Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-06-05

absolutely by this tyranny. ready at all times to
DO or not to do, precisely as it dictates. There
fore II is that Kansas is left prey to the Prop
agapdists Of Slavery while the whole Treasury,
tSe Army and Navy of the United States, arc
lav;shed to hunt single slave through the
atreota Of Boston. You have not forgotten the
tor ;nstance but | cldos1 tn refresh it in
your minds.
AZ Ian, aeo ~ 1851. tho War Dtp,rtm mt
couenrred in placing the force OF the United
States near b ,ston. at the command Of the
N.,,sl,,A Il nsg:cd, for tho enforcement of an
Act of Con .ress which had no support III the
Mill, conscience, us believe it has no support
IN tho innstirutun aud thus these forces were
degraded IL, the Ioathsnm5 work of slave-hun
ters More than three years afterwards, an oc-
cnson nros, FIR their intervention. A fugitive
from Virginia. who for some days had trod the
streets Of Boston as freeman, was seized us
slnyc The whole community vas aroused,
Will. Banker Hill and Faneuil Hall qnaked
with r,snusye Indignation. Then, sir, the
President anxious that no ute OF SaSery should
suffer, WIS curiously eager in the enforcement OF
the statute. The dispatches between him and
his agents in Boston attest his zeal. Here are
some of them:
-.-.'~I BosToN, May q, 1854.
To The President of the United States,
In consequence of an attack upon The Court
house, last night for the purpose OF resculng
fugitive slave. under arrest, and in which one oil
nv own guard were killed, haze arailed my
self of the resources of the United States, placed
uader mn control by letter from War and Mary
Departnaent in 1851, and now have two COM
panies of Troops. from Fort Independence, sta
TONED ia the Courthouse, Everything is now
quiet. Theattack was repnlsed by my own
guard. WATSON FREEMAN.
United S otes Marshal, Boston, Mass.
'e+'S ~ WASHINGTON, May27, 1854.
To WATSON Freeman.
Tinted Slqtes Marshal, Boston, Mass:
Your conduct is approved. The law must be
executed, FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON May 30, 1854.
To Hon. B. F Hahistt, Boston, Mass.
What is the state of the case of Burns
SIDNEY WEBSTER.
Private Secretary of the President.l
.. WASHINGTON, May 81, 1854
To B. +. Ha'ltu,
United States Attorney, Boston, Mass
| Incur any expense deemed necessary by the
Marshal and yourself, for City Military or
otherwise, to insure the execution OF the law.
| FRANKLIN PIERCE
But the President WAS not content with such
forces as were then on hand in the neighborhood
Other post also we're put under requistion. Two
companies of National troops, stationed at New
York. were kept under arms, ready at any mo
ment to proceed to Boston and the Adjutant
General of the Army WAS directed to repair to
the scene, there to superintcnd the execution Of
the statute. All this was done for the sake Of
Slavery; but during long months of menace
suspended over the Free Soil Of Kansas, break
ing forth in successive invasions, the President
has folded his hands in complete listtessncss, or
if he has moved at all, it has been only to en-
courage the robbcr propagandsts.
And now the intelligence of the country is in
suited by the Apology, that the President had
no over to interfere. Why, sir. to make this
confession is to confess our Government to be u
practical Gailure-.which will never do, except,
indeed, as it is administered now. No, sir
the iinbecility of the Chief Magistrate shall
not DO charged upon our American Institutions.
Where there isa will, there is a way and in
his case, had the will existed, there would have
been way, easy and triumphant, to guard
against the Crime we now deplore. His powers
were in every respect ample and this | will
prove BY. the statute book. by the Act of Con
grcss of 2Sth February, 1875, it is enacted
g that whenever the laws of the United States
shall he opposed, or the erecution thereof obstruct
| eH n an St,ta hv finn, rn,rarfi ,l
to be suppressed by the ordinary course of j,.
dical proceedings, or by the powers vested in
the marshals," the President " may call forth
the militia BY the supplementary Act Of
Sd March, 1907, in all cases where he is author.
lied to call forth the militia s. for the purpose
Of causing the laws to be duly executed" tn,
Territory, - to employ for the same purpose
such part OF the land or naval force of the Uni
ted States as shall be judged necessary" There
! is the letter Of the law ; and you will please
to mark the power conferred. In no case where
the locs Of The United STATE are opposed or their
execution DISTRACTED, is the President constrain-
ed to wait for the rcqusiton of Governor, or
even the petition Of IL citizen. Just 30 soon as
he learns the fact, no matter by what channel
he is invested by law with full power to coun-
tcract it. True it is, that when the laoS Of d
State are INSTRUCTED, he can interfere only on
the application Of the Legislature Of such State
or of the. Executive, when the legislature con-
not be convened but when the Federal laws arc
INSTRUCTED, no such preliminary application is
necessary, 1t is his high d,ty, under his oath
Of Office, to see that they are executed, and, il
need be, by the Federal forces.
And, sir, this is the precise exigency tina, has
arisen IN kansas- precisely this; nor more, MOI
less. The Act of Congess, constituting the very
organic ldp of the Territory, which, in peculiar
phrase as if toavoil ambiguity, declares, as it:
true intent and meaning" that the people there
of " shall ba left perfectly free to form and reg
uue their own way has been from the begin
ming opposed and INSTRUCTED in its execution J
the President had power to employ the Fedora
force in Buslon when he supposed he Fugrlve
Slave Bill was obslructed, and merely in antici
patton OF such obstructon it is abrused TO sa
that he had not power in Kansas, when, in tn
face of the whole county, The very organic lat
of the Territory was 'rampled under foot by sue
cessive invasons, and the freedom of the peopl
there overtime an. 10 assert ignorance of thi
obstruction premedtated, long continued, an
stretching through months--atlribues to hiI
not merely imbecilny, but docy. And thus d
| dispose of this Apoiugy.
TO BE CONT n ED
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Through the kindness Of gentleman in TIL