Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-04-18

august Oi all Ms manifold characters, itself a
/ Congress Of thrly-one tree, equal. sovereign
States, assembled to decide whether the ma
Jestc and tratcrnal cirsie shall be opened TO
! receive yet another free, equal, and sovereign
State.
The Constitution prescribes only twoaual-
ihcauons for new States, namely-a substan.
tial civil community, and a republican Gov,
efn. Kansas has both of these
The circumstances OF Kansas, and her re-
lations towards the Union, are peculiar, a-
nomalous, and deeply interesting. The u
nued States acquired the province OF Louis
mno, (which included the present Territory
of Kansas, from France, IN 1903. by q trea-
~ 10 which they agreed that It's inhabitants
should be Incorporated into ihc Federal I'm
ION, and admitted as soon as possible, accor-
ding 10 the principles of the Constitution. 10
the enjoyment Of all the rights. advantages.
and lmmuuties of citizens of the United
States. Nevertheless Kansas was 10 1920
assigned as a home for an indefinite period to
several savage Indian tribes, and closed a.
gainst immigration and all other than abo-
rlnlnal civilization, bur not without a con
lempofaneous pledge to the American peo-
pie aud % mankind, that neither Slavery nor
involuntary setvltude should be tolerated
therein forever. In 1854. Congress directed
removal of the Indian tribes, and organized
and opened Kansas TO civilization. but by
the sumo act rescinded the pledge Of perpei-
ual dedication 10 Freedom, and snbsiiiu-
ted for it another, which declared that the
future people Of Kansas should be- leit per
iecuy tree To establish or 10 exclude slave
ny, as they should decide through the action
of the republican Government which Com
gress modelled aud authorized them 10 estab-
lirh, under The protection of the United
States
Notwithstanding This latter pledge when
The newly associated people Of Kansas, in
1850, were proceeding with jhe machinery
OF popular elections, In The manner prescrlb~
ed by ougress. 10 choose legislative bod
ies for the purpose of organizing that repub-
hcan Government. armed bands Of Invaders
from the Stats OF Missouri entered the Ter
nlory, seized tao polls, ovcrpowcred or drove
away the Inhabitants. usurped the elective
ifanchlse, deposited false AMI spurious bal
lots, without regard 20 regularly of qnalh-
cation or OF numbers procured official GER
thcaies OF the result by fraud and force. and
thus created and constituted legislative bod
ies 10 act Tor and u The name Of the people
of the Territory. These legislative bodies
afterwards assembled, assumed 90 be a lerit
innate Legislature, set forth "a code Of num-
cipai laws, creatcd public offices and filed
them with officers appointed for considera-
BILE periods by themselves, and thus establish
ed complete aud effective foreign tyrranny
over the people of the Territory These
hieh'handed transactions we're consummated
WIN the expressed purpose OF establishing
Aircan slavery as permanent institution
within the Territory hy force, 90 violation Of
lhe natural Hgnls OF the people, solemnly
guaranteed 20 them by the Congress of the
United Htates. The President of the Unlted
Sates bus been an accessory 90 these polltl-
cal transactions, with iull completely in re-
/ gafd 10 the purpose for which they were
committed. lie has adopted the usurpailon,
and made u hls own and he is now main
tinlng Il Win lhe military arm OF the Re
public. hus Kansas has been revolution
izcd, aud she now lies sunlugated aud pros
taic al me loot oi me President OF the UNI
ted States, while be, ihrou- the agency Of a
lof'leh tyranny established wiinin her bord-
cts' ls iofclby intfod' cing and establishing
slavery there, 10 contempt and defiance of
the organic law. These extraordinary trans
uct"us nave heen attended 10y civil commo-
tons, in wmca property life, and liberty,
have been exposed to violence, and lhese
commouuns sun continue TO threaten not
only the Territory iiseif, but also the ada
ctnt States, with the calamiues and dsgu-
cos of civil war
am fully aware oftbe gravity Of the char
ges against the President Of the United
States which this statement OF the condi-
uon und relations Of Kansas imports. shall
proceed, without fear and without reserve. 10
make them good. The maxim, that a sa>
cred veli must be drawn over the beginning
OF oil Governments, does not hold under onr
system ! shall first call the accuser into
the presence OF the Senate--lhen examine the
deiences which the President has made
and, last, submit the evidences by which he
is convicted.
The people of Kansas know whether these
charges are true or false, They have adop-
ted them, and, on the ground OF the high po.
1 lincal necessity which the wrongs they have
endured, and are yet enduring, and the dan-
gers through which they have already pas
sed, aud the perls to which they are yet eX-
/ posed, have created, they have Professionally
organized themselves a. a State, and that
State Is now bere' by ITS two chosen Sena-
tors and one Representatives, standing out
U
/ be admitted INTO the Juon, as measure of
reliei Indispensable for ,he purposes of Peace
freedom and safety. This new state is the
tfesldents responsible accuser
Inc PRESIDENT OF the Umted States, with
out waiting Tor the appearance of his accus-
er at the capital, anticipated the accusations.
ana submitted hs deiences against them to
Congress Inc hrst one ot these detences
was conlalned IN hls annual message, which
was communicated 10 Congress On the Both
OF December, leoo VIII examine II. You
shall see at once that the Presidents mind
was oppressed-was foil Of something too
large ana oordensome To be concealed, aud
yel 100 critical TO be told.
MARX, II you please, the state of the case
al lhat time' 30 early as August, le5a, the
| people OF Kansas had denounced the Legls-
lalure. Ihey had, at voluntary elections,
chosen Mt a. II keeder to represent them