Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-03-07

district, on the same day, TWO nun
bred aud thirty-soven votes were
given. In February following, when
the census was taken, ,here were but
twenty-four voters in that district,
which, three months before, had
given Whitfield two hundred and
thrty-seven voies-all but three OF
the whole number cast. And with
in thirty days after the census was
taken, three hundred and twenty
eight votes were given in this dis
trict, having only twenty-lour voters;
vet the Senator from Missouri grave
ly informs the Senate that Missouri
ans only crossed over the borders 80
prolec, the ballot boxes against arm
ed colonisls' sent there under the
auspices of emigrant aid societies.
That these Mlssourlans crossed the
line and voted on that day for Whit
field, no one doubted but he had a
majority of the voters OF the Terri
tory, and for that reason, his cleo
ton was not contested. That is the
answer to the Senator from Connec-
tcut, who has built his argument on
that fact.
The character of this invasion
will appear in an extract from a
speech made by one of these modern
erocs, General StringieIow,) who,
according to the Senator from Mis-
sour, crosses over into Kansas TO
protect the ballot boxes from the
armed colonsis' from the free States.
This speech was made Just before
the election of November 20, 1854,
to which the Senator from Connec-
lieut. has referred, with so much con
fidence, at 81 Joseph, Missouri
In that speech General Stringlelow
SAID:
'ttsn you TO marx every seoundfel among you that
l. the enst tainted with free soiiism ot ubouonsm,
and ettermuato him. Neither give npf take quarter
fon The damned rascal propose 10 marx them IN
this house, and tho present location, 30 that you
may crush them OUT
Crush them out is the language,
You will remember, sir, that the At
torney General of the United States
"a man who spent the dew Of his
youth and the yigor of his early man
hood IN assailing Democratic states
men, and who is now giving the ma
ture years of his lite to undermining
and perverting Democratic principles
sent an edlct to Massachusetts,
pending the election in 1853, that
the President was up to the occasion,
aud intended to crush out the ee-
ment Of abolitionism.' Gen. String
fellow, like the President, is up to
the OCCASION lie has caught up
the word of the Attorney General.
He is going TO mark the Free Soiers,
he says, that you may crush them
out think his success, sir, will a
bout equal The success which follow
ed the efforts OF the President and
General Gushing, in crushing out
the element Of aboliiionlsm.' The |
elections of the last two years have
shown who is the crusher and who
is the crushed. General Stnngfel- |
low continues
ITO those who have qualns Of conscience A. TO via.
lating laws, Stale national, the has come when
such mpo,itions must be disrgarded, your rights
and property are In danger aud abuse you ore and
all, % easr ersry esetoa district ia Kansas defaaee
Of Reefer, and his rie mvrmdoas point
Of ths bows kHye and reuouer Neither give take
guirter, case demands IT, IL s enough that the
siaveholing u,eiest wills IT, from which hete no
appeal What tight has Governor Reedef to rule Mis- /
in kuusHaf HI proclamation and ihpd
oath must be- fepudiaied Its your interest do so
Mind that slavery Is established where 1t is not ptohi
buedi
'Qualms of conscience as to viola
ton of laws, State or nationalp No.
sir, that will never do Such i'm
positions must be disregarded = 'Ev-
cry election district IN Kansas must
be entered by one and all, and they
must vote at the point of the bowie |
knife and revolver = Is that the way
these border gentlemen pass over the
line, according to the Senator from
Missouri, TO protect the balot-boxes
against the armed colonists ?
Qualms of conscience about vio-
latlng laws, State or national, were
given up, aud they 'entered into
every election district in Kansas, in
spite of the proclamation of Reeder,
and made the election Of Whitfield
doubly sure. Tie Senate will re-
member that the Senator from Mis-
sour assures us that Mlssourians only
crossed the borders to protect the
ballot-boxes against the armed colo
nisls from the East.
Sir, commend TO the especial
consideration of the Senator from
Missouri the advice of General
Strlngfellow, TO give up all 'qualms
of conscience as to violating laws,
State or NATIONAL and TO center ev-
cry election district in Kansas Is
that the way Missourians protect The
ballot-boxes over the border. ?
Mr.. BUTLER. Allow ire to ask
the Senator'S authority for the re-
marks OF General Slringiellow.
Nj. WnsoN, quote from
speech made by General StrngfeIow,
published in western Missouri pa
per, republished throughout the coun-
try, and never denied 10y him. Gen
eral Stringfollow has since said, in a
letter TO the people of the South,
that if Missourians had gone into
Kansas and ruled it once, they could
do il again. The men in western
Missouri who were the FIRST 10 accept
the advice Of their leader, do not de-
ny these things. They openly pro-
claim their intentions, and act upon
them. Sir, can respect the frank
ness Of crime much more than the
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