Squatter sovereign., 1855-10-16
EDITORS g. PROPRxETORS.
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the Territory of Kansass Is, Nebraska,
which was opened to settlement by the
same law, less desirable, less Inviting to
Northern adventurers, than Kansas Are
Iowa, and WasLington. and Oregon. and
Minnesota, and Illinois. and Michigan,
filled up with population-theiF lands all
occupied, and furnishing no room for Mas
sachuse,ts emigrants Is Massachusetts,
herself overrun with population-obhged
te rid herself of paupers whom she cannot
feed at home? Or. is Kansas. as Eastern
orators have insinuated. a newly discovered
paradise modern Ell Dorado, where
gold and precious stones can be gathered
at pleasure /; OF an Arcadia. where nature
is so bountiful as not to need the aid Of
man. and fruits and vegetables of every
desirable description spontaneously spring
ing ups -
There can be but one answer TO these
questions, and that answer shows conclu-
sively the spirit and intent of this miscalled
and pretended emigration. 1t is an Anti
Slavery movement. As such 1t was organ
lied and put in motion by an Anti-Slavery
Legislature as such the organized army
was equipped IN Massachusetts and trans
ported 10 Kansas and, as such, lit was met
there and defeated. -
If further illustration was needed of the
illegahty Of these movements upon Kan
sas, we might extend our observations to
the probable reception of similar move
ments upon State. If the Massachusetts
Legislature. or that of any other State,
had the right to send an army Of Aboli-
| tionists into Kansas, they have the same
right TO transport them to Missouri. We
are not apprised of any provisions in the
constitutions or laws of the States. which
in this respect distinguished their condition
from that of Territory. We have no
laws. and we presume no Slaveholding
State has, which forbids the emigration Of
non-slaveholders. Such laws, if passed.
would clearly conflict with the Federal
Constitution. The Southern and South
western Slaveholding States are rs open
to emigration from Non -Slaveholding
States as Kansas They differ only in the
price of land and density Of populati ton
Let US suppose, then, that Massachusetts
should turn her attention to Texas, and
should ascertain that the population Of that
State was nearly divided between those
who favored and those who opposed Sla-
very, and that one thousand votes would
| turn the scale in favor Of emanciT alton,
and. acting in accordance with her world
wide philanthropy. she shonld resolve to
transport the thousand voters necessary TO
abolish Slavery in Texas, how would such
a move be received there? Or, to reverse
the proposition, let it be supposed that
South Carolina, with her large sIavekold-
ing population should undertake 10 trans
port thousand Shareholders to- Delaware.
with view Of turning the scale in that
State, now understood to be rapidly pass
ing over TO the list of Free States, would
the gallant sons of that ancient State. small
as she is sterritorially submit to such inter-
ference Now, the institutions Of Kansas
are SO much fixed and as solemniy guar
anfeed by statute, as those of Delaware or
Texas. The laws of Kansas Territory
may be abrogated by succeeding Legisla-
fures but. so also may the laws. and even
the constitutions. of Texas and Delaware
Kansas only differs from their condition in
her limited resources, her small population
and her large amount of marketable lands.
There IS no difference in principle between
the cases supposed; If justifiabie and legal
in one, il is equally SO in the other. They
differ only in point of praeticability and
expediency; the one would be an outrage.
easily perceived, promptly met. end speed-
ily repelled; the other is disguised under
the form of emigration, and meets with no
populous and organized community TO re-
sist it. We are appriscd that it is said
that the Kansas Legislature was elected
by fraud, and constitute no iaif represen-
t tation OF the opinions of the people of the
) Territory. This is evidently the excuse oi
$ the losing party, to stimulate renewed ef-
: forts among their friends at home; bui
even this is refuted by the record. The
Territorial Governor of Kansas. gentle
man not suspected of or charged with par
4 TALLY to Slavery or to its advocates. has
solemnly certified under his official seal.
that the statement is false; that a large
e majority Of the Legislature were duly and
5 legally elected. Even in the districts where
e Governor Reeder set aside the election fol
S iilegality. the subsequent returns of the
b special election ordered BY him. produced
II tie same result. except IN single dis.
0 tr;ct. There is, then, no pretext lef,, and
: II IS apparent that TO send an army of Ah,