Daily national era., 1854-06-07
THE sErrIrxrsr OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA

THE SETTLEMENT OF KANsAS AND NEBRASKA
The Territories Of the Union are now tn,
battle-gr ground of Freedom We need hardly
say, that the reason assigned in the Nebraska
Kansas Bill, for the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise, viz that the Anti-Slavery re
striction imposed by it was superseded by the
legislation Of 1880, virtually annnls any and
every compromise which has been supposed tt
secure United States territory south Of SO deg
80 min. to Slavery The settlers in any Ter
-ritory must decide for themselves whether they
will allow one man to own another, or not
Let US try tho principle, and push tho col6nizA
tion of all our Territories by free working men
Let the hardy Germans pour into Western
Texas, and hold it sacred against the intru
sions Of slave labor
If we are to believe the accounts that reach
ns from the Vert, the tide Of emigration il
flowing rapidly into Kansas Much excitement
prevails, it is reported, among the Indians
fearful of trespassers upon their lands Had
Congress passed the Nebraska Bill year ago,
and had the Government provided, as it ongL.
to have done for the purchase Of 30 much Of
the lands as the Indians were willing to sell,
no such danger would now impend. We find
tho following in the Weston (Mo) Republican,
of May 25th:
He (the Deputy Marshal) has also received
direct orders from the Department at Wesh.
ingtou to proceed immediately to the Territory,
and notify all settlers not licensed to remain
III n, In Mt ,nt hu hair hnu
notified, he is authorized to call on the COM
rnanding officer at Fort Leavenworth to furnish
him with sufficient force to remove them. He
will visit tho upper portion Of the country in u
few days"
This does not look much like respecting
aSquatter Sovereignty" but that Sovereign
ty will be very apt to take care of itself
Of course, the Slavery Propaganda are busy.
They will hardly neglect to uso the advantages
they have secured by repeating the Missouri
Compromise. They have set their hearts upon
Kansas and determined to make a slave State
of it. Says the Washington correspondent Of
the Richmond (Va) Enquirer.
eff Kansas has fair chance in the GrgGni-
Sation Of the Territorial Government, there is
but little doubt, not only Of its becoming a
slave State, but rich one, IL is not at all to
be wondered at, that the South should have
desired the repeal of the odions restriction,
apart from the injustice Of it."
IL must be recolIec.ei that Slavery already
exists MS fact, in Kansas, under tho auspices
'of a mission of the Methodist Church Sonth,
and that Mr.. johnson, belonging to that mis-
sion station, has been counsclling with the
Propaganda in Washington during the struggle
which has just closed The probability is, that
Jefferson Davis, the active Pro Slavery leader
Of tho Administration, will do what he can to
keep free settlers out of the Territory at the
point Of tho bayonet until the emissaries of
Slavery have time to carry their plans into Of
feot. The Philadclphia Register says:
9Men Of shrewdness, ambition, and political
experience, have been engaged by the Slave
Power to go to Kansas for the purpose of Sc
curing political influence among the settlers,
and betraying them into the hands Of the South.
One of these tools Of dcspotism is John c.
O'Neil, late consul at Belfast, who returned
not long since from Ireland. After short visit
to Washington-where his devotion to Slavery
and y won him the confidence of the
manager6-ne IL preparing 10 go 20 Kansas. IL
has leaked out that he gees with a large amount
Of funts, and instructions to locate lands for
settlers and also with the premise Of the Ad-
ministration that he shall be returned az one of
the first Senators from the new State His
chief pursuit will, of course, be paving the way
for that promotion"
The Emigrants Aid Association must lose
no time. The Propaganda have the officials
and resources of the Government at command
Let us see whether the President and the Slave
Power will prove too much for the People, in
practical as well as Legislative action.