Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-09-18


nre not heard. w esiesh Missouri towns are
NO. ,hrongsd with seulers buying their outfits
and their equipments Of husbandry, The
farmers find no market for their horses.
mules, oxen and cows, There Is no new
and large ,rade .springipg up in kanzas.
The much yaunied Kansas towns lie neg
lecied-a mockery 10 their owners and a
laughing stock for all men. "Dead--dead
--deOd" d"--may be written on all the country
$50 deep and disastrous has been ,he fall
from the high and fond hopes Of the pasl
year.
In Muylasi. the editor Of ihs inis!!igencer
was 10 Kentucky, and he met numerous Of
the most respectable and wealthy farmers Of
that State, such as form SO large portion Of
the population Of Missouri. who earnestly
inquired about the condition of things in Kan
zas and 10 Western Missouri. They spoke
OF The intention they had Of removing 10
Kansas or Western Missouri; but said they
had abandoned il uuerly. for The renson ,ha.
they would never think of,aking their fam
lilies TO region where law was Sc, aside,
presses mobbed, and men driven lrcm The
country by irresponsible and unknown bands
of Regulators. They preferred the rule Of
law 10 anarchy. In recent trip through
several Northwestern Slates we found that
the same circums,ances were most indus.ri.
ously and fatally used TO diver, emigration
10 those States, ard 10 prejudice Missouri
and Kansas with every class ofpeople. The
mos. asgravaling stories Of insults and out,
RACES commilled by Missouriaps on the per-
sons of emigranls from the Old World or
from the Free States, who are found ascend
ing the Missouri river, are circulated IN ihe
newspapers all through the Free States; I.
is impossible 10 conceive Of The deep haired
thus generated towards our whole State in
the northern half of The Union.
Between these fires. Missouri is lending
on her languid existence. 81. louis is re-.
tarded in mos, woful way Ounrailroads
creep a. snail's pace. We build ten miles,
while other Western States build one hun
dred. Ia every department OF lie we ieei
the paralysis. Instead Of bovnding forward
buoyan,, sroog and rejoicing. we sit with
dull eyes and heavy spirits, and listen tolhe
tick Of a dead walch
These are The biuer fruits Of the repeal oi
the Missouri Compromises wicked and
wrongful deed-iha, will We. bring hell ol
biuer self reproaches TO its authors, Mia
sour did no, demand that repeal. The
South never asked il. Aichnson solicited
il-aud in a moment of poliicai INSANITY,
the Sou,h consented 10 the wrong and made
the wrong her own. This soas The suicide
Of Slavery. M
| Every step since taken has deepened the
wrong and enhanced he danger. The Free
States organized Aid Societies, and sent their
men TO make Kansas free. 1t had been frse
soil, by solemn compact. for thiriy-hve
years, and they were naturally ineensed to
see It's character charged, The south wcul'
have been far more indignan. il slave Ter.
ri,ory had been thus, by unexpected aot o
Congress converted into FREQ soil. alk
The Free States had right TO be indig.
nan, that a lifa.long Compromise had been
repealed--and they had righ. to Try &c
keep Kanzas free as il had been, by peaceful
coIonzalion. They at,enop,ed nothing else
Bot portion Of the citizens Of Missouri
headed by A,chinson and S,riDgfellow, de-
ncunced ihe northern emf grants as "pauper'
and hirelings," becauseil,ey were sen, ives
BY The money Of society; and SO they helt
county meetings in Mis- souri,, and raised
money and sent Missouri ans TO- Kansas &c
make Kansas slave terri tory! Were these
Mssourians "hirelings" ,ooa And die
these TWO wrongs make one righs?
Alchison and Slringfellow. with their Mis-
souri, followers, overwhelmed the settlers il
! Kanzas, brow.beat and bdllied them, and
took The government, from their hands
Missouri voters elected the present body oil
men who insul, public intelligence and pop
uIar rights BY stvling themselves "the Leg
isa,ure of Kanzss." This body Of men
are helping themselves 10 fat specula'ions by
locating ",he sea, Of government" and get
ting Town lots for their votes. They are
passing laws disfranchising all the c'izehs
Of Kansas who do no, believe negro slavery
to be christian institution and national
blessing They are proposing to punish
with Imprisonment The uterance ot visws
inconsistent with their own. And they are
trying TO petpetua,e their preposterous and
inIemal tyranny by appointing Tor term ol
years creatures Of their own, as commits
sioners in every coun.y,,o lay and collec'
taxes, and see lha. lheraws they have pass
ing are foi,hfuly executed. Has this age
any Thing to compare with these acls in au-
dacity2
The Free State men OF Konzas have re-.
solved no, TO submit, TO this daring uslirpa'
ZION OF nonresident oligarchy. They
have called convention Of the people ol
Kansas, 10 meet In September next, and
Iratne Constitution for their government.
This movement, will be supported by thou.
sands in Kanzas; and !, will rally and bring
10 their aid the Northern States that bave
been for the lime staggered and confused by
The un,oward events in Kanzas.
The next Congress win iind .henthis issue
before them--a Free State Constitution pre-
sen.ed by one portion Of the people OF Kan
zas. and The pro.slavery territorial laws Of
the presen. fraudulen. Legislature. The
House Of Representatives o! lha next Con.
gress will be largely Freeso,l or AMI Ne
braska. The pro- slavery law of.hs bogus
Legislature will be rejected, and without Con.
gressional sanction they are vald-snd the
conleal will then be on accepting The Con-