Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-05-30
From the Baltimore Patriot. l
The Kansas-N ebraska BILL and Its Conse-

Whether il be true. false, that Lawrence has
been burned, and blood again shed in personal con-
fict within the Territory of Kansas one fact is pain
fully apparent, and this fact sthat the excitement
between the pro slavery and ree-soil parties which
meaSurably subsidized during the winter months has
been gradually increasing with the return Of warm
weather uni we may look, at any time for the con-
frmation of our worst fears. By its support of the
Kansas Nebraska bill, the Administration has "sown
the wind, and must be prepared to "reap the whirl-
wind" 0stensibly adopted as an act Of justice to
the South i has proven, IN its practical operation
imbued with as subtle poison the fatal gift which
Frustrated the tabled strength of Hercules Nothing
more insidiousy injurious could have been offered to
Southern acceptance nor can our sister States ever
hope 70 recos F IT. Their pristine ygo5 until they strip
the embraces of those who have wrought so great an
evil not 10 the South alone, but TO the whole Union
The new-fnged doctrine of squatter sovereignty is
eye they are bitter to the taste The position as
suned by Mr. Calhoun, that the Territories were the
property of the States, and such were under the
wardship Of Congress, until such time as they were
qualified by the extent OF their population to be ad
mitted as members Of the Federal Union under such
institutions us the majority of the people might then
elect to ordan was grounded on right and strict JUS
tice; while the policy advocated BY the Executive
and sustained by Messrs. Cass and Douglas is only
calculated to produces that fearful condition Of things
which at the present time, is so strikingly exemplf
ed in Kansas.
An those signs and tokens, which are usually re-
garded precursors Of serious crisis in the affairs
of q nation have displayed themselves portentously
Of late among us, and their aspect has grown more
threatening from day to day. We stand on the verge
of civil war We behold the North arrayinp itself
against the South, and the latter hurting back indig
nant defiance. We see the provisions of the const-
tuition systematically evaded that glorious nstru
ment itself subjected to the higher law" which
enlanates from individual egotism. We see solemn
compact recklessly ignored, and the whole question
OF slavery extension non-extension thrown open
anew to become the shuttlecock of sectional battle
dores. We see rifles purchased and placed in the
hands Of emigrants by ministers Of the Gospel; INST
TO defend them as OF old from prowng savages or
the wild beastsof The forest but to be eveed against
felow-ctzens whose political inclinings differ from
their OWN. We see armed hordes of border men from
Missouri accepting the gage of battle thus tactly
thrown down, and violating the right of suffrage by
the force Of superior numbers. Legislative enact
ments have been set at naught, and men murdered
tor opinions sake Senator's, upon whose gravity
and wisdom the people would fain have relied have
unfrocked themselves Of the dignity with which their
predecessors were appropriately clothed, and have
confronted each other, not in the fair field Of argu
ment, but as personal accusers. That fair Council
Chamber OF the nation which, during fifty years had
Witnessed many stormy discussions, but never sim
gle scene of actual violence has, at length been the
scene of an assault from which one of its members
was carried out bleeding and senseless sf .sa,
These q us far, have been few of the results of
the rash intermeddling with the Missouri Compro-
MISE new order OF things has been inaugurated
bnt whether for the better or the worse let The peo
pie Judge. M Is'5r,g
Those who have taken the responsibility of promo
ting this equyocal sort Of progression are now about
appeal TO the baotbox to justify their claims to
prolonged exercise Of the power they have welded
for1he past FIVE years. The time is now approaching
when il will become the duty of the citizens Of the
Republic either to confirm this power in the hands
ofsts present possessors, for another Presidential
term, or to transfer It to rival claimants We cannot
conceal from ourselves the apprehension, that upon
the issue Of he coming contest hangs the future bar
mony Of the Union. f becomes US, therefore, to in
vestigate, with more than ordinary care the merits
OF the respective parties whose forces are now being
marshalled for the campaign and to choose between
check the growth Of anarchy, and bring back bet
ter state OF feeling between opposing sections of the
Republic -