The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-07
A FALLING STAR.
To lie Editor OF Ms North S'ar.

AFALLING STAR.
10 lie Editor Of The North Star.
SIR:-Ihave been a reader OF your pa
per from INV earliest recollection, and so
well pleased was ] with it., my parents
said loved it better than Gid my breakfast.
| loved it for its truthful stories, its glowing
descriptions of foreign travel, its home news.
and above all, its hearty condemnation of
oppression, and ardent attachment TO the
principles of American Freedom. And thus
you continued to battle manfully with tyran-
nv and Slavery till the democratic party
threw around you its tlimsy web, since which
time your columns have been nearly silent
upon American Slavery. This sum of all
villanics was thrown into the shade BY your
great love Of your tavorite party, the trl-
umphs of which you seemed to consider ne
cessary to the perpetuity of the Union. For
a brief space in 1850. and 81, YOU did publish
now and then an article upon this abominabe
syst"m but YOU were soon whipped back in
to the line OF demorra ti, lutv, vh"r. vo"
have been an obedient and faithful servant up
to the present moment
condemn no man for his party prcferen-
ces, or party acuon. but when his over heated
zeal for his part swallows up every generous
aud manly sentiment and urges him on to-
wards the cesSp9o of political corruption. ]
cannot trust him for a leader. or respect him
for his sentiments And now | ask in all
charity, is nc: ais faithful portrait Of vour
present position For proof of this look at
your studied Attempts to conceal from vonr
readers every favorable omen of progress in
the Anti Slavery movement and the avid
" with which YOU seize upon any report IA
voratlc to the peculiar institution. as though
1t were not enough to be silcn: about its G.
noTmlties. but You must parable before YOUR
patrons. IN large capitals. and in con>nicu-
Gus place. It's ianried benefits to the slaves
themselves and its harmlcssness 10 our politi-
ral and moral prosprritv And for months
past and IN Your last issue, Won SIT matte
those who are Try hg TO limit and abolish the
ahominahle system w calling them ha,I re-
put'tCdnS. o. shame shame blush to be
rcckoned an inhaitant of Vermont. where
such lilibera. unr,rl>tian sentiments are sem:
forth as the principles of reasonable men. who
are the exponents of a protc>scd democratic
party Who would have thought twenty five
wears ago. that the liberty loving and oppres
non hating Editor of the Worth Star. would
so demean himself as TO use such unratrotic
rpithefS: 1t cannot be that the Editor of
the Star thirty years ago and its present con
ductor are one and the same persons Black
Rcpubli ans Not said in Jest merely. not
uttered IN moment of passion but calm.
deliberate. and pointed expression Of con
t~'nI', u-n ann ", 4 ,ar,,r
and daily increasing party. comprised of men
of all professions. and OF different political
sentiments. Black Republicans Men who
are giving their DAYS and their money 10 con
fine the cursed system of slavery within i,s
present bounds and devise means to cxtirra,e
it from the earth
am not political writer Once ONLY he
fore. hav" expressed my political sentiments
tto ,l,',
come. when TO keep silence. wonld be a
breach of trust owe nv country and crimi
nal indifference TO the Interests of those in
bondage. have searched the star for some
Of is earlier sentiments of freedom. but thew
are few and far between. Should for the
first time. take up copy without knowing
its date or y ace of publication. should saw
it was relic OF the dark ages. or hail"d from
some miserable slave b amlct where the hnv-
ING and selling of human beings was the prin-
cipal business of ITS inhabitants. What light
10 get from the Star upon the Kansas
troubles Why. that the free people Of
and deserve TO be driven ont and murdered
by the lawcSs drecs of Southern society. -
And why do trey deserve this treatment >
Because they will not Weld 4 willing ohedi
ence to laws that they had no more voice in
making than you and I. and laws too, which.
for severity and de>potism. are not equaIcd
by any government of the old world When
the Missouri Compromise was repealed, and
the fate of Kansas was left to be decided Nv
the vote Of its Inhabitants, Won said az ,n and
again there was no danger of its becoming
Slave State. And vet, what have Won done
TO encourage emigration from the Nrth by
which alone it can be made Free State
From your paper for the last six months.
what can be inferred but you- acquiescence
IN the brutal treatment the free settlers are
receiving from the outlaws of the South. -
Had you one spark of your early FIRE Of free
dom You would sail upon the North to pour
into karsas such tide of emigration that
r"ffianlsm would cease. and The people he al
lowed to make their own laws without FOREIGN
interference. But instead of this Won throw
every obstacle you can in the way of relief to
this suffering people. You scout the l.
dea OF sending means Of defence and would
have them left unprotected. to be shot down
and butchered 5v blood thirsty and lawless
rabole. Only obey the laws Of the territory,
laws that outrage every generous and humane
feeling, laws which have no parallel for bar.
barify this side the internal regions, laws