Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-05-04
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THE KANZAS OUTRAGES.


! cent election in Kanzas, are calculated t,
cause the most painful sensations IN al
reneciing minds. They show that law
lessuess Is completely triumphant IN 'ha
territory. and il,a, orderly, law-abis,in2
people are there compelled, at the per-,
Of their lives, :" submit to a de<potisn
compared with which, that which prevails
IN Russia or Turkey is mild and merci.
fnl, " ha, has been done in kan2as j.
precisely as If The men Of Boston were to
90 over To Charles,own, and there vote
for The municipal officers and representa-
tives Of that city. threatening all the
while TO hang the legal vhors # they
should dare 10 epen their mouths Ia ,'o-
ject tn proceeding ~ viIlanous. What
would lhe people OF Massachusetts say II.
at some vltal!y important election, there
should be returned from lIu'l or New
Ashford FIVE thousand voters. as having
been given for the gubernatoral candi-
date OF particular party and ii should
turn out tha, those votes had been cast
! by rufiians from New York, who had
compelled the WI authorities 10 re-
ceive them. or be hanged T! Yet this is
just. what has been done IN kanza~s.
where thousands of assass.lls from Mis-
sour voted INTO office the men who are
I To make the territorial laws, and other.
wise to carry on the government, Of a
community Which must soon be applying
! for admission :nfa the Utiion. Such IS
the first effect of nhat has been called
he right oi scit-oovcrnmeut' being grant
ed 10 the people oil the new territory, and
conserving whlci, I-carlot Douglas and
! Guody Csss have uttered so many lie.
and poured forth $, much driveI.
I We are not disposed to hold Tie oord-
ef communities al the republic to very
strlc, accountability. A good deal OF
violence is tn be expected III lte Of such
! places. and we have no rlght to expect
III their elections that nice regard for
tortns, or that reverence for the require.
inents oi law, hicii are SO common in
old and well established societies. But
the wrongs that have been pc -petuated II,
kanza> are not such as we expect occas.
lonaliy TO hear of in border regions.-
They are not such things aS pr, coed
from heat Of blood They are the results
OF cool, deliberate system of terror, Il
system Of fraud, concocted by the scound-
reis who brought forward the Nebraska
bill against the wishes Of every respect
able man IN the nation. These fellows -
wheiher under the patronage OF the gen.
eaai government is not yet knoWn-haye
orsanlzed iaxlessness. There crimes
have all the codboo1edness that makes
the action of selfish, sordid, calcul,inc
villains. There Is not single paliia,ing
circumstance about their conduct. The,
have cortspired against the law, aud have
succeeded III >ubyerlingi it. The rowdle.
whom they have employed are TAR less
TO blame than the chiefs IN the conspiracy
the Cat,Ilnes and the Cetheuuses, who
are destined to fall before the fiery nd,u.
nation OF the great majority OF the people
oi the Union, The t!!reats TO hang Gov
crnor Recdcr have been uttered by yapa
bonds, but they originated in the minds
oi those seoundrels To whom belongs the
paternity OF the Nebraska bull 1t was
righi that assassination should be p'anncd
by perjured repudia,ors. Some time
mus, elapse before we can ascertain how
Tar the administration has been concern.
ed IN this infamous business Ii Is ias,
the sort "E thing thai Is adopted TO the
capacity and the morals Of such men u.
Pierce ard Cushing
What has happened is ust what nigh
have been expected, When the govern
lnenl of IA great na.ion Sets the axa.npl,
Of violating the most solemn .bligai,on.
obligations that are of the nature %
Constitutional compac,., ,-wha, righ
have we to expect that IL scmi.brutalizc,
populace' the sweerings Of souihwcstcr,
bfothe!s and groggerl.s, jus, the sort o
CRIMINALS 10 be taken Into the pay Of In,
AtchIsons AID Douslases, and the rest q
that CatIisnarIan crew, who have disturb
ed again The peace Of the caaniry.-whs
right, we ask, have we To cxpec, IN al,
se-vance cf the laws requirements on ,li,
; part ot such social scum, when men " lht
occupy the po>.ioa OF statesmen hav,
become infanously no,oriou. for thci
utter lawleSsness. They have made u
Lynch law the rule ia, no, the excep,io,
: TO, Western border lite.
The k'nz rs election will open IN a
new the Whole slavery discussion, an,
the country is dest tined TO be coavulse,
once more oi, the most exciting suhiec
that can excite the public mind. An tn
hopes Of peace that wc ere for tim
cherished, have been abandoned, aud "
must pass years in Contention, with whn
result WIN can ,cll I, We nov ave be
ginning 10 understand what vas, arnoun
lof mischief was contained in that NJ
btaska bill, wh.c was brou .ht torwar
: by one Set Of knaves, and forced ,brour
Congress by another set--,hc former be
ing the purchaser. aud the latter the puu
chased-and between the two the cnun,r
: was sold. That evil as, has been ~
followed by another. and Congress.
J prevent the triumph Of villains, mus, !,
ierpose 10 the territorial afiiirs of IA,
gas, and convince the rab lie and the
: leaders that they are H., ye, the eoycrl
ing power Of the territory. Then W,