The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-22
TIE KANSAS QUESTION.


well all the discussions in the columns of the anti
slavery journals at the North the affairs in Kansas are
made the leading topics of excitement whilst teegraphc
reports the state of things in the Territory are SO d
torted and coored us to contribute the continuance Of
the agitation The last phase which the subject seems to
have assumed and which is no doubt the result Of fun
understanding and consultation with the abolition leaders
in the North is peculiarly significant as to the future
course Of the agators.
1t appears that the antislavery inhabitants in Kansas
have determined to ignore the late legislative assembly
which met and passed laws for the complete organi
xaon of the Territory to treat it as an illegal body OF
legislators and 10 repudiae its acts as wholly null and
void Amongst other acts of the legislature thus repudi
nted is that which provides the time place and manner OF
elsctng delegate to the next Congress The mode OF
proceeding of the aboonsts is to take no part in the
election of delegate under that law but TO stand on and
allow their opponents 10 make their own choice In the
mean time the anavery inhabitants have proceeded in
their assumed capacity of popular soveregns OF the Ter
ritory to fix upon time place. and manner of choosing
delegate to Congress, and they calculate, Of course,
that their opponents will stand OFF and allow them 10
elect the man of their choice without interference him
drance
Tho result will be that the Territory will have two dele
gates at Washington seeking admttance as representatives
in Congress. We that the legislative party have two
candidates for delegaeGen. Whitfield, the late delegate
and G. w. Perkins, esq, lawyer from virginia Inc
telegraph reports that the eeo party have selected rs
the candidate be voted for at their election Gov Reeder
but we have yet satisfactory evidence that he has
consented to accept such nomination But whether he
does or not the result will be that two delegates claiming
to be the rghtul representatives of the Territory will be
in attendance
contest in the House of Representatives AS to their
respective claims will necessarily bring up the whole Kan
sas question and the purposes of the aboonss IN
keeping alive the anti-slavery agitation on which they
hope to triumph the presidential election in 1885, to
bring the confederacy speedy termination. It will be
matter of small concern with the agators whether their
delegate or that Of the legislative party shall be permitted
to hold the seat the real object however, Of furnishing
subject for excitement and thereby q promoting the great
end of getting up northern party will be attained.
1t purpose at present to engage in the dis
cusson of the question to the contest between the two
delegates but we desire to keep readers advised Of
the questions which be involved in the next prea-
Dental contest The great leading issue viii be the Kansas
question and this in all probability the result OF the
next presidential election will pn. 1t is manestly the
ton and we are sure that the democrats have hesta
ton in Joining issue with them that subject 1t will be
our pleasure as well as our duty to engage fully in the
investigation of all questions connected with this issue but
at present we shall only lay before readers two
Of the Indications which will show the objects 70 pc
accomplished by opponents in connection with the
Kansas question.
We begin with significant article in late number Of
the New York Tribune which prepared answer
to this question What do for Ronsas@ It will
be seen from tbs answer which is specific and in detail
that this chief organ OF the abolition it is mis-
named Republican party scarcely seeks to disguise the
fact that the Kansas question is resorted To- not from
interest felt in its Inhabitants but the
Of providing fuel for the agitation necessary to sustain the
abolition movement We quote the answer of the Tribune,
follows:
"Wo hold, them that the people of the free States ought
in view of the facts set forth that address, the fairness
which is conceded by The Republic to
al Dismiss from power and Danish from their confidence
all who aided to break the Missouri compact and thus open
the door for the frauds and outrages which the
tiers Of Kansas have been so grossly wronged.
a. Brand with especial Reproduction those who counseed
and him who decrcd the removal of Governor Reeder for
trying protect the actual settlers from the most
fagrant of those ontrages.
"3. Stan the backbones OF their representatives in the
congress they VIII indignant
y repudate and brush aside the uurpng despots imposed
the settlers of Kansas by the Missouri who by pre-
concerted and secret conspiracy seized and vated their polls
last SPRING and who have thereupon pretended to egaze
slavery in Kansas to make the expression Of opinions
felony to I'LL all the offices of the Territory for years
suing and to election laws which dsranchse the free
settlers and confer the right Of suffrage Missouri invaders
"a. Instruct the House of Representatives to admit
promptly tho delegate from Kansas whom the free settlers
will elect in the second week of October instead of the
tender whom the Missoufans will elect in the week preced
ing.
5. Instruct their representatives to insert and
the appropriation bill which shall undertake provide for
the support Of territorial government in Kansas
this effect Prooded, That person in said Territory shall
be of life, liberty property except by due pro-
OF law and that any act portion of act
Legislature of said Territory pretending puporng to es
tablish slavery therein is hereby declared to be void
49, Make it perfectly clear to all parties that acts
recreancy freedom and servy to the slave the
repeal the Missouri restriction and the Reeder
cont payhat whoever abets attempts uphold them
must make up his mind to gain decided loss by them
Such part of the remedies which deem appro-
pirate for the wrongs inflicted the States in the re-
derers with regard Kansas. What has the Republic TO say
to them?"
The next indication TO the purposes of the ant sa-
very agitations which deem it proper to lude to is
presented in the proceedings of republcan mass CON
venon' held in New York the 10th inst The follow
ing extracts from the address and the resolutions adopted
by the convention plain require word of COM
ment:
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