Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-08-22

D'''NN 'i"''o efhitIbt unutI Alt
command Of the President Of the
United States. These proceedings
have naturally led to some violent
acts Of resistance and retaliation, and
bad men from n distance have gath
cred there TO taken advantage of
these scenes Of violence, CRAFTY their
lawlessness and cupidity those laws,
and the acts done under color Of
them, have in great measure had
their designed effect. and driven large
numbers Of the Free State and 9th
or peaceable people from the Terri
tory. The people Of Missouri, and
others uniting in their purposes, have
iorclbly turned back large parties Of
emlgrants from the Free States at
tempting TO enter into the Territory
by the national highway, the Mis-
souri, River; and large numbeLs in
armed bodies are now gathered along
The borders Of the Territory to guard
II against the access Of said emigrants
by land. This oonditiun or that
country, so anomalous and unpre-
cedented, so inconsistent with this
enlightened age, so injurious to the
character Of the Government Of this
country under whose jurisdiction it
exists, and so dangerous in its con-
tinuance and tendencies, lead MS to
inquire what cause has produced it.
Nothing Of this kind has ever before
existed IN relation to any one Of ouf
Territories The cause is perfectly
obvious to every man in our country.
1t is the novel attempt and expert
ment 10 invite people to settle that
country under a proclamation to
them, that they should have il for
Free or for Slave labor, as they should
themselves determine. In order to
enter upon the experiment. Congress
IN 1854, vacated the Missouri Com.
promise. which sequestered all the
country north Of 36 deg 80 min. to
he free from Slavery forever. They
destroyed that statute Of compton,
lse and repose, which was the bond
Of peace for more than one-third of
a century. They broke up that con-
dllon Of quietness on the subject Of
Slavery in the Territories. Congress
IN the Nebraska Kansas bill not only
provided that when admitted as
States, they should be admitted as
Free or Slave States, as they should
desire, as had been done in New
Mexico but they proceeded to re-
peal the Missouri Compromise,
compromise line that prohibited Sla-
very and declared that the people
should be perfectly free to form and
regulate their domestic institutions
in their own way This was the
cause Of all the trouble which has
transpired there. The invasion from
Missouri, and all the violence and
Outrage done under color Of the laws.
so produced as before stated. are hut
efforts TO establish Slavery asa do
nestle institution, perfectly free and
in their own way. Palliation or ex-
cuse for this violence and awlessness
is much urged 10y the President, and
in the South. by heaping unfounded
execrauons on the Massachusetts E.
migrant Aid Society but Southern
emIgrants, actually hired by slave
holding associations, find no difficult
ty ia entering the Territory, and are
employed as Marsha's posse, under
pay. How little Of ground existed
for the excuses of Missouri violence
in the efforts Of the Massachusetts
EmIgrant Aid Society now most full
ly appears, when it has been shown
bs the official census of the Terrific
". taken the month before the inya-
sion, that of all the adult freemen
then in the Territory, mounting to
near 5000, only 100 were from the
New England States. The condi-
ton Of the Territory is well calcul-
ated 10 convince every impartial and
candid man that it is entirely pre-
posterous 10 submit any matter affect
ing the subject Of Slavery to any
vote to be tuken by the people now
in the Territory. The Free State
people have, to a large extent, been
driven off. They for some months
have been, and they now are, prev
ented from entering or returning
Those now there may be, and pro-
badly will be run out, wherever il is
ascerlained that such is necessary to
determine an election for Slavery.
Anything like a discussion of that
subject is entirely impracticable
there, with personal safety. Free
dom Of the press is prohibited, and
the Free State presses are, under
colui of lNs" declared nuisances and
destroyed by the marshal and hi,
posse. The next inquiry is, what is
the mode OF redress The Pres.
ident insists that he has no power to
inquire into the origin of the Kansas
laws, but will do his duty in execut.
ing them He, however, in his Mes
sage Of the Oath of June last, on
this subject, represents that matter
as proper to be inquired into and
considered by the House of Repres
entatives when deciding on the valid
ity of the election of "A Delegate
chosen under such laws. The HOUSE
of Representatives have according
" inquired into the matter with grea
care, and having found the Leglsa-
ture was elected by military lnva
sion and fraud have declared thel
acts yold, aud the Delegate choseI
| in virtue thereof has been refused {