The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-21

taks up for the companys benefit the in we
the boarding houses and uls located and others
insd Tree State trustees shall dispose Of ali It's inter
esn there replace By the sales the noney laid out declare
ssS nd s,sl sac lhai they thsn seees nsn
organization Of another free State Of this Union."
4 NOW, SIR was ever there palmer more unbushing
10 the world Of the motives and parposes o.
hls dssOoieH humane and CArislsa society organized
or The purpose OF aiding the poor emigrant Ii tes them
10 secure the sections which their boarding and
mills are located and then says subscribers when
We have succeeded in making Kansas free State will
divide the profits anc will turn attention % u-
iure conquest AS they succeed in making Kan
sas free State with this moneyed power they d.
vide the profits between their saints home and then
make q new Siaie somewhere ese without slavery is
Thai The game you play when yen talk about fairness
opennesa and maulness and equality Of rights between
The people of this great eountywhen you have money!
ed organization with proclamation that Ii is your pnr-
pose 10 convert Territory where slavery exists into
turn over TO conquest BewArsl there may be
power that viii say 10 you @Thus far shalt thou go
and no further s-' Fl : !,
But sir there is another argument that wish 10 read
from the hookan argument presented in behalf Of
the Emigrant Aid Society ..#.
1t is impossible snch region should not fill up rap
denes to settlers bT giving system - snqrstiop y dns
ling the fears that Kansas will be State the
by free settlers II is to be hoped that rnilrr eompsiss
will be formed in other free States The enterprise ia Of thst
ID. mo
ttion the better" 80 -.
Now, submit the frankness of the Senste whether
have not established the facts which assumed in the b.
ginning first that these Emgrant Aid Societies nau-
gurated for the express purpose Of making Kansas se
State and next to make lnoneyed speculation Of this
so-caled benevolent enterprise have given the record
and the testimony, and defy ts refutaton a
The senator from Massachusetts lifts hs hands In holy
horror at the aggession of the border ruans aud ~
seems 10 think they the aggessors in all the ontrss
which have been perpetraed might submit 10 his oaa.
laxp
are situated the border Of Missouri and had wh
they have and had heard they have heara
pose he had seen the power of the mighty Commonwealth
OF Massachusetts brought 10 the aid and assistance Of hoss
in the Territory Of Kansas who seeking establish
what called free institutions there suppose he one
OF those men the border who having encopntsred
all the bardshps and pers Of the wilderness having
braved the storm unshelered and unprotected, having
encountered all the hardships Of border warfare with
the sarages, with their wives and children around
them suppose he had been there and this move
ment, which calculated to hazard, If 10 de-
soy the value of their property and reduce their wives
and children TO beggarys there generous Impulse In
his heart which would rise up resistance TO such an
sanlt that? who had the courage to act in
such an emergency would not deserve the of
You propose to establish line Of tree States there with
population holding TO be right and holy to aid the slave
in making his escape from his Men there the
danger OF losing the accumuatons Of life Of labor their
nights and property are 10 be sacrhoed and when they
stand up in manly attitude and resist though perhaps
too violently you find sympathy for them-nothng but
denunciAton and bitterness While repeat, shall not
pretend to fully Justify them IN all they hare done do
pretend and shall maintain that they had proyocation
enough TO them vigilance and TO the protection OF
their property by all fair and legitimate means.
come now Mr. President examine the speech Of the
senator from MASSACHUSETTS in detail. shall
deavor To follow him in the order in which he presented
hs sentiments The Senate Much Of what was asserted
by tbs senator stated With apparent confidence and
boidEess but must be permitted 10 say, with very te
testimony or proof to support 1t BE advertised
era times during his speech that he could prove all thai
he said and thai there then Witnesses in the gallery
who could testify TO what he asserted Now ask s il
not strange and extraordinary sGts Of things that
when have preseu ted to the Senate official docunents
the only record that hsYsthe senator viii far for
get what due NJ least TO the dignity of official station in
others as TO rely upon rumor and newspaper paragraphs
Ald upon what A, b may have told him in the lob
bes on Pennsylvania avenue contradictory Of the
statements Of men in position under The solemn RESPONSE
bite Of cath That may be consistent with The
aors views Of Propriety but confess that am not aide
to perceive il The senator says:
"Yes, sir the Senate called upon print and
over the country, Official documents there stupendous
fl-ehood 70 the AlneCan people He who reads only
documents has accurate knowledge conception Of
the aouA condition Of Affairs IN hAnas al the time covered
by them"
Now submit to the Senate bow are We 10 arrive at
conclusions in the discharge Of dntes here
sentayE Of the States Of this Union unless rely ON the
records OF the country Those records called for
they have been presented TO They purport be a
statement Of facts which existed and yet the senator upon
the OUTSIDE statement Of gsneHnen may be-who they
are neither know nor cre-hss in his place proclaimed
TO the world that they stBpendous fAseboods and g
gsntic Misrepresentation VIII not the senator find il 10
be heroaeAn task satisfy the world thai the President
Of the Unsd States the Secretary Of War the governor
The Territory Of KansaE and the officers under himDen
sworn 10 do their duty and 10 present the ctaBd here
peurcd villains upon The outside statements Of other
men The senator may have information that hare
he possess Of information not known 10 the
Senate but called upon in official position, 10
seek for information from the only where have
right 10 demand IL But sir, the senator sRya fur
tlor
Early in the autumn Of 1854 tb. Missouri guardians Of
KEnsu crossed into the Territory, and BY force Of
en6es % drive from their bomer the few people
ho had begun the little settlement Lawrence But these
thy New England under the lead Of Charles Robin
sonbe Miles Standsb Of kansas-rendy meet the ssue
with powder and ball. and they retreatsd b. their homes
prefsrrinR TO live 70 tight another day"
am that bis eHcelleucy Charles Robinson the
governor elect Of KansA will feel bimsslf profoundly iu-
debd to the for the discovery that he s the Miles
StandiEh Of Kansas:
retrested TO their bones prefsrnE TO live 10 hgh another
day"
Bow does that accord with tbc terrible denuncsons OF
The against the border ruans7 he pictured them
In characters strong with such vivid light glarins
around them that The Of the people might hare been
dssperadoes and border ruianE When they were con-
froBted with Charles Robinson and shout thirty peaceful
New England pilgrims this horde Of border ruAns more
70 be feared than those who from northern Europe In
the days Of The Crusades reeuted fed their honse pre-
frag 10 live fight another day. Oh monstrous ehva
~ that cse border ruans could not confront even thirty
peaceful Puritans Of New England Then, allow 70
ask WHY alarm the country about the border ruia1s
From the statement Of the senator from Massachusetts,
which have read they the harmless people The
world ever beard Of With thirty Purtans from New
England you could not make that nuuber Of the Oldest