Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-06-17

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CassI may say. inlresponse to the Senator fromf
Misssspp [Mr. Brown,J that Slavery cannot go
into the Territory under the Constitutions wifhaS
out legislative intr6duclionj and permit me to-
add, in response to both. that Slavery cannot 20
| there at all. NorHiNe CAN COME oUT OF KornIse;
and there is absolutely nothing in the Consttts
ton out of which Slavery can be derived, while
| there.are provisions, which, when properly IN,
! terpreted, make its existence anywhere within
The exclusive National jursdiction impossbie.l
The offensive pfosisioti in the bill was ID iiG
form legislative anomaly, utterly whiting thor
hatnrat directness and simplicity of an honest
ltransaction. Il did not undertake toD6nIy 1I.l
| peal TIE ola Prohibition Of Slavery, bat seemed.
to minoe the matter, as IL conscious Of the swim
die. 1t said that his Prohibition, sbeine iiicoH-E
sistent with the principlB OF non -iutefSeniiniig
| by Congress with Slavery in the States and Ter
ritories as recognized by the legislation OF 1867
commonly called the Compromise Measures is
hereby declared imperative and void" Thus
with insidious ostenta,ion, was it pretended that
an act, violating the greatest compromise of ouf,
legislative history, and setting loose the founda-o
tions of all compromise, was derived out ofai
compromise. Then followed In the Bill ths
declaration, Which is entirely without precedent,
and which has been aptly called "a sttimp speechi
in its belly" namely:'it being the true intent
and meaning Of this act, not to legslate Slavery
into any Territory or State, nor 10 exclude IL
therefrom, but to leave the people thereof per-
fectly free to form and regulate their domestics :
institutionsin their own way, subject only to tlIe
Constitution of the United States" Here wersl
smooth words, such as belong to q cummings
tongue enlisted in d bad cause.' But whatever
NAV have Been theft various hidden meanings,
this at least was evident that. by their effect the,
Congressional Prohibition OF Slavery, which had,
always been regarded as seveff fold shield, coy-
ering the whole Louisiana Territory north OF a6,
deg 80 min, was now removed, while a princi-
ple was declared, which would render the sup-
Elementary Prohibition Of Slavery in Mnnesoa,s
Oregon, and Washington, "inoperative ands
void" and thus to Slsvery all these vast Te-
pions, now the rude cradles OF mighty States.t
Here YOU see the magnitude Of the mischief con-.
templated Bit. my purpose now is with the,
Crime against Kansas, and shall not stop TO dx-s
pose the conspiracy beyond. sses a
Mr.. President, men ate wisely presumed t0inis
tend the natural consequences of their conductJ'
and to seek what their acts seem to promoteS
Now, the Nebraska Bill, onits very faces openly
cleared the way for Slavery, and it Is not wrong
10 presume that its 0rginators, intended the nat.
ural consequences Of such an act, and soughtiQ iQ
this way to extend Slavery or cotitse they did,
And this is the Il rst stage in the Crime hgainst
Kansas. eeaA N ify4e Nv 81
But this was speedily followed by othet de-
WHISPERED, that Kansas must be slave State.
In conformity with this idea was the Goverfi5s
ment Of this unhappy Territory organized in an
its departments, and thus,did the Presidents by
whose completely the Prohibition of Slavery had
been overthrown, lend himself to a new ctjm-s
Iplcity-giving to the conspirators lease OF
connivance, amounting even to copartriershiPi
The Governor, Secretary, Chief Justice, Assdci-s
ate Justices Attorney. and Marshal, with d MholG
~ cf;n VIC ath
President and confirmed by the Senate, were all
commended as friendly to Slavery. Nomans with
1.-THE sentiments of Washington, or Jefferson, OF
|FEankl ibond any favor; nor IS Ftt0o uuchttf
s1y liII 1 fIet1 ffeaf patriots onhe more
come among us, not one 81 theni Will 1t ~
corded unretracted opinions on Slayery5 could
have been nominated by the President OF conf
frmed by the Senate for any postin that Terri
tory. With such auspices the conspiracy pro-
ceeded. Even in advance of the Nebraska Bill
secret societies were orgaffized in Missoutij os3
tensibly to protect her institutions, and afiet+
wards under the name Of ''SelfsDefensive Aseor
ciations," and of "Blue Lodges" these were
multiplied throughout the western couhties Of
that Statc BEFORE ANY COUNTER MOVEMENT FROM
THE NORTH 1t was confde ntly anticipated, that
by the activity of these societies. and the inter-
est of Shareholders everywhere. with the advan-
tage derived from the neighborhood OF Missouris
and the inf luence OF the Territorial Governments
Slavery might be Introduced into Kansas, quietly
but surely, without accusing confict--thatthe
Crocodile egg might be stealthily dropped in the
sun-bunt soil, there to be hatched unobServed
until it sent forth its reptile monster,
But the conspiracy was unexpectedly balkeds
The debate, which convulsed Congressi had
stirred the whole country. Attention from all
sides was directed upon Kansas, which at once
became the favorte goal Of emigration. The
Bill had loudly declared, that its object was "to
leave the people perfectly free to form and reg
ulate their domestic institutions in their own
way;" and its supporters everywhere challenged
the determination of the question between Free
dom and Slavery by a composition OF emigration,
Thus, while opening the Territory to Slavery
the bill also opened it to emigrants from every
quarter, who might by their votes redress the
wrong The populous North, stung by a sharp
sense of outrage, and inspired by noble cause,
poured into the debateable land, and promised
soon to establish supremacy of numbers there,
involving, of course, just supremacy OF Free
dom.
Then was conceived the consummation of the
Crime against Kansas. What could not be ac-
complished peaceably, was TO be accomplished
torcibly. The reptile monster, that could not
be quietly and Securely hatched there, was to be
pushed full grown into the Territory. All ef-
forts were now given To the dismal work Of Fore.
ing Slavery on Free Soil, In fagrant derogation
of the very Popular Sovereignty, whose name
helped to impose this Bill upon the country, the
atrocious object was now distinctly avowed.
And the avowal has been followed by the act.'
Slavery has been forcibly introduced into Kan
sas, and placed under the formal safeguards of
pretended law. How this was done belongs To-
the argument. t8 R
In depicting this consumnation, the simplest
outline, without one word or color, will be best.
Whether regarded in its mass or its details in ie
origin OF its result, il is all blackness, illumed
by nothing from ITSELF but only by the heroisIn
Of the undaunted men and women, whom i en-l
vironed. plain statement of facts willlbe Q,
picture offearfnl truth, which faithful history
will preserve in It's darkest CELERY. Ia the iofe-
ground all will recognize familiar charac-
ter, in himselfa connecting link bttween the
President and the border ruffian--less conspicu-
Gus for ability than for the exalted place he has
oecupied-who once sat in the seat where yon
now sit sirj where once sat John Adams ana
Thomas jefferson; also, where once sat Aaron
Burr. need not add the name Of David H.
Atchson. You have not forgotten that, at the
session of Congress Immediately succeeding the
Nebraska Bill, he came taTdily TO his duty here,
and then, after short time, disappeared. Iho
secret has been long since disclosed. Like Cat-
aline, he stalked into this Chamber, reeking with
conspiiacy--immo in Senatum VENT land then
like Catalne he skulked away--abiit, excessih,
evasit, crupit--to Join and provoke the conspiF-