New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-26

binary document that e-er emanated from the Chic,
Magistrate of civilized peSpic-a message exhibit
ing the most vencmous hate ebe insane rage sgsnst
the FreeState men of Kansas, ard lind and ssrvle
devotion to what he calls the important domestic
institution "a message made up of unfounded
statements, impotent arguments and false ACCUSE
tions-mtemperate in its language, and undigni6ed
IN lts style-a message justEing the invasion Of
Kansas the frauds on the ballot-box, and all the
other frauds, and swindes and villainies of the
miserable faction which has sought by trickery and
violence to override the majority. If the President
means to say thst the FreeState men of Kansas are
not and have not been loyal to the Government Of
the United States, he says what is false If be
means to say that they have done all in their power
to overthrow the Government established by Con-
gress he again says what is false. Tint they have
refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Terri
tOrial Legislature, which was forced upon them BY
the armed hordes from Missouri, is very true-and
thank God that it ia true Thanks to the Free
State men Of Kansas for their bold and manly re-.
sstance to tyranny which shows that the spirit OF
rs is not yet extinct and that Americans will still
rebel against oppression. If the people OF Kansas
are rebels they are rebels against oppressive laws,
enacted by an invading army. Their towns have
been sacked and burned Their balot-boxes have
been desecrated and destroyed. The power of the
Federal Government has been invoked on the SIDE
of tyranny and has sprung with alacrity to It's a1.
4
enforce upon American citizens Government IN
which thew were deprived Of all participation.
After a brief aliusion to the outrage upon Mr..
Sumner. Mr.. Potter said that threats Of dlsunon
and secession as puerile in their utterance as they
are lame and mpotent in their intended effects upon
reemen are daily uttered upon the floors OF Congress.
The memories Of the good and great Of the past, to
whom we owe all that we have worth possessing are
here openly traduced and slandered. The great
truths which our fathers pronounced self evident are
termed self.evdent lies, rhetorical iOurishes, and
differing generalities. Executive interference with
the legislation of Congress is notorious, and charges
which, if true should lead TO impeachment, are re-
fused investigation in this House by party vote.
These are some of the demoralizing influences of
Slavery, which seeks to establish and extend its
power throughout the contnent-its baleful power
which exhausts the life of commonwealth, which
ssps the prosperity of nations cOrrupts the prlnc
pies of parties debases and brutalizes it's Victims
and drags down to its level of barbarism all that
yield to its embrace. This power must be arrested
Slavery must be destroyed. Let us Indignantly
spurn the athestic sentiment that man can hold
property in man. Let US declare that no COnstitu
ton which recognizes man as a chattel can be re-
publican in form. Let us have the courage and the
manhood to declare ourselves the friends of the
dOwn.trodden and oppressed, though the victims OF
oppression may be Of another color and another
chme
The instrument before us, purp0rtmg 10 be the
Constitution of Kansas, we know to be the work Of
small minority Of her people the mass of the pop
ulation soIemnly and Indignantly protesting against
its imposition upon them. You may disregard their
circumstances; you may treat them with scorn;
YOU may trample upon their rights you may at
tempt to force upon them this Constitution, but you
cannot subdue them. You have driven them into
rebellion, but you cannot drive them into submission:
True to the principles of the Revolution, they will
never submit to wrong. Nor will they be left alone
in their struggle. There lives not man in this
broad land whose heart pulsates with liberty and
love of justice who will not obey with alacrty their
call for help. "From such struggle" exclaimed
Mr.. Potter, ~ would not shrink, nor would hos
@ itate to pour out my blood upon the soil of Kan
90 sas in defense of her rights and her liberties"
Those who, Ike your correspondent, witnessed
the alacrity with which the gentleman from Wis
consn rushed into the fight on the floor OF the
House wi hen Keitt, the eatawampOus, wentdown,
and Bsrksdale, "weare1 of wigs" was scalped,
will have no difficulty in giving full force and credit
to his closing declaration.