The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-03

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These as npsrial axts and worthy thssi
lst Il NV take it's stand between tho LIVING :aa ossd
God this plague e b s so M % a.
ana sns nee in rsvsrsat regard justice, law and
Would 60 e sr awsy ali tn. alarms Of war; would
Gaze 70 srsss .lave power dsres anything and II csn
tuas. ~. the. ny the united messes Of the people
From coDsrs people, stn sPPea sro.. q
MMssoy puUns opn' 'nths press in oaly converse
on ShsIs,ss two or three are s.h'1sd sOg:hsr there
the indignant utteranes ands 1,ovinU snsrc
.sI eS e Ssn Ssoops Tns cents that STAT
which ct paz should be lo2, have unA ..t T.,
Business 4 nss S,
sins and Thags that niest the Missouri h n tS.r
to Kansss, 70 seek some safer avenue AM shaDSsa
The political credit Of tbs men who uphold thu
tion dioops than the stocks; and the
and Thugs have derived their dsgracetu immunity,
II was said Of old "Carsed be he that removeth his
Amen" (Dsut. xvii, Us Corsed It il said, In "a
city and In the 6sld cursed In basket and store cursed
when theu contest n and cursed when thou goest out
mark was sacred that BY which an immense terri
tory was guarded forever against slavery; and II ever
such impCecstons could justly descend upon any one,
they must descend pom all who, not content with
the removal OF this sacred axdmark have since, with
criminal mpciy ostered the incursOns Of the great
utter no imp. scations These are -, my words nor
is 1t my part to add or subtract from them. But
thanks he 10 God they find in the hearts OF
aroused people mskirg them turn from every Nan,
whether Prof. ident Senator or Represent ives vno
olada ia institutions are 18th ,ut the apology
education sccsi prejodic--unli al sueh hose
WY faee q ain St ,ha, m.n, and MIN sligo and
proverb, snd siii out him oil from tbs m DIST OF my
thors f,ha e,me the psops viii uass O. CO m,rs wit,
their fathers Ct tie republic in ist condemnation OF
savsry-dete 70 ned especially thai Il seal ind no home
10 ,he national TeTftcres-wnii5 the save wsr, in
which the crie hat lis beginning shd by which l. is
SUSTAINED, viii be ssep. into the catalogue of de-
In this col ,est Xansss b-svey stands torth-ths
stripping leadsc clad IN the psnopy OF Aoisricn insti
tutions 10 o,'y m,eng and sa, i nans o.
performed the duties OF freemen: and whea consider
the difficulties by which she beset fcd dignity In
Union Fee state she presents airgle issue for the
people to decide And since the slave power now stakes
~he Ksn.a vii st tns SAM. time over
throw this tyranny Thus does the contest which she
sv not only ss % ,s,s s s
did not bend gnebly beneath the yoke Far away on
the praties chs is battling for the liberty Of all
against the President, who misrepresents all Every
where among those who not insensibe to light the
generous struggle meets generous response From iu
Vulnerable thrsbbiDg hearts go forth the very words Of
fsthers sent by Virginia. speskipg by the pen Of
Richard Henry Lee to Massachusetts,, in the person OF
CHANTuLy (va) June q l773.
Ihops the people OF Boston wi not ooae their spirit.
under their heavy oppresson for thoy will certainly
be BY the ether Cooes and the ,ause for which
ne, so.,o; sod deeply @ TO The pre-
great measure hs political salvation to the ent virtue Of
Massachusetts Archives 4h sees vol! l. p lac.
In all this sympathy there il strength. But In the
cause Itself There "a angelic power Unseen OF men, the
great spit Of history combat by tbs eide OF the psopls
Of Kansas breathing divine courage. Above all towers
the majestic form Of Washington oncs more, as on the
bloody field bidding them to remember those rights OF
human nature for which the War Of Independence was
waged. Such . cause thus sustained, Ia iavinoble.
The contest which, beginning In Kansas, has reached
ps, win be Transferred from Congress to brosder
stage, whore every citizen will be not only spectator,
but actor; and to their Judgment confidently appeal
Tothe people the Of exercising the electoral
franchise, In choosing Chief Magistrate Of the republic,
appeal to vindcae the electoral franchise In Kansas.
LIST be ballet box ofths Union with mutt udnous might
protect the ballot box in that Territory Let the voters
rywhefe while rejoicing In their rights help TO
guard the equal rights Of distant 'ellov- ci:izsns
shat the shtinss Of popular institutions, now
tesscratsd, may be sanctlfsd anew; that the
ballot box now piunde-ed, may be rssored and that
the cry, 81 am an American CITIZEN may not be
set forth IN vain against outrage every kind 10 just
regard for free labor In that Territory w1ch it is sought
to blast by upwelcome association with slave labor In
Christian sympathy with the slave whom 1T Is proposed
TO tank and settle there in stern condemnation Of the
crime which las contaminated on that bes udful soil 10
>,ue Of fellow citizens, subjugated to yrsnncA
whose now ignob in the name
d the consultation, whichhas boon rsgedof the Ia
trappled do xn-of justice banshed-of humanity de
grsded-of peace destroyed--of freedom crushed t.
earth and r the Of the Heavenly Father whose
service u perfect freedom make this last appeal.