Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-07-12
"Ex. Presidents Van Buren and Fillmore.
From the Ohio State Journal.
Why Kansas will not be Free Soil.

Il is useless 10 theorize on this subject With.
out we sssimllate facts with our theories; and
LVrd Bacon Was not POLITICALLY dreaming when
he declared that the man who writes, speaks
or meditales. without being well stocked with
facts, as landmarks to his understanding. is
like mariner who sails along a treacherOus
coast without 9 pilot; or one who enters on
the wide ocean without either Eudier or a
compass Permit us then to draw our infer
snce from facts;
KanEas is situated between the degrees Of
latitude Sc and 40: and, therefore, ss the eli.
mate is cOngenial TO the health and physical
endurance Of the African race, it is well adapt.
ed 10 Slave. labor.
Kanzas is bOuntitully watered, and is adapt
ed to the growing of the staples Of Slave-agri.
culture. The truth of this cauust be contest
ed, when we reAec, that the rivers KanEas
Arkansas, Blue, Verdgris, Little Arkansas,
Neosho, Gimmersnon and Rio Grande rise in
or course through this Territory, beside Grand
Saline, Smoky Hill. Solomon, and Republican
Forks, and numerous creeks and ravines.
KanEss is in closer proximity to Slave than
Free States; Missouri bounding it on the east
and Arkansas nearly adjoining. Therefore, it
had and will have the protection Of the Slave
power. This is why the South had the advan-
tage iu the late election. This is why frenzied
desperadoes dared to violate constitutional suG
frage at the polls; and. assuming that KauEas
will not be free soil, is why acts of the most
atrocious character made it such
The South will be more benefited in dollars
and cents than the North, if it be admitted as
Slave State. for then it will increase The price
and demand of Slaves; while if it should be
free the price and demand would decrease in
proportion TO their increase of populatiOn.-
Therefore, the determinate, indomitable ener,
gv of the Slave e1cracy in the Kanzas issue
Whoever knew energy, when backed by self.
interests, to be defeated, when in opposition to
vacilating ineticiency when no powerful self
lnteres: was presented.
Emigrants from the North are generally in
only middling circumstances, while those from
the South are afhuent. Therefore, while the
former are turning the soil, and providing for
the necessities of life, the latter are scheming
means by which to advance their interests. di.
recting nominations, and plotting strategies to
turn the soil at the expense of the African.
In unity there is strength, is phrase as
truthful as it is time -honored Pro Slavery
in political action is an individual unit; while
anti Slavery is a unit discovered into fractions.
Pro Slavery marches in a solid, unbroken phal.
anx, to the accomplishment Of It's dark designs.
Anti-Slavery marches under different coloT,
and attacks it's foes under the instruction Of
different tacticians. But truce to antithesls.
The Slave Power is already dominant, If not
in numbers, at least in energy. Speaking an
ti-thetically. we are passive verbs in the poten.
tisl mood, while they are active verbs in the
indicative. What the North wants is energy,
or in the homely phrase Of Sumner, 'RAcKsoNE'
w len ulu Tue Suutn ever heA toi Hia'e S''"N
ry without receiving it? What passed that in
famous Fugitive Slave Law? Why did the
North tamely submit to the rendition Of Burns
To Slavery? Why have our great men, great
in soul, as well as mind. been rejected when
selecting our chief Executive? Why Of late
years have our small, never-before- heard'o
men been elected to that mighty station to
PIERCE us through with many sorrOwsS Why
do the majority of the members of Congress
from free States vote in favor Of the peculiar
institution bow obsequiously to Southern die
tation, aye, crawl In the nauseous slime oil
Southern spittle? Why was the Late Election
gained in Kanzas? Why was the Hourishlng
of pistols, bowie knives, TO-, protected on that
memorable occurrence? And why that press
destroying, secret ASSOCIATION sanctionedY The
answer is incontestible and at hand; because of
the dominant power or arbitrary authority OF
the South.
Therefore, as the soil and climate is adapted
to Slave labor-as the South will be pecuniaIi-
lly benefited in Slave transportation set
tiers from the North have not the advantages
in wealth. climate, and prOtsctiOn-as the pres