The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-20

States agilate Why's because they have
Loot NJ last battle the, could not win IN
wisely provoked. fought with oil the adfap-
tagcs NJ strategy and enFnupn, and on
field chosen hy themselves, What would
ihey gain? Gan they compel Kansas 20
nd0pt slavery against hcr will Would u he
reasonable or iHtt 10 do 10 II lhry could
Wna negro scriiude ever forced hN the sword
On ans people that Inherited the blood which
eirculatcs 10 our veins, and the senlmcnis
which makcs ~ free people II they viii
pgitdtv on such ground as the, then hos, Or
when, hy What concessions We can make, VIII
they ever be- satisfied To what end would
they agltates II can now nnly br 90 divide
,hs Unieit,- WIZ ihey g0t need Aome iairer
and more plausible excuse iOT q proposition
80 desperate 2 How would they improve
their condition by drawing down o certain
ruin upon themselves Would they gain
any new security for slavery Would lhey
not hazard securities that ore invaluable
Sir. they who talk so idly, talk what thcy do
not know themselves, No man when cool
car promise what he viii do when he shall
become nhamed no man iniamed can speak
fdr his actions when time and necessity shall
bring reelection. Much less can any one
speak for States in such emergencies
PoPtIt h kovERuuNTY TuR uNIN HENiuY
SRrDEu
But / shall not insist now on 10 radical
MEASURE ns the restoration Of the Missouri
prohibition ! know how difficult Il il fol
poser 20 relinquish even . pcrnlclous and
suicidal policy all at once, We may attain
the same result In this particular case Of
Kantss without going back 10 lar, 90 back
only 10 the ground assumed IN lHjl-lhc
ground of popular sovereignty, Happily for
tho authors 81 That measure, the jealous sud
energetic resistance Of abuses praclced under
Il has 40 far been effected that popular
sovereignty IN Kansas mAy nov ho made n
fact, and liberty tlcrs may be rescued FROM
danger through is free exercise Popular
sovereignty /. an epic Of two parts Part
the first presents freedom n Kansas lost
Part the second, II YOU viii 80 consent to
write II, shall he freedom IN Kansas regained.
IL IL ON this ground that ! hnil the eminent
Senator from Illinois, 'tNlr, DouglosD and
his associates the distinguished senator from
. Michigan, (Mr S,uhu,l aud the youthful.
but most brave Senator from California, (Nlr.
Brodcrick.) The late Mr.. Clay told W. that
Providence mad many ways for saving rntionS,
God forbid that should consent 10 see free
dom wounded, because my own lead or even
my own agency in saving il should be reject
ed. ! will chccrfully cooperate with these
new defenders Of this sacred cause IN Kansas,
and will award them all due praise. when
Wa shall have been successful, for their large
share Of merit IN It's dcliycrance.
VIII YOU tell mic that Il is difficult to IN
duee the Senate and the House of Ncprescn.
tatiycs 90 take that short backward step ?
On the contrary, the hardest task that an EN-
seutiye dictator ever set or parliamentary
manager ever undertook. I, H. prevent this
very step from hcing taken. Let the Prcsi-
dent take of hi. hand. and the bow, bent SO
long. aud held 10 its tension hy 40 hard q
pressure, will relax and straightcn itself AZ
once.
Consider now II YOU please, the coD.cqucn-
ecs Of YOUR refusal II you attempt 20 cocrcc
Kansas into the Union under the Lccompton
Constitution. the people of that territory will
resort to civil war. You arc pledged TO put
down that revolution by the sword. VIII the
people listen 20 your voice amid the thunder
OF Your cannon Lot but one drop of the
blood of q FREQ citizen be she'd there by the
Federal army, and the couutcnancc Of eycry
repreScuiltive Of Free State, in either
House OF Congress, will hauch, aud his
tongue viii refuse 10 utter the vote necessary
to sustain the army in the butchcry Of his
fellow citizens.
Practically, you have already one intestine
and Territorial wnr--a war against brigham
Young in Utah Can YOU carry on two, and
conine the strife within the Territories? Can
provoke more than ~rc enemy at one time.
know that you argue that the Free State
men OF Kansas mUtmprdcttcdbic, TdcTious, Sc
ditous. Answer me three questions: Are
they not a majority, and so proclaimed by
the people of Kansas? Is not this qunrrcl,
Tor The right 81 governing themselves, con-
eedcd by the Federal Constitution? !, the
tyranny Of forcing hateful government up
on them, less tolcrnblc than three cents i'm
post on n pound of tea, or five cents stamp
duty on n rromissoy notc2 You say that
they can change this Lccompton Constitution
when il shall once have been forced upon
them. Let it be abandoned now. What
guaranty can you give against your own in
tefvcn,ion to prevent that future change ?
What security can YOU give for your own ad-
hercncc 10 the construction Of the Copstitu-
ton which you adopt from cNpcdicncy, to-
day ? What better is Constitution than n
-thy-fu-----fe-a tparalinn--iliL-nlal be forced
on State to-day, and rejected tomorrow, in
derogation Of itS own express inhibition
TIE IsoTTIERMAL THEORY.
Mr.. President, il could at all suppose it
desirable or cxpedient To enlarge tho field Of
slave labor, and Of slnvcholding sway in this
Republic, ! should nevertheless maintain that
il is wise to relinquish the effort to sustain
slavery in Kansas. The question in regard
~
about slavery as domestic institution, to
one of slavery ms national policy. At every
step YOU have been failing. VIII YOU go on
-Atil further -el ar confident and xet ereE-ugs-
successful? .t"..
| believe, sir, to some extent, in tho isother-
NAL theory. | think there are regions, begin
ming at the North Pole aud stretching south
ward, where slavery will die out, irit he plant
ed and | know too well that in the tropics,
and 10 some extent northward of them, slave
~ lives long. and is hard TO cxtirpatc. But
| cannot find certain boundary. | am sure
however, that 90 80 is too far North.
thinkit movable boundary and that every
year II advances towards more southern
parallel.
TiIE 1MpEcILITY or SLAVERY PRorAGANDiSNf.
Mr.. President, the expansion of territory
to make Slave States will only fail to be a
great. crime because it is impracticable, and
therefore will turn out to be u stupcndous