Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-28
Affairs in Kansas.

,ionism is no longer an abstraction, but has be
come a practical issue Of the most dangerous ans
exciting character
few DAYS ego we expressed the beiei iha
the pro slavery party would be found To have Z
majority in the Legislature bat at the same tim,
we ventured TO predict that Governor Reedel
would veto any hill which they might pass for the
protection of slave property IN the territory -
The latest intelligence from Kansas fully con
Arms orr anticpations on these points Accord
ing II the telegraphio despatch puehNhea III ou'
issue of Yesterday. Governor Reeder ms taken
tbe broad and revolutionary ground that the
nr,sen, I,egi stature of kansas is not legal as
s.nbly. and accordingly hds ceteed all Their acts
Tho Executive and Legislative departments of
,ha oayornmept are thus arrayed in direct and
a.,.,.,, .ntasonism 10 each other. and there is
b,t too ,nuch reason TO fear that anarchy. vio-
Iepee. and perhaps boodshed, will be the conse-
ouenees The Geographic account states that
the Governors vetoes were oyerruled by large
maiorites but as Reeder takes the ground that
the Legi stature is not legal body no mny not
consider himself bound 10 aeqniesce IN Their de-
cision aud my not exercise his executive author
tv to oarrv-the laws into effect 1t Is impossible
to forcsee how this matter will end but 1t i cyl
dent that the dangers of civil strife and OF blood
shed are most imminent. The pro slavery party
of the Legislature conceive that they represent
.be sentiment and wishes 81 a majority of the
neonle that they hold their office by as good a
,o,,,re NJ fine Governor hollis his; and that they
have right to make Kansas slave territory
Under these Circumstance IT Is not to he snPpo
sed that they will allow President Pierce eP
pointee to play Cromwell owe, them. 1t would
DO strange, indeed if those hardy and stern from
tiermen tamey permitted themselves 10 be dis
possessed of their Legislative privileges and
turned neck and heels out of thcir Senate cham
her nv the fat OF an ohiclai OF the Federal COY
ernment. On the other hand the ahationists
openlv backed MS they now arc by the authority
Of the Goyornor, and pro,umptig"ly by that of
the United States Government, will of course nuke
another fierce aud determined struggle against
the establishment of slavery in Kansas. lotc
letter from one Of TIER pumber in that country
states that the free settlers Of the territory m"
unanimous in their determination To ropndlac
the acts of the Legislature, aud meet the consc-
queneps whatever they may be, and that there
il growing conviction among them that they
must fight for their rights. This language was
used before Co 'Reeder had repndinted the
Legislature, and shows that even then they con.
templatei rebe;ng against the laws But now
that they are jus tilted by the high example of
the territorial executive, who can doubt but that
the, will resist the authority Of the Legislature
to the last extremity
Who is to blame for tins unfortunate and
threatening State Of affairs First the abolition
leaders of the North, Greedy Parker, Philips
Co, who originated the plan Of organising aho
lition socete, aud sending them en- masse into
the Territory TO take possession of the soil -
These ne stilent aud fanatcol mischief makers,
soon as the Nebraska Kansas bill became law,
openly proclaimed that by the above named |
means they would exclude the Shareholders FRI |
the Territory and thus prevent II fnir settlement !
of the country. Their policy was revolutionary
from the beginning. 1t directly opposed to
the spirit and meaning of the law of Congress tho I
objec, of which was to leave the question of
slavetv.o be decided by the people of the terrific
~ in such manner as upon mature consideration I,
they might deem most conductive to i;s prosper, I
ity. This boldly avowed scheme of SEEING upon
Kansas and making it freesoll state, by lar I
means or foul, naturally aroused the Indignation
of the Missouri Shareholders ,and led to the adop
tion, by them of measures for oounteracting and .
thwurtlnG the schemes OF their eneillle@' ih'9o +
measures were successful and the aboIitioni>ts I
were badly beaten in the late territorial ell etlons.
This brings us to the consideration Of the qaee-
ton who. next to the Northern abolition leadeiS, T
is to blame for the Kansas troubles. We an. I
swer, unhesitatngly, that it Is cen. Pierce. The +
appointment of Reeder was strongly disnpproVed |
even by Southern democrats when 1t was made.
The Washington Sentinel democratic paper !
denounced hun as freesoer ot the most un' I
equivoeal stamp and, we are confident, the I
charge was never denied by any Southern demo.
cratic journal. More recently, Senator Albert c.
Brown of Mississippi and Col JEFF Da1is,a mem
Der of the Cabinet, have pablicly declared that
his appointment was an unfortunate one and that
he ought to be removed. But itGny doubt exist
ed before as to the improperly ofpQtting Reeder
in the Executive chair of Kansas, it has been
completely removed by the reern. action of that
functionarv. il now becomes apparent what a
dangerous blanaor the President committed when
h. named freesoer to govern a pro- slavery
people--a free soer who, it seems, is 50 yehe-
mpnt in his anti slavery feelings to stop the
wheels of the territorial government in order to
carry out his own views. We repeat that the
responsibility for the present difficulties in Kan
sas falls heavily on General Pierce, for appoint
ing this man to the place he now holds
We await further news from Kansas with much
interest. We trust that the deplorable and dis
graceful catastrophe Of a return to anarchy and
OF civil conflict may be avoided. Bat believing