Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09

for the people present knew as much
q such questions as the people Of
Kansas. He did dot expect to relate
any new facts; for they had heard oil
that related 20 Kansas affairs. lie
came rs one neighbor comes 10 anoth.
or TO tell them the hopes, the wishes.
aud the fears Of The Kansas men.
We were told that u we went 10
Kansas. We should be allowed 10
make our own laws, 10 "mould our
own institutions" and we we're par.
llculafly told that II was the true In.
tent and meaning Of the Nebraska
Blll. neither 20 introduce Slavery Into
Kansas nor exclude ID thereffom. but
20 lenye the people perfectly free 10
make their own institutions. This
was emphasized especially. They
had gone TO Kansas upon that invita-.
ton from almost al the States Of the
Union, but particularly Missouri.
(hughter,) Next 10 Missouri. indI.
ana bad sent the greatest number,
more than al New England and New
York together, lie therefore spoke
% behalf Of the brethren o. those
who were present, emlgrsnta from
MASSACHUSETTS, there were not. In
Kansas. when be loh, moro than ITO
yotofa, and from al New England.
.notexceedlng 300, OF the 90 mem
beFA Of the Legislature. recently In
session IN Kansas. 80 were from lndI-
ana, nearly half OF the whole body,
aud the people Of this State were mol
Office seekers particularly. either
daughter And OF this number. nc
ons had evsf held legislative Office
before, They were honest patriotic
man, for whom no ono could have
cause 10 blush You. SAID Mr.. Lane
my hear Of their dying. but when
you do. you will hear that they have
taken somebody along with them wher
they 90, (applause,
"Old liners" talk Az II Kansas wal
settled by Yankees, and EmigranI
Aid Societies. Joe Wright talks 10
He (Lane had right TO speak OF 10,
Wright. for he had helped make him
II was not long ago since they hat
travelled this stale together. But Joe
Wright and the whole party had de-
serted aud become traitorsslo Their
party. He could satisfy any BODY
that he had mol changed, but these
apologists Of the Missourians ant
Pierce, had betrayed the party. They
talk Of Emigrant Aid Societies, ane
yet before a single emigrant had beer
sent from the East, societies were il
existence all over Missouri 10 forc'
slavery into Kansas. and to crush ans
kill the Free State men. There wer'
Societies in South Carolina. In Geor
gia. Mississippi, now forwarding emf
grants. but these cold liners" had no
word to say against them. The,
were taking Slavery into Kansas. ant
that was all right. II was only tn
free emigrants that abuse was heape'
upon. These Southern Societies sen
emigrants. paid their expenses, CAV
them eighty acres Of land. and equip
ped them, while he de6ed Governo
Wright to show that the Eastern So
cieties had ever given any man pay /
60 to Kansas. They had furnishe,
them tickets at rather less than tn
usual rates, and had furnished equip
menis. but they were all paid for b,
the emigrants. No man in Kansa
was under any obligation TO singh
society in Massachusetts, or the Easi
These societies aimed only at building
saw mills. hotels. &C., and develop
ing the resources of the country.
He had gone to Kansas Democrat
He went there to organise the Demo
cratic party. He had desired to hay'
the slavery question settled quietly
like any other affair. Bat the Nilsson
rians told him that the party mus
have slavery plank In their platform
or they would not assist in organi
zing it. He said ne would not con
sent that the party should be made
wagon TO carry slavery into the Ter
ritory. They called him an "aboli
ton lecturer" and his only effort ant
aim had been to organize Democrat
ic party. One evening, while discus
cussing their affairs among themselve
a couple Of thousands OF Missourian
came over. armed. They were asked
what they wanted. They said the,
had come to elect the Delegate In,
next day, and they did. They cleo
ted White6eld. They were ready Il
commit any outrage TO carry thei
point. II any man will go into Platte
or any Western Missouri county, h,
will be told that the Miss ourians con
slider Kansas part Of Missouri
They don't ask any Of the white wash
ing that Joe Wright and the "old Ii
ners" make for them. They speal
plainly and claim the right to hav,
slaves in Kansas just as in Missouri.
He then spoke of the frauds com
mittcd in the election OF the mob leg
islature. and gave "a history Of tn
ouIrages substantially as has been re
lated many times before. and took ~
the Statutes Of Kansas. which he hat
with him. and discussed their iniqui
tous provisions at length. He said
(showing the volume, which was
very large one J, that II would take al
Indiana. or any other common legisla
ture, about year to make such {
mass Of laws, but the Missouri mel
did it in about three weeks, or littl'
over. And he would give them an II
lustration OF the way they did it,
Laws. he said, ought to be made will
deliberation. But these bogus Law
givers were SC anxious to get the law
Of Missouri in Kansas, that they hat
not time to change the phraseology L
suit their circumstances, and so Il
avoid the difficulties of such hasty
borrowing, they made law sayin[
that whenever the word Estate oc
Cured, it should be deemed and taksr
to mean ''territory." (Grest laugh
ter.) He then read on page 71s o
Kansas sfotutee m acf natiu0 fbe oro