Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-09-26
Hypocrisy in the 9Th Act.

Ofall kinds of Slavery that ofthe mind
is the most oppressive and the most de.
grading. And of all the exhibitions Of i,
that Of the partizan editor is the most alb
Ject and ssrrile. The passage of the Kan
sas Nebraska bill served more than any
other thing than ever did occur in our his
tory, to bring out, in all its deformity, the
abject servility Of a mercenary press, here
tofore claiming to be above reproach. It
is but justice however, to say, that a good
ly number of Journals, heretofore claimed
as democratic did repudiate the measure
from the first, and others, seeing that they
were fast being forsakeh by thepeople and
becoming a reproach and by-word, came
over at the eleventh hour. But, the bal
ance, may the Lord have mercy on their
souls, went right on. sugaring over per-
fidious act with the foolish pretence Of
popular sovereignty. After conspiring to
plant slavery in Kansas, they had the bra
zen effrontery to tell the people they had
passed the bill out of Difference to Demo.
cratic principles, and with the sole view
Of allowing the settlers in the territories to
regulate their domestic institutions in tl.eir
own way. -
But mark how clearly the dishonesty and
iniquity Of the thing is proven out upon
them. Kansas was opened to mig ers as
the conspirators designed. But the South
| had over estimated their ability to colo
nize the territory. The free State settlers
numbered two to their one. What was to
] be done. The border ruffians of Missouri
headed by Atchison marched with arms
and munitions of war into the territory,
took possession of the ballot box and con-
qucred the people. Where is Popular
Sovereignty Where is the right guar
anteed by the Kansas bill and SO loudly
mouthcd by mercenary press, of the ac-
tual settler, to regulate his own affairs in
his own way? He can exercise no such
right. He is not allowed to vote except as
he is told. He has no more to say in reg
ulating the political affairs of the territory
than the veriest colored chattle What
becomes of his birth-right as an Amer
ican citizen? Where is his right to "life,
liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness?-
Where is his right of speech--of trial by
jury? All have been wrested from hiin
by the residents of another State And
this mercenary press ale now unwilling
to see the settlers in that territory restored
to the possession of these rights! There
is the gist of it. They are unwilling the
settlers of Kansas shall enjoy any political
rights, unless they can obtain them by
fighting for them! Oh, shame!
The worst men that ever lived have al
ways been able to offer some excuse for
their acts and the administration presses
are now able to give reason why they are
willing American citizens, white, and free
born, should be enslaved in Kansas. The
reason is just about as contemplate as the
men who give it. They say that the fact
Of portion Of the settlers there, having
been poor, and aided to reach the territory
by anti-slavery men, has worked forfeit
ure of the rights of settlers to enjoy the
privileges guaranteed under our form of
government! They do not tell us what
law of the country men have violated, in
receiving aid to reach that territory. that
they should be outlawed. And they do
not tell us how the paying, by. emigrant
Aid Societies, of the passage money of
poor man from the East, should work
forfeiture Of all the rights,political and per-
sonal, ofthe settler from Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois or Iowa, who moved to that coun-
try with his own money, ,supposing, the agis
Of our government would protect him
there. a
Suppose, instead of Missouri cut-throats,
Mexican greasers had conquered Kansas!
Would this contemplate excuse and poth-
er about Emigrant Aid been sufficient
excuse for leaving all the settlers there to
their fate in the hands of their conquerers?
We rather think not. The most obtuse
would have soon discovered that this Re-
public is bound to protect its citizens ev-
erywhere in the pursuit of lawful pur-
pose, whether in the States or territories,
upon the high seas or even to the ends Of
the earth. And where is the difference?
What matters it whether the country be
conquered by Mexican barbarians, or Mis-
souri, desperadoes? It's enough to know
that such is the fact. Where govern
ment is unable or unwilling to protect its
citizens, the great object for which all
governments are instituted, it is no lon
ger of any use
SLAVE CATCHING.-The Madison (Ia.)
Courier gives the particulars of case of
slave catching which occurred on the
Madison and indianapolis Railroad on the
9th Two negroes escaped from their
masters in Kentucky and were hunted
with hounds on that side of the river.
They succeeded in killing. the dogs after
desperate fight, and wandered about from
Sunday until Friday without provisions.
Worn out, ragged and f,otsore, having had
nothing but what the orchards and forest