Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-01-29
. Resistance to Tyrans is Obedience
TO God"

Such was once the language Of ono Of the
heroes Of the past, The sentiment embOdi.
ed IN the maxim above quoted, was true
then and no less true now. forbeaNncc il
a virtue, but there Is limit 10 ts exercise.
Aggrcsions had better be endured, without
resort to forciblc resistance, 80 long Us there
Is reasonable expectation, that their au.
,hors will come to u sense Of justice and
cease TO do wrong.
But then Is time when "forbearanco
ceases TO be a virtue" Our Fathers suffered
long before they determined upon forcible
resistance 10 the iyrannies OF their opprcs.
sors. but the time come when u stern reli.
gious sense Of iuty taugh, them they ough,
to fight" "yos," cried the eloquent
Henry, in the Virginia assembly, 4" ise must
fight" and these words OF frc were borne
upon the brceIcs Of Heaven into every ham.
let and co,iage in the Colonies, while our
slin,ed ancestors re-cchocd back the clarion
sound. " ~, must fight" Our Fathers toiled
and bled and died. to transmit TO their pos
,euty the blessings Of liberty. They found.
cd a free government, aud len IL as n rich
legacy to their sons. But the blessings they
bcquea,hed to US, have already been usurpcd
by tyrnts. An attempt isnow being made
to hanish liberty from the land, to install
slavery 10 ia most odious forms, TO bind
chains and manaeles no, only upon the AZ.
rican, but Anglo Saxon race.
The people Of the Colonies, did no, suffer
from their opprcssors one.,cnth part that
the people OF Kansas have endured from
their own government. George ILL.,, was
not - great dcspot rs james Buchanan.
Lord North was better man than the Cab
inc, Ministers at Washington. What was
the triaipg tax upon tea, when put in the
balance with the Lccompton iraud' Thee
reflections have been called out by reading
the following remark Of Senator Hale in a
reccn, speech in the United States Senate.
"Durine his remark he declared that If
the atternp, b. persisted In TO force the l.e-
compton Constitution on the people Of kAn-
.as, he hoped that they would Eight and re.
SYST even unto blood and death"
We endorse every word in the above de-
claaiion. The people Of Kan.as have
horne and forborne. Every indignity which
iyranis GUILD invcn, has been hcarcd upon
them, year after year. The tragic tale OF
their wrong. has never been half written or
told. Their whole history has been written
In letter. Of blood. And now, to cap the
climax Of their wrongs, the Administration
is engaged in the reasonable plot Of forcing
a constitution upon them in open defiance Of
their expressed will. II this bellish plot is
consumma,ed, We hops and pray tina, the
people OF Kansas WILL FIGHT. Let them
rally under the old American Flag Of Lib.
crty, and swear upon the sacred altars Of
,h-;r homc- aud nrr-idos, that they never
will sheath the sword until their constitu.
tional rights are fully and completely re-
stored TO them. These heroes Of the second
American Revolution need not fear. II
they need help, they will have it. From
every State in the Union vii. their brethren
rally 10 their standard. Le, them hurl de-
Gance in the teeth Of their blood.thir.ty op.
prcssors. Let them make an appeal TO the
God OF battles, and never lay down their
arms 50 long as their soil is polluted with
the footsteps Of a border rufHan desPo,.