Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-04-01
Kansas in Congress.

The President while he looks over the result
of his worship, may we'll say of the action Of
the Senate g here endeth the first lession.' And
SO it is; the first lesson of the ubiquitous fraud
and bare faced attempt at dictatorial powers, is
ended. The second is just begun. That the
President can look upon the result with any de-
gree of satisfaction is doubtful That he can
hope for any more favorable result in the House
is more doubtful still He has carried his ends
IN the Senate, but lost to the Democratic party
its best pillar of support, and estrangod all the
honest support it received at the North. Should
the Iecompton Kansas bill pass the HOUSE, which
Heaven forbid, it will entirely subjugate the re-
mains of the party to Southern domination, and
plunge the country in a still more determined
and politically disastrous war. The determined
resistance to the schemes of the Slavery propa-
gandsts will leave no root or branch of the
curse in the nation. The North is all powerful
in accomplishing its object when it shall become
united upon the common ground of common
defence. No party tic nor old party prejudices
will prevent complete union against these
schemes of the South. And we doubt not, how
ever much we may deploro it, but this alarming
agitation was needed, and was the only thing
which would bring the whole North up to the
point of united, determined and successful re-
sistanco before it was too late-before the serpent
by insidious wiles had 50 crept in and gained
control over the whole government polite as to
forever render any attempt at resistance ineff3c-
tual We have the foundation of this resistance
already laid, by the cooperation of men of all
party ties, bringing with them all the principles,
both new and old, worthy of maintenance, and
is now constantly receiving additions to its
ranks We question whether it would have
been as much FOR the future interest Of Freedom
to have succeeded in the election Of 1856, by Il
bare majority, whils the majority of both
HOUSES was against us, as it will b. to await
powerful and Overwhelming force in 1860,
brought about by the great damning schemes of
the Slave Power.
We have great men now engaged in their duty
of pail bearers to the nearly -buricd old giant Of
jackson birth, which. however much we nay
revere the times of its infancy, we must look
with awe upon the dead result of folly and cor
ruption and these men are guarding and de-
Tending the rights and liberties of our Republi
can Government. Upon them devolves great
responsibility, and they are meeting it with
praiseworthy courage. 10 some of these moro
than others are We under obligations for their
ar-seeing tact, and their courage and forti-
tude in withstanding the assaults Of the Slave
Power. To one of these, more than any others,
we are indebted for the partial success of re-
sistance to that Power. That success is but
partial, and the result will show the fidelity of
men, and shape the future of political action.
From among this number it is probable the
choice of a standard bearer, who shall be the
centre, and upon whose shoulders shall rest the
responsibility of President, will be made. What
ever may hereafter come up to change the POI
ular opinion of to-day as to who that man is,
there is no installing the gratitudenow bestowed
upon him who has 50 manfully maintained TIE
principles of the true Democracy-that the peo-
Pile shall govern-during the first lesson of this
Locompton crime. We shall await the second
lesson, hoping for success.