Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-12-18
in authority "They will neither enter the
kingdom nor suffer others that ore entering to

.Iese Si our ceuntrymen Ia another state or Ter
tterg, when assistance is denied them there,
Is prepesterous idea, worthy of a barbarous
age do not believe for one moment, that
were any number of the people of Vermont, to
go even into slave holding Georgia, and become
destitute Tor the common necessaries of life,
that any Consttxtionatebstacle would prevent
US from going there with food and clothing and
In relieving them. The common bend of broth.
erhood would prompt us to do this, and nature
would cry aloud against any interference by
the State Or Federal Government.
Our citizens in Kansas are not protected in
the enjoyment of life, liberty, and the pursuit
OF happiness. Congress failed to make all
necessary rules, and regulations for that terri
tory, as the Consttu ton of the United States
declares they shall do. To whom ahgn can they
look for protection If Vermont fails them
now all is gone, and Slavery will reign trium-
plant in that beautiful land!
But many scofers contend that there is but
little, if any suffering in Kansas. What says
Gov Geary in recent official despatch to the
Government Says he--"The country as orer-
run seith hundreds ,cho are unable to obtain en-
ployment, ,cho Ire upon charity and ,oho are
exposed To priratioRs and odntS''
Says Mr.. Brown in recent letter to Pres-
dent Pierce, describing the stateof things at
Ossawattome, K T. a'few months ago-'The
people'lived in harmony; they were enterpri-
sing, improving their farms, planting crops to
the extent'in some instances, OF one hundred
acres We had built a S. COL house, which
was also to serve as a temporary place of reli-
gious worship. Preparations were on foot for
the erection OF two churches various buildings
land improvements were commenced We had
passed the first rough work OF a pioneer life.
we had all shaken with Ague we had all
gr0aned under the burning fever. We
had passed through winter severe beyond
precedent. The bright spring opened upon us
We"were echeered The sun shone as brightly
rs ever and iVernai showers came, and gave
promise of IL fruitful season. We began to
plant our.crops, but rumvrs of attack from the
people ofanother State alarmed us. But little
could be done, and yet all were diligently at
work to provide for those whom God had made
dependent upon them. And while thus on:
people were busy in their fields, on the 9th day
OF June last, an armed company Of about one
hundred llorsemen, many of them known resi-
dents OF Missouri, visit our town, make several
OF our people prisoners, sack and rob all our
dwellings of their valuables, set several build
ings on fire, steal eighteen horses, threaten and
assault our citizens, and retire with threat
that at future time they would return and
destroy the town. The people are in terror,
sleepingiin the woods and in constant fear of
their lives
August 80, early in the morning, Gen. Reid,
from Missouri, with an army variousy estima-
ted at-250 to 400 armed men march upon the
town, having previously murdered, one mile be-
fore reaching the place. Mr.. Brown and Mr..
Garrison, and left Mr.. Cutler for dead
After numbering others, he says, "'rhey then
sack and burn the town leaving only twelve
buildings. Women fee from their beds in
their night clothes, with children under their
arms The sick crawl as best they can into the
woods-the murdered Powers was ore of them. >
And again he says, ''Terror stricken, the
people flee from the country. Cut off from sup
plies by the borderers sworn to accomplish our
destruction, we have been compelled to get cat
OF the territory where no protection of life or
property is enjoyed, to the protection of tho
States. We arc robbed Of our all and more
We are hunted az the roe upon the mountain"
"We are to day thrown upon the cold char
. ity of the world, ruined. Ours is far from be-
ing solitary case; we personally know Of
hundreds who have been similarly outraged
IRE over 100 families have had to ace from the Os-
-sawattonie section, impoverished robbed, hou-
ses burned and utterly ruined
All this, MIR. Brown says, was cone as he had
reason to believe, by the orders OF Secretary
Woodson, end Franklin Pierce. day of reck
onlng will come to these tyrants, and woe he
to them when that day shall oyertake them.
can say in all sincerity with Cowper;
"Ay ear is rained,
My soul Is sick with every days report,
ofwrons and outrage with which the Garth is filed"
MIR. President, will give one more extract
from letter written by Yirginan to Ric:-
inond paper, Of recent date and close this part
OF my subject. ! do it to show that the troub
les in that i'll atod territory have not ceased He
says: 1.-THE settlers in Kansas are from almost
every STATEN the centederacy, but chiefly from
she Free States the rest are mostly Missouri
ans. 1t is doubtless known to you that the
Missourians have made repeated invasions into
Kansas, When the elections came off, 1.-THE
first one particalar,) hundreds of wagons, load
Cd with provisions, arms Of every ealibre and
t1l.lme and ammunition and barrels of whiskev,
were driven to within half mile of the polls.
There the invaders encamped land such shouting,
swearing, drinking, firing. haloong. roaring,
damning &c. this world never saw before
Next morning they marched TO the polls and
gave Democratic vote. Alter voting, they
returned to their camp, renewed their bacchan-
allan orgies, and the next day crossed over to
Missouri. Thisis as true as any record in the
United States 1t would require many sheets
OF l0olscap to contain u 1.-THE oil the barbarities
robberies and murders that have been commit
ted in Kansas You know the Missourians
have thrown every printing press into the Mis-
souri, river that did not hoist the negro flag
1t is thus thsl you hear eg paue testimony, and
nine tenths of that is fabrication. A majority
Of The people Of Kansas lgere. end are for making
it q free State. They are not GbohtioniStS but
Free Stale men,
He says. $40 add to the above the Missouri
ans make frequent excursions into the Territory
and they will shoot down free state man just
as soen abs they would deer, and sooner too.
nor is this all. They have right to all per-
quisites, in or out of the cabin Mereiful God !!
This may be Uiee oersa."
So Whites a Virginian who says he dislkcs
Abolitionists but is willing Notwithstanding
he owns slaves, that the Free State men NAV do
what they can legally and constitutionally. to
make Kansas u free State But what says the
"Sqdatter Sovereign" Mr.. Buchanan s organ
during the late campaign says this Border
Ruifan sheet "We must fight the devil with
fire, scourge the country of Abolition Free soil.
ism and every other damnable ism that exists
Destroy Their property, crops, and every other
article that would conduce to the support of any
or every person who is known or suspected Of
acting, CO operating or sympatlising with abo
litionism. This must be done, or the territory
will be one continual scene of strife for months
to come. Do this and peace will be restored
and quiet prevail. 1t is not too late, the work
should be carred on vigorously"
The same delectable sheet, edited by String
fellow, the apostle OF slave propagandism, ast
declares, 'we are determined to reppl this
Northern invasion, and make Kansas a Sldp.
state though our rivers should he colored vii
The blood OF their victims, and the earcases OF
dead sbolitionists should be SO numerous in this
territory az to breed disease and sickness, we