Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-06-19

Kansas, in its valiant struggle against oppres-
sion, and in the development Of new science
Of emigration. Already in Lawrence, alone,
there are newspapers and schools including
High School, and throughout this infant Terri
tory there is more Of mature scholarship, an
proportion to its inhabitants. than in all South
Carolina. Ah sir, tell the Senator that Kan
sas, welcomed as Free State, will be a 's min
stering ungel " to the Republic, when South
Carolina, in the cloak of darkness which she
hugs, lies bowling "
The Senator from Illinois Mr. Douglasl nat
urally Joins the Senator from South Carolina in
this warfare, and gives to it the superior inten-
sity of his nature. lie thinks that the Nation
al Government has not completely proved its
power, as it has never hanged traitor; but, if
the occasion requires, he hopes there will be no
hesitation and this threat is directed at Kan
sas, and even at the friends of Kansas through
out the country. Again occurs the parallel
with the struggles of our Fathers, and | borrow
the language of Patrick Henry, when, to the
cry from the Senator, of $ treason I" trea.
son." reply, :" if this be treason, make the
most of it," Sir it is easy to call names but
beg to tell the Senator that if the word Z" trait
or, is in any way applicable to those who re-
fuse submission to q tyrannical Usurpation,
whether in Kansas or elsewhere, then must some
new word, of deeper color, be invented, to des-
ignate those mad spirits who would endanger
and degrade the Republic, while they betray all
the cherished sentiments of the Fathers and the
spirit OF the Constitution, in order to give new
spread to Slavery. Let the Senator proceed. 1t
will not be the first time in history, that scat
fold erected for punishment has become pedes-
tai of honor. Out'of death comes life, and the
60 traitor" whom he blindly executes, will live
immortal in the cause.
For Humanity sweeps onvard where to-day the marty
| stands,
On the morrow crouches Judas with the Silver in his hands
While the hootng NIB Of yesterday, in silent awe RETURN
To CLEAN up the scattered ashes into Hisoy golden urn
Among these hostile senator's, there is yet an.
other, with all the prejudces of the Senator
from South Carolina, but without his generous
impulses who, on account of his opposition
deserves to be named | mean the Senator
of the Fugitive Slave Bill, has associated him.
self with special act of inhumanity and tyr
amy OF him | shall say little, for he has
said little in this debate, though within that
little was compressed the bitterness of Il life alb
sorbed in the support of Slavery. He holds
the commission OF Virginia; but he does moi
represent that early Virginia, so dear to oul
hearts, which gave to us the pen of Jefferson
by which the equality of men was declared, ant
the sword of Washington, by which Independ
encc was secured but he represents that othcl
Virginia, from which Washington and Jelfcr
son avert their faces, where human beings arr
bred as cattle for tho shambles, and where
dungeon rewards the pious matron who teache
little children to relieve their bondage by read
ing the Book of Life. 1t is proper that such
Senator, representing such State, should raj
against Free Kansas
But this is not ALL The precedent is still NOR
cinchng. Thus far have olowed EXECUTIVES
~ the public documents laid before Congress, an
ILLUSTRATED by the debates of that body but well
authenticated facts, not of record here, make thu
case stronger still II is sometimes said that tn
proceedings in Kansas are defective, becaus
they originated in party. This is not true
but even if it were true, then wonld they find sup
port in the example If Michigan, where all tn
proceedings, streaching through successive years
began and ended in party. The proposed Stat
Govern ent was pressed by the Democrats as
lparty test and all who did not embark in it wer
denounced. OF the l. gislative Council, whic|
called the first Constitutional Convention in 1885
all were Democrats and in the Convention il
If, composed Of eighty members, onl
seven were Wings. The Convention of 1880
which gave the final assent, originated in ii Dem
OCT attic Convention on the 29th October, in tn
country OF Wayne, composed of one hundre
and twenty-iour delegates, all Democrats, VIII
proceeded to resolve
" That the delegates Of the Democratic part
OF " ayne, soemnly impressed with the spread
ing evils and dangers which a refusal TO go int
the Union has brought upon the people OF Mich
gan, earnestly recommend meetings TO be IN
mediately convened by their tellowcltlzens /
every country of the State, with view 10 III
expression of their sentiments in favor OF III
election and call of another Convention, in Tim
to secure our admission into the Union before tn
frstef January next"
Shortly afterwards, a committee of five, ar
pointed by this Conventions, all leading Demt
Gratis, ISSUED circular, " under the authority
the delegates of the Wayne" recommendin
that the voters throughout Michigan should me,
and elect delegates to Convention to give tn
necessary assent to the Act of Congress.
pursuanc, of this call, the Convention met an,
as it originated i'll an exclusively party recon
mendation, so it was of an exclusively part
character And it was the action of this Con
vention that was submitted to Congress, al
after discussion in both bodies, on soiUmn vote
approved.
But the precedent of Michigan has anoth
feature which is entitled to the gravest ate
ton especially at this moment, when citizens e
gagged in the effort to establish State Cover
ment in Kansas are openly arrested on The chars
Of treason, and we are startled by lidings of II
maddest efforts to press this procedure of pr
N,r,ppu No cuoh rnndnacc liz
under Andrew Jackson although, during tt
long tendency of Michigan proceedings, f
more than fourteen months, the Territorial Go
ernment was entirely oused, and the State Go
ornment organized in all its departments. OF
hundred and thirty different Legislative acts we
passed, providing tor elections, imposing take
erecting corporations, and establishing courts
justice, including Supreme Court and a Cou
Of Chancery. All process was issued Il
name of the people of the State of Mlchiga
And yet no attempt was made to question Il
legal validity of these proceedings, whether le
islatve or judicial. Least of all did any mem
Governor, dressed in little brief authority, pl;
the fantastic tricks which we now witness
Kansas nor did any person, wearing the ro
of justice, shock high Heaven with the mocke
of injustice now enacted by emissaries of Il
President in that Territory. No. sir; Moth,
of this kind then occurred. Andlew Jacks
, was President.
= Senators such as these are the natural enemi
!, of Kansas and introduce them with reluctaac
= simply that the country may understand the oh;
4 acter of the hostility which must be overcon
: Arrayed with them, of course, are all who unit
! under any pretext or apology, in the propagau
+ ism of Human Slavery. To such, indeed, t
, time honored safeguards of popular rights can
. name ouly, and nothing more. What q
. trial by jury, habeas corpus, the ballot box, ,
q right of petition. The liberty of Kansas. yo
. liberty, sir, or mine, to one who lends himse
;" not merely TO the support at home, but TO I
-. propagandism abroad, of that prepostero
' wrong, which denies even the right of man
;, himself Such cause can be manta ined OF
by practical subvcrsion of all rights. 1t