Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-03-04
The Administration and Kansas Affairs

mocracy Isl tine-honored name This mod
ern Democracy at the present time, rules the
nation, and Slavery rules this same sham De
mocracy. Each revolving year gives birth to
new attempts on the part of the leaders of this
shameless party, to make free institutions sec
ondaryeh Rbservient to plantation interests
it has sof4Itself body and soul, to the slave
power.
No falsehoods ara too great, no means too
vile, nor despotism too glaring, that promises
material aid in the establishing their God-like
institution of Slavery over all the territory, be-
longing to the United States. This is the great
idea of to-day of the Administration party
and for its practical triumph, that party is
laboring with an energy worthy of a better
cause.
The opening of all the Territory to Slavery
belonging to lis as a nation, is not sufficient to
appease the desire of the Oligarchy. The insti-
tuition must be nationalized, and must be guar
antied all the privileges and immunties of free
dom, and the highest Court of our Republic
must give character and stability to these des-
potic demands. That portion of that Court
identified with the Administration party, has
presumed to put construction upon the asser-
ton of Jefferson, in the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, I" that all men are created equal and
say that he did not intend to include the Afri-
can race A4S.a,se <.ssiaslifed expression.
The decision of the United States Supreme
Court has gone out to the world, that the white
mans right to property is sacred under the Con-
stitution, and that State laws must strictly con-
form though that property should be his darker
hued fellow-being. The position of the Admin
stration party, is that every citizen of one
State coming into another State, has, therefore,
right to the protection of his person, and that
property which is recognized as such by the Con-
stitution of the United States, any law of the
State to the contrary Notwithstanding. So far
from any State having right to deprive him Of
his property, it sits bounden duty to protect him
in its possession. Under the construction of the
Constitution, a single Southern planter,-ma
establish himself in a free State together with
his human chattcls, and bid the laws and the
people of that State utter defiance
The institution of Slavery is a despotic in
stitution which outrages all humanity, and vi
olates every principle of Christianity one thai
has survived the wreck of the dark ages ant
forced itself upon modern Civilization, is to-day
protected in the model Republic of the world by
the strong arm of that party, claiming and as
suming the name of Democracy. A great party
embracing hundreds of thousands who have
been born and reared beneath the genial inAu
ences of free institutions, has Frustrated itsel
at the shrine of the South, and shouted in it
bcwildered Imagination, great is the God o
Slavery.
Political philosophers are teaching the pco
pie the great sophistry, that upon the stabilit,
of the institution of African bondages depend
this existence of our national Freedom Ant
thus scheming demagoues are ever making eff
fort to misead and deceive the masses. Igno
rance is captivated by the pleasing term, Dem
ocrats, and the credulous are imposed upon an,
gulled by thu inPuAent ialsehood of politca
swindlers. And thus Democracy, itself al
opening putpet se9'favery, makes the peopl
subservient tools for the destruction of free in
situations The republic is ruled by a name
the followers of which are the humble servant
of a Slave-holdng and slavedriving 0ligarchy
and when will it be othcrwise?"
Under the popular sovereignty idea, the pee
pie are to establish their institutions in thei
own way, hut according to the logic of Pres
dent Buchanan the Constitution of the Unite
States carries with it where ever it goes, a
people dare not destroy it,-Slavery must nc
be touched even by the people themselves
} Slavery is natonalized by the party in power.
J On the 9TH of December last, at Democrat
ic Convention held at Lecompton the followin
} Resolutions among Others were unanimousl
adopted
ResolDed, That though Reader, Geary
and Walker, have sought to seduce and pros
E titute the Democracy to the unholy ends {
the Abolitionists; yet, we rejoice that thei
career is closed in Kansas, in contempt and il
fanny to themselves, and without injury to tn
Democratic party.
Resolved, That we have the fullest comfdenc
in the integrity of the Administration of JAIME
Buchanan and its fidelity to the Constitution
and cannot doubt that the acts of Walker an
5 Stanton in their unholy alliance with the Blac
Republican, to defy the laws they haveswor
to support, will be speedily condemned, an
believe that if there should be any delay
the acceptance of our Constitution, he wi
, promptly remove them, and send us in the
places, no greedy spectators, political hucl
sters, OF gambling STOCKHOLDERS.
The Slaveocrats in Kansas and the Bordt
!. Rufians have perfect understanding of wht
the present Executive and his Save-holding di,
official in Kansas bend his whole energies to G.
tablish Slavery upon her soil, and he is salute
: from the White House at Washington, wit
81 Well done thou good and faithful servant !!
But Reader, Geary. ora Walker, for doin
the simplest deeds roF common justice to IL
people, for performing the first act favorable
Freedom, from the same source comes the stcr
: command, Depart from Inc we cursed" Thu
one official after another, coming here as Simon
pure latter-day Democrats and acknowledged
be sound on the Slavery question, when, Gndir
! the Border Ruffans so destitute of every pril
ciple of honesty, aDd STOPPING to the most il
famous acts to defraud the people of their il
e alienablc rights have, on attempting to do son
" sort of justice to the people, "walked tt
n plank "at the command, or suggestion of Il
n National Executive. Query, Would it not ha'