The daily union., 1856-04-10
THE DAILY UNION
MORAL TREA AsoS IN THE puIpTy

sought to justify the interference OF the Emgrant Aid So
cety the affairs Of Kansas upon the ground that under
the Kansas law it was the duly Of antisavery men to 90
there or to aid others go there to prevent the establish
ent Of slavery he anticipated the consequences Of the
adoption Of bis argument by fnadca pulpit zealos To
shield the Aid Society from the responsibility Of the
troubles and dangers and boodshed in Kansas Mr. Cola
ner sought shift it to the inherent vice of the Kansas
law knowing he die that the operations for control
ing the character Of the domestic institutions in the Terri
tory initiated before the Kansas law passed. he
that there was no relieving of the projectors of the
scheme from responsibility except by deduong from the
law itself not merely the right but the of interfering
Hence Mr.. Coamer magnanmously conceded both the
right and the duty of southern to interfere not by
way ocounteracng the schemes of the Aid Society they
had nterfered but by way of exercising right and dis
charging duty secured and imposed by the law itself
Upon this construction of the law the Aid Society was
not simply excused but justified and commended for in
auguraing movement which has required the nterpos
tion of the strong of the federal government pre-
the consummation of reasonable resistance the
laws We have heretofore denounced this construction of
the Kansas law utterly baseess is the ingenious de-
vice of the advocate who would his guilty client
from punishment by msnterpretaton and msrepresenta
Tended. The principle from which Mr. Collamer
deduces his conclusion that the law is inherently vicious
adopted in the laws giving territorial governments
in 1850 Utah and New Mexico and for than five
years it has been peacefully and successfully executed
The principle also adopted in the Nebraska law
passed simultaneously with the Kansas law, and that
too, has worked peaeeaby and successfully Surely, if
the principle of constitutional popular sovereignty
of it in all of those Territories 1t is scarcely
necessary to add that whilst there is not the saao Of
fact found in the operations of the principle in Utah. New
Mexico Nebraska to give plausbiliy to Mr. Col
smers allegation against the law, there is not member
of Congress- senator representative who voted for the
Kansas law that would not promptly and Indignantly
demn and repudiae his construction wholly groundless
But when Mr.. Collamer from his high position in the
Senate and with all the responsibilities attaching that
position declared that it the of all ansavery
to aid either directly indirectly in preventing the
establishment of slavery in Kansas he addressed appeal
to the misguided consciences of the propdgan Of free
dom which well calculated to give intensity and reck
essness to their fauatca zeal. 1t invitation
to the three thousand New England preachers TO
commence anew their crusade against the Kansas law.
II it the duty of all anti-slayery to enter
the lists for the political tournament" in Kansas it
required but slight emendation OF the argument to
satisfy ths Beechers and Dutons that it their duty
carry the question into their pup and desecrae their
churches by taking up subscriptions of Sharpes rifles
They have the high authority of Senator Coamer for the
assertion that they ouly dscharging duty in send
ing and to Kansas and il is wonderful if
they felt justified by the high authority in turning
their Sabbath exercises into meetings for raising to
be used in shedding blood in Kansas.
These remarks have been suggested by the delivery in
New Haven, Connecticut Sunday the 3Oth of March,
of sermon by the Rev. Mr. Dutton which is published In
the New Haven Journal and Courier and from which we
make the following extracts:
"a territory and productive has recently been
opened to emigration. To take possession of it for Christ
and His religion Christian duty. In order to possess by
His religion in pure and effective FORMS must be kept free
from the oppressive and corruptng institution OF slavery
1t had been forever freedom by legal com
pact Of than thirty years standing That compact
set aside by national legislature and the Territory
thrown open to slavery we'll freedom. II would there
FORE be possessed BY freedom slavery majority OF
its actual settlers should decide. There was deteri
nation and plan the part Of the friends Of slavery
especially In the adjoining slave State, secure for
slavery by sending in savehoding slavery emf
grants. In order therefore, possess for freedom
thus for Christ 1t necessary quicken the
thther Of friends Of freedom Thus became the duty
go, and Of others, who remained home, help
them 1t found that the slavery party In the nearer
parts Of the adjoining slave State resorng armed
violence and threatening the expulsion
the friends Of freedom who had made in the Territory an ao
taal settlement. Selfdeence thus became necessary for
tbem and efficient weapons Of self defence And II has been
demonstrated that these weapons, and these chiefly have
prevented civil war and the introduction Of slavery by lille
gal and bloody violence.
0flate in this State and this community we have been
do duv bV n
men, friends Of freedom and OF Christ to that Territory
And thing which they eminsny and
needed, have given them by which defend
themselves from Illegal and ruanIy vioence-arms very
possession Of which will probably prevent violence insure
peace.
"Now this has in quarters been loudly condemned
unchrisan. Unchrstiau Is sederce against awIes,
Tiolenoe-selfdefepce by promoting in a lawful way
the interests Of freedom and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tn
christian To furnish to sUch men, for such purpose
Then Christ bmself unohrsan for on certain ocoa-
exigent surely than th-he said 10 his disc
pies, lie that hah srord h him cell garment and bur
ONE Upehrissn 10 In defence Of life and liberty
against wicked vioenCe Then foreahes who
fought this very soil for the freedom enjoy were
unohrittinu.
in this work Of procuring and besowing srns Thy did
One plead for them and myself gave friend deacon
Of this church, (who, have doubt will use both with
discretion,) Bible and ride sword Of the Lord and
Of Gideon did righ. 1t which my conscience
sober Judgment and mature reflection approve can
fend before the assembled universe t such an act
Christ enoined have IT, then was right for
one Of HE ministers TO do It, II sacred Christian du
ty-sacred enough for any Christian in whatever station or