The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-09-27
Slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.

Every person writing from Kansas asserts
in the most positive terms that slavery will
not be introduced into that Territory; and
the case the same with regard 10 Nebraska.
Notwithstanding this evidence, however, all
the free soil papers. and large portion of
the northern whig press, perseYere in ex-
pressing contrary opinion hoping, doubt
less, by continual reitaration of faverments,
that the newly organized Territories will
certainly be slavehoding, to induce belief
to that effect in the minds OF some Of their
readers their object, in pursuing this
course, being to advance the accomplish
ment OF ofcertain political objects. That some
foolish people will be guled by their conf
dent assertions, is highly probable, but that
any person possessed Of common sense will
be deceived by such evident misrepresenta-
tions is hardly within the range of poss;bil-
Ity.
The following extract from St. Louis
correspondent of the New York Tribune-a
paper entertaining the most rabid, abolition
yiews-exhibits in true light the feeling Of
the people Of Missouri relative 10 the intro
duction OF slavery into Kansas:
"Here let me say word to the men Of
the North who intend to settle in Kansas:
"While l would not abate one jot or title
of my principles, nor sacrifice them to any
time serving policy, and while would not
hesitate TO proclaim them boldly and ear
nesty, when the occasion shall demand it,
of which each person must Judge for himself,
yet my advice is, by all means, forbear ut
tering hot and angry words. They effect
no good whatever, but tend only to exas
perate the feelings of the STAKEHOLDER and
southern men generally. IL is my earnest
cotoiction that large nsyority @Me peopte
Of Missouri are not oniy wittiRg Jut eager that
Kansas shall be secured 10 freedom. But if
they once get the idea that organizations
are formed in the East for the purpose of in
terfering with what they call their legal
rights in the State of Missouri, such an in
tense degree of excitement will be raised as
must necessarily defeat, or postpone indef-
nitely, the accomplishment of our Objects
II IS part cf'Me ten fire eaters to excite this
belief among the we'll disposed citizens, and
the utterances Of some few impetuous men
of the North in regard to the assistance
which they mean to give to runaway slaves
in this vicinity, have made the story proba-
ble.
"Now, freemen Of the North come into
this Territory peaceably and quietly, enter
tanning your own sentiments, and acting up
to them; but interfere not at all, or pro-
claim that you are going to interfere, with
The legal rights of any citizen Of any State
Come as citizens OF the United States, with
all the rights appertaining to that charac-
ter, determined 10 enjoy and defend them in
a legitimate manner; then you will be wel-
coaaed by those very men who, you may at
first suppose, would oppose you to the
death y
The Milwaukee Sentinel, also sheet with
freesoil predictions publishes a communi
cation from n gentleman who has recently
travelled over a great portion of Kansas and
Nebraska, and who, the Sentinel states,
"takes great interest in seeing them set
lied by free population We give an
extract from this communication:
The Missouri shareholders are not organ
izng societies for the settlement of Kansas,
and very few slaves will be taken from eth
er Missouri or Arkansas to that Territory.
conversed with many slave owners in
Western Missouri, and, without an excep-
ton, they told me that they desired Kansas
to be settled as free State"
D:es this testimony look as though Kan
sas is certainly to be savehoding Terri
tory?-DetrOI Free Press. ..