New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-18
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n Mr. Clingman proceeds to give OLD mother Brit
ain a thorough raking because Of her Aristocracy,
her debssement Of Labor, and especially the abuses
and expressions Of her rule in india including the
infection Of torture on the poor natives for nothing
more hcinous than the non-payment of rent-sll
which, I presume, she righteously deserves As
Ihaye no scrupes against the exposure and repre-
benson Of the wrongs and abuses prevailing in one
community by those who are not of its members, /
will only applaud this part of Mr. Clingman's per-
formsnce and expect him to hit em again. But
beproceeds to conceal aud defy the fact that the
British antagonists Of Slavery, whether in British
possessions or elsewhere are the very men who
have ferreted out and brought to light these Indian
cruelties and degradations. He would have his
readers believe that those Britons who compelled
the Abolition Of Slavery in tho West Indies, and
who hope for its overthrow in this country, are
the upholders Of AristOcratic misrue at home and
cruelty in India, when the exact opposite is the
truth. West Indian Emancipation was forced
upon the ruling ca te in Great Britain by ground
swell which they resisted so long as they dared,
but finally were forced to give way to; just as the
same influence has more recently compelled the
exposure and will soon cOnstrain the amendment
Of the most fragrant abuses in British India.
The same influences which resisted first the
suppression Of the Slave-Trade, then West India
Emancipation, and more recently an investigation
of the expressions and cruelties practced on the
humber natives in India, has secuted all Anti
Slavery effort with reference TO this country. The
Silk Buckingham George Thompsons, and others,
Who are known here as AbolitioDists, were known
much earlier in England as unfnching oppOsers
Of the wrongs and woes inflicted on the humber
class Of British subjects. Mr.. Clingman does him
self no credit and can only deceive very ignorant
people by seeking to belog these facts. And when
be tries to make out, in this loose shamblng way,
that the animsting purposes of British Anti
Slavery is hatred to Republican Liberty, and a
desire to see this country shattered and poweress,
be simply hnpesches his own honesty or intelli
gence.
Coming down to the Nebraska act, which of
course he cOmmends, having helped to enact it,
Though be says he tried to get the Missouri line
extended to the Pacific and blames the North for
not accediDg to that arrangement, he says:
"whie the bill was yet pending before Congress- the
Abolitionists and others who sympathZed with them
beld large meetinga and declared that If IT became
law they would raise money and hre bodies OF men
10 20 into the new Territory and exclude Slavery from
l. They accordingly formed societies, and collected
large sums Of money and sent off great many per-
sons to cOntrothe elections in Kansas. Finding how
ever that they were defe9sd by the settlers IN the
frs instance they continued to forward large bodies
of Abolitioiss and other rufians armed with rlfes
cannon and the ike weapons. They ayow 1t to be
their purpose to take possession OF ana hou the ler-
tory by force, without regard 10 the laws PaSSou W
the Legislature"
The misstatements in this paragraph are very
rross, yet the Southern mind is constantly poi
soned by such. Mr.. Clingman ought to know that
no "large sums Of money" were ever collected for
any such purpose he asserts; that no "bOdies OF
men were ever hired to go into Kansas on our
sides and that no attempt was ever made by out
sders 70 control the elections of Kansas except by
those Border Ruffans who find in Mr.. Z. most
thorough and INSCRIPTIONS supporter Ihe hmi-
prapt Aid Societies hired no men TO go TO Kansas
but' their own agents-never so many as
dozen-end these only to make the neces-
sary arrangements for the cheap and and ex-
peditious transportation thther OF the North
ern farmers, mechanics and labOrerS who PAID
their own way throughout and had chosen Kansas
for their future home. The Aid Societies never
manfred whether one who offered himself was for
or against Slavery, nor how he would vote IN the
Territory. They took all reputable persons who
offered and paid, every one of whom was atperfect
liberty To vote as he should see fit. True ma
;or;,v of those who went out under these auspices
were Free-State men; but so were majority OF
those "a far larger Humber) who went out In per-
feet independence of all Societies large pro-
portion, if not decided majority, OF those VINO
vent from Slave States are as hostile TO Slavery
in Kansas as are any who came from the East. vi
tbis truth Mr.. Delahay on. c. elecD from Ala
bama; Mr. Conway date Senator) from Maryland,
Mr.. Brown murdered near Easton by the kui-
fans) are conspicuous examples.
The Free State men of Kansas do not seek to
.stake possession thereof they are IN possession
already. By fair and honest settlement Kansas is
theirs. and their adversaries well know it, The
Border Ruffans would never have been organized,
oficered. drilled in Missouri and sent over last
March in battalons to seize the polls and vote In
the ProSlavery candidates for Legislature, If their
masters had not fully understood that the Free
State men were largely a majority OF the actual
Inhabitants of Kansas. So they still remain, and
they want no weapons save to repel invasions
from without; with their votes and their naked
hands they can deal effectually with all resistance
from within Let the Federal Government simply
keep hands Off and they will very soon be in posi-
tion to deal conclusiyely with the Rufhans Leave
Kansas to herself, and the days Of her oppressors
and prosecutors are numbered.
Mr. CInqman prOceeds 10 save the Uni0n and