The daily union., 1855-10-16

aboonism by getting the first foothold in kansas ~
in carrying out the great purpose Of rensang the anti
slavery prohibition in the Territory the corporators
could at the time accomplish the no less important
object of realizing large profits by speculang IN the rich
lands they would only give another proof OF the charac
tertc shrewdness and energy Of the New England man
1t win be seen moreover that the directors, in their ad-
dress do not 10 make quite sharp allusion TO compa-
nes which have sought speculate in Indian lands but
there is an omnous silence to any interest they may
have acquired in the pe-empon rights of the emigants
who went to Kansas under their auspices We cannot
sumo that the directors have suppressed material ea
in their enterprise and therefore must be content
to reject as absurd and ridiculous the idea that the enter
prise money making operation to the New England Em
igrant Aid Company We must assume that the company
was made up Of benevolent gentlemen Woodworking men,
to be sure they say, but capitalists whose bowels OF
compassion for the poor slaves in the South strong
ly moved to induce them to appropriate their hard
earnings to secure Kansas against the incursons OF the
wicked saye-owner and the slaves against the horrors OF
its northern climate.
If We take the right view of the object which the COM
pany had in view it becomes next important to inquire
whether the transactions set forth in the address were
inconsistent with the principle and spirit OF the Kansas
law That law contemplated the settlement OF the Terrific
by emigration from the old States induced and carried
out in the ordinary mode Of settling our new Territories
1t not expected that aboonsts would seek to inter
for the prohibition of slavery by the premature i'm
pulse given by their incorporated wealth to emigration
1t little expected that the Missourians would GEEK
intervene by sending illegal voters to establish s-
very Either mode Of Intervention was clearly nconsst-
ent with the great principle of popular sovereignty
We that the directors of the Emigrant Aid
Company deny that they "brbed emgants to go to Kan
sas They show however, by their statement OF what they
did do that their denial is evasona sticking in
the bark They certainly held out pecuniary inducements
which caused those emgrae who would not have gone
at least so early re but for the Intervention of the
money of the company That may not have been tech
nicay "brbery,o but it something akin TO il
that the denial will give the directors character for
| candor.
Their denial of tho charge of making ianaical ag-
greson on Missouri is still unusfable evasion
it papable resort to special pleading Situated as
Missouri is towards Kansas it is to all nens and pur
poses natical aggression upon her to hasten army
of abotonists into adjoining territory TO give such
character to its institutions will make it perpetual
source Of annoyance to the people Of Missouri.
We are disposed to give credit their denial of the
permanent settlers but it will be observed that this is
again an evasion Of the real Objectionable gist of the
charge is that they used their money to hurry eyrants
into the Territory for political purposes, which purposes
were inconsistent with the true spirit Of the Kan
law. 1t is not denied that the emigrants sent to
Kansas were expected to in favor of prohibiting sa
very in the Territory 1t is not denied that these emil
grants would not have gone except at the nstgaton and
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company The contemplated that the character
OF the domestic institutions to be determined by a
population thus suspiciousy induced to settle the
ritory 1t palpabIe fraud upon the end
object of the law and this attempt defeat the
design Of the law which instigated the Mssourian
to counterachon What they actually did
do by way Of concraction have been satisfac
tory informed We have again and again expressed the
opinion that whilst the conduct of the New England
rany furnished to the Mssourans plausible for
resorting Of selproecton if these
Illegal their wrong could not be justified bnt only
paated, by the first wrong of the aboonsts. After
carefully examining the defence of the Emigran Aid Com
pany, fully confirmed in convictions the
opinion we have heretofore expressed and in this concu-
sion we think our readers will concur with us when they
have examined the address, which will be found another
column Inc riendS OF tue great rlncpe OF
al non-nerventon in the Territories have right be
dissatisfied with every attempt whether by Massachusetts,
Missouri citizens defeat the faithful execution of that
principle in Kansas.
We have been too closely associated with the Albany
Atlas in supporting the measures policy Of the present
administration to take any pleasure in herading the fact
that that journal Ind ceased to cooperate with IT.
had done injustice 10 the Atlas should hasten to
rect the After carefully reading its somewhat in
dignant reply, 10 do than TO state