Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-05-30
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any other cause. Like the assault upon
Mr.. Greeley, It is simply part Of the ar
rangement to crush out, beat out, and
II necessary kill out AlloIprcssion Of opinion
which doCs not uphold the peculiar " Ma
Gonai" Institution. The sooner frecmen
understand the matter. the better, and un.
dcrstandnc II fully, It remains to be seen
whether they will aequicsce in IL
AS the tyranny Of the British King
Is all renewed in the President 80 on this
door have the old indignitics been renewed,
which cmbittcrcd and fomcntcd the trouble
Of our fathers. The early petition OF the
American Congress to Parliament, long be-
fore any suggestion Of Independence, was
opposed-like the petitions OF KansNs-bc-
cause that body was standardization
any rcqui'ition on the part Of the supreme
Power Another petition from New York,
presented by Edmund Burke, was fatty re-
jc,cd, a. claiming rights dcrogatory 10
Parliament. And still another petition
from Massachusetts, BAY was dismissed a'
yeIatious and scandalous," while the pat
rio, and philosopher who bore twas exposed
To peculiar contumely. Throughout the de-
bates, our fathers were made the butt u
sorry j',s and upcrcilious assumptions.
And now these scenes, with these precise
objections, have been renewed in the Amcri.
can senate. With regret, come again MP
on the senator from South Carolina, tMr.
Butlcr.) who, omniprrscnt in this debate,
overlooked with rag at the simple sugcc'-
ton that Kansas had applied for admission
as a State, and. with incohcrcnt phrase,
discharged the loose cIpcctontion Of his
speech, now upon her Representative and
then upon her people, There was no et'
traacancc Of the ancicn, Parliamentary de-
hate which he dill not repeat nor was there
any possible deviation FROM truth which he
did not make. with - much ofTAs'ion, am
glad to aid, A. to save him from the 'u'pi.
cion Of intentional alteration. bot the
senator touchc. nothing which be dos not
disfsurc-with error, sometimes u princi.
NE. sometime. Of fact. H. shows an inca.
raci,y Of accuracy, whether in stating the
Constitution or in stating the law, whether
in tho detail. II statistics or the diversions
II scholarship. lie cannot open his mouth
but out there nir, blundgr Surely he
ought u b. familiar with the lie of Frank
lin. and We, ho referred to hi household
character, while acting as agent of our "a
thrrs in England, as above suspicion and
thi, was done that he might give point 10 a
hl.e contrast with the agent u kansas
now knowing that, however, they may differ
in ccniu. and fame, in this erpcrincc they
are alike; that Franklin, when, intrus,cd
with The petition Of Massachusetts, Bay, was
assaulted hy foul.mouthcd speaker, where
he could no, b. heard IN defense, and de-
nounccd a. thief even A. the agent "
Kansas has h,cn assaulted on this door, and
denounced asa rprsrr' And lc, not the
vanity 81 the senator b" inspired by the
rarallrl II the British statesmen Of that day /;
for i, /. only in hostility to Freedom that
any parallel can Dc rrcoguitci. But It i
against tho people Of Kansas that the s'n'i.
bili,ic. Of the senator are particularly
aroused Coming, as ne announces, from
a state aye, sir, from South Carolina
he turn. with lorlly disgust from this newly.
formed community, which he will not re-
coruite even as a body polite Pray, cir,
by what title does he indulge in this csoti'm T?
Has he rad the history Of the State which
he rcrrcsents' lie canpot surely have for
gotten il. shameful imbccility from slavery,
confessed throughout the Revolution, FOL.
Lowell by It's more shameful assumptions Tor
slavery since. lie canno, have forgotten IT.
wrc,chcd persistence in the .lave trade A.
the very apple Of it. eye, aud the condition
Of il. participation in the Union. lie can
no, have forgotten its Constitution, which
i. republican only IN name, confirming power
in the hands Of the few, and founding the
qualifications Of voters On a settled freehold
estate and ten negroes And yet the Sena-
tor IN whom that State has in part com.
mittcd the guardianship Of its good name,
instead Of moving, with backward trcading
steps, "a cover it, nakclness, rushes forward
in the very ccstacy Of madness, TO expose It
by provoking comparison with Kansas.
south Carolina is old Kansas is young
South Carolina counts by centuries where
Kansas counts by years. But a bcnifccnt
example may 30 born in day and ven.
ture to say that against the two centuries OF
the older State, may be already set the two
years Of trial, dcvolying corresponding vir'
tue in the younger community. In the one
Is the long wall Of slavery; in the other
the hymns Of Freedom. And if we glance
at special achievements, it will be difficult
to find anything in the history Of South
Carolina which presents 50 much Of heroic
spirit in heroic cause as appears in that
repulse Of the Missouri invaders by the be-
leagued town Of Lawrence, where even the
women gave their effective efforts to Free
dom. The matrons Of Rome, who poured
their jewels into the treasury for the public
defen.e-the wives Of Prussia, who, with
delicate fingers clothed their defendersagain't
French invason-the mothers Of our own
Revolution. who sent forth their sons cover
ed over with prayers and blessings to com