Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-12-05
"Shrieks for Freedom" from the Dem.
ocratic Press.

hear all the Democratic papers Of the country
echoing approval Of the villaiuy. We think ii
wise policy, therefore, TO put on record some
Of the Freedom shtiets" that are now utter
cd through the columns Of these same papers
in condemnation Of the slcindie and outrage
which ere long they will be sustaining wlih all
their stock Of brazen irpudence. We shall
thus cause these papers to be Witnesses against
heInselves--dnrroboralinR as they most en-
phsticsly do. all the charges that the Repub-
licans will bring agans, the National Admins
iraton, for it's completely with the grandesi
scheme of political villainy that was ever al.
tempted in this country. The following are
extracts from Democratic papers outside of
N-rmont, the whole of them having been pub |
lished within the past fortnight.
tYrom tho Detroit Free Press, organ Of Gen. CAST
1--WE echo the declaration Of the Philadelphia
Press contained in another column that the North
ern man in Congress Or in any other position who
shall lend his aid to any attempt plot to beirut
the ioW Of The majority Of The people Of Kansas as
% their CoasiitniOn iriH be punished Nth polii-
zeal danihiidii0n.
And we have to warn Southern extremists, in
aud out Of Congress. not to deude themselves with
the Impression that they will have the support Of
the Democratic party OF the North in any jugglc
to fetch Kansas into the Union as a Slave State
against the wishes Of its actual inhabitants On
this frestion the northern Democratic parfy triH
te ac'uafed by impulse. 1t will not rccele one
inch from the prtser, alton Of the integrity Of the
grant principle Of the Kansas organic act.
We haze not at this writing. reliable intelligence
from Kansas touching the final action of the Com
sti,utional Convention. We suspect, however,
that j; has not made fuN and far submission Of
its work to the people Fit has not, q en- Con-
a..
and pass an act under which The people Of Kansas
can exercise their guaranteed right to form and
regulate their institutions in their own way, sub
Ject, only TO the Constitution ofthe United States"
tYrOm the Chicago Tina. organ Of senator Douglas
"We think it amounts TO very little what has
been the action or the CONVENTION. One thing Is
certain, The Consfs tioH ms not been submitted 10
the people. and that Constitution is not worth the
paper it disfgures Ii has 10 vitality now, yet II
has much as it will ever have. Any State off.
elected under it, and they are elected forth
with, will have as much authority as the Topeka
State officers Ii may as well be stated now as at
any other time, that the people Of Kansas have
bas1 given pledge by the Democratic party that.
they should be free 10 regulate sir oira qDGirs for
themsslpes, and that pledge must be made good.
We suppose that upon the meeting Of Congress
80. iD..h"is.J SsiiiaAi--s sai he ARK words
form State Constitution. Ii that act be passed
at once, ns it should be- Kansas may he State on
the FIRST of May next. II no such act be passed by
Congress, or should to De delayed the present Leg
isla,ure will provide for a Convention. At all
events, Constitution such as will be acceptabe 10
the people will be prepared and ratified By the peo
pie, and will be presented to Congress early in the
spring. Upon that Constitution thus ratified and
approved by the people, Kansas will he admitted"
lrrOm the NV Jersey Ga-,n,I
1.-THE fundamental objection to the constitution
IL, however, that 1t is to go into operation the
law on the land without the consent Of the pcople
such thing must not be it is anii-republican,
and Numerically subyersise Of the law OF liberty
and Of our free institutions. The objection is moi
technical but substantial. Why should the clause
in relation to slavery be left to their decson and
net the other important parts Of The instrument
II the popular sanction is requisite in one case il
is equally 50 in the other. The article respecting
slavery occupies the space Of few short lines while
the others cover pages; what mockery then to dis.
tinSuish, and say to the people, You may express
your Judgment on this small portion Of half dcz-
en- lines but we will dictate all the rest ourselves,
aud you shall be bound by them whether they suit
you or not"
Prom the Albany al aud Argus D.nioerae State paper
fN-w York
1.-THE only question for Congress is, has the ap- |
pcation for admission and the Constitution ac- |
comPanying it, the appreciation of the people of the
Territory in whose name the application is made; |
On this point Congress should have Affirmative ev- |
ience. IL should he satisfied that the people ap-
prove what Is demanded in their name. II not sat
isfed, il is the duty Of Congress to send back the
application TO the people Of the Territory for their
approval or disapproyal.
Applying these principles to Kansas, Congress-
should DO satisfied that her people desire admission
with the Constitution presented. Ii not satisfied /
on that point, the matter should be sent back for
further evidences from the people
The issue in Congress shcnld not be on ad,nis-
sion, but On submission. Congress should not al
low itselfto be placed in false position 1t should
decide the question the preliminary point. that
there is not satisfactory evidence that the proposed
Constitution has the sanction Of the people of the
proposed State"
From the Providence Post leading Democratic pap.r Of
Rhode Island.
"Ift is true, Ms It seems 10 be- that all who vote
on the question Of slayery-for it or against it
must vote for the constitution, then we must say
that the Convention has made a sad mistuke. TO
say the least The slavery question, il is true has
been the only cause Of QUARREL but it does not fol-
low that constitution, silent and understandable
on that subject, should be forced upon the peoplc
The constitution claims to be the act of the people;
aud no matter where originating, il ought to re-
ceive the free ana cordial endorsement Of the peo-
pie before being made an instrument of govern
ment. The smallest departure from this principle
is anti-Den ocrac; and, under the circumstances
existing In Kansas, 1t ia not only full Of suspicion
but highly Objectionable"
Prom the Buffalo N. Y Adrerfi,sy
The late news from Kansas is of a character 10
arrest attention. The Convention for forming n
State Convention adjourned on Saturday, the 7th
inst, having completed its labors No provision
is made for submitting the Constitution, as whole.
to the sulfrages of the people, but the Convention
decided to submit TIE article relating to slavery
The people Of Kansas have as clear a right 10 de-
eide on the other parts Of the organic law under
which they are to live they have to say whether
they will tolerate slavery within their limits. We
believe that this refusal to allow the people of the
Territory 10 role on the Constitution as a whole
iuiH receive the emPhac condemnation of the peo-
pie Of The country, and II will be eInphaticaly
expressed before the subject comes into Congress.
that that body 9ii mol rsnture TO SET ii at defiance
by admifiing Kansas as u SLATE. We have Of late
looked carefully into the leading Democntic Jour
mails of the northern STATED, with view to gather
their sentiments on the subject, and 1t gives us
pleasure to say, that they are in favor Of the right
Of the people Of Kansas to decide under what in
s,itutons they viii live We confidently predict,
therefore. that the action Of the Kansas Convention
will not be sanctioned by Congress
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