Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-06-06

uT,e Western coun,ies Of Missouri have fdt the as
two years been heavily tlxcd both 10 money and une
N eebtinr tbr battles Of the South. Lofarsuf county
.irs a. I'd s,srs tAan sloo,O90 uoasy eHa ss
much or more ~ ~ g A.s tine nc border roua
,n,,,.t 81 "A, SouA " thu sfrugfs Hnasssted, and
moi unssefesfsHv But the Abohutnsts, stalking their
all upoa the Kansas issue, and he,.a'ins a. no means,
fair ~ foul, moving hoavcn and eafth 70 fendef
that BEAUTIFUL rotritoty fres stole"
&. Here, also, is complete admission OF
the Usurpeton, by the lnteliigenoer, leading
paper of st Louis, Missouri, made M the en-
suing summer;
Atob.on and s,tinrrsilov with their Missouri fol.
lowers ovofwhe imod the settlers In Kansas, hfo~be1
and brliicd them and took the eovefnmcn, uh 'n.''
hands Missouri elected the present body OF nee
who insult public intelligence md popular ushr ~ 80
ing themselves tho Legislature Of Kansas ne hoay
Of men are helping hems Ives to ist speoui..,os w
locating the seat Of Government ord getting town
lots fof their They passing laws distanehs-
inr all the ctzens Of Kansas who do not believe Nego
slavery 10 be . Christian Institution and NauohHl
beuinr They are proposing to punish with impnson-
uont the utefance Of views inconsistent with Their
o~n Aod they are tying 70 pefpeiuate their propos
ferrous oud aienal tytunny by appointing tgT torn
years creatures Of theft own, as commisunas 10 e'ey
couuty TO lay and collect taxes and see ihai H avs
thoy passing are faithfully executed Has 'ns age
ANYTHING TO compare with these acts 30 audaciy p"
o. In harmony with all these is the au-
thorita,ive declaration Of Governor Reeder,
in speech addressed to his neighbors, at
Easion, Pennsylvania, at the end Of April,
1855, and Immediately afterwards published
in the Washington Uuion. Here % iss
hwas indeed too true that Xlnsss bod besn ia,a-
ded, conquered, suhiugaied by N armed Of u0m he
,ond her borders. led 90 by inauea iii temp
ling uodef foot the principles Of the hansa' h ana lho
right Of suhiage."
10 And in similar harmony Is the COM
plant of the people Of Kansas, IN pablo
meeting at Big Springs, on the 9Th Septem-
Der, 1855, embodied IN these words
Resoiosd, That the bod, Of men who 70, the last
months have been passing laws fol the people Of oui
Territory, moved, counseed, snd dictated 10 by the
demaguguss Of Missouri, 10 ~ foreign body rep
fesenuug only the swlsss nvHoeu who elected thomi
and not the people OF The Ief'nOy-iht We rapudiiie
then action, AS Tho monstfuns communication OF an act
Of folence, usufpauon and fraud Unparalleled Boo the h'
tory Of the Union, aud worthy only Of men uuhued tor
the duties and regardless Of the responsibilities OF Re-
pubhcons.n
IT, And finally, by the official minutes
when have been laid on our table by the
President, the invasion, which ended IN the
Usurpaton, is clearly established but the
effect Of this testimony has been so amply
exposed by the Senator from Vermont Nr
Collomer, IN his able and interchangeable ar
gumeni, that content myself with simply
referring to It,
On this cumulative, irresistible evidence,
in concurrence with the untecedeni history,
rest. And yet Sc na,uis here have argued
that this cannot be so-precsely a. the con
spiracy Of Cataline was doubted IA the Ro-
man Senate Non null stunt IN hoe oidine,
qia dh ca, que Uideni, disSimuient; qui spem
CdtdinG moiiibus sententiiS diuerunt, conjtr-
diiOhtmgue ndsceniem non credendo corrobor-
Gueriut. As | listened to the Senator from
Illinois, while he painfully strove to show
that there was no Usurpauon, | was remln-
ded OF the effort by a distinguished 0gician,
IN much admired argument, TO prove that
Napoleon BOnaparte never existed. And
permit me to say, that the fact Of his exist
unce Is not placed more clearly above doubt
than the fact Of this Usurpation. This / as.
sert on the proofs already presented. But
confirmation comes almost while | speak
The columns Of the public press are now
daily filled with testimony, solemnly taken
before the Committee Of Congress in Kansas,
which shows in awful light, the violence
ending IN the Usurpation OF this | may
speak on some other occasion. Meanwhile
| proceed with the development of the
Crime.
The usurping Legislature assembled at
the appointed place IN the interior, and then
at once, IN opposition to the veto of the Gov
ernor, by majority of two thirds, removed |
10 the Shawnee Mission, place IN most
convenient proximity to the Missouri border
ers, by whom 1t had been constituted, and .
whose tyranncal agent It was The stat. /
utes OF Missouri, IN all their text, with their
divisions and subdivisions, were adopted /
bodily, and with such little adaptation that /
the word" State IN the original is not even
changed to Territory" but Is left to be cor
rected by an explanatory act. But, all this |
general legislation was entirely subordinate
- the special act, entitled /" an act to punish
ohsnses against Slave Property" in which
the One Idea, that provoked this whole con
splracy, Is at last embodied IN legislative
form, and Human Slavery openly recognized
on Free Soil, under the sanction Of pretend
ed law. This act of thirteen sections Is In
itself a Dance Of Death. But It's complex
completeness of wickedness, without paral-
lei, may be partially conceived, when 1t Is
understood that IN three sections only of It
Is the penalty of death denounced no less
than lorty-elght different times, by as many
changes of language, against the helnous
otiense, described IN iorty-elght different
ways, Of interfering with what does not exist
IN that Territory and under the Constltu
ton cannoA exist there--I mean property IN
human flesh. Thus is Liberty sacrificed to
Slavery, and Death summoned to SIT at the
gates as guardian OF the Wrong.
But the work Of Usurpatlon was not per-
fected even yet. 1t had already cost too |
much to be left at any hazard.
-----' To bee thus nothing
Hut to be safely thus "
Such was the object, And this could not
be, exoep, by the eItlTe prostrauon OF all
the safeguards OF Human Rights. The LID.
erty Of speech, which is the very breath of
Republic the press which ls the terror of
wrong>doers; the bar, through which the
oppressed boards The arrogance OF law the
Jury, by which right il yIndlcaied; all these
must be struck down, while officers are pro-
vided IN all places, ready to be the tools of
tins tyranny and then, TO obtain final assu-
rance that their crime was secure, the whole
Usurpatlon, stretching over the Territory
must be fastened and rveted by legislative
bolts, spikes, and screws, so as 10 dcly all
effort al change through he ordinary forms Of
idiC. To this worn, IN It's various parts, were
bent the subuest energies and never from
Tubal Cain 10 this hour, was any taloric iorg-
ed with more desperate skill and complete
ness.
Mark, sir, three different legislative enact.
mems, winch constitute part OF this work.
FIRST. according to one act, all who deny,
by spoken or written word, "the right OF
persons 10 hold slaves in this Territory" are
denounced as felons to be punished by i'm
prisonment at hard labor for term moi less
than two years il may be for life And to
show the extravaganza of this injustice, 1t has
been well put by the Senator from Vermont
Mr. Collamer,) that should the Senator from
Michigan Mr.. Cass,) who believes that sla
very cannot exist IN Territory, unless in
troduced by express Legislative acts, venture
there with his moderate opinions, his doom
must be that of ielon 10 thus extent are
the great liberties Of speech aud of the
press subyerted. Secondly by another act,
entitled San act concerning Attorneys at
Law, no person can practice as an attorney,
unless he shall obtain license from the Ter
ritorial courts, which, of course, tyranical
discretion will be tree to deny and after
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