The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-11-30

70 The Union seems very much inter.
esipd in keeping up its blarney about the
NEBRASKA iniquity," the I" Nebraska swim.
ding administration" to give Its readers
tic false impression that the Nebraska and
Kansas bill Is to result in slave States
Nothing can be more absurd and ridiculous.
The fusion prints took the ground generally,
that Mr.. Reeder when appointed Governor
Of Kansas was q pro-slavery man, and then
denounced the administration for removing
Mr.. Reeder, an anti.slavery man, to crafty
Southero oppressors. The Union now de-
uouuces Mr. Shannon, the present Governor
of Kansas, as being pro-slayery, which is
equally false. Neither Reeder nor Shannon
are PRO slavery men. Kansas will be free
Stats-uotwiihstanding the Union seeks to
give an opposite impression for political
eGe,t. It's editor must presume largely
upon the credulity Of his reades.-Dsmoeraf.
The answer we have to make to the above,
|, that II Kansas Is made Free State It will
not be through, or by, any efforts Of the ed.
litor OF the Democrat. or his Nebraska asso.
ciates. While we and others have been en-
gagged In practical efforts to mako Kansas q
free State, pointed out the way by which II
could be done, by emigrants from the free
States, urging men Of stout hearts to go
there, and in peaceful way strike blow
Tor freedom. the Democrat has been deriding
all such efforts, and denouncing those en-
gagged In them, and holding them up rs +" Of
fcious Intermediates" We trust that
Kansas will DO q free State-none will be
more pleased than we, should 1t DO so, but
we wish the Democrat to understand that
our barney" as he terms 1t, will be kept
up until the matter is settled. We shall
give no false impressions, or make short
turns. We do not advocate thing to-day.
and another, and different one tomorrow.
II takes the Democrat to do this, as It's his
tory from lS49 down to tho present time,
establishes.
In our judgement, the man caught with
his neighbours sheep on bis back is in a
more enviable position than he who having
once advocated the claims Of freedom, sells
himself, for consideration. to the cause oil
slavery. We make no application-but it
is not our fault IL those who are acquainted
with the past history Of the Democrat, ex.
tending back to lS49, when it spoke brave
words for freedom, and contrasting It with
its present course In favor Of slavery, draw
their own infereaces. We like not these
things, but when the Democrat talks about
our " barney" and intimaies that We have
no higher motives than to give impressions
Tor political effect, It must not complain II
We use the weapons which 1t has put into
our hands to repell its assaults.
We denounce Mr.. Shannon as being pro.
slavery, because he acts with the pro-slavery
party. This very week there is additional
testimony to that effect. We judge men,
no, SO much by professions, rs by acts
When Gov. Resdor was appointed, We do
not remember denouncine him. We knew
that no Wv ~. .iie Kansas bill, and might
have been suspicious Of him. This is neither
here nor there. He has seen the delusive-
ness Of the principle Of that bill, and when
we fad him bravely withstanding the out.
RACES Of the Missourians, and endeavoring
to carry out popular sovereignty really, and
for this, hunted down by the administration,
we could not withhold from him our approx
al Of his course. We have never called Mr..
Reeder an anti.slavery man. We believe
him to be opposed to the extension of slav-
cry into Kansas, and this is all that Is necss.
sary. When has the Democrat spoken one
commendatory word Of him, or a word Of
sympathy for the efforts Of the hardy emf
grants from New England and other States,
who have left their friends to labor for free
dom on the plains Of Kansas Never. It
even ticks the hand that feeds it, and bends
the plant hinges of the knee that thrift
may follow lawning," and in its eagerness
to do It's masters service impugns the mo-
lives of men whose attachment to freedom Il
can neither appreciate or understand.