The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-07
TelE Real. DANl: r. 4.

TmE REAL DANGER.
4. Ton. rs the only dancer to the Union
.a!ne from the threats OF pro slavery men W"
we're more inclined To curl the lip in dcri-
-;o" th>" To- .h;"k !, ,sor,! moments 80;
ous confederation. The alarm If proie>sel
Union Savers" never caused any body Il
fear save few cotton merchants and lin
Uy-wo'sey politicians. The great mas. Of
the people knew thee wa' noiLin. to be fear
ed SO lon. "a th,. laws and con>t tutinn Of the
country were scrupnlously ODE, ed. and exec
uti,e officers did their In.y as in the fear of
Heaven. Until these we're disregardeI. eve
~ ioreboding OF evil Was allowed TO pass like
the Idle wihd. 10 ali Who havc watched the
course Of the pro-s'avery politicians for only
few years, it is very evident that the time
would sooner or later be reached when no
considerations OF law. honor, or constitution
al restriction would be able to prevent their
violent entertainments. With a majority of
. free North, We had hoped that the period
would be postponed until advan ing light and
civilization should have made the free States
unit in their opposition to the extension of
the domain and influence Of Slavery Bat
the South could not afford to wait tor that
time. Its allies are darkness and prejudice
and any increase of intelligence would doom
it forever. Accordingly, the programme.
commenced by the pro-slavrry party in Con-
sress, under the lead of the So called demo
cratic administration, has reached its lates,
development thus far. in the startling intel
licence which comes from Kansas and Wash
ington The sack OF Lawrence and the muir
der and robbery committed upon the free
(what mockery of words y settlers of Kan
sas is 10 .iral deduction from the repeal Of
the Missouri Compromise. Both are links
in the same chain forged ~ pro-slavtrv OIL
garchv to bind down the rights and the priv
ileges of Twenty Millions Of Frsemcn.
These are the crime. committed against
the North these are the insidious blows
strark At The perprtui'v OF the Union. One
assassin like Brooks can 10 more 10 weaken
the hold which the Union has upon the af-
lection of the people than ten volumes of al
houns oratorv, or whole vocabuIaries Of
Toombs' and Buffers threat, of dissolution.
The South may be aware Of it or not but
one thing is certain: The feeling at the
North to-day, upon thi, whole subject. is "a
totally different from the feeling of two wears
ago. a. black is from white. II vas then
supposed that we had one barrier over which
slavery could not 90: the ADMINISTRATION was
pledged to regard the existing condition of
thirgs a. "finality." and we believed as it
cared for its own peace it would fulfill its
pledge. Since then. what wrongs have been
inflicted what crimes committed until. to-
day. a. you pass through the streets Of every
Northern city and village you will hear men
hitherto Of the most conservative character.
speaking OF nothing but how these insulting
outragss shall be avenged ;-spofen. too.
more in sorrow than in anger. and with an
earnest conviction which only such iniuuite>
conld produce. that it is the result OF no pas
sionate outbreak, but the bitter fruits of deep
laid and well understood schemes to extend
the curse Of slavery. and to subordinate eve
~ other interest Of the country to that The
man who remember. the histories of other
nations, and is accustomed to trace events TO
causes, knows very well that in the practice
Of any wrong, nations always work their ru
in. and the more bold and defiant the crime.
the sooner is it followed by terrible ret-ibu-
ton. II it meets with but little or no oppo-
sition the end is sooner reached, and the pun
i-hment more certain. The power Of doing
evil soon exhausts itself. A societv-a ma
tion-enyased in it will soon and inevitably
.lnk under the mighty pressure. There is
no cohesive power able to withstand its dis
organizing tendencies. Honorable and pa
triOtc men cannot, therefore. look upon the
commission Of such crimes as we are Obliged
to chronicle from week to week. without
mingled Indignation and grief, Indignation
ct the authors an! grief because of the dan
ger it threatens to the peace and perpetuity
of the luton.
Now. then. comes the practical. and only
practicable way Of saving the I'non'' 1t
will never be accomplished bv the windy
exp-ctoration of speech" IIarargu on
the dangers of sectionalsm will never do it.
HOmiles on the wickedness of replying to
the continuou. and insulting language of
pro-slaverv champions will never do it
Treatises on the trea.onabeness of protecting
lie and property, aad disobeying illegal en-
actments, will never do it. There 10 only
one thing which can do it. and that one thing
lies in our power to do. The road lies thro'
she ballot box The constitutional remedy
10 sufficient Ii the laws OF the country are
maintained iastea! OF b-ing trampled upon
by the executive agents VI the nation, we
shali never have need to apprehend the repe-
tition OF such scenes as the little town Of Law
renee was witness to- ifthe high places Of
the ration were moi filled With men who