Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-12-18
NEW SERIES, NO. 80.
AhIChN, 92.O0 at the years END.


land. } from starvation. And did not the nohls
and eloquent Kossuth rouse our people to gooa
works OF charity and hrothefly love, and Gauss
them to give their treasures for the oppressed
Hnnsarians These acts of genero osity will bs
remembered while our history lasts, and be quo.
ted us IN illastrious example Of greatness and
goodness. So
Mr.. President, how much greater interest do
men generally feel in those scenes Of sorrow In
which our acquaintance and friends have been
called ON to participate than in those sxpe-
rienccd by strangers in foreign places. When
our country was afflicted by the Cholera few
years ago and hundreds peri,hed in the streets
OF our large cities, how awfully thrilling was
the excitement and how strong did the pulse
oil human sympathy beat in behalf Of the suffer
ing and the destitute The ample provision
made to administer relief and the great expensa
Incurred thereby by individuals and by publ.
authorities, show that our people are not insen
si5e to the miseries Of our fellow men.
| In 1850, there were two children, sistcrs. o.
dered FROM home one afternoon in'o neighbor-
ing woods in this State. Their parents be.
came alarmed, about two or three hours afier-
wards. and several of their neighbors searched
a IL night by torch light The second day the
people gathered from the adjacent towns unde
the direction of our own Ethan Allen, who was
determined to find the children, or look for
them until he died Accordingly on plar
which had been adopted, those who had collect,
ed ret out to give the woods a thorough searcL
and several parties after searching in vain en-
camped in the forest through the second aight.
On the third day the excitement bad increa sed
SO much (as danger Of the children increasedl
that about 700 people gathered together to as.
sist In their recovery. They were thus engaged
through the day until o clock P. M.,wher
nearly the whole company came in, faint, weary
and hungry. They seemed to be discouraged
and some were about to give over-when Allen
mounted stump and prayed their attention.
tie pointed to the afflicted and sgonized parents
who stood near him, bsgged every man would
make the case his own, and ask himself IL tn q
children were bis, whether he eonld 70 of
without making one more eGast u End thans.
The tears ell fast from his cheeks. and it is be-
lleved there were few, if any dry eyes in that
asselnbage of 700 persons. "l'll CO. I'll co."
was heard from every quarter of the crow |.
They went, took to the woods with fresh cour-
age and before the sun went down the signal
was fired the children were found. and found
alive!
MIR. President, we are called upon to extend
our symaathy and aid, to our own fellow citi-
zcns in Kansas. Hundreds are roaming over
the praries Of that beautiful land, without food
without clothing, and fear without our sym
pathy and our assistance, Had we an Ethan
) Allen among US to call upon our people to rally
to the rescue, methinks the cry of "I'll go,
J "l'E CO. would ring out from among our
mountains and valies and our Republican
y Legislature, would appropriate not $4,000
. merely, but $l00, 600 We should not stop 70
discuss the question whether it is constitutions
o al to send bread and clothing to Gods suffering
y poor, but We should do it and trust in God for
: the consequences. If the South wishes TO fol-
y low our example, let them do it. If they have
o suffering there. fthose whom they have sen,
y out, even to spread Slavery over that land, art
3 in distressed circumstances, as believe from
r my inmost soul. our people from Vermont are
o they are in duty bound as citizens and Legsla-
, tors to make an appropriation, and relieve theiI
: wants | should be disposed sir, to have the
r Legislature Of South Carolina, take the same
, steps that we are taking-viz: 'Saction ] :.
= The Governor of this State is hereby author.
t lied to take such measures as may be necessary
# to ascertain the conditions of our ,itizens in
k the territory of Kansas, and in case he shall as
II certain that any such citizens of Vermont are in
IS u condition to require the action Of the Gov.
enment of this State for protection, he is here
g by authorized to correspond with the executives
n of other States that may have c,izans in lik,
IL condition. MS well as with the Executive, o
is our Federal Government, and either in coacer
J. with any Of said Executives, or without sucl
ir with the just rights and powers of the Fedora
De Government or Of any other State, as may b
,r mpera,vely required in order to afford the pro
III lection that is Justly due from this state to it
citizens
a This MIR. President is the first section of th
,o bill under consideration 1t will be ohserve
no that whatever is done for Kansas by our Execu
of tive, he is bound not to infringe upon the right
i, of the Federal Government, or any oths
ia Sate'' Where then can arise any evil 10 tn
ed matter! The bill simply contemplates relie'
nd ing the wants Of those who went from Vernon
mr. in the matter Of food aud clothing, What Sta
ar. right will this violate ask! Does not the 81
ea article OF the Constitution declare THAT euer
If member Of society hath right TO be profe cted
The enjoyment Of life, liberty and property !"
ed the Territorial laws of Kansas fail to give th
,gs protection, must our citizens starve! Whe
of can they expect and receive protection. but fro
vo the land of their birth, Must they be ousca
ved aliens from the commonwealth Of Vermont, /
ere cause they have passed the limits Of our sta
'est To my mind nothing is more clear, nothi
of more selfevdcnt. than that we are in du
her bound, by every moral and legal obligation
of relieve our citizens wherever they may be foun
her If States and Territories refuse to protect re
ion pie, there is no law human or divine that G
not deny us the common boon Of doing it so far
ate food and clothing are concerned. Were it OF
erwise we should feel like invoking Heaven
the sbyer our Federal Government into ten tht
ac- sand fragments. 1t would be like those hyl
to critical Pharisees. of whom IL was said by Z