New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-17


"A vo'ce-,hey shah oot do III. When Pr~i-
Ant Pierce cane into power, on tho 18th
of Mer,h 1888 tisre was u the heat ot The cont
rent bayopd The Mis-cari River, txutory larger
thar the Thirteen Colonies when they raised the stan
dary Of revolution and ssArsted from the goveunent
Of England That territory hsd been courecfsiea 9s-
ever 10 Freedom and Fee Institutions, for all The
children of uen Evry breze that swept ovef MAJ
Liberty for al men" Every blade OF grass bad the
Liberty for all men written upon IT. and every
drip of water that sparSled in the sunlight. gutierrez
With the words Liberty for al the Children OF inen-
Tie Slave Pow demands the right 10 enter thai tern
tory hom hich il had been forever excluded oy the
Missouri prohibition Of 1890 snd the Administration,
under the lead of native son Of New England, took
that heritage Of the free laborng men OF this county
wh'Sh they had right 10 call their o~n. IN which they
hoped Ia make free farms, erect free workshops,
and establish free schools and free churches, ana
fe institutions for ALT took that territory and laid
II votve offering at the feet Of the slave proPagsl-
dsts of the country. That was crimes crime
against tie retmen of this country, which trst IN
God TIE farmers the mechanics ard the lsboring men
Of the niset States will forget and never for
give. When they took thst territory from the laborng
men Of the United States sd opened to the nrosds
of Slavery, they gsve pledge 10 the American
people that they could 90 into that Territory and
estsbhsh those free institutions that bless our
tiop OF the Union. The sons Il New England Of New
York and of the mighty IVES; into tha; Territory
with aims lofty as those thu; brought our fore
fathers 10 the shores of the Western world and when
that PEOPLE went 10 the balot.boxes on the SDth of
March, 1858, they found those bslot.boxes-those a.
cred urps-in the hands of i've thousand armed in
ys.lers from the State OF Missouri They were con-
cuerej overthrown-a L. gsiature imposed upon them
BY ,heee armed invaders; and when Gov Reeder re-
turned from that Territory, when at his own home in
PenDsylv sns he proclaim 10 the American people that
the Territory of ansas had been conOuerf by armed
nen from the State of Missouri, he was summoned
nj the presence Of the Chief Magistrate the United
States; he was rebuked for thote words, and he
offered place power, and the confidence of the Presi-
dent Il &c would leave Kansas and resign the position
be held AS Chief Magistrate of that Territory. But
Gov Reeder was not and could not be moved by the
Establishments Of power. He stood by the people Of
Kansas, ard when he interposed his power TO arrest
the acts of that legislature he was stricken down by
the President of the United States The whoe power
ard patronage of the Goverpment-the whole influence
of It's appointments, nun boring more than twenty
oil given in favor of sustaining the Missouri in
vasion and the action OF the Legislature imposed upon
that people. And, gentlemen, laws were imposed
u,on thst Territory, BY thst Legislature, inhuman,
upchrsan, unconstitutional. and devesh and,
from tie day those laws were passed up to
this hour the whole power OF the Federal Govern
uent has been eScrted 10 sustain that usurpation
and to enforce those inhuman statutes. When Con-
gress assembled in December last, those laws were
upon the statute book of that people. Did the
President of the United States recommend their
repeal No. sn ae"1 Of In b n FTssas he m ss
OF that Territory. He referred 70 their acts
only 10 denounce them. He declared to the coun-
try that those laws must be and should be enforced.
On the 2ith Of January he sent special Message to
Congress- Message which one sf the most profound
men Of our country and member of the Democratic
party said 10 friend of mine tie other day, was the
most scsndaous public document that modern his
tory had recorded and in that Message the
tree-St, nen in Kansas denounced as
revoutonists and nsurrectionists. few days after
be sent another message 20 Congress covering the doc
uments received from Gov. Shannon and other public
ofiCtrs in the Territory and IN this message the doc
pe WAS maintained that these laws mnst De- enforced
and rebellion ainst these laws opposition to them
must be put down by the strong arm OF the Federal
Government. The President and his supporters
in both Houses of Congress sustained those laws and
aust aimed every movement made 10 enforce them IN the
Territory of Kansas upon free people. But gentle
men. when the Northern States when the freemen Of
the United States in the majesty OF their might;
when they manifested 10 the country their determination
10 stand by and sustain the eemen Of Kansas; then
was that the Administration and its leaders in the
Senate and in the House of Representatives took
occasion To denounce those laws and to say that they
we've unconstitutional. Gentlemen It il said by some
of those supporters Of the Administration and tho adj
yocates of Mr. Buchanans election, that the Admins
taton was ready 10 modify repeal the laws of the
Territory of Kansas. Gentlemen, they refer us TO
Mr.. Toombss bill. Here to-day, repeat what
| said upon the floor of tho Senate. that OF oil the
wrongs perpetated in Ksnsas-the rObberies the muir
ders, ard all the outrages that have been carried out
thers-ths bill of Mr. Toombs's was the browning in
fanny [Cheenl. The object of that bill was this;
II was to seize the critical moment and make
Kansas a Slsveholding State. Here, to-day,
say what l said to Toombs's face, that the
object of that bill was to the Missouri usurpa-
tiops and mske Kansas a Slaveholiing State. w hat
wa the condition OF Kansas when that bill was sub
mi,ted to Congress- Our friends by hundreds had
left that Territory to preserve their hyes' Law
renee had been attacked, dwellings Had been
burned and the Free Presses in Kansas had
been broken down. But one Free Press was
preserved out Of six which had been established In the
Territory The Judicial tribunals mad made charges
of treason against FrecState leaders. Many of those
leaders were in exile, and Others arrested and
under the gusrdanshP of the army of the Cnitot
States Gov. Reeder, who happened TO be in the Ter
rituy attending Commission Of Congress, was COM
PEELED fly that Territory to preserve his hie and for
nine weary days and nights he wandered praries
and through forests, without being allowed the privi-
lege Of changing his clothes. Our friends in that Ter
ritory were ovtrawed and subcued. Hundreds Of men
from the South had fortified block houses there, and
sent out marsuding parties armed to the teeth Such
was the position Of that Territory; and then 1t
wss that the leaders Of the Administration, Slave
Propagandsts and Disunioniss brought in bill that
the people on the 4th Of July, 1856, should elect
Delegate Convention TO form Constitution, and the
Constitution was not TO be submitted to the people for
then app obaton rejection. Gentlemen, the whole
object Of that bill 70 make Kansas slsvehoding
State Lieut. Gov. Roberts said to the Democratic
senators that it would do 40. Gen. Robinson and
Others wrote to us that if Toombss bill passed the
question would be closed and Kansas would be a
slavebolding State. Well, gentlemen We made every
Effort in Congress to right the wrongs Of tho FREQ men
Of KaLsas We voted to bring them into the Union
under the Topeka Constitution and that was resisted
by the supporters OF the Administration In both Houses
We voted for Dunn's bill, although we difapproyed Of
many of its provisions; Blu, it made Kansas
a Free State, and we were ready to sacri-
fee even something Of principle in order TO secure
Kansas forever to Liberty. We were resdy 20 vote
icr any messsre repeating any of those odioas laws;
bu, Say TO you to-day that the Administration never
intended and never dared TO repeal thoss love. Why,
They tel Us that they proposed to do 1t in Toombs's
TO ensci the Constitution in the Territory Of Kansas.