The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-29
THE KANSAS QUESTION

The following calm reflections and specnaiions as to
the final settlement of the Kansas question by the adms
sion of the Territory State into the Union copied
from the New York Express. They expressed in
much better spirit than usually characterzes the allu
sons the subject by journals opposed to slavery that
receive them indication of conservative and
hopeful course the North than had expected in view
of the excitement produced by late occurrences in Kansas
The Express has given only one side of the argument
which will be used to delay the admission Of Kansas ms
State. 1t would have been but fair TO give the OBJ
yious reply which the South will give to the argument
that Kansas made proslavery territory by the ntru
sons of Missourans that reply will be that they were
aggravated to interfere in consequence of the effort made
by Massachusetts abotonsts to induce settlers to to
Kansas for the avowed purpose of preventing the recogn
ton Of slavery in the organization of the Territory 1t
would have been WELL also if the Express had remember
ed to state that the fusion platform adopted in the free
States before any difficulty occurred in Kansas contains
article avowng settled resistance to the admission of
any other slave States This declaration Of hostility
the constitutional rights Of the South will give great force
the reply of the South to the argument which the Express
anticipates will be used by the North But commend
the conservative in which that journal discusses the
subject although we cannot concur in all It's views If the
subject investigated by all the papers, North and
South, in the spirit should reason to doubt
a satisfactory solution Of a question which to
be aught with serious dangers We quote from the
Express follows:
From Kansas have had the important intelligence that
the pro slavery party have carried the representative dis
cts made by Gov Reedcr because of fraud in
tormay, but whether carried by another Eruption from
Missouri, by antsayery apathy in Kansas ITSELF do
know yet The fact probably that the proavcy
character of the legislature already predetermined in
difference felt about these extra elections Kansas will
thus doubtless organize herself slave State and present
herself for admission into the Union slave State of the
mixed slavery and anavery character that prevails in
Missouri Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky. The
interest of the soil and settlement will be such that the
slavery existing there will be of that cool and calm character
that prevails in the States have named The lands win
have less value than in free State The settlements will be
slower. Indeed there must be from seltntcrest always
strong antsavery party in Kansas M is not the dominant
party, and hence slavery ITSELF federal institution, will
be much weakened strengthened by the annexation of
Kansas.
But with people of the North, for long to come
bitter feeling will prevail this subject and the ad
mission of Kansas into the Union will be resisted for
time with some success, though finally her admission
tain, because it will be coupled with the admission of
free State0egon Minnesota, sayboth nearly ready to
come into Union The northern feeling is that the
peal Of the Missouri Compromise of 1920 breach Of
tract though many Of northern helped to break
that contract and that when it was determined to let the
settlers OF Kansas themselves determine this question slave
ry the Missouri the legal of the State
IT, think, the question is determined and slavery
exist there the time will when the bona fae
tiers viii make their State constitution, (slayeholdng
doubtess) and bona de voters and
past transaconsthey will claim their right Of admission
into the Union The northern people, however will say and
force that but for the Missouri eruption pedeter
mining the constitution the State left to ITSELF would have
been slavehodng and that wrong cannot thus be used
to obtain even right the claimed right to be admitted
Union Indeed it quite certain that eastern
European emgrant bound westward would not, of
choice (other things being equal settle lands in Kansas
not likely years hence to have half the value
they would have in Free and therefore to be popu
lousy settled, Nebraska"