The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-27
oovOrtus-erimo with Priesthood.

An old English Judge said tina, the worst
men hr-had seen lon the prisoners box were
lLu religious Villains icy ''l'ut1. VIC s-tIpuSu.
hc meant those who used their religious pro-
tcs,ions as cloak and am instrument of
crime j Is no doubt in accorduucc with the
trtrt-rrrI - rurT11TT r1trrr- t1ur ~ CIV
Journal of Commerce, the organ alike OF
bunker religion and bunker politics. defends
witt The
most reckless pcrycrsion of t4c,s and utter
contempt of principles. Sae-Cor instance.
what it says to the proposition tkit The army
shall hc Withdrawn luul-N=ElEaS a't,l--rrit 10
ttah:
F Yes, this is the Grub; withdraw the troops
from Kansas. allow rebellion and raninc and
robbery TO run riot in Kansas, and Mcssrs
Lane and Robinson To tramplo ON the
authority OF tho United States, and the roy-
crumcut may probably Doe able to suAdue
les, dangerous rebellion, and punish more
cNcuSahlp offenders"
What southern organ of the frc-catcrs
could bc more rahjd % The free state men
of Kansas the acknowledged majority, are
only kept from rebellion, rapine and robbery
by the government troops, and their REBELLION
~ moro dangerous and they themselves are
less cNcuSUblc offenders than the Mormons!
The editor of the journal of Commerce may
have muttcrcd his prayer before aud after
writing this, but he knew that what he wrote
was an unmiNcd ialschood and cruel and
malignant slundcr-why should we not cali
such crimes as these 10y their right names
The past and present administrations have
watched Tor rebellion IN Kansas with sleep
less NiEllaucc, sent bloody mon 20 uroYnkril.
Hud several times made themselves ridiculous
by assuming its existence where they could
find no shadow N proSf against the uccuscd
II there has beef rebellion and treason in
Kansas, why haze not the rebels and traitors
bcen punt@1''' Only because the govern
mtnt Inns Been unable TO lay It's finger upon
a single nan guilty of the oHcnsc-not ono.
And yet thy stupid and slandcrous accusation
IL again and again repeated.
But how ludicrouS the whole thing looks
IN the light of the doctrine of''popular soycr.
eighty of which the democratic party claim
the sole guardianship, The rebellion ofthc
majority against the the minority--of nine
tenihs Of the people against the one tenth.
ana the federal army must be kept in Kansas
to prevent the nine tcnths from rising and
ovcrthroMng the Sovereignty of the one
tenth And the nine tcnihs are worse rebel,
than the AIormors because they will NOT suh-
NIT to the one tenth As to the robbery and
rapin6, if the editor of the Journal of Com
mercc Is not aware that the free state men
have suffered instead OF committing those
'rlmcs and that the robbers have been pro- F,
cetcd from punishment by the government
troops, then he needs to study the official
lstorYef Kansas as recorded by the success.
We governors and by the testimony of inlpar- .
ia witnesses, as well as by the boasts and
confessions ofthc robbers themselves. Shame
IN the man, be he a religious or political par
ian, who would malign the innocent and
hargo upon them the crimes of their perse-
utors, in defence Of his party And what
must we think Of the party for which no bet
or defense can be made P-S p7AqGcl9 Re-
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