Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-04-20
Shareholders Triumphant In
Kansas.
born, sandusky

by tue returns OF tue late etecttOn 10
that Territory, what we long Ago predicted
would be the result, has actually come to
pass. On the 10th Of March the election
took place. Vast hordes Of Missouri slave
holders passed over into Kansas. armed 10
the teeth with Bowis-knives and ievolvers.
with determination to elect Pro-Slavery
men to all the Offices. They made most
desperate movement. knowing full well
that nine-tenths of the legal citizens we're
opposed to Slavery ever being established
there; and also knowing that only at the
point Of the Bowis-knifs could they accom-
plish their designs They we're successful
and carried the day. Freemen were crush
ed down, their efforts and votes rendered
nugstory by the iniquitous doings of the
legions Of shareholders sent in by Atchison
& Co, and now the whole South are send
ing up their shouts and rejOicings that the
first kindlings Of the 6res Of Freedom there
have been put out, as they vainly hope. for.
ever.
The whole Democratic press through :he
Northern States, asserted repeatedly, that
there was no danger of Slavery ever being
established there. AT the same time they
we're making these assertions they did moi
believe what they said. They will contin,
ue to say that slavery will not be sanctioned
there. but that freedom will eventually pre-.
vail If freedom should prevail. end the
curse Of slavery be hereafter driven out, il
viii not be accomplished BY their assist
ance. for while they say they wish it free
they are striving to the utmost for the es-
tablishment and perpstuity Of the ins!itu-
ton Of slavery.
We have given IN our paper to-day,
pretty full extracts Of the frauds perpetual
ed upon the honest voters and freemen of
that Territory BY those drunken, Bowie
knife. revolver persuasionists from Missouri.
We ask for them careful perusaI. Free
men in the North. you can scarcely con-
ceive the great strait to which the freemen
in Kansas have now been brought "If a
man can be found in the free States to
counsel surrender Of Kansas to the Slave
Power, now. or. at any period, he is cow
ard and slave in soul" The battle Of lib
erty must be fought,and the freemen of the
North must be the principal actors. "Be.
gin then to brace your nerves and gird your
loins. Begin now to consider the question
whether you propose to live and die sub
jugatsd or an Independent race. Do you
propose to tamely submit to the invasion Of
the soil of freedom, or will you resolutely
resist and repe! the invasion? A victory
will be won against freedom, or slavery will
be driven back over the ruins Of its gross
uIurpations and confined within its lsgiti-
mate limits under the Constitution"
These same editors who so pertinaciOusly
declare that there is no danger of slavery
becoming established in Kansas. would,
and are doing all in their power to insure
its perpetuiiy. The evil has been brought
upon the country by The repeal of the Mis-
souri, compromise, and its errors are but
just beginning to be developed. Should
Kansas present her Constitution to Con-
gress. with the slavery clause therein. the
millions of Ohio freemen.tbrough her twen-
ty-one free Representatives would proclaim
a Nqy,so emphatic that would make Doug
las and his minions tremble. Read the
Kansas frauds on the outside and inside Of
our paper. Let your watch word be, Free
dom and no more Slave Territory. ~
San - $50 d. ~