The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-05-03
VOL. TX.

ton of personal outrage supposed to be f,
only for villains.
4 We scarcely know how to speak of tbos.
proceedings. That the Lumill0ry NAV not bavo
been sufficiently Pro-Slavery in its sentiment
for the latitude and locality of Platte CONT.
seems to have been the head and front Of 4,
offending. Therefore it was voted a nuisance
and summarily disposed of. The Lumiuoy,,
was not an Abolitionist paper, nor were Il,
owners, Messrs. Park & Patterson, Free-Soilery
One of them--Park, we believes the o,ogs.
Of slares, and not at all likely to publish orin.
ions which, while eudangering the slave prcr
erty of others, would also leopard the sal,iy
of his own. But the Lumiadry spoke no bari
and bitter words against the emigrants -
Kansas from the North. 1t did not cali tbar
"hirelings" and "white slaves" bought up AMI
sent out by Northern capitalists to plant bo
standard Of Free-Soilism on the soil of Kansa,
1t welcomed all settlers with open arms. AMI
encouraged emigration to the new Territo~v
from all quarters, because its owners know.
that the rapid settlement of Kansas byindustr;
Gus and thrifty emigrants would augment H.
trade and advance the interests of the borlcr
towns and cities Of Missouri. For tbis tbar
found guilty, condemned, and ordered to ieay.
the State.
What do the repealers of the Missouri cor.
promise think now? Arc the fruits Of N.l
repeal so glorious and promising as was rrr
dicted?
The Baltimore San, ProSlavery par.r
contains the following editorial remarks:
Kansas.-The aggregation of facts resnoc,
ing the recent elections in Kansas leaves M
doubt but the letter and spirit of the oroan;c
law Of the Territory have been grossly violated
by the incursions of citizens of Missouri. ev
pressly for the purpose. Now, for our mari. W.
do not care whether Kansas is to be a free az
slave State. 1t is, in fact, no business of ours
We have as little right to interfere in the mat
ter as the people of Kansas have with SLAYER
in the State of Maryland. But lawleSsness
open violation. of popular rights, newspaner
menaces, utterances less vague than audacins
against the constituted authorities sbort
the triumph of might over right is, in prncirI4
as near to us in Kansas as in MARYLAND. Heuc
we do not hesitate to speak upon this subject.
Governor Reeder has abandoned the 1errito-y
in all probability hopeless of establishing socia
order and civil authority under the organic
law of the land. He is on his way to Washn,
ton, with a view, it is said, of spreading the
facts personally before the administration. Ul
his further purposes we are unoliicially advised
but not disposed to anticipate. The question
whether the people of Kansas are to be pro.
tected in the exercise of their rights, is in ali
probability to be met and answered in Washins.
ton. We take for granted that the answer will
be an affirmative one. There is no North, no
South no East, no West, about this Question
1t is plain, straightforward issue, in which all
parties, and each individual citizen is con
ii a,.1 III e.
stand.
That the proceedings Of these lawless Mis-
sourians are retaliatory we cannot deny. They
are retaliatory against u constructive proyoca-
ton. A considerable number of persons in
the Eastern States-Anti-Slavery men, Aboli
tionists, or Free-Soilers designate them as We
may, conceived the idea of forcing emigration
to Kansas and Nebraska, and accordingly
organized for that purpose. Their object
undoubtedly, was to make Kansas free State
An "emigration aid society" succeeded in
throwing large numbers of Free Sellers into The
Territory; but it is understood, and we pre-
sumo will hardly be denied, that these people
went out with the intention of becoming per
manent residents of the Territory. They, with
others who entered Kansas with the same in.
tention from other sections of the Union. con
stituted the legal voters of the Territory But
these legal voters have been overriddcn by in.
cursionists from Missouri, according to reliable
statements before the public.
The occupation of the Territory Of Kansas
was an open project, available to any and all
sections of the Union. That AntSlavery has
laid hold of it, and that successfully, can never
Justify the lawlessness by which it has been
encountered. To maintain the converse Of
this proposition is TO put Slavery outside of The
law. But we may not put it there-we may
not connive at anything which would tend to
put it there-but at imminent peril. And il
wrong and outrage have been perpetrated on
the soil of Kansas, and are still held IN teryorcN
over the people Of that Territory, or over good
citizens of Missouri by the bad, the inierposi,
ton of the General Government must not be
invoked in vain.