Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-20
rHI xIssou1r our1AaEs,

ives Us pleasure to quote the follow
ing article from the New York Observer.
We were mistaken in saying tina, it had
not condemned the outrsges enacted in
Kansas. for no, having seen the paper very
recently, we presumed that its course in
regard TO slavery was the same that it used
70 be. We suppose thatit is so on the genera
subject. but we are pleased to learn that the
exceptional Kansas matter was too scan
dalcus to be defended or ignored even by the
eoasesvstism Of the Observer. After refer
ring % one of its former articles. which had
been copied and commented upon BY several
Sosshern Journals, the Observer contin-
ues -
"AIl these expressions Of opinion we
gather, for the purpose Of calling to view
the great seri6usne ss of the question which
b now fairly in the hands of the general
government. Unless the Governor Of the
territory Of Kansas 10 sustained BY the
whole strength Of the National G Government,
We spprehend that the mostd eplorsble re-
suits will follow. This is not question
with two sides, whatever may be the DIVER
sisy of sentiment, North or South, with ref
erence 10 the repeal Of the Missouri Com
promise, OF. Fugitive Slave Law. or on the
subject Of Slavery itself II is impossible
for fair me6, North or South, to contemplate
the measures of violence and outrage by
which the expression of sentiment in Kan
sas vas defeated at the last election, with
,nv other feelings than those of indignant
condemnation. This is the time, and here
il the ground, for the fallying of all conser-
vative men of every party, and shade Of
sentiment. in reference to great national
conflicting interests, for the purpose OF now
projecting the most sacred rights of Ameri-
can citizens, and maintaining the supremacy
az national law. Those who are now the
joudest and the fercest in justifying the
measures BY which the settlers in Kansas
were prohibited from choosing their own
men, are the parties who have hitherto been
the most clamorous for the right Of the peo-
ME 70 decide for themselves in reference to
the nature oftheir State institutions. They
are not only At war with the rights Of til e
peopie Of Kansas, bu' they are fighting
sRsinst themselves. They are destroying
the democratic feature of our institutions,
and ai5ording plausible pretext for the in
reference Of one State in the internal af-
fairs Of another. II, 40 has often been con.
tended, il is wrong for citizens of one State
70 attempt to control or change the char
acteristic institutions Of another, still more
outrageous is il for the citizens of Missouri
to leave their own homes, with arms in
their hands, and with every demonstration
Of force, actually to control the elections of
neighboring territory, in which they have
not even a temporary residence. We have
strong hopes that the conservative eleme Mt
in the present administration, will prove
sufficient for this emergency, and that Gov.
ernor Reeder, and the citizens of Kansas,
will be abundanfly sustained in the full en-
ioyment Of their rights, and the people be
allowed to establish on their own soil such
institutions as they shall prefer, and that
al future attempts on the part of the people
Of Missouri, or any other State, to control
their internal affairs will be rebuked and
defeated"