Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-05-24

portant aid to Human Progress. The lesson
it teaches cannot be forgotten, and hereafter,
wherever unsettled lands exist, Intelligent
capital will lead the way, anticipating the,
wants of the poneer-nay, doing the very
work of the original pioneer while, amidst
we'll arranged harmonies, new community
will arise, to become, by It's example, more
eloquent preacher than any solitary mission
ary. In sLbordination TO this essential idea,
is its humber machinery for the aid of emil
grants on cir way, by com bining parties so
that friends and neighbors might journey to-
gether by purchasing tickets st wholesale,
and furnishing them 10 indiyiduala at the
tual cost by providing for each party con-
ductor familiar with the road. and, through
these simple means, promoting the economy,
SAT- ETY. and comfort of the expedition. The
number of emigrants it has directly aided,
even thus slightly, in their journey, has been
infinitely exaggerated. From the beginning
OF its operations down to the close of the last
autumn, all its detachments from Massachu-
sets contained only thirteen hundred and
twelve persons.
Such is the simple tale of the Emigrant AID
Company. Sir, not even suspicion can Justly
touch it, But it must be made a scapegoat.
This is the decree which has gone forth. l
was hardly surprised at this out age, when
II pIOCGGutu lIOh Ine IIeSlQenI, LOT, ike
Macbeth, he is stepped so far in, that return
ing were as tedious as to 90 on but did not
expect it from the Senator from Missouri,
Mr. Geyer, whom learned to respect foI
the general moderation of HIS views, and the
name he has Won i'll an honorable profession.
Listening to him, | was saddened bv the
spectacle of the extent TO which the Slave
Power will sway candid mind to do injus-
tice. Had any other interest been in ques-
ton, that Senator would have seorned to Join
i'll any impeachment of such an association
His instincts as a lawyer, as a man OF honor,
and as SENATOR would have forbidden; but
the Slave Power, in enforcing its behests, al
lows no hesitation, and the Senator surren-
dered.
In this vindication, content myself with
statement of facts, rather than an argument.
1t might be urged that Missouri had organized
propaganda emigration long before any
from Massachusetts, and you might be
minded of the wolf in the fable, winch COM
planned of the lamb for disturbing the waters,
when in fact the alleged offender was lower
down on the stream. 1t might be urged, also,
that South Carolina had entered upon a sim
liar system--whie one OF her citizens, in rail-
lying recruits, has unconsciously attested to
the cause in which he vas engaged by eAs-
claiming in the words Of Satan, addressed to
evertaen But the occasion needs no such
defences. l put them aside. Not on the ex-
ample Of Missouri or the example of South
Carolina, but on inherent rights, which no
man, whether President or Senator, can Justly
assail, do plant this impregnable justifca-
ton. 1t will not do, in specious phrases to
alege the right Of every State to be Tree in its
domestic policy from foreign interference, and
then to assume such wrongful interference by
this Company. BJ the law and Constitution.
we stand or fall; and that law and Constitu.
ton we have in no respect offended.
To cloak the overthrow of all laws in Kan.
zas, an assumption 10 now set up, which ut
teriy denies one of the plainest rights of the
people everywhere. Sir, beg Senators TO un-
derStand that this is Government of laws
and that, under these laws, the people have
an incontestablo right to settle any portion of
our broad territory, and, if they choose. to
propagate any opinions there, not immoral or
contrary to the laws. To This end, they NAV
go IN numbers, small and great, with assist
ance or without assistance, under the aus.
plces OF societies, or not under such auspices.
II this were not so, pray, sir, by what title is
the Senator from Illinois, who is an smlerant
from Vermont, propagating his disastrous
opinions IN another State By what title are
so many foreigners annually naturalised. I'M
der democratic auspices, in order to secure
their votes for mis- named Democratic prinei
pies? And if capital or combination cannot
be employed, by what venerable assoelatons
exist, OF ampler means and longer duration
than any Emgrant Aid Company, around
which cluster the regard and confidence ofthe
country-the Tract Society, powerful corpo-
ration, which scatters Its publications freely
in every corner of he land-the Bible Society.
an incorporated body, with large resources
which socks to carry the Book OF Life alike
into Territories and States-the Missionary
Society, also an incorporated body, with large
resources, which sends its agents everywhere.
at home and in foreign lands BY what title
do all Lthese exist Nay, sir, by what title
does an insurance company in New York send
its agent to open an office III New Orleans.
and what title does Massachusetts, capital con-
tribute 10 the Hannibal and ST. joseph Rail-
road in Missouri, and also to the copper mines
Of Michigan
The Senator inveighs against the Native
American party; but his own principlei is mar
rover than any attributed TO them. They OBJ.
Ject to the influence OF emigrants from abroad;
he objects to the influence of American citi
zens at home, when exerted in States or Ter.
ritories where they were not born 'Fhe
whole assumption is too audacious for re-.
spectful argument. Bat since a great riobt
has been denied, the children of the Free
States, over whose cradles has shone the North
Star, owe 1t to themselves, TO their ancestors.
and to Freedom ITSELF that this right should
now be asserted to the fullest extent. lytbe
blessing OF God, and ander the continued
protection Of the laws, they will go to Kanzas.
there to plant their Lomes, in the hope of ele
vatIng this Territory soon into the sisterbeod
OF Free States; and to such end they will net
hesitate, in the employment of all legitimate
means. whether by companies of men or con-
tnbntlons OF money, to swell a vmtuous en-
lgration, and they wAl justly scout any at
tempt to question this unquestionable light.
Sir, II they failed to do this, they would he
tit only for slaves themselves.
God be praised Massachusetts,, honored
Commonwealth that gives me the privilege to
plead for kanzas on this floor, knows her
rights, and will maintain them firmly to the
end. This is not the first time in history that
her public men have been exposed to con.
tumely. Thus was it when, in the olden time
she began the great battle whose frnits Won ali
ENJOY. But never yet has she occupied so
lofty position AS at this moment. By the
intelligence Of her pepulation-by the re-
soaIces oil her industry-by her commerce.
cleaving every waye-by her manufactures,
various as human sklll-by her institutions of
oenevoence, varloue as human s,iiering-bv
the pages OF her scholars and hlstorans-by
the VOICES Of her poets and orators, she is now
exertlng all influence mere subtle and COM
mandmg than anv ever before--shooting her
tarsdartng rays wherever ignorance wretch
edness or wrong preyail aud Haahinu l;oL4