New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-04


onIv be up;u.t but fraudulent. True, tDey WI Dot
menace the Republic. They have an easy ana SIMPLE
remedy, namely: 10 take the Goyernmep. ou' o. un-
;nst and upfsithfal hands, and commit 10 tnoss
bh will be lust and faithful. They are ready % do
.his row. They want oulys little more harmony VI
purpose and little more completeness oi 1; ~. =,
ton These will result from only the cas' eo'' ~
the pressure OF Slavery upon them ou arc
Rut will the Slave States agltate! why! besausS ssy
have lost at last battle that they coud not Nn,,
unwisey provoked, fought with all tne f n,
strategy and Intervention and on a held cnoseE W
Themselves What would they gam Can p~ny
compel Kansas 10 adopt Slavery against hef yiI,,
Would be reasonable or just TO do 1t, 1t tney coa
Was negro serytude ever forced by the swofu
ON any people that inherited the blood which erct'
laes In our veins. and the sentiments which makes "
q free peoplel II they will agtate on such groun(p
"a This then how, when, by what concessions VIZ
CON male will thev ever be satisfied To what enef
would bey agitate II can now DO only to divide th,p
Tnion viii they not need some farer or more plsus-
ible excuse for a proposition 80 uespsrae E & how
n certain ruin upon themselves Noud 'oey gam
auy new security for Slavery Would tney not nSh-
ard securities that are invaluable or, tney VINO
talk 80 idly talk what they do not know tnemsoes'
No man when cool can promise what ne VIII 30 wnen
he shall be intamed; no man lnnaned can sPeaS ''
his actions when time and necessity shall orng renee
ton Much les can any one speak Tor states In suen
emergencies. .-
Ruf shall not insist, now, on so radical measure
q. the restoration of the Missouri prohibition know
how difficult il is for power TO renhqu'sn Even sPe
nic;ons and suicidal policy all at once. We may al.
t.;r the same result this particular case OF Kansas,
~thout going back so far. Go back only TO the
1round assumed in 1854 the ground of popular SOW.
s;rntv Uappily for the authors of that measure,
~ ,aslous and energetic resistance Of abuses prac
,ced under il has far been effective that popular
overeipnty in Kansas may now he made TACT, and
Liberty there may be Tescue1 sntv ,g AN soc
two narts Part the first presents Freedom IN hansas
iot part the second if yor will consent 10 write IT,
baI be Freedom in ksnsas regalned' AL u on tms
Ground that | hail the eminent Senator from i'lnos
III Dourasl and his associates, the distinguished
senator from Michigan mr. StuarI and the youthful
but most brave senator from California nr. brod-
erick The late Mr. Cayto US una. ,s %
MANY WAYS for saving nations. God i9roid thM
sbond consent 10 see Freedom wounded because my
own lead or even my own agency IN raVog ~ snouh
be rejected. will cheeruly cooperate Win thsse
new defenders of this sacred cause IN kansas ana
v;ll award them all due praise, when We sheh nave
been successful for their large share oi merit IN i ae
liverance. ,,,. . ;lo. An.
Senate and the House OF Representatives to take tat
short backward step Ou the contrary, the hardest
task that an executive dictator ever sct VI p",hni ni
mentary manager ever undertook, Is 10 preyen. ths
very step from being taken. Let the freeden' tsAo
of bis hand and the bow bent 20 long, and neh 70
il tension by so hard pressure, viii relax ana
straighten itself at once. .. s
Consider now, If YOU please, the consequence o'
vour refusal II YOU attempt to coerce Kansas INTO
| the JIpior under the Lecompton Consultation, ths
people of that Territory will resort to cyi war 10y
are pledged to put down that revoiuton tne swS,a
Will the people listen to your voice ald the thunas
of your cannon Let but one drop oi the oooo Vi
free citizen be shed there by the Federal Army ssd
| the coubtenance of every representative o. sM
State in either House of Congress VIII banch, ana ms
tongue will refuse 10 utter the vote necessary 70 sus-
tain the Army in the butchery OF his fellow
Practically, YOU have already one intestine and ier-
| ritorial war war against Brigham Young IN Utan.
Gan Won carry on two and conbe the strife within the
| Territories Can YOU win both wise nation viii
never provoke more than one enemy MT one nme'
know that you argue that tho freeState men OF
Kansas are impractcabe, fsctious, seditious An.
swer three me questions: Are they not majority ard
| 20 proclaimed by the people OF Kansas Is not thus
quarrel for the right OF governing themselves, con.
ceded by the Federal Constitution! ls the tyrsnDyof
forcing hateful Government upon them less intoer.
able than three cents mpost on pound tea or hve
cents duty promissory note You say that they
can change this LecOmpton Constitution when IL snAl
| once have been forced upon them. Let It be aban-
| doned now. What guaranty can YOU giye ag@nx
your own Intervention TO prevent tha future chsnget
security sys @ yo"' %Ses voa aSou
| rom expedency to-day What better is \ constitu.
tion than bylaw of corporation, il it may be forced
n State to-day and rejected tomorrow, in derogs-
| ion of its express inhibition
Inerceiye. Mr. President, that n the way OF srgu-
ment have passed already from the ground Of exps
dency, on which was standing TO that Of right and
ustice. Among all our refnements OF constitutional
earning principle, one fundamental principle, has
| been faithfully preserved, namely: That the new
states must come voluntarily into the Union; they
mu,t not be forced into it. Unite or Die, was the
motto addressed 10 the States in the time Of the Revo
luton. Though Kansas should perish, she cannot bs
bro ught into the Union by force.
So long as the States shall come in by free CONSENT
their admission will be act Of union and this win be
a Confederacy. Whenever they shall be brought IN
by fraud force, their admisson Will DO an act OF
consolidation, and the nation, ceasng TO be Confed
eracy, will become in reality an Empire All our Gle.
mentary instruction is wrong, or else this change d
the Constitution will subvert the Liberties OF the
American people.
You argue the consent Of Kansas from documentary
proofs, from her forced and partial acquiescence
under your tyranncal rule, from elections fraudu-
leHty conducted, from ber own contumacy, and IRON
your own records, made up here agains her. ]
answer the whole argument at once: Kansas protests
here and stands, by your confession, 10 On att
tude of rebellion at home, TO resist the annexaos
which you contend she is soliciting at your hands.
Sir il your proofs thousand times stroDger,l
would not hold the people Of kaasas bound by them
They all are contrsdcted by stern fact. people
be bound by action conducted in their name,
and pretending 10 their sanction, unless they cnjoy
perfect freedom ard safety in giving that consent
You have held the people Of Kansas in duress from
the first hour Of their attempted organization @s
community. To crown this durees by an act at ones
forcing Slavery them. which they hate, and them
into union with you, terms which they abbcr,
would be but to illustrate anew, and grand scale
the maxim
"Pro-peyvm 1t leiir scsIus rbfa, rocata,.7
Mr. President, it is occasion for joy and triumph
when community that has gathered itself togethd
under circumstances OF pnysnon Aho e1iie, ana pSs
eeeded through n season Of Territorial or proviDcia
dependence on distant central authority, becomes
State in the full enjoyment Of civil and religious lib
erty and rises into The dignity Of member Of this
Imperial Union. But in the case OF Kansas, her
whole existence has been, and it yet is, trial. TEN
pest, chaOs-and now you propose 70 mako her nup-
tisls celebration Of the funeral Of her freedom Inc
people Of Kansas are entitled TO save that Freedom