The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-11-12

300 respect % lbe hra aud heart Of H. Fol
% uil stood BOO thr courage Of one man,
An old mau, kIud 40 heart, industrious
peaceful went forth, with large family Of
ll.dffni tD seek % urW home boo kansas.-
lhai Infant eslnny held thousands Of souls a.
noble aa liberty ever inspired or religions en-.
urhrd \ great sCoWlug slave state, Ia
nearest neghbor, sought % tread down thia
llbtill loving colony, and Iu dragDDu slavery
lnin ~ ly force ot arms, The armed ctizcHs
~ another state crossed the state lines, de,
hirnlrd thc freedom ~ the bllot-ho1, pre-
vented q ilr expression OF public sentiment
eluuppJ usurprd IHW-makiug power, and or
d1ihrli hi fraud laws as infamous Hs thc sun
ever suwr assaulted ifs infWt settlements with
armed hnrdrs, uHUg.d the fields, DESTROYED
HNNrais lud herds, and carried death 10 o
multitude ui cabins The pitri States Go-
NrruWiNi had up marines iur this occasion
,A- Federal troops were posted by caro-, night
Hnl dHi, Tor ibr poor, the wcsk, the grossly
Vruugrd men boo Kansas, There was nn ar
WN.lhrrc thnt uulurlei the banner Of the
h'"M hVl ~ was nH tHr aide Of the wrong
aDrr. not ou the s,dr ~ lhc injured.
L. Wus 900 ths field that Brown received
Ala impulse, 4 tender father whose lifr vas
'u N.a r1na ll'r, Ur tlW ha hri-boru. seized
uhr ir.0u, chained, driven across the couu-
TH DrFrI hy suffering aud heat, beaten hy
N
lns 900 deaths door Another noble boy,
without warning, without oHrnsc. unarmcd,
'" uIrn day. lu The midst Of thc city, was
shot dead no justo" sought out the muir
turr, 80 United States Attorney was dis
patched lu hot haste, SO marines o. sdllipfs
Ndrl thc wrougDj and weak
The shot that struck tho childh heart, cra-
fod the hlhcrs brain. Revolving his wrongs
lud nursing bis hatred Of that deadly SYSTEM
l"i breeds such contempt Of justice aud hu-
muuliN 90 length hm phautums assume a
slender lnfWi and organize such an enterprise
1s one might expect from u man whom grief
hlI brrclt az good Judgment He gaea 10
lhr hrDIt Of % state. ODv mlu--aud sixteen
followers hr srIlrg two thousand brave Nir-
gIulus and holds them iu durc,s.
When great state attacked hludfua of
Wrah cJlu,sts, the Government and nation
were torpid, but when seventeen men attack.
rd o. sovereign state then Maryland arms,
md Virginia arms, and the United States
""'vrnmcnt arms aud they three rush agains,
seventeen mon =
Travellers tell ~ that the Gcysers Of Ice.
land THOSE singular boiling springs Of the
uouh-may be transported with fury by
1-suchnf up handfull Of grass or turG and
uTuwng them into lhc springs The hot
.pung' oi Virginia urr of the same Kind
hHolul, of mvu vas thrown into them, aud
what boiling there ht, been
But, meanwhile, mo- one can Gil to see that
This poor child b"rcn ald man, Is the manli
ut ui them all. Bold, uull,uDhlng, honest.
without deceit OF dodge refusing 20 take
t'.uni''l advantages OF any sort; but openly
nyuU.ug hls principles and motives, glor,iug
BOO them. iu danger and death, az much as
when ln security that wounded old father is
iAc most remarkable figure boo this whole dra-
m1 The Governor the officers o! The state.
o", st''i"' "N'ta"'- arv F,Bbtes compared
to him.
dcp'ore his misfortuncs ! ,ympalhilc
with las sorroUs mourn the hiding or OBJ
srurrliuu ui hts reason. dvlppr1vC Of his
mad and feeble schemes. ! shsinl from the
'r..y tf the bloody oray. and shrink. M kc-
wise, iruw 40 the autioip,tious Of that Judi
c.1l hInodshci which, doubtless, ere Tong, will
follow Tor when WAS cowarlicc ever magma
u.m.us' They will h,l the man, not for
treason, but for proving them towards
ly-aUi hy, when men look back and see
without prcIudo0 that whole scene. they will
bot Doe uh.r 60 avu9. saving, 8What must be-
tuo measure at manhood in scene where
crllpd old man flood head and shoulders
above those uhA had their whole reason p
v r-tt- 'rr--rr-t1,T w'1ru tnuurI,
3. % hero 20
Oug word more. and that is as 10 the insc-
cuuN Of those state, that carry powder as
Nyir chigi cargo, DO YOU suppose that if IL
dlrgt had como 60 New York that the UuRcd
States AruoN in Springfield had been sci.
lgl hy scNCntccn. mcn, New ltNXcn, and
Hartford, aud Stamford, and Worcester, and
New York, and Boston, and Albany, would
have been throwu'nto b fever and panic in
consequence of the event? We scarcely
should have read the papers TO see what be-
came of it, We should have thought that it
was mattcr which the Springfield people
could manage. The thought Of danger would
not have entered into our heads. There
would not have been any danger. But in
-.--L- V L.L lhEIe ls such lnillmmnhln stuff as
slavery, There IS danger and the people ot
the south know iti and they cannot help it,
do not blame them SO much for being afraid
there is cause for fear where they have
such p0uutltlun as they have down at thr
bottom of society. But what must be the
nature of state aud domestic institutions yhch
keep brave men at the poinl Of fear 9Kftheir
life long ~
do : not propose, at this umcIo express
NY opinion upon the general subject OF sla.
very hNe elsewhere, and often, dclibc-
rately uttered my testimony. Reflection and
experience only confirm my judgment of its
immcosurubla evils. It is a double-cdged
evil, that cuts both ways, woundiug master
and slave; a pest TO good morals CON
sumption of the industrial virtues; n burden
upon society in its commercial and whole
economic arrangements political anomaly,
nuisance, and cause OF inevitable degrr-
dalou in religious ideas, feelings and institu.
tons All other causes of friction, put to-
gcthcr, derived from the weakness or wick
cdncss Of men, are not half so mschievous to
our land AS is this gigantic evil.
BuL it exists in our land, with a broad
sprest, and long-continucd hold. The ex-
tent of our duties toward the slave and tow
ard the master, is another and separate qucs-
ton. oar views upon the nature Of slavery
may bc right, and our views of duty toward
lr necessary thdt aN good men should be di-
Nincly led to ucrwith prudence aud efficient
Wisdom.