The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-07-30
Aid to Kansas,

Alo " htIlSdS.
We understand q call is to be made
upon the ~citizens of Middlebury, to aid
the interests of freedom and humanity
in Kansas, and we trust the call will be
responded to as becomes men, who are
not altogether selfish and merconary.
1t is well known to all persons, who do
not affect ignorance upon the most i'm.
portant questions Of the day, that Kan.
sas must inevitably be made a Slave
State, unless the North shall rally in her
strength, and iuterposc the might Ct her
own civilization against the ruthless and
reckless barbarism Of the ferocious Dor
derers 1t requires no reflection or pc
culiar insight to @forscc, that in the final
issue the civilization Of the North must
prevail. if it prevails pcaccably--by out
voting the pro slavery party in the Ter
ritoryi and. if it must prevail by force,
it is needless to say, it must be by the
superiority of its force. In either aspect.
men, men first and last, nre specially
needed on that field Of conflict. We can
not think there is anything but the most
astonishing duluess in all hesitation as
to what can be most promptly and eficc.
tually done for Kansas. It is quite OBJ
vious that the Missouri boriercrs will
not keep out of that Territory. and leave
its tranquility undisturbcd, because we
at the North are nightly Indignant at
their outragcs. 1t is equally obvious
that without a maj 'rity Of voters the
elections cannot be carried for frcGl1m.
The plain course, dictated by common
sense, is, to Gil the Territory with North
ern men. having Northern principles aud
sufficient manhood to stand by those
principles, whenever and wherever as
sailed 1t is well known that the South
has aided many men to remove to the
| Territory, who could not aud would not
have gone without assistance ; men who
have no special interest in making Kan
sas a Slave State. but who are simply
tools in Tie hands Of that remorselcss
Aristocracy, which governs the South
and row impudently a'pires TO govern
the Free North. Shall men Of the
North, whose strongest desi,o is to con-
sccratc themselves. even TO mariyr5om
if necessary, to the hisd and manly task
of rescuing that virgin soil from desccra.
ton aud shame, call in vain for that
moderate aid, which is necdful, that they
may 20 forth prepared to maintain in.
t%ercsis. which are no more theirs than
ours, which the voice of freedom, human.
ity, civilization, and Of God proclaims to
be among the highest that ever Inspired
the hero's heart, or nerved the patriots
arm. 1t is to be hoped that no man,
whose impulse is to join in the contest.
be it peaceful or moro heroic, shall be
permitted to cherish his longings in vain,
and, iu bitter modification aud shame,
STAY at home. while the highest interests
Of the country arc sacrificed, because men
like himself cannot be found in :heir
right place. Vermont is not altogether
without men of the right kind for the
crisis, and if the people of the State will
contribute moderately OF their album
dance, 10 sustain them temporarily a.
gaiust the peculiar hordships and losses,
to which they will for a time be exposed,
they will represent the Commonwealth
worthily in the strife, whether it sball be
Of arts or
We can imagine no possible objections
to this course, except those that come
from fear or faithlessncss, aud which al
ways confront, and as far as possible,
thwart, the best and noblest purposes of
men. The objection from fear, in this
case, is, that by our Efforts to save Kan
sas, the Union may be endangered. On
an objection SO pusiilanimous we will not
waste one word. The form, which the
other objection takes, is usually some
thing like this We want to know
whether you think Kansas will become
a Free State, We fear it is Of no use
to do anything in tho matter and that
our money will be thrown away" Hero
ic men these ! They would struggle
bravely if they only kaetV beforehand
that they would succeed. Let a voice
from Heaven, or prophetic vision, assure
them that their cause is mighty ant
must prevail, whether they aid it or not
and they are willing to do with their
might what they can to secure It's vic
tories. Confidence in the power of truth
faith in principles, reliance on them
selves and on the justice and might o
their cause, which have been the earncs