The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-05-07

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Esea # this were trua, it would be. diffeu lt
Rtp prove that two wrongs makeia right.
But this excuse cannot avail the Massa-
chusetts Emigrant Aid Company. That
con .pany was chartered and organized af-
Ter the, Kmsas- Nebraska bill passed the
Senate.-sntas Emancipation of its passage
III theaHouse. 1t preceded all counter
mayeinehts many months in point of time,
aud sent ont several large bodies of en-
igr~aAtssbefore any steps were taken or OPP
posing organisations were made to coun-
teract rife effect of its operations. The
ageatsz cent in charge of the first bod
les of emigrants. in the summer of 1854
rcporteo the company, and the report was
published in pamphlet BY the secretary of
the company, and Widely circulated, that
the 1yAtopie Of Missouri received them kindly,
.ssal fsslcomed their arrsual as friends,
TAG Political designs aud ultimate objects
OF taas CON sany were not openly avowed
by thetn until their numbers increased to
saca al event as to give them a control
ling power in many settlements immedi-
ately on the Missouri border. Then all
dissnise vas thrown aside, AMI the pur-
posesef the company openly avowed. to
,aboiitionize Kansas, with the view of cree
ting q curdoa of free States as a perpet-
pet6af Barrier against the formation aud
admission of any more slave States. The
violence of their language against domes-
xie ,y,rar,, cnrs rx cd oya-ywbaro croo
te la5prcflsnsion in the minds of the people
of missouri tina. they also meJitated a
relentless warfare upon the Institution of.
! slayety within the limits of that State as d
partoftheir ultimate plan of operations.
In this connection | will notice a remark
of my colleague in which he represents
me as saying in the majority report that
the New England Emigrant Aid Company
did intend to wage a relentless warfare on
the Institution OF slavery within the limits
Of The state Of Missouri, and then demands
sthe proof to sustain the truth of the asser-.
tionse His mode ofdefending his friends
swhoss have linked their political fortunes
with these etntgrant aid societies is more
Ingenious than creditable. He cuts in
two The sentence which he processes to
quote entire, represents me as saying what
l did net say. and then demands the proof
to sustain the false issue which he has
matie for RE. What the majority re-
port dig say en- this point is as fol-
Ioys.s
awfRa the emigrants, sent out by the
Mnssuchuse sets Emigrant Aid Company,
and their affiliated societies, passed through
the State Of Missouri in large numbers, on
their way to Kansas, the violence of their
language, and the unlnistakablc indications
of their determined hostility to the domes-
tic Institutions of that State, created ap-
professions that the object of the company
Was to abolitionize Kansas, as a means of
prosecuting q relentless warfare upol the
institutions of slavery within the limits of
! Missouri. THcse appreaenssons increased
and Spread withthe progress of events,
until they became the settled ron
vietions of the people of that por-
tion boof the State most exposed to
the danger by their proximity to the
Kansas border. The natural consequence
was, that Immediate steps were taken by
the people of the western countries Of
Missouhisto Stimulate, organize, and carry
into effect, asystem of emigration similar
TO TINT of the Massachusetts, Emigrant
|, Aid Company, for the arowed purpose of,
coanteracing the effects, and protecting
themselves andtheir domestic institutions
from-fhe consequences of that company's
oppefations."
The report does not say that these aid
societies Intended to make war on slavery
within the State of Missouri. I made no
tsuchsctmrge Ny statement was, that
the eond1ct of the emigrants CREATED
ArrEEHESsioSs that the object Of the COM
dpany was to abolitionize Kansas as a
means Of prosecuting arelentless warfare
(, upor the institution of slavery within the
limits Of Missouri" Docs my colleague
4 take issue with this statement, as I made
Cit, and as It reads in the report, and not
as he chooses to make it for me? Docs
he deny that the conduct OF the emigrants
~prodhced sueh an apprehension in the
minis sof the people of Missouri, and that
in the progress of events this "apprehen-
sions,c became q settled conviction" un--
der wIichthey acted when they took steps
to orgunize a counter movement, and avert
the consequences which might be expec-
ted D resalt from the cinigrant aid so
neutrality-suspicious.
EIcoxcIusIoN NEXT wEEK.
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Old sam. Houston IN the Field.
WASHINGTON, April IS, 1856.
General Sam Houston left here this
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