Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-05-28
ans in the Senate.

True metal OF 10 IN IL, anu COulIhS dS j
does when the crisis in Kansas seems al
hand, il will nerve every true Republi-
can to do and dare all his duty.
We regret that our limits forbid us tc
publish the speech entire, as it is very
lengthy ; but we give extracts of por.
tons of it which are peculiarly worthy
of attention. We are waiting witt
breathless anxiety 10 hear what new:
the next breeze from the west may bring,
not knowing but it may bear to our ear:
the din of arms. In this suspense, and
while we are considering what our duty
as freemen may be, let us look careful.
ly at the following parallel, drawn BY
Mr.. Sumner with a master hand, (aud
alas! with only too much truth) be.
tween the tyrannical measures of
GEORGE THE 3D AND PRESIDENT PIECE
Here is the speech Of George Ill,
made from the Throne TO Parliament, in
response to the complaints of the Prov
ince to Massachusetts Bay, which,
though smarting under laws passed by
usurped power, had yet avoided all
armed opposition, while Lexington and
Bunker Hill still slumbered in rural soil
tude, unconscious of the historic kindred
which they were soon to claim. Instead
of Massachusetts, Bay, in the Royal
speech, substitute Kansas, and the Mes
sage of the President will be found fresh
on the lips of the British King. Listen
now 10 the words which in opening Par
Lament, 80 November, 1774, his Males
ty, according to the official report, was
pleased TO speak:
t'MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN Itgives
me much concern that / am obliged, at
the opening of this Parliament, to in
form you that a most daring spirit Of re
~sistanee and disObedience TO tie low still
prevails in the Province of the Massa
cAusefs Bay, and has in divers parts Of
it broke forth in fresh violences of a very
criminal nature. The proceedings haze
been c~ountendneed IN other of my COLONIES.
and unwarrantaUs attempts hare been
made to o6struct the Commerce Of this
Kingdom By unLouful combination. /
have taken such measures and given
such orders as l have judged most prop
er and e~ffectual for carrying into erecu-
ton the laus which mere passed in the last
session of the late Parliament for the pro.
lection and security of the Commerce of
my subjects. and for the restoring and
preserving peace, order, and govern
ment, in the Province Of the Aassachu
sets Bdy."-American Archives, 4th Sc
ries. vol. I, page 1,465.
The King complained of a "daring
spirit of resistance and di~sobedience to
the law" also does the President. The
King adds, that it has ''broke forth in
fresh violence Of a very criminal nature;''
so also does the President. The King
declares that these proceedings have
been "countenanced and encouraged in
other of my Colonies :" ven so the
President declares that Kansas has found
sympathy in remote States" The King
inveighs against "unwarrantable meas
ures" and unlawful combinations;'
even so inveighs the President. The
King proclaims that he has taken the ne
cessary steps " for carrying into execu-
ton the laws" passed in defiance of the
constitutional rights of the Colonies /;
even so the President proclaims that he
shall "exert the whole power of the Fed
raj Executive to support the Usurpa-
ton in Kansas. The parallel is com-
plete. The Message, if not copied from
the Speech of the King, has been fash
Toned on the same original block, and
must be dismissed to the same limbo
l dismiss its ~tyrannical assumptions in
favor of the U~surpation. / dismiss also
its petition for additional appropriations
in the affected desire to maintain order
in Kansas. 1t is not money or troops
that you need there; but simply the good
will of the President. This is all, abso-
lutely. Let this completely with the
Crime cease. and peace will be restored
For myself, l will not consent to wad
The National artillery with fresh appro-
priation bills, when its muderous hail is
10 be directed against the constitutional
rights of my fellow citizens.
The Senator then comes down with
resistless argument and fiery indignation
upon the infamous proposition of Senator
Butler Of South Carolina, who has the
audacity to propose to
DIsARN THE FREEMEN OF KANSAS
This proposition, markedly expressed,
is that the people of Kansas should be
deprived of their arms. That | may not
do the least injustice to the Senator, l
quote his precise words:
1.-The President of the United States
is under the highest and most solemn
obligations to interpose /; and if l were to
indicate the manner in which he should
interpose in Kansas, l would point out
the old common law process. l would
serve a warrant m Sharpe's rifles, and if
Sharpe's rifles did not answer the sum-
mons, and come into court on a day GER
tain, or if they resisted the sheriff, /
would summon the posse eomitotus, and
would have Colonel Summers regiment
to be a part of that posse oouitatus."
Really, Sir, has ii come to this /? The
rifle has ever been the companion of the
pioneer, and, under God, his tutelary
protector against the red man and the
beast of the forest. Never was this ef-
fcient weapon more needed in just self
defence than now in Kansas, and at least
one article in our National Constitution
must be blotted out before the complete
right to it can in any way be ~impeached.
And yet such is the madness of the
hour, that, in defiance of the solemn
guaranty embodied in The amendments
to the Constitution, that "the right of
the people "to keep and bear arms shall
be infringed." the people of Kansas
have been a~rraigned for keeping and
bearing them, and the Senator from
South Carolina has had the face 10 say
on this floor, that they should
be disarmed-of course hat the fanatics