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CHARLES F. REA.
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BEIROT, Jan 8; 1856.
on.the 24 i th of Dec. wel' had the pleasure,
of welcondlw lir.. and Mrs.- Aiken to . our
mis . siurpry field. they iled in the latter
~, ' pay't of Oct,i had a rough, though not a long i j
paAsage, and have reach us in excelleuthealth
and spirits.' Two 'days attdr. Mr.
-Aiken arr
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•rii , e.d..we. started ofr together - . to visit some.
ofthe nearest niissionary stations. We first
v,i.sited. Sidon, .ancient
sOptli -of Beirut and for the , greater
..1 part, - Of the fway the.riaad winds alongthe.sea
rs'eoast. * The shoieli very_ level ; and many
timvs as we rode along We were so near. - the
. water,that iChe great swelling vtavcs-frOta the
s eadaShed*p around our horses' feet:
pertiltnTed4he'journei - in seven houni, and
. dc;ring the, last four hours rode in the `rain,
I — tltt-thank - 's to our water proof overhauls, we
went thrbughd.W . ll ,- .0.' except that my left
.. reMVed a, soakingTilaget - pi epee of m
ral4;er pantaloons not .having b'e.en proPerls;=
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• .'steered at the bottoin. • Mr.\ Ai ken was ratli
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ex - disposed to laugh at My slight misfortune,
saving that he was perfectly dry from the,
cioyil of his head to the soles . of his
fex.st.—
.when..ve 'came. to for-the eight, I
.
tinian i gli ctt kiln, der *on - opening : his sad- .
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•• 31 - e b;tgs to, put on ,41 change of . raihient,
qturated - with,
v' vater, wiltiie On . the other -'hand my bagga,, ,, e.
escaped unliarped, its I had taken the pre- .
esuticAi to throw a-pit - ice of oil cloth over• , it
before stinting. •, -
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- 7 oticLw y to'Sidon we: pissed over a
share p i oit-it of -land jutting into 'the:sea, Uit
.. . 4 wilieh stands the tomb of the I.)l.opliet,Jonah.
The tom 4 is a plain, stone Structure, eighteen ,
- •or -tw.enty, feer-,square,,' and . is F.hrrounded. : by
• not a place of much iicterest,
- ate two or three,,,ther tombs' of
- in Eid-t, and it I;as . no.t,yei
ter . rnined,and probably fiev,er be . , , - - ,Which .
,
s the true,: one. • . .
(We reteiviAl a very Warin ft-6M
trti n ts' , 7:ogiariei residing at'Sidii; Mr. Thum-
. sios and Doetk - tr. an - 1)y tik:and their
house is in a central pOsltion, and from
zitc, iertnee, - had a - fait: , view ut
o
w i ith the! surrounding gardens:and the.
long Irange.of Lebanon in !the, bitch groand.
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city of great •Ltntivity,'„reaelling
*;l:,aeli.-alinOst to the tithe hf the * flood.. -We
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~fir,,tlindj . n ienpoti Genesis X, 10-, and
:again in Gen. XLIX".„ 18. Itonce wasunim-
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.portant sea port., having - goOd .harbor "and
an exten...-tse trade. Ttie prophet Taialt. i sp . ' o.alo
Inc
of the trierelian, <lf - .1(1 - on that pasS-Over . the
,
:sea. (tba. r 2.)' B r•Vrat7 7
dour once - fatuous .eity. has .lung
pasSed . 'awit . y. She filled up The meats
&.
re (Asher • iniquities and fulfilment of the
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terrible malcylietigns. of . Abe prophet (1 . 4 4.
23)r'she - received her Merited
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.Sidon has- now•but little trade
• or enterprise and contains but. 8 .or 10,000
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-- r vkabitants. ; Our -Savior once mtne into the
-- Masts of Tyre and Sidon and.there perform
ed the miracle of healing the daught• of the
Syrophenician - woman. Matt. XV, 121, and
Mark VIII, 24. • °
;•, Nlr. Aiken arid I spent but ,onOnight with
cur friOids at Sidon, and on.the next day we
srode.twenty-five or thirty miles in n; north
easterly- direction over the mountains to Deir
ELI - lather. I believe 1 have . mentioned this
place' in - uipformer letters, as I 1 occasion
to.go there last sunitner -to 1 aftei. the
schools: .It is an important to of . several
thoualid - inhabitants. Mr:. Bird as just been
. stationed . there. . : We spetit a 'irtht with him
and half of the next day, and then rode through
.the• rain ten rniles,to Abell). • The read: bti
tween Deir El I - latitar and Abelh is the most
horrible conceivable. It .leads through an
immense valley with rocky preCipitOus'sides
.
and is so deep th.a . t.it reqUirei atedious hour
• and a half to 01, .down' and:another
\. toilsome hour,iiind ai half get out of
In some platys the Atone .steps 'ovor which
parts of the road are constructed, have becorne+ .
so and Out of repair,..that shoullsup.
'pose no 'animals except donkeys", goats. and
• -Syrian horses.,.would dare.attempt to descend
them. These Syrian' horse 4 are wonderfully
sagaciOuS and '-sure-footed..: They first care=
fully, select a spot fbr their .fOrefeet .arid . havo
ing planted them firmly, theit hindfeet : seem
- to come in right as a matter of course.::::
We. spent but a night. in Abeili c at tat= I
and .the next day safely. k tots.4oiyn to'
. • -Beirut. We had been abipit (Our dat and . 1
traveled about one hundred
On Nov l'eaes' day I made several Balls
upon my English, American and Arab friends. •,,.
We also received about twenty g.filly*t our
- own house. Most of them - were : natiAeS and
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we. entertained them, with music, cake, Arab
sweetine ats and coffee: All the:native Chris-'
tains, Gr,Jeks-and Maionites, and Greek Cali
' • olies;observe New Year's day, CRoss issen!ie;
. they' Call it, i. e. kead okhe year as . a hol
.. Way: The . Mohammedans hoWev corn.
menee their year in October. Wi -them .1
this is the year 1272; dating -.as y u
: know
from the' flight' of .Mulaornet. You' >e ; there- .
• :• •,forelhat we have two kinds of iirde t
• - A ll 4 so, too, in reckoning • the 'hours of the
day.- the Arabs, like the nneient leWs, :begin
at
,sunset. The, Sun now sets at ti.. O'clock.
• AniiOur'after ; or .G r is WithAliem oigi o'clock
• and.so on till they: rf;ich 12 o'clock ;at 5 in:
• the morning, and then - they begin to obunt, one
two ;&c., again. ' : The sun acedidingio. their'
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te,.now rks,s..at 2 o'clock
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aset is alw ! aysi at 12. .
fnpanied bY Mr. Hunter
,I made a visit to Tripoli,
llt had ben our plan to'
&but.we'Were ptevented.i
tFrench ItCanter soon af-,
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ired off Tripoli about sun-1
trong wind had sprung up
tto such fury that no boats
to mee . trus.. - We began
be. compelled to remain
r all night at the risk of
L iLa
tike, the, nest landing
es distant.l l
At 10 o'clock
had sod far subsided,.
;to procure a boat.. We -
darknesa;• as near to the
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,and shoals would allow,
trkrita taking - 4 on their backs
safely' over the - few rods tif
tat ireinailied-And lauded us
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ach l ,.• . Mr. Hunter being
. a,-
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or
: individual than myself,
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s feet in the sea and thus
F.I full of salt water. This . ,_
tiered ayslight tnistiartune
urselves that we had not .
lens,to Tram. - We had
reached] Tripoli,.— as the
and. The place
. aewhich
Mena, the name signifying.
I ,rt of Tripoli ' aid contains
F.. , •, . • ' •
lailiauitaiits. Having oe,o
-at- •
[ the ..office of thL‘ French
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,groped our wfiy thrdigh the
dark. narr - w strecq, to - the Outer gate and then
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entered. a •bro td smooth ) high Wa- walled [
in
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.i"i' both sidei.: :ma with hedges groWing UPOn
the ,walls.(. ThiS - road led us directly toTri- •
Toll'. lt Was near imidnight when we 4-eaCh:
ed the citY wilsd. We passed- through the
gate into - an ak-ehea street, dark, solitatfy and
deserted, ] but by dint of. strenuous hallooing .
[ and pounding we
wt>lt length succeeded inrous
[ ing a ma ti:, m a neighboring' dormitory, and
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inquired , f hkin the way to the residence bf
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Ilowadji liUkiit. - •,...itlie- Anierican/ vice 641A1.
The - man ve;ry - .kin t, dly conducted us . * to tlae
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house, an Wor.oelitn toroate, utterly refused
' to.take airy l,)ii-14ce.s.' li for t-his l pains. - The
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I .vice conkul r [ eceived , us With great politeness
and cordialiy. - He bail been iinforthed the
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week bef..re [of or intended visa-, and] ws
therefot - e expee,* i g, us. - This Man is the on
ly openly • riafe;s4.ed- Protestant in • Tkirppli,
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and is nit taper 'of
,the church in Beirut. 7 —.
Ile, is weLtihy : 1 , , . and, though an nib, liVes - la
European tyle. The apartments allotied to .
me and Ir. l - -Hanter were ainply furnish
ed with . beds, tables, chairs, marble-top
'rt . •ash-stan s, mirrors &e: Ydnne has. been ,
compel] to. undergo sever persecution
t
'from hi . elativais on aceotin
tiof his leaving,
the k Gree , - - chfireh and ernbraei4 • the Protes:
tarit faitl. He hoWever still adheres firmly
to thatrti h,'but nee& sympathy and encour
ing one o i r
myni:).- et.: a r s e, t, r l es l i r d .. e N n li . lso .. n l , thefor-'
opziary a Tripoli, removed to Hurns,
the tito ntaiiis, and since- that time
I.a
Is been eft to centend .with his per
single- n deal. .. On he. day after,
Iwe - eel-Fed severe calls tills and also
some - ouses with a tiew of obtain..
conclud
ed to„,ta
j o the o 0 foimerly occupied by:Mr.
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Wilson, but it is ; sadly . out of repair, and it •
will rewire - somle weeks to pit it in Order...
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The oweer promises to commence work up- -
on it:at [rice: There are sozn fine hour in
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Tripaili,'but •th - ey -are. mostly . owned by Mo
hammedans whoVrefuse to- rent them t,,,'. in-..
fidelS,' as they 4,M :the christianS. - Tripoli.
Contains- some 20,000 or 25,000 inhabitants,
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and is noted roll itsfrultful and
of orange, [lm extensive , gar
denseon and other frnit, trees.--
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Ent I will reserveescriptin of the
my A• [
city and people j And gardens Ste. fintilleothe
to
,take. up my [residenceTthere,--andbec_ume
betterracquaint4d withtheiplice..
Mr. Hunter 410 spent bUt.one day and
. two (nights in Tripoli, and on 'Friday morning,
flaying:the preceding evening hired Urges for , 1
ourselveS, and A muleteer to take charge of 1
ourheds,and'haggage, we started over land '
forßeiru.t. • We rode nearly all day "along
the sea coast=•- . ,Passed numerous convents and
, V,
'At night stoppell at „. tieo:511 : a town of perhaps
.2 or 3,000 inhabitants.- Tl 4. is the ancient
'Gelid alludedto in -•Ezk. XX:i,'ll, 9. •._ The
in
habitants werelcalled Giblitei ( t lesh. XIII, - 4)
and though,neVer subdued. by:, - the children of
Israel, they were employed by Solomon as
zna - sons and st4ineionfters, in 'the building "of
the. temples'_ - The modern Je i kail is walled on'
three sides and open. towards .lie.,sea.• . It con=
tams-, a mo'nne, a Maronite 'Ce.htirch,- and an
old castle Probably built in the time of the
crusades. pleat of the buildings are small
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[ and uncomfOrtable. • I obserVed, lying about.
•in various planes, Many fragblents of beauti--1
wrought colunms of granite and Egvp-,
tian porphyry,i l tnournful mementos of a gran , -
deur long since passed away. i Thesacolumns ,
were the_wOrkloftheancient Itomans, • There
are some in Beirut still standing. • ,
We. spent the 'night .in a 'Kahn Arab
.a.
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inn, a= rude sthne Shelter, - . w]ifh rough walls
thatched. rOof,land ho. floor but the earth.--
'llere Men,ll4-ses..and,,donkeys• congregate,
i eat'and lodge on s terms 'of perfect equality:—
rlietseletted a ttalerably clean spot in a corner,
1 procuiiiidiA - ;r4t,spro4,yur_beds`therecniH,
[.
tthd havii4 13,1 -- itiik . en - largely ...of : Sotneifea.' steal/.
chicken; tvk. , ,s - , bre4 .And figs.' watt . _ we.; 114
brought.with us, endeavored to compose oar.:'
Selves to - rest.. The . Sea: breeze came in fresh(
: t , •-t
And strong throuer the vride-moutnert slit ranee f
way; the Aruba - qUarrelled, the asses brayed;
and the hordes of ileas: ran. riot. Ayer ,us i .- but
rriOde of kirping lai
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(our 7) and their am
On:Jan. 2nd : 4.
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our -mission prin er,,
my futureistation.
go some weeks s tic(
We,s4o.ted' in I. e
. ter dintier and a i chc
1 a
sot. Mea time a
and fashe the's it
ii
ci
"dared to oine ut
to think vfn sli old
on board the steami
ic~lo+
l bdre
he to
'ere a
being caxr
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place, a h
however,
that we M
proceeded
sh - or 'as
and then t
-transports,
shallow w;
fin
its
e
ho ro
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liter t
lie b
>tyl ja i
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, ne
EideV on
consideia
; lig
hi
dragged
MEI
we c
tula !
sllsk
I and . .ongr!
F got to go,.
I . not howl
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er asi
city lies
ne lande
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Is ea
t Stl
a port
to p(
laud'
SOME; six
LIME
cured a 1
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steamers;
agement
Tiler
far off in,
Yanrie ..;
seeutors
our arri,
looked a
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e',,1.1•7r . '..i . A.'9
E'prit'.i!s,
iIIONTROE,
.TT-W1
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e' were too. weary to notice these aunoyane
-:-.
.0 and soon fell':. asleep. ; We ,were, up and
off at the first (limning of day, and three or
four hours' ridibg brought us. to the banka'of
the Adonis, elas l aical name, familia'r,t4lt itiv.
dents of ancient: Greek - dand Latin
We ;found no Olffieulty - in fording.: the stream,
and before noon we arrived at .the • Nakier
•. .
Kelh, D i pg river. ' This river rushei
uto the sea, through a remarkable gorge it
he .mountains..,The massive rocks tower
. .
up precipitously- on either side; and "yet over
these apparently impassable : barriers / winds
one of the rose flirtiods . military roads of an
cient times:. Here. we see the prints of ttorr
,
sea' feet, and ti-ace. 4 ot_heaVy- carriages and
chariot wheels-ern deep in , the solid rock:.'
Here are t e inscriptions iti ghenecian,
Egyptian, dre k awl , Latin, which were left
iv,
t.
by successive-' onqueritig licroca'itt long ages
past. „ Over this old highway of nations . ; Sen.
aeherib led hil Assyrian . bust, hundreds of.
years befor the time of our. Savior. Over
this road, t o,t Alexander the Great led his
Grecian warri4rs, dad after'words'.followed the
legions' ort'iel Roman EmPeritr, Titus and
• .
Antoninus Pins;, - -7 As I stood gazing upon
those' venerable inscriptions and heard. the
Waves of the s* . a,s,l Ash against the rocks below,
I could almost imaginethat I was listening to
the solemn tramp of armies; and that scion 1
should behold the .lonm n lines 'of Glistening
J . . ,
shields and spears,' winding .. : along down the
mountain side .?.. Many- scenes of War and con
quest -
have thi pe•gray old Mout - 31411ns Ivoked
down upon /,But the, actor's iu these scenes
;have passed away. to be nO.more remember,
• . , ~
ed forever./ Truly,. ' bow are the mighty - fal-:
len; and the - wreapons of war - perished.' ~.
.We, arrivc.t. sit Beirut safely at•lialt past
two r . It. and found all vell. • - - • -
Jan. 31. IWe . received th'e Missionary
Herald, Of Jai: a few days since; by which - wet
leaned that; Br. Jessup .and Mr. and ..iqrs.
Bliss sailed on Dec, 12th. ' We shall..there
fore look for•lthein in about at Week, though
as the sea has been N'cry rough and' stormy
Of late, they fray be 'detained - ,ome`t.iine ion
g. 4r. We. Mle• all .:rearly for them,: and are
awaiting their arrival with great inte'rest.,--
i
I have been greatly interested in rending the
reports which have appeared in the papers Of .
the MissionaTy Convention in *Montrose ;and
Dr. .lessup . s ordination. - They 'ha o
ve carried
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my Mind 140: to the time' not manymonths
- . passed through
*?)
w, when' I.passed through similar scenes.—
How changed liavean . l '. circumstances become
in tl.i.se few nonths. Then' I !was aniid the
scenes, and 'friends" of hoinei now . a Vast
Ocean rolls t,etween us, and - Lm surrounded
. ,
by people of i a strange language, strange cus
toms, and st[range. religion. But here is my
home nqw, lore is my wank, and here I .am
cpatent - to bn.
The Cholera of -which 1 spoke in my last,,
•
disappeared; from :11eirut sip[ weeks since,
hiving eau43 245 deaths.
T
• J. _LORENZO LYONS.
affqii s t 3
SPEECH AP HON. GALIISHA A. GROW,
• - OP PEN:i:SYLFANIA.
In thi House. of Representatives.. •
, •
ItAam 5, 1856
The Hinise •beir.g in:Conimittee, of the
Whole on the state if the. Union, and hocing
under•cOnsideration .
,;he President's annual
•
message, .i
Mr. GROW said: .
•Mr. SpEtticau: '
.Rumors of a prospect of
civil war in the Territory of Eansiig have
reached us ,
,and filled the public'mind with
gloorny apprehensio:i. The President in his
annual message informed us that ',in the Ter
ritory of 'Clans:is there had been acts prejudi
cial to got d crdef," but. neglected .to tell
What these lads were' and at a later day he
informed this House by special message that
there had been 'acts, 'Alia!' ogainst the lino,'
which n4w I threaten' the vcace not only of the
Territory ~f Kates:l4, but orthe. Union. . It
becomes the imperative. duty of .Congress,
then, to inquire into the catfses of this state
of •things, find devise if possible some Means
by which to avert- so * dire a )'4;zilatility.
Congres being ,the,- supreme le g islative
power for Ole Territories, - giving. them Their
organic.lar, executive land 'judicial' officers,
and prescribing the mode and inapner of the i
•
exercise °fall their legislative 'functions, it is I
our firstduty . to see' that the inhabitants i
thereof are secure:in the:enjOyment of all- the
rights and'; priVilege4 guarantied to American
freeman eVerywhere under the protection of
I the Republic.
The actS which the . President regarded as
threatening the- peace not only of the . Terri to-,
ry‘of Kansas, but of the Union; are summed
up in a paragraph .cif the •message ; • •
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"Persons; cenfeasedly not
. - colistitutiug the •.hody
politic or all the Mhabitantii, but merely a party of
the inhabitants, and without law, have undertaken to
innutnon a convention for the purpose of transforming
the Territory into a State, and. have formed a consti
tfition, addpted it, and under ,ii elected a Governor
and otherpificeri,' awl' a ;Repre sentative . to. 'Con
gres-s : 1 ' / i - - ' :• - .
"all of Which' he - pronounces\illega/ and of rev
olu tionari cfittmeter." Sir, :the doing of, any
or all the acts in thifr enumeration would be
no violatinn of just -lawor constitutional right;
for the pOple,..oe any part Of them, of aState
.0 . ,, ,, r_ Territhry -have a perfect right: peace
• to-a.ssemble, -at any time, and deposit their
votetefortany person they:please, ' with such.]
designatiim.of offibe as' they choose to affix ;
and unl* they, or the person so chosen,•wm
,tnit sorn . 6 overt. act.against the Government
-Under.:whi,ch they live, they have violated no
law arid tii:e amenable for no offetise i 'any more
than thepo:ould . bete:assemble and :discuss
- flieirgriiti'imees,..and petition for their redress.
In Rhode 4sland, vvl.kre there
. was no question"
as - to, thb regularitS . pi the existing goverii;
meet—k it had •existed - for.altuost - .tw.o cell.
turie.,call fo`a convent - ion to farm - anew
tonatitu..o was.lSsued .berpersone confessed
i'ly not co
I
estiinting the body' iialitie; . and with-
1t.1),..A1.Y 1 --NAR.,C4 20;. I
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out la th , for ithipurposo fof transforating a
charter gevernment into a , State.., They
&meet a ceristittition,.tulolited it, and'under i
it elected a Governor and !other, officers, and
a Repreeentative, to Cengi•en-• - The mean =
. bers of thel./egislature•mes swore:to support.
the new contitution, and ithe'oath of offico
, . .
waS'ladministered to the - Governor, and his
message, transmitted to lhe• Legislature.—
None . iii-thiZS,e -nets were coneidered,as 'illegal
by the conStittited authorities of Rhode . , Is
land_; .- - ififd.nkariti - St were made till Port Call
ed onta ft - 140Y forcuto Uphold his govern-
merit. .. , • ,
.• ~. • . .
:• The' people- of ..Kan sas. 'have thus far done'
only what was done Rkscle Island previous
•
'to an appeal of arras: :Are -acts that are.
harniless When perfurinctiLin. a State illegal
and treasc4 - ble when perilortned under like
circumstances in a- Terrilory . ? ' It was not
thought ;o
_hy the countrx in the case of the
adinission of, Michigan into the Union, where
a .convention of the peoli , le, called without
riciic 'accepted certain corylitions oft-ConnTeSs
, . 0
1 which had just been rejectled by a convention
of delegates ! , ssembled under authority of an
act of the Leiiislature. BO; sir, the undoubt- ,
ed right of the people of ii-Territury to call a
State convention, withontinny act of the Ter
ritorial LegiAtture. or of Congress, fur the
ryurpose of • transforming ,la Territory. into ti..
State, - and . to elect all the, officers 'necessary
to .nitninister such a Stage government, has
beesettled ;not only byithe. practice of the
... . (1,1
Government . ; but by the , Ipinion of oue.of its
ablest legalLpfficers - • and •F , ristitutional; advis
ers of the Bresident. Oilring Genii-al Jack -
sOn's adminiStration the G l o v e rnor of the Per
• ritory of Arkansas iddrased him a-letter so
liciting instructions • for his cruidance il l . . ease
the . people. of Said 'Territtiry . t- slfould , elee . t. del
egates to a I.Conyention without a law of the
Legislaturk - ', and organizt• and p'ut in opera-.
tion a State government ;..vithout authority of
CongresS. .;The Governor informed the Pres
ident : 1
that, Unless .otherwise instructed,. he
, . .
, 1 should fee t!' , " bound to c 1
snlet and treat all.
Fsuch proceedings as enlawfdl." • The Presi--
I dent—for Gene - tut Jacksisn. it seems,,had not
Ladopted the "great principles of porailar soY
-1
ercianty," !established'• 1,5 v the compromise
.
measures of 18 50—replied 'through his At
torney' G'elteral,'l3. F. llntier,' - on the.2lSt of
September, 1835', thaif i t 1. ' .••
. -. .
"It, LA noelin-the power of the General Assembly
'of Arkansas' : to pass any• lu- for the purpose of
cleCting•ineinbers to A convebtion to form a-constitu
tion and State government, nor do any other act, di
rectly or indirectly, to. treat? such new government.
Every such law, eVen• thOugh it were•approved _by
'the Governor- of the Territory, .would, be null and
.1voll.".• . i -
1 - • a .. -
The people of a Territory have an uniljibt
ed right at, any time tb call a convention,
frame rind!; : adopt a State, constitution, and
elect all • otficers necessary to its action as ari
indep , ndeqState . ,`thOugh- it might . be allies
lion:whether thei'couhll perform any, offiCial
act its State'. oflieers' unt'l the -action of Con
gress, though Michi , ratt. x•tiacted iawS . and vo
ted; fir Presid , :nt
„b7tforc she wasi - dinitted as
a . State into the Union. But the State must be
formed before her ailtoiLsion ; for it. is. States
thA are admitted, undee the the third section
...f the fourth article ofi the Constition, and
not 'Territories. Upor this, point,, I. read
from the Opinion of the . Attorney General, in
did Arinnsa.s case; I
This Provision implies that the ,new State shall
r fieve been constituted by the settlement of a consti ,
• tenon or frame of Government, and by the appoint
meat of those official agentS which are indispensable
to its action as a State, andlespeCially.to its action as
a Member of the Union, prior to its adinis - sion into
the Union. In accordance with this implication, ev
eryt State received into thelUnion idneevtlie adoption
of the Federal Constitutiou has been actually organ
ized prior to such admission."
•1 • .
: . Now, I desire to'cell. particular attention
to , the part of . this opinion which appltes di-.
redly to' the people.of Kansas; and had it '
br i e Written expressW Tor theitetisejt could
not have been more aftlicable. , In defining
tltl ''' ri ,, ltts of the citizeni of Arkansas, he says :
. -..-- 1 , . •
`They undoubtedly , possess the : ordinary privi-.
leges and immunities of citizens of the United States.
Meting these is the right of the people, ' peaceably%
tolassemble and-to petition the goiernment for the
redress of grieyances.' In the exercise of this : right
th e people of Arkansas !nay peaceably meet 4ogeth
er ,in pri try assembly, 4r conventions chosen by
Su h asz_ze blies, for the purpoSe of petitioning Con
griesi to el»gate the territorial government, and to
admit then into the Union as an independent State.,
Tile particular form which they may give to their pe
tition • 'cannot be materidl so •IfSng as they confine
themselves to the mere right. of petitioning and con
diet, all their proceeding) in a peaCeable Manner.—
Aid as the power of
. Congress over the whole sub
ject is.plenary and unlimited, they may accept any
constitution, however fraineth. which, in their judg
ment meets the sense Of the people to affectedl.iy
' it': . If, therefore, the citizens of Arkansas think prop
'eli to - accOmnany their 4ielition by a-written cornititu
-1 tree, l- 'fraineded agreed on -.by their primer; assem
blies, or by a convention of delegates:chosen by such
Lassemblies, I perceive no legal objection .to their
pixer to,do so._" l .l' . : • - • -
,
-• 1 But, it may be Said that this, doctrine
viill not apply to• Kansas, for there is "mere
-I.i,- a part of the inhabitants" who called the
. convention. ' In all' t..l..ses;the call, in the first
1
instance, must be :by a - part of the people ;..
f r it wouldhe altrioSt an impossibility to get
t le , signatures of all the inhabitants of a T.er
r tort'. ' .The call issued for a State conten
tj
now con-
o , n; wh in. e K re il l is t a. h s e u te , i rri ts to ir r i la t l h g is ol f .e o r r n i: t
m ;
' To the Legi4 I'oters.of liansas:
stituted for 'Kansas has proved a'i failuresquatter
Sovereignty underls workings a miserable delusion,
ili proof of which i is only necessary to refer to our
Past history and •ti r present deplorable condition:
) 1
Our ballot-boxes have been taken- Possession of by a
Our
of armed men from foreign States; our pedple
forcibly tiven therefrom- . persons, attempted. to be
foisted upon us as members of also -called Legisla
i.
'tire, unacquainted:With our wants and hostile to Purl
pest intereste—some of them never residents of Per
.1
emit() ry ; misnained latvt passed, land nosy attempt- 1
4 to be enforced . by,the aid of eitlzens,of fbrogil
tates
,ofthe most oppressive, tyranniiiilo
4 indinsult
ing :tweeter; 'the right of suffrage. taken from ma ;
debarred froth the privilege of a voice in the election
of even : the most insignificant offieers t• the right of
free Speech stifled: - the muzzling', of the . press at
tempted : And 'whereas longer forbearance with suet
pppres.siou and tyranny has ceased to, be a Virtue;
and Whereas the people of this country have 'hereto-.
fore 'exercised the right•of changing
.their.-form of
goyerrithent when it became oppressiVe,'inid have,
let all times,;conceded this right.to the peOple. in this
land-all other govdrinnents: and whereas a . territorial 1
flirm ofgovernmentis unknown to the Constitution,
'land is: the Mere creature of necessity awaltina the '
,action of the people; luid whereas . the debishig chitr
acter of the shivery - which now iny,olves us impels to
laction, and leives.us; as the-only legal Mid peaceful
alternative, the immediate establiSlatneni of a State
tlgoveng oet.the co nient : • and'
urse wherto beeas the
adepte organicl- act - fails in
,pointind In au eutergen
1, cy like;OurS: Therefore you are roptested to meet at
0 , Your.several•preeinets in said Territory hereinafter
mentioned, on the second Tuesday of October next, it
being-the ninth dayof .said month, and then and
- there east your ballots for members of a convention,
to meet at Topeka on the fourth TueStlay in October
next, to form a tonstitution, adopt a bill of rights Ihr
'the - 14ple of csas, and take all needful measures
• i
. . . . .
, .
ii2.o'7 ..6‘.4v*Ofv- -.A.o'Vrabrio,o.'H'.'
for organizing a State goernmeat preparatory to
the admission of Kansas i I tto4he
( Union as a State."
-Under4t all the legal voters of the Terri
tory could papAcipatel and -Who shall say _
thataimajority othem ; { di4 not . The fact that
it-was
,neeessary for thb Pro-slavery . party at
,a later' day to sumrriori armed men from Mis
souri, is almost concliiive',evidence that a
majority of the peopleler the Territory are in
favor of the free State linoiemer.t.' But to
give validity to the action of the people of a '
Territory in arty, act which= they have, a right
to do,.it is not necessary that they should be,
unanimous, any, more i lhan if is necessary, in
order to give validity Ito` a law of a state,that
every voter should be: in favor of it. Major . .e .
ities, under our systeM of zwerntne.nt, eon;
stitute the people, afid their action Is the
action of the people= I, I I .
The members of the convention were eiee-
ted at the.-same time n d by about the same
i ,
vote as the free State;; • etegate to Congress,
and he received alinost, three thousand votes
at a time when there !Was no occasion for if=
legal Votes: , Judgingy the; census, and the.
It
other elections held iit the Territory, that
Would be a' majority oft the legal ,voters., If :
the'procee' dings for alS i tatel convention * . Ori.l
participated in by a Oarty ,only, how. dia:itl
Iliappen-that the delegates did not . all hold onel
sentiment on the all-hlisorbing question be
fore them—that of Slavery .7. Many :of the]
delegates in, that . conlren lion . were never suS 7 i
peeto of being A.boliti'oniAs•or Pree-Soilers!
• 1 -
.before they went to Va l
l.. Territory, and some
of them were well-446 via to the country al
,cartiest .adVocates cif. the Kansas-Nebraska
,
,
billtand 'of all the In'eft ures of this admiffi - s4
tration... • : -s ' : . . i
Ilut -why was it nec ssary - for
..the fv•pplti
• t
of Kansas at this iearlyl day
. after tileirorgant',
izatiOn as a. Territory Ito Call a convention to
&ante a. State constitlition 7 --What' are the,
gr .- %trces that 11ey i
i b - I• i this way tore-.
dreSs 7 ' They claim .114
under. the act or
CUngress oNanizingiti e Territory' they were
to have the right to form and regulate their
,dotiitistie institutions i their own way ; but,
Instead of that, a Legi -latnre vas elected by
non-residents, the ballibOxAseized by armed
bands of men from M l rs outi, and peaceable
citizens ofAhe Territo y ere drivci(by vi -
knee from- the polls, Or , hot down in cold
blcod. T
The President ha t
an.entireniessage . t4
inf l
?rdiatii:w. as. to : ith
whieh that election w.
T
mere anxious to (Ilk iss 1 questions involrOd
in , the ear tlsted seat, of. its • Delegate on this
fltsOri and tO shOw, if ds.dible, inconsistelicies
of jj ondue:. In i ,otie . Of the Officials whOria' ;fie
had a r pia . 6itl to otlie iri . that Territory.÷,
i .
'We are; herefore, le. to rely on the history.
of those t ansactiona they have reached us.
througli t, le press and by, private correspond - -
en 6.. 1 Oat that thci-Olection was a fraud, acid
the' liegislatere • a tisUrpation imposed upon
the aktual settlers clfi t ansas, is as well egtah
lishdd as that there! ‘
j as an election held ; for
it have, po diirereiSt Or ; better neaps of in
fo mation', of the one thaniof the other. 1
..IThe census of the Territory was taken in
:February, and the !election was in ,the fol
16Witi,g March. BS , : j the census there . were
but about three .tiMusand legal voters...Y j et,
at the election ab4t t six thousand votes. were
polled, while a large number of residen 'aid
not vote, 'Owing to the threatened viorencelof
-the election; and every tl tifenaber elected Ito
the-, Legislature at; that tints save one, he
t longed to the pro-slavery party. • Is it to be
j "siipposed that, at a fair election in . that Ter
ritory, but one free State man would be elec
ted to the Legislatnre Out of thirty -nine meal
' bers,and that he hould •be tin the district
furthest removed.t rom Missouri? But 'pas•
sing by the election for members of the Leg
iilature, I desire to mil attention to their Of-.
heist acts, for thes,e'are ilie'first fruits of pop
, tiler sovereignty, as established by the ,-ire
pealof the Missou i compromise: • Without
inquiring into the alidity of that Legislathre
`soh account of the ode 'of its election, orlby
reason of its chan ing the seat of
to Shawnee Missi . n, the legislation itself la a
snakiest justifaxtti n for the free State •,men
i
of sastiAn to app I, in o,e'ilacide they hive
adopted,. to Collor s to secure to them tlieir
J .
riebts and privilege t •
e, . .
I
•
This Legislator , imposed upon Kansa&by
min -residents, has isfranchised a large class
of its citizens, and deprived them of the right
of holding office, o of practicing as attorneys
at'-law in the courts, by imposing, as a con
dition,•uuavarrante(? oaths to support particu
lar lairs of Congr ss or of the Legislature,
thereby -destroying freedom of opinion, and
the right of private judgment as to the Con- -
Stitutionality of the:laws of the countq,whielk.
is,
.1 I
the birthright of an , American .citizen.- I -
Mr. Smith, of Arirghda. Quote the acts.
Mr. Grow, That is what I propose todo
'be voter,if t required must swear,- in ali
tOn to other thingS, to sustitin the fugitive
• lavb law before he cani rote—an, unheard-of
equisition,,to require a voter anywhere lit
, r our form of gorernnient to swear to sup-
LC Oa any Rarticular law as 4 condition to vote;
I I (fr in most cases, the very object of his gOing
o the polls is to secure. the repeal or moth
i:ation of such laWs as -he consider& tncoo-
i
" titiniunal or unjuSt.., And every Person Ulec
,
ed or appointed ito office in. the Territory
nest take the: seine oath. • To- be admitted
O practice.as attOney in the courts thel•ap
plicant must sweiifto ` support the, Cunstitu
thin of the United States, and to support:and*,
I irstain th&proriSions•of an act entitled an
t Territories, eour . o:
has, gelded i e vf t .
nd Kansas, and , he provisions Of an•act coin
: only known as jthe fugitive slave law,' land .
o hic o h rg ..l an un iz d e e t rS ir tiui
11 the laws
_of the Territorial Legislature. •
- ..1 The Legislature. has 'appointed or provided
or the ap'pohitin'erit of all officer& not already
! .I
appointed by du. General
,c4oTerinnent; 'for
terms of from' two to 'five years, *hiding
slieriA constables, justides of the peace,coun
ty
.commi4sioner4, and. election 'boards :I So
that there.: is 'nut ll
of
officer. in the Territory of
Kansas tO4i‘ y, ot any j kind or*Oeseription,eiy
ii, military, -or_ judicial, except-,the;thirteen
inemberslof the Council; who held.
j theiri &B
ees for twn yearS, in 'the selection of which
the .peot4 of the Tei:rit . oy have had' any
,• • I
voice, not can they •have nnuer present.rw,u
lations tillvtlie fall. of 1851. i„ The Legislature.
has prolohged its . own existence: by lOgisla.:
tive act till the. Ist of January; 185 S, soithere
.
Can be nd chang • in the, laws. tilt . aftei that
time. Tliiv* tie pOpular.sovereightithat
(eaves 't to reople •! perfectly free to forin and
A•I • .
regulate theit,dOmestic -institutions ) in! their
Own Way. And Wider - these circumstances
the people of li.tiris '
t as are assured-. by . the
IEI
o'6
•
though devotirig
anisas to b crivO os atty
•
Toode , , or manner
conducted,but seemed
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IFRA*.T_Eit & SMITH, PUBLISHERS----VOL 2. NOr 10
President - that'' the constitutianal _means of
relieving, the people of unjust' administration
end laws by a, change of public agents and by
repeal aro ample.' :: ••": - :, • ~
i
..But, in exldition'to invading the right
s pf
private judgment,' and„of depriving the peo
ple of ear:lD . ..Ace in the selection of their 'rut
lers, theAgislature has struck down freedom
lof speech, freedom of the -pr and the inal-
(
lienable rights id men, and e 0
ed into. law
a despotism as galling, if ,Er .as odious, \as
that, of the Mouse of Hapsb u .g. The 'rights
of freemen aro -trampled under foot, while
the_ right to _slave property is shielded. and
protected by the highest sanctions of .lavi,—
'. The penalty far advising, or assisting au dp
prentice to runaway from. his master is a
fine of not less than $2O, nor more than $500;
but for. enticing or carrying away a slave,
death,, or ten years' imprisonment. -
For harboring or concealing an apprentice, i
one dollar for: each day's concealment; 'but 1
for` ntrboring4nr - concealing a' slave not' le s i
,than five years' imprisonment at hard labor.
For advising or persuading an apprentice'
s
to- rebel againat -or esseqt his master, not less
than $2O, nor more than. 000.'; bat for ad
vising or persua d ing a slave to rebeti-dealk;
Kidnapping a free man and stilling him in
to slavery, an offensegthet Shonid receive the
severest pgnishment known to the. criminal
calendar, unless it &a ft* . taking life—and I
know not , as that should. be excepted ; for
what grivernliense against the laws of a Civ;:
ilized ceinomnity could be committed, than
,to seize,a peaceable. citizen reposing Upon - its
protection, and place upon Inin,-the.vhain and:
the manacle; and thei:. r iolsi2n hint_
.to hope 7 -
less bondage—yet the Penalty for such an 'of
tense iiniler the laws of ' Kan9,s is not to ex
ceed ten years'.. imprisonment; while deaih,
is the penalty . for aiding or assisting in per
suading a slave ta obtain his..freetioin:.
Far: decoying' and • carrying 'away -a, child
. undei twelve-years of age, in order to.ditairt
Or conceal it from its parents, • imprisonment
riot tot_ exceed' fiveyears, or six months in,
county jail, or fine of $...500, at the' discretion
of the 'court. Even the innocence 'and help
lessneSs of childhood finds less protection un
der:
the sanction of these,laws than' is given
to the; right. of property claimed in the. souls
Mid bolies nf men.. l : .'
A .11.1ENIIIER. ' They .do not sell the soul.
Mr. Geew. ' Can, it be separated at the
auction block ? Does it not go with the body:
in this. world's, pilgrimage, till' it passes the
dark:Valley '? ' Mr. Chairman,l have contrast
ed some of these laws' fur the purpose of
showing What kind of proteCtion ,
.is thrown
around - the, rights of freemen, compared with
that given to.a- particular species oftproper-
ty.
'•:, General Stringfellow, in a letter to the
Montgomery (Alabatica) AdVertiser, uses
thi.S language as to- the character-of the • laws
of the territory in reference to..slaverY: ' •
• / •
"They have now laws more efficient to -protect
SlaVe propert'c than any State • iii the Union. • - These,
laws have just taken effect, and have already sileiked
Abolitionist ; for, in spite. f their heretofore beast
ing,_ they know, they will be enforced to thevery let t,
ter and with the utmost rigor. Xot only is it profit
able for slaveholderts to go Kansas; but politically it
is all-iniportant." .
.
• Not content with- enacting litvis more effic
ient te protect slave property than any State
in the Union, they attempt. to stifle freedom
of speech, and of the press by en' cting that-H
. -"If any free person, by speaking qr writing ; asseit
or maintain that persons have not the right to hold
slaves ingibis Territory, or shall intre . g.uce into this
Territory,itirint, publish, write, circulate, or cause to
be introdu'ced into this Territory, written, printed,
published; or eirculatedin this Territory, any -book,
paper, magazine, pamphlet,
, or circular, .eontaining
any denial of the right of persons to hold' slaves in
this Territory, such person shall be deemed guilty of
.felonyOuad punished , by imprisonment athard labor,
for a term not less -than two years.
.
"No 'person who 'is conscientiously opposed to
holding_slimes, or who does licit:admit the right to
hold slaVesin 'this Territory, shall sit IA a juror on
the trial of, any prosecution for any vitilation_qf say
sections of'this act." ' . . .
Such are some of of the laws of-the .Terri
tory'of Kansas which the. President has, an-.
nounced.rmist be enforced at the point of the
bayotiet;:lf necessary. The first gun fired by
the armies of the Republic in such .a cause,
would be but the ecbci of the British'musket
ry in ibe , streets of Boston on the Oth of A
pril, 1775, and its. flash would light*•a -flame
that the floods of the father of waters. could .
not.extinguish. • • • '®. .
Should a deSpot of the (yo World issue an
ediel, thatany of his-subjects-who 'should .de
clare that he had'not a divine 'rig t to• rule,'
to imprison and to kill, should-1 incareera
tea.lii the dungeons, and that may one shOuld
be incompetent to try the accuse unless, he
belieied in the divine right. of ki 0•4 • would.
ii
not an execration -go - up from t . ei - hart .of
civilization deep and bitter, as the 'weilings of
the damned ; and his name wool -bead ' the
infamous roll orthe werld'a Ner
.s,'•Gessterl,
•and Haynaus ; yet in the-heart of this Repub
lic,- American citizens arc to-day; required to
submit' to an enactment in the form ,-- of law
not less odious.' • -, - •
• It is to free themselves from sr
and that'they may eeloy . the cont
of American freemen, that the pet
sas have peaceably 'assembled an
constitution, in order.to petition
a redress of grievances. I
The _President informed us, in . his speci'al
.
message; that associations wer . formed in
. . .
some of the, States to promote- e nig:lawn to,
KansaS,•which,' awakened emetic, . of intense
indignation in States pear the ' serritory of
Kansas,: anti especially in the, adjoining State
of Missouri' . Why -this indignation.. at any
effort to furnish, settlers to - the 'llerritory, ond .
thus to 4:leoPle the wilderness 'I -,Vor the first .
time in' the: history of the countri haS: any -ef
fort to ihei I i tate. the, settlement of new States
.exeited 'indignation anywhere. But the prayer
of the Patriot and trio philatthropist-has ever
followed the hardy pioneer,ailie.Wetit forth
to subdue..the forest and convert, ; the' - lair of
the wild beast into.a home .for civilized 'Man—
But the -reason assigned •for the special in
dignation of the people -of •Missouri is„. that
their' diaciestie peace was the most directly
\
endangered.' .. .Sir, how .could the domestic
peace of any section-of this Union be endan
geredby bnilditig up ne‘4 , States•in -• the wil
derness, and: covering its desert waste with
the.'homes Of , civilized men-1 . Though the.
President filed to give iis..tha information;
General Atchison has, in a ietter to .the. Ata
lanta'(Georgia) Eiaminer,diited Pliatoecity,
December 15 . ,.1855 : • .
. ...
. .
"Kansas and idieSouri Wive the Aline latitude,All- .
mate, and Soil, 'and should 'hate the' Saint institutions:'
The . peace and prosperity of both, depenkupon it.—
Kanstia must /we slime Instinitions, - or IfissArri
must 4iive. fret institutimis—heitce the interest "the
" border Ttuflitine take in
• Natisas affairs.':" -.. .
1 7 4 - -
ME
ll=
. .
"If the settleinefit, of Kansas'. bad f. .been leii.:to..thei
laws,whielirvern emigration, it would have been a
slave • Territory as certainly:- as. Missouri Is, a' slave •
State ; bitt_inasmuch as those - lawslave be& *tot
ed and perverterL by the.force of Money; and'a Vow
erfill organization in - the North and-East, it. becomes
the South` ' to °L4i up and doing,' and to senOti a imp ,
Illation to, counteract the North. ' , ..... -,1- . • •
" Let, your .young. Then 'collie ferthlO Missend and
~
Kansas.. Let them come well gritted,-with)lonerl
-enough to support therefor treebre 'months, and de4
'ermined to, see thisk thing out I One Inuotred trod
, men will-,be an acquisition. 'The more therbetter:,i—:
'I do not see heir we - are to avoid.ciril.war '.:. -Coble ?it •
will. Twelve months - will . not elapse before, warl---
civil war of the fiercest kiUd;--will be upon us; We
are .arming and preparing for it. Indeed; aa• of 'the
border 6 9 counties rue prepared.
,- We • must hove the
support Of the 'Smith. :Wik arefightiity tlusi tunics
of the South. Our ilistituttons are iet,stake. You
far..Sonthern men are now out of tbc'naiie of the war ;
but, ifve fail, it will reach, your own doors, perhaps'
yourliVarths. We want men;, armed men, • jye want
Emcineyot for ourselVes, but to support our friends.
I whOmay.come fromli distanee." j• .. . 1 '• '
Is the domestic peace. of Missouri 'leaden
gere,d, then, by an effort to • Make Kansas-.a
tree State 1 Are the . institutions of Missouri.
and the -SCu.th staked oii the issue whethe,r a
•freeState'shall join a Slave, State on the! west?
'Tien. the Only vital qtiestionin the Polltinq of
the day is freedom .or slavery in Kiinfaa.s ;- for
its destiny is to shape and control' t 4 orall
the . territory 'west of it to the .Pacific}., For,
virith i 'slaVery established in Kansas,. 14.
ill
the South;insti
tutions, as well as those, of !Wbe
.... .
- jest as insecure with a
.free State on its west
ern border as
.would lie. Missouri with, Kan
sa§ free. ..• The moving -cause; it semis , then,
for, abrogating the .restriction on - slivery 14:
Ithis vast territory,: once consecrated to Irec. :
i-doth, - was to plant. upon its Virgin' 'soil the, in
i stitutions of human bondage,'
so that !the do
mestic pe,ace!of the southern States might.not
be. endangered. • I—*
• The . repeal of the Missouri compromise
.i,vas i : froin its inception,. a cotiipitraey, against
freedom. The. moving-cause that.- abrogate 1 ,
this time-honored restriction wits te• - secur 6
the introduction andtestablisfunent of Slavery
so. as to prevent; if possible; nfreeStatn bor
dering a slave State
.on
.thelwest. For be'
oneTerribyy was needed fir all purposes o
fair settleitient ;. and such teas the ferm of th.
bill first introduced: ', Yet it is warn afterward!
divided 'without any apparent reason;' unless
it was to' enable slavery the! more casily tc
make its conquek -.. • • . 1 - •- • 1 - 1 -•.;
, -Why was Kansas intrenehed andhetuind
I in entirely by the State of .Missouril and re
I strieted to a small ;• area eernpared(With - Ne
Ibraska, with an imaginary line far-it's ;flora
ernl'oundary, s when 'the Platte -river, a fei
I\
miles further -north, 'was the great eaten:
beurii ary - that: should have divided the - twi
if a divisia was- to be made :I' Was it be
cause 'that would bring. a parttof Kansas o
pOsiteJewa, ' -that, freemen i.. could.. iced), '.- t
. h
necessity-
:Territory Without.. the t.-Of; ps•si
- t hrough a.-slave state - 1 `Why wti:sthe clafil
• . always' before insetted in . every .!tetritori
•i bill since :the formation of the COyernmen
(requimeg the laws of the TeTr • itoryaci beau!
• ' d - to tl • - • -of C - g ''' '
frnitte the supeciamon fai ress, cam
Ited:inthlS i -, ,,Then„ when the tune conies fi
electing' the Legislature, w bleb. is, of Ours
'to give shape, by itanetioti;to the institetio
; 'of theVitnt stateJt is secured to slairery, •
an invasion of neti;resMerits, and then folio
the legislation .to ; which 'I have . : ,referred;
series s .`of acts; all ,pointing; from the fret,
the consummation
.of one, object the tful
.ment 'of, the 'prophecy
.of-? General Atehii
made
,ln the Senate of the United States, t •
if the,MisSenriecnrip'ebtaisewaS repealed K •
sas avOuld - be a slaveStaq: And he .haa
slated- upon that :opinion! from that • 'day
.this. • .
'i' '.• 11 tl ' 'th
In addition o, a . iis,. e secretary-of t
~
Territory, who is required! liyaet 0. Con&
to transmit `f: one copy of thelawe nd joern
- Of the- Legislative Asietithly. 'within= td
i
days' after the end of each-session, and •
-COpy of the executive proeeedingl and o o
-.correspondence Semi-annually," to the Pet
dent, and copies of
.the laws- TO the Senate aid
House of Repteesentatives, to•bedepositedlin,
the libraries of Congress, - has 'neglected ti-:
entirely to send the laws, to Congress,. or tO.
furnish the President with the executive p ,
seeding-; or it' so, the - President hns not tr s
' mitteifthein to ; the Senate, in answer to th it.
call for theft,. atid has not ! answered a-, 11,
made by this House more: than three - weeks
.since: So I take it for grantedthet they h ye. •
not been furnished by - the secretary of . he
Territory;: as required by ; law. .1 . So; iiii i in.
formation of the doings of the Teritory reach
'ea us Offioially till
.. a late! day,:, and then '-' l / 4 ve
.are,furnished 'oaly sueh '',pnrt aS thd:OfTieli Os'
chiese to give. •Btit this' riegleet!ori the prt.'
of one of the officials of the Territory - Lap -
.
.. s..
sed by unnoticed by the - Presidelit, while, he
retrieves otheryofficera for alleged dereliction
of.diitY.• • NoW,..if the gentleman from .
.14ir.....
ginia• {Mr. - ),Smith]. ivislies •it, I *ill Aor t ic,'
- - • N..: - i • , : ..-;
'Mr. &friar, 'of. Viral= t . dai' not desire
.t., • . .
to , interrupt the gentleman; at this,:pOint• l ; •I.
'merely, made, the reinark-4Enther,sut. r.4ilea•
than otherwise-that' I did' notl' understand'
why the gentle Men should cortiplain of the ,
- secretary of, the.,Territory t : for- tailing.-th tut
.....
the - Heuse and thecountry inTiOS4i§ioll- of the :
territorialt-laWs; When ifeenit hiikusing-th se
laws andorguing upon -them: -.. I. tthough it
. -
.waS rather.umiecessary faillOindiug..l-;• ' •, ' '
.•
' Mr. GitOW. I sappose,- ther4 -Mr,; - Ch)11--
Man - that :it would not be necessary - for the' .
,ciflieialnof the - Goierntntint, to. de their o'chit
ft
`luty because the: information ! they m ght. •,
eoninuficate-coeld be obtained in some , Otli-
, er, way. , I take it for granted.that,,'WhenLiiie
I organic; taw requires an:officer of thciTerr, O--. ;
try' to do a certain dutY, .yon have nlrigh to -:
Complain if he iltilsto perform' that dkityr:: Teu,'.-
though :. y c.a. rimy. obtai4,3lie information'by
v t.
some, other means. . ,--
.: . -•-!• I -,:- '-* -..
.... But tit return from the diare.ssidninto* ich ~
I have been drawn'by this gehtleMite' .: re-
mark.' •. - /- '•.: ' ; ' i -•-• .•
I"' -
it seems,.then, that but-oun - objeet ha : ac=
Wilted this,whOla iaave#4 6ll ta-Om . ille - i t t i leeP .•
(`ion ' of the repbal of tho.p.laSourt _no'
i pro s
• initi' l e, and .that has been ; to supplant free labor .
' .and tree institutions, in Order! to. establish ,
s i rko ry oil the soil of Kaosno.: - •_- .. --.,,- :,
' Why are olefin brought' there faledn `face -
'with the. bayonet in:their . handS-.and'de ill}_
hostility in their hearts. ?• -- Geyenor Slim non,'
in his , .dispatehlo . the .. PreSident l: giving a .ae: , .
count of the - traithles - at LaWrei ce,says- - :
:: : .
4 The excitement married and' prOad; no only •
throughout whale TerriterY;•butl was Wilk d up:,
- to the utmost point of iolenSity clothe whole: fkthe
tipper' portion of ,Missouri. ',Armed 1 tnen,.*erel,con.
'rushing from all - quarters . towards
.Lawrence,..aeine to
i defend the..place and others todeimliplilt." - ,.
I.Mott rush With artnii,tO• . : : demolish'irt
IProm wh el . ' . The Stato...o .;141 sour
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