Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-09
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TIE coxlAr rHIcxENs.
Referring to the matter Of the kansas
election, the Boston Atlas well remarks
sPcrhaps the mos, discrediiable feature IN
q outrageous affair 10 the paltry, shufiing
s,anner ia which the Administration jour-
nais atsenp,to pa!liatc or gloss over these
atrocities. They will not see in them the
one inevitable conclusion to which tPoints.
thai Ill this is the necessary aud unavoida-
result Of the Infamous violation OF the COM
p, omise Of 1920" Criticising particularly
the course pursued by the paper which Is
. nder,tocd to have been Mr.. Pierce's special
organ, the Atlas ssys:-
THE New Hampshire Patriot, in its last
issue. shifts somewhat its grounds OF .paiiia-
ton. and no longer attempts to excuse orto
defend these outr ages. twill not, howev.
Ar. zee ia them the natural consequences OF
Ia Nebraska bin. They are not It argues
the effects Of that measure, bot are IN vio-
lation oft. Yet the Patriot fails to show
that il that bill had never passed, these out
RACES would not have been simply imPossi-
HE. because no success could, under any cu-
cumstaucss, have crowned them, as has LOT
the presen,. been the case in Kansas. Ow-
inr 10 the neglect of certain formaiitles in
not disputing the election, this mob Of law
less intruders are now in uniispu'ed pos
session Of the new Legislature. to such an
extent that not even the Executive veto oil
the governor can c.ntrol them. II the MIS-
eouri Compromise had not been rescinded'
IL must be obvious to the meanest compre-
hension that Senator Atchison and his law
less crew would have had no temptation to
commit these violations Of the ballot. be-
cause they would have gained nothing by
success. Slavery would have been still an
impossibility forbidden by the law of 1870.
This last subterfuge il, acc rdingiy. reaiiy
a valueless q that which seeks 10 shit the
responsibility from Atchison and his drunk
en- desperadoes, who have acted IN violation
Of Ill law, 70 the earnest, sincere devotees OF
freedom, who have sought. under the pro-
lection Of our laws, to plant free colonies IN
the territory Of Kansas."
We agree with the Atlas in thinking that
slavery will not eventually triumph in this
contest. That an act SO glaringly wrong IN
itself, Is this attempt to force slavery upon
Kansas, eainss the wishes Of its inhabi-
san.s. against the moral sense of the entire
North, and the most respectable portion OF
the South, will be finally successful. We
cannot permit ourselves to believe. Before
freedom finally triumphs there may be q
desperate struggle. but we are 10th TO fear
that under the circumstances OF the case,
the Free States will ever permit the sdmis-
sion ofKansas as 4 Slave Safe. A cores
pondent of the Milwaukee Sentinel, vouched
for BY that paper TO be in every way relia-
BE. in describing TIE scenes of iawiess
violence enacted At Lawrence, writes:-"lt
vas humiliating to feel ourselves trampled
upon and ground into the very dust, in our
dearest rights, without the power to defend
o. protect ourselves. But mark you, dear
reader. 1t ii. last time, III do not much
mistake the feelings and re solutions OF our
people, the next time we are found in the
dust from such influences, 1t vM be in dsafA.
Liberty and her votariss will perish togeth-
er."
In view Of such probable collisions and
bloodshed, we repeat the opinion we Ven-
tured to express the other day, that 1t is the
bounden duty of the Administration to have
force in the Territory sufficient .oPreserVe
the peace and protect the lawful Inhabitants
in the enjoyment of their rights II the
incursion of such Missouri marauders do not
constitute an insunection,w we know not what
the word means, and as we presume no State
has the power to act in Territory, the duty
necessarily devolves upon the general gov
ernnent. Should. however, the Pro-slavery
proclyities Of the present Aim nistration
prevent it from doing its duty in the prem
ises, we entert ain doub. that the des cend-
! ents of those who fought at Bunker H illwil
DO able eventually to defend themselves
Before. they were overpowered by the tre-
mendous odds ofa brutal superiority. Here
amer. being forewarned. they will be fore,
armed. and having gained accessions TO their
strength, they will be able to give differ
ent account OF themselves. Their cause is
Just, and i, must eventually prevail.
J.K. PoLE.-A late number of the Wash