Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-09-27
Governor Shannon.

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Tho New-York Erening Post, an old and
reliable Democrolic paper, cs not donh,
! he report Of Gov Shannon's speech nj
Wcs'pott, and his deposition TO iuilc, Sla.
very upon Kansas We copy its remarks.
aud commend them to TIE attention Of the
people Of Ohio:
| "since Shannon voted for the Nebraska
bill, with the certainty Of ulsn ilng his con.
tttusls, but with the promise that Mr.
pIerce would take care of him, IL they d op-
ped him at the next election, there eau o,
course be no work too dirty or shameful for
| him to do,
"Tho5e who, in their simplicity, thought,
that Governor Reedcr was removed from his
once on account of certain Specuations in
wild lands, which he never m idc, but only
asked Mr.. efce's permission to make, will.
we Think now be undrcehed The Kansa
Legislature could not get on with him. He
was retained in Office long after his offer TO
speculate, until it was cleur that he con not
be relied upon rs confederate Of Atchspn
aud SringGell,w; but the moment h, b, pan
to refuse his signature to their laws and DENY
their validity, he was summarily d. missed -
His place was first offered To one who il Wa
well known would not accept ii-so we'll
known that the tclegraphic dispatch which
brought from Washington the news If his
appointments brought also the intelligence
that he would certeiuv refuse it. Shannon,
however, has no such scruplcs; he accepted
the offer with alacr,y, and set on: immed.
ate'y on the erran' OF enforcing The DEGREES
o' the adveLturCrs asseWb ed at the Shaw
net Mission, aud introduced Slavery into
Kansas.
"But will Governor Shannon be able to
perform his promise! There are two obisc-
'ons entertained by the people of Kansa, to
the odious rescrips which Governor Shannon
calls law; in the first place, that the con
clave by whom they were adopted had no
authority to act as legislatures; and in the /
second p acc, that they are of SO tyrannical
a nature, 81 rcDurnant to all oar notions of
A free g'vtrnme, t.thtt tn i. execution cannot
be- endured. VIII Governor Shannon, for
be able to exact OF the lers of
K ,usas The the oath "a support the F ri i've
Slave lazy, before tHey are LOVED to vote!
Does he imagine himself able to execute the
lccree issued by the same usurped authority,
which makes it a crime to speak or publish
word against the Introduction of slavery iulo
Kansas! BY what sort of process does he
expect to fluff another decree by hlch the /
man who shelters in his fl ght a brother man |
escaping from bondage, is TO be punished |
with death! The settlers will laugh his law ,
10 scorn, and throw their detiIuce in his |,
eth.
"Will Mr. Pierce, 10 second his creature
and instrument in the effort hs is about to
nuke, resort to the military arm of the gov
grnmrnt! Will he order out the federal
trosps as he did to enforce the FuEitive !
Slave law at Boston, and as he won not do !
to protect the rights of the residents OF X M |
sas against the outrages of the people of Mis-
souri,! If he takes that step, he plunges the
country into n civil war at once. Ordnan.
res like those passed by the usurping Iegis-
ature at the Shawnee Mission, are not laws
FOR free people to obey, and al! The power
at the disposal o: the federal government
Could no; emf rec them. Let Mr. Pierce
make the experm nt; let him try the effect
OF ordering out a regiment IF government
troops TO aid in imposing slavery upon Kan
sas against the will of its culonisls. 1t was
not .ong since that We saw crowds of eager
adventurcrS on our COASTS, our own country
men. preparing for descent upon Cuba, to
deliver th' islanders trum the yoke Of Spain
Would there be nobody to 90 up to the s'rug-
gle for liberty in Kansas, whrn the cry for
he lp should be raised by our c"un,rym"n in
ty, our old friends and ncighburS who,
in fixing their residence there vainy ina
gned that they were still in a free country!
Our word for it, the protest against a tyrun-
ny worse Than that OF Spain would b. unre.
garded. Thousands OF the Young men o: the
North. already too impatient of the dull ca m
n SIS ola peaceful life, would throng upon the
ground in such numbers rs TO ell ow the COM
pnratve andiul OF soId;ery out OF the terri
tory, and even 10 hustle the whole army oc
United States officers. governors judge, aud
marshaS, over the lrGn lers.
LET no man, deny, then, that The intro
duction of slavery into Kansas, Us the con-
summation OF one more obj Ct of the Nrbras.
ka bill, is the great question of the day. A.
most every mail from the Wrst informs us Of
new step taken in this auducious enter
prise, and adds new interest to lis approach
inr success or failure"