Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-05-21

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pae,u' as law abiding and loyal. the most exalt
ed OF their traduccrsas loyal to the Constitution and
"' o ,he country as any portion Of the American peo
Pe Whatever eNccsses or violence they have
mitted--and Il is not ia human nature hunted and
hounaed as they have been that exccsses should
nave been committcd-thcy have been committed in the
necessary defence Of their lives their propcrtv and their
households Prosecuted they have been indicted up
on charges Of constructive crime underlined
ana unknown 70 the Constitution and laws Of the coun
| ul-W,'sou' too, against spurious Government cast
upon them by foreign arms; imprisoned upon CHARGES
preferred by pcriured nformers hunted like wild beasts
ana driven from their homes their settlements
co down their families and friends massacred before
their eyes themselves troddcn down. sibiugated and
worried as they have been what people earth ever ex
hbed moro extraordinary and long enduring frbcar
ance: Had they taken speedy vengeance into their own
hands, and driven these lawless marauders from the
Territory or "deycred them 20 the tender mercies
justified before God and all mankind
Rebels, they So. then the fathers and their
compatriois Of the American Bevulution--yea, much
more rebels than those for they actually took M arms
against the recognised government Of the mother coun-
tryi whilst those people have yet made practical
resistance 70 the spurious Government 70 which they
no allegiance and which pinds them the dust They
have thus far done no more than 10 protest against M
usurpcd authority and 10 appeal 10 Congress- though
yet In vain FOR relief Rebels are thew II they are
rebels. and II this Is rebellion then commend me bsrrs
lfth and cveorc 10 such rebels and 20 such rcbelion
To just such rebellion IN principle are we indebted for
our national independence To just such rebellion are
we indebted for the privilege Of sitting here to-day in this
council chamber n the nation. 10 lust such rebellion is
every American citizen indebted for the brthright or his
lls
can recmen indebted for all that we have, and all that
We ore and an that hope be on earth which is
worth living for worth dying for. Sir the active on
'raN' pucpc ot Just such rebellion has been the orr
gn and laid the foundation Of all free Governments
ne hving principle Of Just such rebellion has been, in
ilnes past as shall be in times TO come, the redenp-
iion Of dovnrodden humanity nom the bondage Of o-
preston. and fromthe tread Of deaf and dumb and
bind despoiism Il the spirit which anmates lust
such rebellion which is wake up the nations OF the
VIA world from the stupor and to dispc the thick dark
ness which have hung upon them through long nosr
l is Vata ailo
and unseen may hc before whose resistcss power the
rotten ana cTumhing dynastics Of the earth grim
ana hoay with the and with the crimes Of departed
generations, yet to fall, and plague the
nations Of men. 1t is this spirit which is arouse the
sumhcnng and oppressed millions OF the earth 70 a
aud higher lfe-to the assertion and realization Of
GOD own gin TO manhis inalicnahle reht freedom
Independence and selfgovornmcnt Sir. / commend
ihs spirit IN The people Of Kansas Call them rebels If
you please prosecute them oppress them "a YOU NAV;
l'a' anlhate them you can but YOU will PER
hahenuY sundue them. by the arbitrary exercise Of
your power you may make them all to Freedom
nut as God Neth, no power on earth shall be able
make one man Of them the slave Of your despotism II
the voice OF my couuscs could reach them in their froT
western homes where the goes down in lurid ligh
upon their humble dwellings il should be- "staud firm
make no dihonorahe concessions 10 usurpation and
tyranny "demand justice, and nothing less than Jus
tce. "lf that be denied YOU if submission or dealt
must come at last then, "better die all feemen than
live all slaves"
So mueh begging pardon, Mr.. President, by wny Of
episode m response to the charge Of rebellion, applied
to the action Of the FreeState people Of Kansas But
now, how Is it with the other side How is it with the
thors Of all the siros and mischief which have so onc
afflicted Kansas and filed her people with lamentation
and woe How is with those who have their
sieuth-hounds upon the heels Of Freestatc mcn-wi'
those who have plundcred ecmen and despoed them OF
lhelr goods and have destroyed free presses and who
WIN equal measures OF meanness and malice, have in
dcted, as common nuisances, bridges which Free
state men were accustomed to lodge How is it with
ose who have turned adrift women and children with
out home and without protection, and with those whose
hands red with the blood Of assassination How is
with those who have carried the elections by force and
schemes wholesale INT
with those who make false certificates and copy into the
returns whole pages Of names from old Directories 10
swell the lists Of pretended voters and INSIST with semi
serious and sanctmOnious vsage upon their being
eounled and who openly denonce the Governor Of the
Territory as deelict in official duty exceeding his
powers when they find him quite honest man to an
swer their purposes Of knayery and crimei Who are
they who have practiced these abomnabe frauds and
ylanies, wherewthal to rob ecmcn Of their most sa-
cred rights Who and what they who have done
these things with unbushing erontery in the face OF
hgh heaven and who have violated all law, human and
divine Oh They are the claw aud order party"
says the President in his special They the
aw and order party, says the report Of your commit
tee The perpetrators Of these ourages and crimes
told instead being brought to justice instead of being
visited with condgn punishment, suffered 90
large, unwhippcd Of justice. All these acts Of violence
and Of vany and the authors Of them passed over
without notice and in silence. Not word of reproof
not word Of censure not word Of discnuntenance not
a suggestion that they have done anything wrong, is
heard from the President, from any who speak do
his will.
But, what Is more significant still. the foremen and
leaders in these wrongs and outrages which make hu-
III.
ceivng any mark Of displeasure be in the fu
enjoyment Of the Executive favor and in the possession
Of the choicest Offices in the p Of the Federal Cavern
within the Territory Sir is il any wonder thew
have grown so bold so defiant and so shameless in the
practice of their inqutes Think you they do not know
full well where their security lies Think YOU thev do
not know their masters WILL and that in doing his plea
there is abundant safety See who mos, enjoy the
smiles and benediotions Of the National Executive and
then have most incurred his disfavor and suffer-
ed removal from Office ia Kansas and outside of Kansas
and for what cause Then we NAV cease to wonder that
tho most stupendous frauds and the most farrant out
RACES go unchaenged and unrebuked and 90 with en-
tire mpunily provided only and always they are COM
med by the claw and order party % The most high
handed and atrocious schemes OF fraud and vainy for
cheating ieemen Of their brthrght have been commit
ted by this claw and order party" under the patronage
Of the Federal Government and have now reached their
point in the production Of the Lecompton
No wonder indeed il is the adopted net
OF the Administration No wonder the Administration
forward now and assume the relation and office Of
god father TO the mping and -shapen brat al the ham
smal font Ii is the 0fspring OF Tho CLAW and order
party"
Mr. President there is nothing in the history of ,h.
in which this Iec,,n,nton Constituon M
is origin and its comnetion 20 commend h 10 on, f,r
Indeed the more we examine IL the mare reason NO., "a
,hy we should reject it, We see IFS whole history from
beginning to end marked with fraud and violence The
grand objection to it, already noticed and which stands
the foreground Of all the others-that il is the work Of
small minority which, BY the aid Of an armed Invasion
from an adjoining State had usurped and held The com
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