Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-07-11
The Great Question.
THE SLAVOCRACY FRIGHTENED
AND CRYING FOR MERCY

The spontaneous outpourng Of public
sentiment for FREFDoM and FREMoNr hai
already inspired the Tyrants with terror
They cannot abide the day Of wrath They
are trying to cucspe Behold THE PROOF;
Is y. S. SENATE, June 30, lS56.-Mr
Douglas, from the Committee on Territories
made voluminous report on Kansas mat
tiers.
It contains an elaborate argument in ia
vor of the bill accompanying the report,
which provides for the appointment of FIVE
Commissioners, to be selected by the Presl-
dent from different sections OF the Union, to
represent fairly all political parties. They
shall take census of all the legal voters IN
the Territory, on the 18th Of July instant, and
make far apportionment of delegates to be
elected by each county TO iOrma constitution
and institute a State government When
the apporlionment shall have been made, the
Commissioners are to remain IN session every
day. except Sunday, at the place most c0n-
veuent for the inhabitants Of said Territory,
10 hear all complaints, examine witnesses
and correct all errors in said list of voters,
which list shall be previously printed and
generally circulated through the Territory,
and posted in at least three Of the most pub
lie places of each election district; and so
soon as oil the errors have been thus
corrected in said lists, are requested TO cause
a corrected list Of the legal voters to be
printed, and copies furnished to each Judge
of Election to be put at the places Of voting
and circulated in every county IN the Tern
tory before the day Of election, No person
to be allowed whose name does not appeal
on the list as a legal voter.
The election for delegates to take place
on the day Of the Presidential election, and
the convention TO assemble on the first Mon
day IN December To decide--lst, whether j
be expedent for Kansas to come INTO Tn
Union at that time, and, if so decided, 4
proceed to form a constitution and Stat
government, which shall be Of Republican
folm; Kansas then 10 be admitted under sue
constitution on an equal footing with tn
original States.
The bill provides further that no law shal
be enforced IN the Territory infringing ih
liberty Of speech, or Of the press, or tn
night of the people to bear arms, &c.
also provides punishment for illegal voting
or fraud and violence at election, and authoi
ICES the use Of military for that purpose
The main point is that the persons designI
ted by the census as the present inhabtanl
Of the Territory shall decide all points in dl'
pute at a fair election without fraud or VIC
lence or any other improper influence.
All the white male inhabitants over 9
years Of age, toho toert in the Trriiory on n
4th of judy instant, are to be allowed to yot
If they have resided in the Territory tire
months previous to the day Of election, an
no other test shall be required; no oath {
support the fugitive slave law, or any othC
law. nor any other condition however.
This is apparently fair. Upon It's face
pretends to secure an honest census an hor
est election, and an honest decision, by tn
people Of Kansas, Of the slavery question
implicitly II is confession that Pierce, Doug
las and oil the Slavocrats have been, up /
this time, wrong that Congress has some
thing 10 do with this questions that th
Missouri Bogus Legislature was wrong
that it's laws were wrong that the outrage
upon the freedom of speech and the pres
were wrong that the outrages upon life
liberty and property were wrong; that tn
Infringement upon the right TO bear arm
was wrong that murders, robbery, rspine
arson, have been all wong that the ties
oath was wrong; that the seizure of Govern
or Robinson and other Free State men, OF
charges Of treason, was wrong that III,
driving Of Free State men from the Terrific
ny was wrong. These are just conclusion
from Douglas report and bill as above report
ed The whole thing is a confession q
GUILTY l-ouILTY GUILTY to oil the ten
rible charges on which the present Govern
meni and the Sham Democracy have bee
snaigned Of the bar Of the People. 1t Isl
plea Of GUILTY, and cry for MERCY.
Freemen Of Vermont Consider this ple
Of guilty. Why is il so Suddenly made P
Down to the nomination of FREMoNT g. DAl
TON, there was but one cry from Dough-
Pierce, and The whole savocratic crew. bt
one threat, openly and insultingly made /
The freemen Of Kansas, and 10 the friends {
Freedom throughout the Union. 1t was this
1--WE WILL SUBDUE your Look a
the Cincinnati Platform-noi yet six weeks
old binding Buchanan & Co. to the sam
principles from which sprang the repeal q
the Missouri Compromise, the attempted Al
ricanizatlon Of free Kansas, and the terrbl
ooirages upon her free people aye, and a
goinst these outrsges--now publicly con
fessed to be wrong by STrrHEN AEEoLl
DouoLAs, and Slnvocra,c Senate at BIZ
heels we say, against these gross violation
Of the Constitution itself, the Cincinnati
Platform contains no, one single word 0