The true Democrat., 1855-08-14
TIVHI TI' I-VN eN"VItIl lNIL ' TITl The Future of Kansas

II We were reesollelS or ab0tloulstS, we should be highly delighted at the tone of en- couragemcnt we are constantly observing in such abolition journals as the '" New Yor, Tribune" and the " Boston Atlas'--nav in the whole abolition press as 10 the present pros poets of freedom in Kansas. With the view of arouslng the lmpotent and miserable ald socie- ties from their lcthargiC state, and of establish ing more extensive and practicable system of pauper emigration to Kansas, the northern press are crying out that the great and all important question-Shall Kansas be q slave State? has been settled decidedly n JaUor cf freedom. Hop ing to fix for all time the status of this territory, by resuscltatng the putrid carclse of the aid society, and re-animatlng the disheartened agents of the infamous company, they are pub- Acly declaring that all intelligence from Kansas is such as to satisfy every mind that the pro Liabilities are vastly in favor of our territory adopting the institutions of free State.
 We cannot conceive how ncn-much less public journalists, whose duties are to convey reliable niormatlon-can be so utterly lost to all sense of truth as to so grossly and shameful ly miscad and deceive the public mind.
 It is well known to every one at all acquaint- ed with the past history of our territory, that no intelligence has EVER gone from Kansas that
 
 favor of our people adopting the institutions ol a free State. The result of EVERY election that has been held in our territory, has shown an immeas9 prepondvance in the popular vote for the inhoductton and establishment of SOUTH ERN INSTITUTIONS in Kansas. If the question of the introduction or exclusion or slavery into Kansas was Jeff to the people tomorrow, We feel safe that 1t would be decided overwhelming. ly in tauor of SLAVERY. The complete and over whelmiug UlctOlles achieved by the PRO. SLAVE RY PARTY over the abolition forces on every oc- clsion in this territory, substantiatcs our belief The opinion of others-even proicsscd abol- tioniStS--upon the same subject agree with ours. A gentleman who was at our last election, and who publicly declares his Pr.fereacc 10 see Kan gas made free State, in very able and inter estirg letter to the Chicago Times, says:
 "Tho Frecsoil party have been beaten four to one by the actual settlers of the country, and that too for he want of voters. 1 must say that 1 regretted to sec men who supposed were honorable, high minded men, trying all manner of low deceptive tricks 10 ring in illegal voters. merely to make q respectable show In the territory think large mqjo,jty is at the pre- sent time in Ja1or v aiave'y"
 The italiolzing is our ownEI. HrdW We have tune and agajn expressed our ho- nest predicaton that Kansas was inevitably de stined to become slaye State We saw the adaptedness of it's rich soil to slave labor, and the determination or her citizens to make it q slave State So firmly convinced were we of her fate, that we felt as though we would not give fig to be assured that the good and pro, titable institution of slavery would be implant- ed upon her fertile soil Our prediction has been virtually fulfilled; slavery now exists Tn our territory, and among the first acts of our Legislative Assembly will be to LEGAI12E and PROTECT it. When Kansas knocks for adms- sion into the Union, it will be as a slave State; and if she is refused admission let the South re- taliate by keepjng out Oregon, Minnesota and Ne braska--about ready to come into tho Union as free States To show that the popular vote of our territory has ala0ays been fau0rable to sLA- VERY, and adverse to freedom, we shall advert briefly to every election that has t ken place in Kansas The first election after the organza- tion of this territory was in November last for Delegate to Congress. To show what the issue ill this election was, we quote from the Herald of December l, 1854:
 "The election turned upon the issue of sla- very and anti-slavery. It could not be kept out of the canvass--whig and democrat was lost sight of, and thatquestiou (slavery) absorb ed all others"
 In this election, in which the question of sla- very absorbed all others the popular vote as shown by official returns, we find as follows: J. A. Whitfield, (proslavery) 2258 J. A. Wakefield, (free-soiD PAS R. P. Fleniken, :" 3O5 J. B. Chapman, 16
 Which is equivalent to
 Entire pro-savery vote, 2258 Entire free-soil vote. 669 Pro-slavery majority, 1889 Our next territorial election was in March last, for members of our first Legislative Assem- bly,. As a slavery vs. abolitonism. The ag- gregate vote of the entire territory was given as follows:
 Pro slavery vote 5226 Free-soil vote 1O58