Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-05-30


TO Kansas that order of things lha
now obtains in South Carolina. say
agely gagged me into silence by rap
ping my lace, choakng me, pulIin
my beard Jerking me violently to m
seat and calling out, D--n YOU
ho'd your tongue. All this wa
done while my arms were pinione,
behind my back Many will nsl
now, as They have asked already
what Is the true and proper cause o
all these troubles, which | have ha,
10 Aichinson have told the worl,
already. | can only repeat nv owr
words ! have said, The very hear
and front Of my offending hath thi
extent no more ! had spnker
among INV nel4hbors mvoably {,
mixing Kansas free State. and sal.
lpihe Office of tpe Sqnatter Sover
elap, q am liee soiler, aud intend &,
vote for Kansas to be free state.
+ II Is true that Kelly, by an after
thought, mas added two new counts
10 his bill OF Indictment against me
The FIRST is, that went about lh,
town OF AtcMusou last August talk
ing Abulliioulsm-(l have not had
Ihe hon"f "l beng an Anoliupnlst }
ana second lha' spoke somehow ol
other Impr'Pary N The presence OF
slaves.
AN TINS Is not only utterly false,
ou' the charges are er poStJdct9, inI
not word was SAID ol tins The da,
lheY pnl me "n The ialt The New
York ubune publishes me as q
VI 'ho.list preacher lhh was put ON
'ae riIt Tor prc'chIng Ab'lllpns o.
j am a mempT ot a denomination
Known as disciples (Ctmnclile>)
and havc never alluded So The sub
lect IN my Dralchi4g | puhltsh.d "a
n,rrativc of ihe wb lie nfTur IA tbs
N,s.orr; n.,,,.r,, n,,.ou.. ,,,,I 49,,
which b,. .,.., h.s, d..,.l ,o n..
hest an, t,,,yled,e ov,a,, inns
I s63 | bo,rdtba Kelly .,,as h,,n
io V,..a,,n..i,.u ua.avs Lo ,,,.
noi h,,n ., N,..acbn.e,,. ,h,, m.
vas bo,n IN V,r,nu Roha,,
Keuy c,..d,,,r ,c,ha S,,,,,ar S.
.era;gn and go,erooo,, nr;.,,r
shaD me born m.t where me- nle.s.s
Srliit Win. ra,,rled ,s Mt
rims and iocred,ble tba, man
sh,uld ,ecs,va s,ch ,re,,nsn, ,or
nuernp sncb words M renor, nv
self ,o have u,,.,ed Tbo n,,,sr -
.pl,in eoonoh when the r,c,s ,ro mn
derstcol p,orto Anons, ~ Is55
tbere v,s nr,norly snaak,,o no r,.a
soil partv or,onizsd IN 4,cb;nso,
c,unty oe,ho,s p,t in ,he wLJ,
ier,i,ory or Kansas Foo s,,l.,s All
,r-. rn1w nelr own suensln ana an
were disposed to be prudent--some
were iImid. Here IN Atchlnson
county, we were determined thar If
the Border Ruiiitns were resolved to
drive matters To bloody issue, the
responsibility oI DONG 50 should rest
wholly with themselves. There are
many iree-sollers ~ this country -
brave men VINO have no conscientious
scrnples TO hinder them from arnlng
themselves, aud preparing 20 repel
iprce with ldrce. lhe Border Rut-
hans sought bya system oitcrrorlSm,
so to ihlimidle Tree sptIets, as to
prevent lhem from or9alzInS free
sol party, or even discussing the
subject OF freedom and slavery IN
Kansas. Iney carried thls To such
an extent ofoutraSeous violence, that
1t came To he currently reported that
II was as mucl as mans life was
worth n the iowa of Atkinson, 10
say al am Free-soller"
We deprecated whence. an
wished peaceful dlscu son of the
subject II was therefore most fl
ting, that mau whose profession
forbade him to 90 armed. should pu,
To- the test of actual experiment ln
the iowa Of Alchlnson. whether an
American citizen. of bameless hCe
could be peruuled To ENJOY the rlsht
of nee speech-lhe privilege uf ex-
pressing views favorable To making
Kansas free Stale-.nch views be.
ing uttered without any thug OF
annry. abusive or insulting llngnage.
It was fpr this purp ,se the above
words were spoken. and which have
been the cause Of all my trouble N
Aichnson.
If the B rider Rufilns had per
mirled me to depar, IN peace, they
would nave proved themselves, sim
ply harmless Uuii,cs n6o,d ~ eNerutu