Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-09
Knmsnn for SInrerx.

The most brazen of the false prophets who
have been lulling the people OF the North into
a false security and fatal inaction by yoluble
and confident assurances that Slavery could
aever gain a foothoid IN Kansas, must change
color at the news from that Territory now fly
ing across the country. The first battle has
been fought, and victory perches on the flag
of Human Bondage. Gen. Joseph w. Whit
field, a Federal office holder, uneq uivocally
and openly favorable to legalizing Slavery in
Kanzas, has been chosen her delegate to Con-
gress, and chosen n the Slavery issue. True,
he has been some years in the region, and was
Wanted "the Squatters candidate" which
doubtless gained him some votes Mr.. r. p.
Flenniken, his antagonist, being very recent
immigrant; but the main question was Slav-
cry or No Slavery, and Slavery has triumphed.
Doubtless, it was helped by large immigra-
ton, for the week, from Missouri and perhaps
Arkansas; but that which the Shareholders
have done once, they may and probably will
do again when the decisive struggle on the
election of delegates to Territorial Legisla-
ture shall take place and for this we see no
remedy. If Gov. Reeder shall postpone this
election till June, we may hope Tor better
result; but if not, there is scarcely chance.
We believe there are this hour four chances
that Kanzas will be Slave State to one that
she will be Free
Where now are the Claytons and Edward
Eyeretts, theOldses and Bird Chapmans, who
proclaimed the whole struggle against Doug
lass bill fight for an abstraction, and declar-
ed that Kanzas was secured to Freedom by
her climate, her soil, and her geographical
position? Where are the followers and disci-
Piles of these prophesiers of smooth things?
"There, ye wise saints behold your light, your star
Ye would be dupes and victims, and ye are ~
What becomes, moreover, of the sneers at the
Kanzas Emigration Society," From the Kan
zas papers which have lately reached us, print
ed a few days before the election, we learn
that the chief settlement of the emigration
Observation-Disclosures was the focus and
stronghold of whatever resistance was made
to the slave power. Had there been half
dozen Wakarusas instead of one, the result
would have been gloriously different.
What is to be done? Kanzas was legally
shielded against the inroads of Slavery for
thirty years preceding the last There were
some slaves held there, but they were held in
bondage without law and against law, like
captives on u pirate ship. The moment the
Territory was organized and provided with
Judiciary, every slave in it could have been
liberated on ha5eas corpus or some other sum-
mary process, if the Nebraska act of last ses-
sion had simply said nothing about Slavery
Inc victory Just achieved for Slavery is the
second act of the drama lately begun In Con-
gress under the leadership of Senator Doug
las. The third act, directly and positively le-
CALLING Slavery in Kanzas, remains to be
played next season. We ferventy hope chat
the catastrophe may be averted. but the
chances are decidedly against u.s. 1t will not
be by Incidence, by caviling, by empty pre-
dictions that the matter will take care of it.
self, that Freedom for Kanzas is to be achiev-
ed, but by earnest resolution and energetic
struggle.-Neao York Tribune.