Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-05-11

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From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
AFFAIRS IN KANSAS.
! The extraordinary roccedings connected
with the recen. election in Kansas, deserves
more attention than we have yet bestowed
upon them. The facts admit Of brief state
mcnt. By concerted arrangement on the
part Of some of the border inhabitants OF
Missouri, a large number Of men were pour
ed into the new Territory, just in season to
be present'at the polls on election day
These men who wer not, and had no inren-
ton Of becoming. Inhabitants Of Kansas, vot-
ed, and by their votes, controlled the result
Of the election. Having accomplished their
purpose, they returned to their homes 10 Mis-.
t0url.
An outrage like this will not be tamely
submitted 10, either by the citizens Of the
Territory whose rights have been violated,
nor by the people Of the country, who, since
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, have
felt deep interest in the protection Of the
vast region TO which it applied from the with
ering curse OF slavery. The Governor Of the
Territory, who seems to be fair man, free
from any fanatical bis, has very justly re-
fused to recognize the validity Of this pre-
tended election, and ordered Il new one
He has gone to Washington for tho purpose,
as is supposed, of invoking the aid of the gen.
eral government, in upholiing the rights of
ground his request can be refused.
Without doubt, this must prove Il most
unpleasant business to the present admins
4 RAJ Il ,hr
his advisers would he glad to lie rid of the
responsibilities which the present condition
OF things imposes upon them. But it is a
plain case, and the eyes of the whole country
are directed towards Washington, to see with
what spirit the administration will meet res
possibilities that cannot be shirked. 1t is
SAID by some OF the letter writer's, that the
Secretary of War will oppose any intcrfcr-
ence by the Executive. But this is doubtless
mere Inference from MIR. Dayis's known
ultraism in behalf Of slavery. 1t is hardly
conceivable that u man clothed with the res
possibilities of high Office, should refuse I,
support the laws. The stupid insolenc, Of
the pro-savery spirit which needs to be put
down in Kansas may be jud yed of from the
fact that threat is mad, to dsplace Gov.
Feeder and elect new Governor in his
the Territory b ciusc he feels that he would
peril his personal safety by attempting to
MAINTAIN the laws, unless supported by body
OF government troops.
Every DAYS experience is demonstrating
that for the South, the repeal Of the Nilsson.
ri Compromise was blind and u su G .daI
measure. And every attempt tha, is made
to carry out, by other means, the purpose
which has failed to be accomplished by
that repeal, will aggravatc the difficulty.
Ii cannot be disguised that the North is rap.
idly ou,stripping the South in popul .tion,
wealth, anu all the elements Of power; and
"ny att mpt TO resist this tendency is a vain
struggle sainst stinv. In votes, the free
States have long been superior. The slave
States are aware of this. and it has en- the
leading aim Of southern policy, for some
years past, to gaii endorsements of their
political strength, which is relatively decIin.
ing. But they ought to perceive that the time
Is long since past when they have any reason
to hope that they will ever be able to outvote
US. Physically and politely, the North has
the PoOer 10 coercc The South; the South
should be cautious how they exc te us to the
'oiH. In the disparity Of Strength, which il
already great between the two sections of
country, and will con. inue to increase, the
safety Of the South rests nt,rely on the for
bearancc Of the North Every southern move.
ment therefore, which outrases the northern
pubic opinion, undermines the ia iuencc Of
the slavchol ling section Of the Tn on; for
it destroys that frat rnal feeling which IS
heretofore existed, and still exists among Us
towards our sou hcrn brethren.
Had the South been wise, it would never
have consented to the repeal Of the Missouri
Comp, omise. Ii the South were now wise.
It would make no attempt to interfere with
the natural course of things in the territories
from which that restriction on slavery has
been removed. Somuch superior is freedom,
in energy, enterprise, and the celebrity OF ITS
movements, that it will pour superior num-
bers into every vain BILE territory which Is
opened for settlement. We forewarned the
South of this the time Of the repeal; and the
prediction already begins to be fulfilled
True. the voice of freedom has boon drowned
in the late election. But while the whole |
North is smarting unier this outrage, there |
10 one consoling circumstance, which should
not be overlooked. It is this-that the actu-
al inhabitants of the territory are in favor of
freedom. Atchison and his gang knew this
to be the case, or they would not have thought |
1t necessary to send urge numbers of voters
into the Territory from Missouri. The anti
slavery men Of the North acknowledge it to |
he the case, in the very on they now
make, that the true expression of the pop |
Y ar will, IN the late elec ion, has been over |
borne by lawless iutruderk. Freedom has /