The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-06-05
az Keen II before the people. that n!

Ir Keep it before the people, that no
Democratic editor or paper, nor any Demo-
cratic speaker in Indiana has either written or
published one word or one sentence in favor
Of slavery in Kansas. This is another aboli-
ton LIE Sentinel
We should cali the spirit or intention of the
above another Old Line Leland as absurd
and preposterous and rascally falsehood, as
ever the State Sentinel tried to tell Suppose the
orators and editors, and big dogsand little toa-
dies of that party advocated the abolition ofall
laws against stealing, and finally succeeded in
destroying all statutes on the subject, the Sen
tinel might claim that in all this they had not
written or published one word or one SEN
tence in favor of" stealing. Just so it is in
regard to slavery in Kansas. There was just
as positive law against Slavery entering Kan
sas as there is against stealing The Old Lii
ners revoked this law, and thus have shown
themselves just as much in favor of slavery in
Kansas, as in the other case they would up
hold stealing by repeating all laws and statutes
against theft.
Every action of the Old Line party in In
diana, although their leading organ declares
the party against the extension of slavery,
says plainly as acting can speak, that the
party is lending all the aid and comfort in its
power to force slavery upon Kansas. How
can this be denied with the force oftruth, when
that party supports the very measure which
opened the way fer slavery into territory
declared forever free?-when it supports the
course of citizens of Missouri in wrestling from
the hands of the citizens Of Kansas, the privi-
lege. of making their own laws?-when it up
holds the territorial laws enacted by a body OF
men, not citizens of Kansas, and the most
odious, despotic code of laws ever sought to be
established in civilized country, and these
laws having for their whole object the planting
of slavery in Kansas?-when they support the
minions of Pierce in seeking to crush free
speech and free press, and the will of what
should be a free people, in Kansas, and refuse
to condemn the act Of Pieree's agent in burn
ing houses, stealing property and numbering
men, under the plea of supporting the law and
constitution? In Heavens name ifthese men
are not endeayoring to force slavery into Kan
sas aohat are they doing? Are they giving
freedom even the smallest chance? Are they
CARRYING out even the boosted single glory o.
the Kansas Nebraska bill-leaving it to the
citizens of the Territory to declare whether OF
not slavery shall exist in Kansas? No such
thing They are basely trucking to the Mis-
souri, rufians, and these rufians are seeking
by the foulest means to force slavery into Kan
sas.
It is easy for the Sentinel to pronounce this
and that thing an Abolition lie" 1t becomes
he preacher at the head of that paper, whe1
he can find neither facts nor arguments to de
fend his party or oyerwhelm his opponents, t.
cry out-@another Abolition lie." 1t is jus
like him. It is just what might be expected
# the man who seeks to make the people be
eve it is an "Abolition lie'' that he made
narly twenty rlo'lsand dollars off the Publi
Sdool Funds, when superintendent, yet dar
no, contradict the charge, nor even attempt al
explanation in his own deIence. Let hin
prove that these abolition lies" are lies Hi
own character has got to be purified before an,
thing from his pen on political subjects can
believed as other than a lie till proved a truth