The prairies, she is how battling for II
le- Liberiy Of oil against the President, wi
=, misrepresents ALL Everywhere amor
ny those WHO are no, insonsible 10 Right, Il
lto generous struggle meets agenerous respons
Of From innurnetuble throbbing hearts 60 for
be The very words Of encouragement, which,
n I'm The sorrowful days Of bur Fathers, were Sc
emc- co. by Virginia, speaking by the pen Of Richa
to Henry Lee, to Massachusetts in the persC
The OF her popular tribute, Samuel Adams;
"CHANrIILY, VA, June %, 1174
ap- ri hope the good people of Boston will not lc
no. their spirits, under their present heavy oppr,
OF sion, for they will certainly be supported by
M other Colonies; and the cause for which th
Jan suffer is so glorious and so deeply interesting
ion the present and future generations, that
On America will owe, in great measure, their ?
en- litica salvation to the present virtue of Mass
i've chusetts Bay."---( american Archives, 4th seri
ely Vol. /. p. 446.y--
ter ter In all this sympathy there is sirengl
,p- But in the cause itself there is angelic pow
Unseen Of men, the great spirits Of His.o
her comba, by the side Of the people Of Kans,
en- breathing divine courage. Above all 10
ovs ovs ers The majestic form Of Washington on
the more, as on the bloody field, bidding the
ngs 10 remember those rights Of Human Naiu
OF for which The War ol Independence "
inc inc waged. Such cause, thus sustained, 10
rs' vincible.
rial The contest. which, beginning In Kans
Je ~ has reached US, will soon be iransfefI
i've from Congress 70 broader sage, where
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