Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-06-06

that during this long intermediate period
lhE. whole system must continue IN the IKE
ness Of law. unless overturned by the red
eral Government, or IN default OF such in
terposition, by generous uprising Of an OPP
pressed people But It was necessary TO
guard against the possibility of change, even
tardilv. at a future election; and this was
done bv two different acts under the .trst
of which, all who will not take the OATH to
support the Fugitive Slave Bill are excluded
from the elective franchise and under the
second of winch, all others are entitled TO
vote who shall tender a tax OF one dollar 10
the Sheriff on the day Of elections thus, by
provision Of Territorial law DISTINGUISHING all
| opposed to Slavery. and at the same time OPP
eniuq the door to the votes of the invaders (;
bv an unconstitutional shlbbocth, excluding
from the polls the mass OF actual settlers,
and by making the franchise depend upon
a petty tax only, admitting to the polls the
mass of borderers from Missouri. Thus, 10y
tyranny aforethougd, the Usurpauon not
only fortified all It did, but assumed SELF
I perpeiu1iing energy.
Thus was the Crime consummated. Sla-
very now stands erect clankIng lis chains on
the Territory of Kansas surrounded by q
code of death, and trampllng upon all cher
ished liberties, whether of speech, the press
the bar, the trial by Jury, or the electoral
franchise. And, sir, all this has been done,
not merely 10 introduce wrong which in DE-
self IS a denial Of all rights, and in dread Of
which a mother has lately taken the life Of
her offspring; not merely, as has been some
times said, 10 protect slavery IN Missouri.
since it is futile for this State to complain Of
Freedom on the side of Kansas, when Free-
dom exists without complaint on the side Of
Iowa and also on the side of Illinois but II
has been done for the sake Of political power,
m order to bring two new slayehodlng SEN
aiors upon this floor, and thus to lortiy in the
National Government the desperate chances
Of waning Olgaichy. As the ship, voyage
my on pleasant summer seas, Is assallcd by
pirate crew, and robbed for the sake of ITS
duublooDs and dollars so o. the beautiful
Territory now assailed in itn peace and pros
perty, aud robbed, in order to wrest It's pu-
litcal power To the side Of slavery. Even
now the back flag of the lnud pirates from
Missouri waves ut the mast head ln their
laws you hear the pirate yell, aud sec thu
flash of the pirate knife; while, Incredible to
relate the President, gathering the Slave
Power at his back, testihcs pirate sympa-
/ Thy.
Sir, all this was done in the name Of Pop
ular Sovereignty. And this Is the close Of
the tragedy. Popular Sovereignty, which,
when truly understood, Is a fountain Of lusl
power has ended in Popular Slavery not
merely in the Subsection of the unhappy AZ
rlcan race, but of this proud Crcossau blood
which you boast The profession with winch
I J la FI.
lost In the wretched reality Of Nothing for
The People, Popular Sovereignty, IN whose
deceuul name plghted faith vas broken,
and an ancient Landmark Of Freedom was
overturned, now hits itself before us, like
Sin, IN the terrible picture Of Milton,
4" 'rhat .oen'd @ woman the whist, and fatr;
But ended foul Go many sedly fold
Aouniiurus and vast , setprut Hrmd
Wan muuul sting nbout hvr niidia round
cIy oi halnuuuhs uptrf.rHasing harah
Win wide Crrbofan mouth hu ilud, and rung
hidoous peal yot, When they lst, would cieap,
u uught DISTURBED their noise, into bier womb,
And 1ennol thelo yot there Sui bhrk'd, ant howid
Within, uuseou.N
The image is complete at all points and.
with this exposure, ! take my leave of the
Crime against Kansas.
H. Emerging from all the blackncss of
Crime IN which we seem to have been lost,
as in a savage wood, and turning our backs
upon 1t, as upon desolation and death, from
which, while Others have suffered, we have
escaped, / come now to TINS APOLOGIES
which the Crime has found Sir, well may
you start at the suggestion taat such series
of wrongs, SO clearly proved by various tesll-
mony, SO openly confessed By the wrong-do.
ers, and 80 widely recognized throughout the
country, should find Apologies. But the par
9TH nr Hut k4.
at nothing. The great Grimes of history
have never been without Apologies. The
Of ST. Bartholomew, which you now |
condemn, was, at the time, APP |
plauded IN high quarters, and even common.
Grated by PapaI medal, which may sul be
procured at Rome as the crime against Kan
sas, which is hardly less conspicuous dread.
tul emlnence, has been shielded on this floor |
by eXtenuatlng words, and even by Presi !
dental message, which, like the Papal med /
al, can never be forgotten IN considering the |
madness and peVersty Of men.
Sir, the Crime cannot be denied. The
President himself has admitted "illegal aud
conduct. To such conclusion
he was compelled by irresistible evidence
but what he mildly describes openly ar.
ralgn. Senators may affect to put il aside by
a sneer; or to reason itaway by figures; or
to explain II by theory, such a. desperate IN |
ventIon has produced on this door, that the |
Assassins and Thugs of Missouri were IN
reality citizens Of Kansas but all these eff
forts, so lar ns made, are only tokens OF the
weakness Of the cause, while 10 the Original
Crime they add another u1nnse Of false tes-
nnony against innocent aud suffering men
But the Apologies for the Crime are worse
ai. NJ l., DO
heartlessaess they identify their authors
with the great lransgresslon.
They are four IN number, aud four fold IN
character The first Is the Apology yrdn-
nical; the second, the Apology im6eci'c the
THIRD, the Apology absurd and The fourth,
the Apology Infamous This is all, TYR
amy, imbeclty. absurdity, aud nfamy, all
unite to dance, like the weird sisters about
this Crlme.
The Apology iyyannicai is founded on the
mistaken nc; OF Governor Reeder, IN aulhen.
tcating the Usurping Legislature, by which
It Is asserted that whatever may have been
/ the actual force or fraud m this election, the
I people ct Kansas are ciIectualy concluded
aud he whole proceeding is placed under
the formal sanction OF law. According to
tins assumption. complaint Is now In VAIN.
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aud hearken to II, without correcting the
wrong, as the ancient tyrinl listened and
granted no redress 10 the human means that
ISSUED from the heated brazen bull, which
subtitle cruelty had devised This call the
Apology OF techncality inspired by tyranny.
l The lacts on tins head are lew and PLAN
I Governor Reeder, after allowing only five
days for objections To the retuns-a space Of
time uureasonaby bret IN that extensive
/ Territory declared majority of the mem.
bers of the Council and OF the House of Rep.
resentatyes duly elected" withheld ceruh,
Gates from certain Others because of satislac.
tory proof that they were not duly elected,
and appointed day for new elections to sup-
[ ply these vacancies. Afterwards. by formal
message, he recognized the Legislature as a
legal body, and when he vetoed their act Of
adjournment to the neighborhood of Mis-
sour, he did It simply on the ground Of the
( illegally Of such an adjournment under the
organic law. Now, to every ASSUMPTION