Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-06-15
SPEECH OF
HON. CHARLES SUMNER,
oN THE
Bill for the Admission Of Kansas

four years, 90 address the Senate on this i'm
portant subject, / should suppress the emo
, tons natural 10 such am occasion, if did not
declare on the threshold my gratitude to that
supreme Being, through whose benign care
] am enabled, after much suffering and many
changes once again 20 resume my duties here,
and 20 speak for the cause which is so near
my heart. 10 the honorod Commonwealth
whose representative am, and also 10 my inn
mediate associates in this body, with whom 1
enjoy the fellowship which is found in think
ing alike concerning The Republic, / owe thanks
which seize this moment TO express for the
? indulgence shown me throughout the protract-
ed soclusion onjoined by medical skin and
trust that it will not be thought unbecoming
in me 20 put on record here, as an apology for
leaving my seat SO long vacant without max
ing way, by resignation, for successor, that
] acted under the lllusionof an invalid, whose
hopes for restoration Co his natural health
constantly iriumphcd over his disappoint-
monts.
When last | entered into this debate, it
uCcamo my duty 90 expose the Crime against
Kansas, and TO insist upon thc immediate ad-
mission of that Territory as State ol this
Union, with Constitution iorbidIing Slave
ry Time has passed. but the question rec
mains Re.umins the discussion precisely
where left it, I am happy 10 ayow that rule
of moderation. which. il Is said. may ycnture
even to fix the boundaries Of wisdom itself
] have no personal grieis TO utter only a
harbarous cgotism could intrudo these into
this chamber have no personal wrongs TO
aycngc only a barbarous nature could at
tempt 20 wicld that vengcncc, which belongs
90 the Lord. The years that have intorvened
and the tombs that have boon opcned since
spoke have their voices too. which cannot
fai 10 hear. BESIDES. what ann What "a
any man among the iviny or atoop.r tho d,,d
COMPARED with the Question hor.re.rss I,
is tbis alono which shall 3isc,ss and I,,,.,,
the argument with that casv victory ,bio5 il
found in charitv.
Tho Crime agaiust Kansas stands forth q,
painful Hsbt Search history and ,o,, can.
not find its parallel. The sltye-tradc is had
bat even this enormIty i, pettv. compared
with that elaborate contrivance hy which. in
"a Christian age and within the limits of
Republic. all forms of constitutional liberty
were perverted by which all the rights of
human nature were violated. and the whole
country was hold trembling ON tbe. od,o of
civil war: while al this LARGO cxubcranco of
wickodness. dctestabc I'm itself becomes tom
fold more dctcstablc when its ori.,ip b traced
60 the madness for slavery. The fatal pard.
ton between freedom and slavery. known ais
the Missouri Compromise: the subsequent
overthrow of this partitiou. and thc soi,nr,
of all by slavery: tho violation of plightcd
faith the nspiracy % force slavery at all
hazards into Kansas thcsucccssive invasinns
by which al security th re was DESTROYED
and the electoral franchise itself was trodden
down; the sacrilcpious seizure of the very
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