Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-04-30
WHOLE NO. 26S9.

p states OF inc Dninh which have abolished slavery.
- ffc'"0W b"c@dHHHs Message, December, 1897,
p st
me plot advances-the conscqueneea advance and
again we have the testimony Of the Presdon! that the
advance i' ny the authority OF the court IN August we
suiu'ioni' in December we learn harder lesson -
efe'iy ~ sgtes IS recognized oy uc common tVNIt-
luton and the common property in land a. e. in the
cruioucs wns dc9Wr'd NJ gnd hcoh9a 10 me Nfdfe',
W nor coniederatcd capacity Inc consequence are that
'aeiy goes meTe, ana stays there through al the years
OF territorial pupiagc and that newborn sovereign
,Wn cannot erect y 'rHhoW mghf4 co"Pe','af'on
"a" 'h'-' o' under the plea ot equality ana Ju,ucc-
slavery extended 10y equality and JUSTICE aud free
.'h W. common property of each h'ng soul by INC
equality Of common birth. and the eternal "iustce"
oi common 1od-i' forgotten ] think now we have
Fnea clear idea OF The doctrines of tho court
nna th, lresideu which constitutes the three prime mr.
oi u l,, l.W 'enoctSqe creed IN respect 90 all the
slavery Is to go there Congress cannot prevent il.
= slavery is 90 stay there until State organizations
ncrher congress nor ihe people can prevent
s. slavery cannot De excluded even by the new State
orgn2ation' without compensation.
mus fedcral sovereignty is ignored; squatfcr SOW
crnty is ignored; popular sovereignty is ignored md
state sovereignty itself is circumscrbcd Call an that by
what name you choose | call ii-nHvoIrrtoN
But Is there mistake Look at the history Of Kan
sas and the Lccompton Constitution-thc illustration
and me example o. this entire revolution. Two points
n hc history of the Territory are conccded by every
u'dy slavery ~cnt there and "g,d there How Is II
now in the state of Kansas The President permits no
.,i9ii.'f hN uiHApIleuch-lch IN ulc hau'Ef anu
therefore introduce the Lecomnton Constitution as he
introduced 90 the second of February lastall in
accordance with the authority of the court:
has been solcuuly adndgcd by the highest trihu-
nal known 20 laws that slavery exists iu Kansas
hV riffnf ~ fhc Constellation NJ the ftifed Sfafeg-
Kansas is therefore, at this moment as much stare
State as Gt0r0iq South Cdrotna. ~ resideHfa
Spcriai Message, Feb 2, 1853.
Article TIf-Slnrrrv
"SEc. I. The right ofpropcriy IS lcfore and Ai0hcr
Than aiy Constitutional sanction and the right NJ the
owner of the slave 70 such slave and its increase Is
ne same, and as inrio'1bc as the right Of the oirHor
" o. any pfegc,ty ~hatcrrr.
" SIC. p The Legislature shall have no power 20 pass
laws for The emancipation Of slaves ,riiod mr.
" of Tie 0rHCrs, wifhoY p1Vipg Nc 0rHcys prcri0nS
" 10 hcr cnanripafion FIJI cgi6ralent h money for
" he sdrcs 80 cw4pepafcd They shall have power
10 prevent cmigrau % The States nom bringing with
them such persons dccucd slaves by the laws Of
any NJ the United States or Territories so long
any person ofthc same age or description shall be con-
tnued iu slavery by the laws Of this Stac."-Lcconp-
ton Constitution.
Kansas is as much q stare State Georgia or South
aiNi.A - ,H '"'"f o, ~. 'W."'iH'tNt y "e q Ft-
" fea N7tes. These are the Presidents words. stop
not to say that the common law principle ahrogatcd by
these -reyouuonized, iudcedand that slavery is
u1tiou0i-cd. Perhaps tho Presidents language
NOT well weighed Nor do stop TO ask whether the pur-
pose of The kanaas Nebraska act 20 make ndcpen
dent Satcs oufsdc of the Union or To suggest that the
Union is dissolved already-our Territory, common
property, our newborn State Of many woeful throcs al
ready gone The point is this Kansas has been made
N1rc State by the new revolutionary dourine, without
net Of ours without Federal consent and without the act
consent its people and against them all and
by the same revolutionary doctrine 1t can never get rid
otsayery r'thoH p0yiV for the prirtegei This is the
Illustration and example Of Kansas; plain pointed,
mistakahc, and undcniahe. What says the Lecompton
constitution Slaves arc fropctyi so said the court
and the President Slaves cannot be "confscatcd with
out compensation. Lccompton said the Presi-
dent The right in slave propcrty is as "nvioabe as
the right in any other property, says Lccompton Yea,
moro little more nyolahe. II cannot pass ''on tick"
No trust -' fill price cash down, or no trade y
that's the rule of the Lccompon constitution and the
President recommends it TO us We are bound to be-
licve that he az least thinks il is all right
Now sir think we can begin to understand the exact
meaning Of that very pretty and very fashionable phrase
-" the equal rh OF the people and the States in the
common domain. The slave state man goes there and
takes his institution with him. He plants Il all
the land he guards it with laws and guns around it
all he puts the constitution OF the United States and
this triple wall he mounts the Federal army II takes
his "nsttuon" there he keeps IL and calls on us to
defend IT. at the common cost.
This is picture. How fares It with the libcrtylov-
ing and har1-aboring free State Equal rights is
the doctrine You invite him with the promise Of equal
" rights !" you fnttcr him with the hope Of "cqua
rights :" and he goes your common territory" ex
pecting there TO find that the common government Of
common people, under common constitution,
common soil will give him at least and equal
" rights" How fares the free when he goes p
He finds himself despised dcgradcdcut off from all the
amenities Of social life the cvilitics Of society,"
and the power Of rising hy superio industry and virtue
the dignity he has left in his old northern home and
the dignity he has lost by contact with your slaves
Through all the territorial term he cannot bV back
his birthright Does he tain Of his rights he
is soditous Does he resist infringement his person
al rights refuse obedience 10 unjust and IN c0nstt
uona acts he Is rehclhousl Does he attempt TO- frame
government after his own pattern and put into it guar
autces for the free institutions he ovesall in submission
60 your authority It is trcasonable And YOU treat
him as a scditious rchellious and dangerous man-an
alien and an enemy Such has been the territorial con-
dtnn Of the Freoiae men of the territory Of Kansas
Aud now how is IL in the Stafe Of Kansas Sometime or
otherperhaps in 1861 but nobody knows exactly when
the free-State men may have the privilege Of tyHg to
get free institutinns-on conditions SLAVERY Is GER
TAIN-FRBEnoM Is CoNDIrIoNALi And the conditions
what are thesc2 Why, sir the frco-Statc can
have free institutions when and only whon they able
10 0U-rOic and biiy the pro-savery men, slavery
goes IN at the common expense Of the whole naton.
Slavery goes 0f at the expense Of the halfsctcd
State poor from the very burdens Of its YOUTH but rich
in noble souls enducd with all the grace and glorious
hopes Of freedom. SLAVERY SCOT FREE-FREEnoN BY
/ PURCHASE This is the exact result
Sir. the President and the honeyed phrases,
aud give them magic power-he absolute power of
situtona grants. The President talks Of equality and
Justice, and the court talks Of the common and equal
benefit Of u the people, and the A" common use Of all
the Territories. These pretty phrases badly suit the
tual picture | have drawn far suit the end de-
signed As the Territories the property Of
all the people ofa the States and subject their com
use. what rule Is Just Is equal is practicable, but
the harmonious rule that but common property of
all the people Of all the States enter there lie who
takes property, takes than is his
right. He who takes property that others cannot
take or hold, makes more than Z" common use" What
them is the fact Slaves mot the common property
Of all the citizens Of all the States majority of the
States forbid il, and the conscenccs Of their people
forbid H. They hold and their States hold, the
property in slaves exists by no right az allno common
general law. God gave TO dominion the fish
of the sea- and the fowls OF the air. aud every living
thing that creopcht upon the earh'-not man,
I Ihcrp ma bn. nd there l. LygI da-