Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-11-01

iatlon-thelr Lands all occupied, and ftr-
nishing no room for Massachusetts en-
grants9 Is Massachusetts herself overrun
with population-obliged TO rid herself of
pnupers whom she cannot feed at homer
| Or, is Kansas, as Eastern orators have in
simulated, newly discovered paradise
modern Eldorado, where gold and precious
stones can be gathered at pleasure; or an
Arcadia. where nature is SO bountiiul as
not 10 need the aid of man, and vegetables
Of every desirable description spring up
spontaneously.
There can be but one answer TO these
questions, and that answer shows conclu-
sively the spirit and intent Of this miscaled
and pretended emigration. II is an anti
slavery movement. As such it was organ.
lied and put in motion by an anti-slavery
Legislature; as such, the organized army
was equipped IN Massachusetts, and trans
ported to Kansas; and, as such, it was met
there and defeated.
IL further Illustration was needed of the
illegality of these movements upon Kansas,
we might extend our observations 10 the
probable reception Of similar movements
upon State. II the Massachusetts Legis-
lature, or that Of any other State, have the
right 10 send an army of Aboliionists into
Kansas, they have the same right 10 trans
port them TO Missouri. We are not APP
prised Of any provisions in the constitutions
or laws Of the States, which in this respect
distinguish their condition from that of a
Territory. We have no laws, and we pre-
sumo no slaveholdmg State has, which for
bids the emigration of observation-disclosures -
Such laws, if passed, would clearly con-
flict with the Federal Constitution. The
Southern and Southwestern Slaveholdng
States are as open TO emigration from nom
slaveholding States as Kansas. They differ
only in the price of land and density of pop
ulation. Let us suppose, then, that Massa-
chusetts should turn her attention 10 Texas
and should ascertain that the population of
that State was nearly divided between those
who favored and those who opposed slavery,
|, and that one thousand votes would turn
the scale in favor of emancipation, and ac-
ting in accordance with her worldwide
philanthropy, she should resolve 10 transport
the thousand voters necessary to abolish
slavery in Texas, how would such q move
: ment be received there? Or, TO reverse the
proposition, let it be supposed that Soutl
D Carolina with her large saveholding popu
, la.ion, should undertake 10 transport
t thousand Shareholders TO Delaware, with {
view TO turn the scale in that State, now
D; understood to be rapidly passing over to the
i list Of free States, would the gallant sons o
. that ancient State, small as she is territorial.
o ly, submit to such interference? Now, The
o institutions Of Kansas are as much fixed
|, and as solemnly guaranteed by statute, a.
J.. those Of Delaware or Texas. The laws O
!. Kansas Territory may be abrogated by sue
s ceeding Legislatures; but, SO also may The
8 laws, and even the constitution, of Texa,
$ and Delaware. Kansas only differs from
n their condition in her limited resources, hel
), small population, and her large amount Of
IS marketable lands. There is no difference
), in principle between the cases supposed: i
!. justiiiable and legal in the one, it is equally
r. so in the other. They differ only in pon
l. of practicability and expedlency; the on'
e would be an outrage, easily perceived
h promptly met, and speedily repealed; The
# Eoher is disguised under the forms of emf
i Igration, and meets with no populous ant
l. organized community to resist it. We arr
i apprlsed that it is said, that the Kansas
t, Legislature was elected by fraud, and con
y stitutes no fair representation Of the opin-
5 ions of the people of the Territory. This il
# evidently the excuse Of the losing party, e
' stimulate renewed efforts among lheil
: friends at home; but even this is reiutcd by
the record. The Territorial Governor O
l. Kansas, a gentleman not suspected of, o.
If charged with Partially 10 slavery or to it,
advocates, has solemny certified under hi
official seal ,that the statement is false; tina
-, large majority of the Legislature wer,
= duly and legally elected. Even in the dis
tricts Where Governor Reeder set aside thu
= elections for illegality, thea subsequent re
- turns Of the special elections ordered by him
y produced the same result, except in sin
i gle district. There is, then, no pretex
I" left, and it is apparent that, to send an arm,
:, Of Abolitionists 10 Kansas TO destroy slave
g ry existing there, and recognized by he
- laws, is no more TO be justified on the par
=, of the Massachusetts Legislature, than
II would be 10 send like force TO Missouri
with the like purposes. The object nigh
$ be more easily and safely accomplished il
/ the one case than in the other, but in bot
& cases ii is equally repugnant to every prin
!" ciple OF international comfy, and likely {
J. prove equally fatal 10 the harmony am
s. peace of the Union.
!, We conclude, then, that this irrup,io
al upon Kansas by Emigrant Aid Societies an
'e Kansas Leagues, under the patronage of III
l. Massachusetts, Legislature, is 10 be regard
al ed in no other light than new phase Of all
lie olitionism, more practical in its aims, an
Is therefore more dangerous than any form
re has yet assumed. We have shown it 10 b
NJ at variance with the true intent of the act {
d. Congress, by which the Territory was open
n, ed TO settlement; at variance with the spin
ID it OF the Constitution of the United State,
:, and with the institutions Of the Territor
III already recognised by law; totally destruc
n tive of that fellowship and good feelin
n which should exist among citizens of cor
RI federated States; ruinous to the security
10 peace and prosperity of a neighboring Stat'
IN Unprecedented in our political annals up I
at this date, and pregnant with the most dis