Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-07-03

. Nov, sir, consider these words carefully
If and You viii see that, however plausibleau
q velvetpawed they may seem, yet in real;t
:, they are most unjust and cruel. Will
y, affecting to initiate honest proceedings fo
# the formation of State. they furnish
q this Territory no redress for the Grim
under which it suffers; nay, they recognis
, the very Usurpation, IN which the Grim
ended, and proceed to endow it with ne,
prerogatyes. 1t is By The authority Of M
! legislature that The census is TO lie taken
: which is the first step in the work. 1t
g also By ths aut1orit! cfhe Legislature tha
: a Convention is to be called for the forma
: ton of Constitution, which is the secont
. step. But the Legislature is not obliged t.
, take either Of these steps. To its absolnt,
xiliulneSs is it left to act or not to act il
the premises. And since, in the ordinary
course of business, there can be no action o
the Legislature till January Of the next year
all these steps, which are preliminary il
, their character, are postponed ill after tha
distant day-thus keeping this great ques
ton open ,todistroct and irritata the country
Clearly this is not what is required. The
country desires peace at once, and is deter
mined to have it. But this objection is sligh
bv the side of the glaringTyranny. .that,in re.
cognisine the Legislature, and comforting
upon it these new powers, the Bill recog-
nises the existing Usurpaton. mot only as the
authentic Government OF the Territory for
the time being, but also as possessing a
creative power to reproduce itself in the
State. Pass this Bill, and you enlist Con-
gress in the conspiracy, not only to keep
the people of Kansas in their present sub.
ljugaton. throughout their Territorial exist
ence, but also TO protract this subjugation
into their existence as a State, while you
legalize and perpetuate the very force
by which Slavery has beer already planted
there.
| ! krow that there is another deceptive
clause, which seems to throw certain safe
guards around the election of delegates to
the Convention, Wken that Conuention shall
be ordered by The Legislature; but out of this
very clause do draw a condemn alton of
the Usurpation which the Bill recognises.
1t provides that the tests, coupled with the
electoral franchise, shall not prevail in the
election of delegates, and thus implicitly
condemns them. But if they are not to pre-
vail on this occasion, why are they per-
mitte1 at tie election OF the Legislature. If
they are unjust in the one case, they areun-
just in the other. If annualed at the cleo
tion of delegater, they should be annuled
at the election Of the Legislature; rhcreas
the Bin cf the Senator leaUes all these of;tn-
sire tests in fan activity at the election of the
usry Legislature out Of urhich this rAole pro-
ceed,ng is to come. and it leaves the polls at
10th elections in the control of the officers
appointed by the Usurpation. Consider
well the facts. BY an existing statute, es-
tablishing the Fugitive Slave Bill as a shb-
boleth, large portion of the honest citizens
are excluded from voting for the Legisla-
ture, while, by another statute, all who pre-
sent themselves with a fee of one dollar, |
whether from Missouri or not, and who can
utter this shibooleth. are entitled to vote. !
And it is Legislature thus chosen, under |
the auspices of officers appointed by the
Usurpation, that YOU now propose TO invest
with parental powers to rear the Territory
into State. You recognise and confirm
the Usurpation, which you ought to annul |
without delay. You put the infant State,
now preparing to take place in cur sister,
hood, to sucke with the wolf, which you
ought at once to kill. TIE improbable
story Of Baron Munchausen isverifed. The
bear, which thrust itself into the harness of |
the hcrse it had devoured, and then whirled |
the sledge according to mere brutal bent, is
recognised by this bill, and kept in
its usurped Sace, when the safety Of all re-
quires that it should be shot.
In characterizing this Bill as the Remedy
of Injustice and Civil War, give it plain.
title. 1t is a continuation Of
the Crime against Kansas, aud as such
de erves the same condemnation. 1t can
only be defended by those who defend the
Crime. Sir, you cannot expect that the
people of Kansas will submit to the Usur-
patton which this bill sets up, and bids them
bow beiore-as the Austrian tyraIt set up
his cap in the Swiss market-place. II you
madly persevere: Kansas will not be without
her William Tell, who will refuse at all
hazards 70 recognise the tyrannical edict;
and this will be the beginning of civil war.
Next, and lastly, comes the Remedy of
Justice and Peace, proposed by the Senator
from New York, Mr.. SEWARD,1 and en-
bodied in his Bill for the immediate admis-
sion of Kansas as a State of this Union,
now pending as substitute for the bill of
the Senator from illinois. This is sustain
ed by the prayer of the people of the Ter
ri:ory, setting forth a Constitution formed
by spontaneous movement, in which ali
there had opportunity to participate, with
out distinction of party. Rarely has any
proposition, so simple in character, so entire
ly practicable, SO absolutely within your
power, been presented, which promised at
once such beneficent results. In It's adop-
ton, the Crime a. ainst Kansas will be all
happily absol"ed, the Usurpaton which il
established will be peacefully suppressed,
and order will be permanently secured. By
a joyful metamorphosis, this far Territory
NAV be saved from outrage.
'Oh help" she cries, ''in this EXTREMIST need,
If you who hear are Deiues indeed;
Cane earth, and make for this dread foe a tomb
Or change my form TheHce all my sorrotcs Come"
In offering this proposition, the Senator
from New York has entitled himself to the
gratitude OF the country. He has, through
out life of unsurpassed industry, and of
eminent ability, done much for Freedom,
which the world will not let die; but he has
done nothing nothing more apportune
than this, ard he has uttered no words more
effective than the speech, SO mastery andin-
genious, by which he has vindicated it.
Kansas now presents herself for admission
with constitution republican inform. And,
independent of the great necessity of the
case, three considerations of fact concur in
commencing her. First. She thus testi-
fes her willingness to relieve the Federal
Government of the considerable pecuniary
to which it is now exposed
on account of the pretended Territorial Gov
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