Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-08
SANDERS. Eai,er.


Of the Administration, are very much exer
cissd At the Inconsistency Of the Republi-
can party claiming that Reeder is the right
fGl delegate Of the people Of Kansas. and
ssili continuing the contest for freedom in
&hst Territory. The advocates Of the Kan
sss-Nebrssts bill, from Mr.. Douglas down
= The least Of his subordinates, have been
Distinguished for the unblushing effrontery
st their assertions, the untrue comparison,
which they hare made, and the impudcn'
sophistries with which they have attempted
10 deceive the understandings Of the people,
But we do not think that the deception aim.
"a q win be accomplished. The sophis.
Ries u the slavery propagandis,s, though
elaboeately labored, are Of too Transparent,
Z character, and the falsehoods which they
der utter. are too gross, to deceive even
The least enlightened Of those who have Civ
On any attention to the subject.
One Of the latest efforts Of Mr.. Douglas
and in which he has been servilely followed
b. HE humble and interested imitators, ha.
been 10 run parallel between the outrages
ef the Missouri ru.ians who invaded the
tsssitou and took possession of the ballot.
Soxes Of Kansas, and the peaceable acts OF
shs sssociuted emigran,s from the Free
States. and to justify the utterly lawless
preceediags Of the former, BY the perfectly
legal movements Of the latter. Such an
attempt % . base perversion of the PLANES,
facts. History cannot show more mark
q contrast than is presented by the actions
OF ths two parties which are thus compared,
DOR i it the least Of the insults to The in
telligence Of the people, that day after day,
this imPudent attempt of justifying the mob
sovereignty Of Atchison and Stringfellow
continues 70 be repeated. Up to the ad-
journment Of the mock Legislature of Kan
sss, neither Mr.. Douglas, nor any of his co.
AUDITORS. great or small, can point to sim
Gle act Of one of the anti.slavery residents
q ksnsas, that violated either the letter OF
u spirit Of any binding Law whatsoever.
What they have done since, 10 the election
- kse3es. has been done in q peaceable
0aaner. in violatios OF no law, and has made
- IN issue which is to be finally adiudica-
~ BY the House Of Representatives. Tru-
y. our readers at least are too intelligent
70 treat otherwise than with scorn, the COM
parison that seeks to establish an identity
between men whose actions have been so
entirely dissimilar.
But in the same breath with which the
pro-slavery journals say that the friends of
freedom, claiming the election of Reeder,
hare NO further grounds for continuing the
ntest.cthey also assert that Whitfield il
IL legal delegate from Kansas. 1t is nat.
ssd that fraud should be thus inconsistent
With itself, but surely that state of the
csss does not argue very strongly that the
epponents Of slavery aggression should
esass % insist upon the rights Of freedom.
Our readers are fully aware of the manner
= which the sham Legislature of Kansas
was elected. Of the atroeious character Of
The acts which they passed. and also OF
ths kiad Of voting By which Whitfield, un.
der the appointment Of that Legislature
was also elected. 1t is unnecessary 10 re-
pest the details Of the shameful story.
Ihas body attempted to force upon the PEG.
pie Of Kansas, as their organic code, a series
Of enactments which was not only totally
astagonistic T. the spirit and doctrines of
rsPublicanism, but was Disgrace to the
country, and an insult to the intelli-
geacs Of the age. twas SO pronounced by
many Of the ablest and best men and pa.
per- Of the Southern States, much more lie
q q esteemed BY the people Of Iowa and
x ~ he North. By the insane pronuncia-
nentos Of that mob-eleetsd body. i. is new a
capital fslosy in Kansas to repeat the sen
tinsnts Of the ordinance of 1857 that was
isaned b Jefferson; BY the positive enact.
nest Of the same assembly, it is now a
eEins in Kansas punishable with death to
gre the slightest aid or information 10
fugitive negro. Under the false and hypo-
critical Pretense Of popular sovereignty
ons Governor has been removed because
b attempted to oppose the lswl less proceed
isgs Of Atehisos, and another appointed who
vas completely subservient to the slave in
tsrest. Still Wanting the same cry of
"populsr sovereignty" this body of men,
elected By the illegal votes Of Missourians,
have taken from the people of Kansas the
right Of choosing their own local officers,
and have filled those Offices for the term of
six years with individuals sworn to the
support Of slsvery. As far as the acts Of
this illegal body are allowed to have effect,
sissssy y already established 10 Kansas -
II d claimed by the Pierce and Douglas
journals that Whitfield is the legally elect.
ed delegate from Kansas; they must there
fore endorse ailthe preceding actions which
resulted in that election. The bona fide
residents Of Kansas, majority of whom
are opposed to tie establishment Of slavery
in the Territory, haze cisdained to submit,
to the commands Of body which was called
Into being by the voices of a drunken mob
from another State. They have EN- braced
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