Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-09-20

tOWuVuh OuT WNuio Stuto w WO a'StthVlh
hilf Of the Union.
Between these fires, Missouri is leading
out her languid existence. St. Iouis 10 -e-
ta,d d In most wotul Wy. Our railroads
creep at snaiI's pace. We build ten miles,
while other Western States ouilt one hunH
dred. In every department, of life we feel
the paralysis. Ins,esd Of bounding forward,
buoyani, strong, and rejoicing, we sit with q
dull ewes and heavy spirits, and listen TO ths
tick Of dead watch.
These are the bitter fruits Of the repeal Of
the Missouri Compromise wicked and
wrongful deed-that will vet bring hell OF
bitter self.reproaches to its euthors. Mis-
souri, did not demand that repeal. The South
never asked il. Atchison solicited lt--and
in moment of political insanity, the South
consented to the wrong and made the wrong
her own. This ,ras the suicide of Slavery.
Every step since taken has deepened the
wrong and enhanced the danger. The Free
States organized Aid Societies, and sent
their men to make Kansas free. It mad been
free soil, bv solemn compact, for ihir,y-fve
years; and they naturally were ncensed to
see its character changed. The S nth would
have been far more indignant il Slave ter
IEitOly utcu tuus, ny unexpected tCL UI
Congress, converted into Tree soil.
The Free States had right to be indig-
nant that a lifelong Compromise had been
repealed-and they had right to try to keep
Kansas free as it had been, by peaceful CO.
Limitation. They attempted nothing else.--
But portion of the citizens o! Missouri,
needed by A.chison and Stringfellow, de-
nounced the norlheri emigrants as ''paupers
and hirelings" because they were sent west
by the money of society; and so they held
county meetings in Missouri, and raised mon
ey and sent Missourians to Kansas to make
Kansas slave territory! Were these Mis-
sourians "hirelipgs" too! And did these two
wrongs make one right!
Atchison and Stringfellow, with their
Missouri followers, overwhelmed the settlers
in Kansas, brow-beat and ouled them, and
took the government from their hands
Missouri votes elected the present body Of
men who insult public intelligence and popu-
lar rights by styling themselves .'the Legs
lature OF Kansas" This body of mtn aie
helping themselves to fat speculatons by 10.
eating "the seat Of government" and get
ting town lots for their votes They are
passing law DISTINGUISHING n tho citzens,of
Kansas who Go not believe negro slavery to
, be Chris ian sitution and national
blessing. They ore proposing to punish
. with imprisonment the utter,nce of views in.
). cons stem with their own, And they are
trying TO perpeuat, th. preposte;ous and
lnferna tyranny by rppolniing for ,trln cf
years creatures OF their own. as rommissiun-
f ers in every county, to .y and COLI ct taxes,
and see that the Laws tue. are passing are
faith!uliy executed Has This age anything
to compare with theae acts in auJacy!
The Free Sta;e men of Kansas h we re.
/ solved not to submit TO This daring usurp alton
OF nou-res dent oligarchy. They have call
ed convention of the people of Kansas, to
meet in September next, and frame con.
, stitu'ion for their government. THIS move.
E ment will be supported by thousands in Kan.
sas; and it will rally and bring to their aid
= the Northern States that have been for the
, time staggered and confused by the u untuward
evens in Kansas.
The next Congress will find then this issue
before them--a Free State Constitution pre-
sen;ed by one portion Of the people of KAN
, sas, and the pro.savery territorial laws Of the
. present fraudulent Legislature. The House
> OF representatives Of the mex, Congress will
, be largely Frsesol or Anti Nebraska. The
Pro-slavery law of the bogus Legislature will
be rejected, md wilh,at Congressional sane
t ton they are not va'Id--and the contest will
} then be on accepting the Constitution pre-.
sented by the Freesoil people. The Free
State Constitution may pass the House, but
, not the Senate. But the effect will be as
disastrous to Missouri and the South. Kan
sss will be left to anarchy. The slavery that
is there will flee from t--perhaps even the
slave properly of Western Misst uri give way
under the panic, and seek safety in the cotton
fields and sugar plantations Of Texas.
1t has been the common opinion with
thoughtsss persons and thck-headed bulles
+ Of The west, that the northern and eastern
; men will not fight. Never was a greater
mistake. The sons OF New Erglana and the
Middle States do not like to fight. They
would rather work-plough-build towns,
rallroads-make money, and raise families,
than fight. ut fight they will, if need be -
Remember, the sons OF New England shed
! the first blood in the American Rev luton;
aud they were the last to furl their flags in
that terrible struggle. They have never dis.
! grsced their country by cowardice, anc thew
vii. nnt. They are Americans, with spirt,
courage, endurance. and deep love of liberty,
to animate them. The Free Sta.e men in
) Kansas will fight before they will be dis.ran.
cnised and trrmpled on. Mark the word.
Here comes, ,hen, the suicide Of Slavery.
The outrages committed by Atcbison and his
fellows in the repeal Of the Missouri compro-
mise, aud BY S'r:ngellow and his followers
In subjug,ting Kansas to nonresident rule,
will bring on collision first in Congress,
aud then in Kansas--snd who shall tell the
end?
Slavery will never sust,in itself in Dor.
der Stale by tho sword. II may conquer i,
me respects; hut it can never "cunqnprr
peace N"ver! never! Ono. igh. I'll
tires OF n,ernecine war IN def nee oc sl.yarv
and it will perish while yuu defend it. Slave
holders will not stay to meet the fight. Pto.
neriy is timid, and The slaves will he sent IN