The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-01

the eyees Of President his soble spouse and claim for her
that equality here which she enjoys at home
Dsttaes Fl Southern Eraaagrants in Kaasas
And now, sir ask is il surprising that the people Of
Missouri and Of The entire South should regard the move
ment OF Massachusetts, for cOonzng KGnsas with dstrus
and disavor with apprehension for their safety and dis
position to iory aud defend hemseyes2 Seeing what
tanaesm has achieved and contemplating what il pro-
poses how could the people OF Missouri fail exert every
means reconclabe with constitutional natural law
prevent the planting Of colony in their midst imhOd
the sentineus and principles the civil laws and eccesas
tica regulations maintained by the dominant party Of
MassachusettsY Had she proposed to Kansas into
e0t colony would MssouFans have been fault in re-
ssungI Had she proposed TO transfer there the foreign
white pdupers who with aiahe philanthropy She las
forced back 10 their transatlantic homes would Missouri
have bad no excuse IN her example in repeng expeng
hemf Yet how much detesabe and dangerous
than mendicans criminals those who taught by
pecept and example TO disregard the constitution and the
laws and the DecalOgue ITSELF in order achieve
their ends Paupers drones who society but do
not menace It's existence. Ordinary ielons content
with small sphere Of operation, and with few victims
on whom TO gut their evil passions and rarely exhibit in
single individually violation Of 0H the laws Of the land
While they break the law they acknowledge its majesty
and admit the justice of its penalties.
But aboftioniss deny all authority, human divine
which permits involuntary servude advocate emanci-
patton OF the black every hazard and by any sacrifice
OF the Whhe counsel universal treason against the
laws OF man God to resist imputed wrongs and invoke
uni ersal rapne and desolaton for their redress They
teach The slave that bis master IS tyrant towards
and traitor towards God that TO escape from him by
fraud OF force by alsehood arson, murder any means
approved Of God and all good They teach
shareholders sympahize with fugitive slaves to harbor
them TO resist all who would them defend them
as hy would their household godS aud violate any law
which conflicts with their They present the slave
holder the alternative offered by the hghwayman to his
vlcm-yo property or yor t9e This dread prophecy of
abolition in 1892 has already become dire reality the
loyal blood of Kennedy, Gorsutoh and Batchedor
Aud what more appalling than death to the brave
OF the land OF Daniel Boone, and horrible their
chaste daughters dshonor, they proclaim,
sary incident or consequence Of emancipation, the ele
al black tn littY ,u,fh
and of absorption betweep them What could
be expected but enmy dssension and boodshed between
contiguous States with populations nntngons'c in
tuents and principles Massachusetts, aboonists and
Missouri SHAREHOLDERS Yet Massachusetts, has endeavor
ed TO make Kansas seminary in which TO plant all the
abolition ideas have enumerated welkuowng that such
evils domestic strife traerna bioodshed and perhaps
civil war, would be produced And the senator from Yer
mont, Mr.. CoLLAMER protesting TO be Of peace,
and to look forward with joyous hope that mennia pc
Rod when nations shall longer go to war, says in his
report in substance that these evils would possibly eusue
but that Massachusetts, did right And those other
OF peat the senators from Massachusetts, Mr. SUMNER
and New York Mr. SEWARD, say well done by Massachu
setts and well spoken by the author of the report And
the senator from New Hampshire Mr.. HALE contempa-
ting the impending strife in Kansas but protesting he is
not of war; that he has sometimes wished
that God, in his Providence, would let it comel"
When J hear such infnmmatory speeches from those
standing here guardians OF that constitution which
designed to insure domestic tranquility and Who
by virtue of their senatorial Office have acquired an
influence which all theit talents combined would scarce
inpart to private citizen reminded of The priest
who set fire to the temple with the flame be had stolen
from the altar Sir the madness of the times has display
ed no more frantic exhibition than have witnessed on
this floor Dvested of all the drapery Of rhetoric, the
plain logic of the champions of black
in Kansas is this the natural and necessary results of the
colonization OF Kansas with aboouss domestic vio
ence and civil war but these lesser evils than slavery
therefore, let them comet The simple sou the issue
between pro-slayery and ant-savtry in Kansas
which they all anuc pate with piacency and the sena
tor from New Hampshire Mr. HALE with Joy the bloody
artrament OF battle ana the arguments 10 be used are
grape canister, and cold steel But his JOY is not
" That proud joy which warriors feel
In meeting oemen worthy OF their steel r.
but the JOY Of one IN conscious security from danger while
looking out from his oophole of retreat fields of hu
man carnage
The attempt Justify the course Of Massachusetts Ia nm
derakiug 10 control the destiny Of Kansas by prece
den, or to reconcile IL with her obligations her sister
States Is not less insulting than dsngenuous Those who
cite the settlement OF the original colonies by England or
the western w'ldefhesses by the different States Of our
Vnon Rhoe that they we're not stimulated by the induce
nlents the motives the feelings the objects which gave
rise to the Massachusetts, movement towards Kansas Ii
was not TO get rid OF redundant population 10 wrest
wilderness from savsges for the usc OF civilized men, 10
open new heds OF commrrce 10 inctease the deencs
add 10 the strength OF country that Kansas
was coveted Immigration that Territory was matter OF
neither necessity nor choice No sir and ran
corous hostility towards the South or it be preferred
the shareholders Of the South originated The Emgrant
And Society II demonstration Of hostility the
south more offensive and inexcusable than any former le
gsatye action touching slavery by any northern State
Hitherto offensive legislation intended operate on
persous or things within their limits or ii beyond
then through congressional acts Such their person
a-lOcrty bills and their instructions theft senators and
representatives 10 vote against the admiss Of savehod
ing States and IN ntor or the adjustment Of slavery
lh District This the first effort to enact State laws
70 operate extraordinarily against slavery. IL the
INST crusade against slavery initiated organized and pros
ecuted under the auspices Of State Congress, in 1850
and 1854 bad settled the doctrine OF and
camed the power Of the federal government regulate
III internal policy the Territories or to mould their do
nestle institutions But this supreme power, discaimed
by Congress and denied belong TO the general govern
ment Of all the States Is arrogated by the single State OF
Massachusetts ncensod At the neutrality Of Congress she
has rso 10 lay her hand upon slavery and crush
out from Kansas She has attempted legsate for
Kansas and TO govern II through the medium Of great
moneyed corporation sitting in Boston.
knowing that slavery TO extent existed In that
Territory and that IFS proximity 10 Missouri and sameness
o. latitude SOIL climate and productions tended to esab
sh that institution knowing that emigration proceeds
mainly in the parallel Of latitude and that those in
driven by necessity, 10 90 West would follow the main
body Of emigants and find homes in the unhroken wilder
Of Illinois and Iowa Of Minnesota Nebraska those
who controlled the legislation Of Massachusetts, and have
availed themselves Of H. Ia order to divert this current Of
emigration from lis natural and accustomed channel and
Nlest passions Of dcprayed humanity and the most IRA
hona and ferocous fanatcsm Sectional envy, jealousy
and hatred Of the South have been aroused by repre-
seutnR the repeal Of the Missouri restriction conceived
In the wish and framed for the purpose Of extend
ing slavery and aggessng in lie policy upon the rights
OF the North sud the northern people have been adurd
by their solflore and sefrespec 10 resent the insult
and revenge the injury. And yet the very men who be-
vail the obterstou Of the Missouri restriction, in ar
lected strains Of grief and indignation breach oil
pgbted htth kept the faith when opportunity
afforded for its violation for their benefit and our