M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-07-24
The Hypocrisy Of the Negro
WOrshipDers shown nm

Senator Bigler addressed the Democracy
in Independence Square, on the 9TH inst, at
great length and with telling effect, present.
ing and discussing all the political topics Of
the day, and holding the vast crowd for full
two hours. We make the following extract
from his speech that our readers may see what
a set ofhypocrites the Abolition leaders are :
"But now for the Kansas question, and
the course Of the Republican or Fremont
party. Ever since the commencement of the
present session Of Congress the whole coun-
try has been agitated, deeply and violently
agitated, concerning the state Of society in
Kansas. The most accomplished artists Of
The Republican party have painted the start
ling picture from time TO time That the sim
Pile reaee,io n OF the truth would have made
a picture dark enough, no one can doubt;b but
that these gen tlemen, for purposes of their
own,haye given It the deepest shade practic-
able, is just as evident. We had been told
by the Republican orators In Congress, ON the
roslium and in the pulpit, that the people Of
Missouri had invaded the Territory and con-
trolled the elections for members of the Leg
islature held in March 1855; that the free
State men had been driven from the polls !;
that the government had been usurped by
mele brute focej that the laws of Kansas
were not valid laws; that the people would
and should resist them; that anarchy reigned
in Kansas; ;that arsons and murders were in
voked to serve the ends Of sayery;that final.
! ly Kansas and Liberty lay bleeding at the feet
ofborder rufflans,and that the country was on
the verge OF civil war. Here is the picture,
now what remedy did the Republican Repre-
sentatives in Congress propose. Did they
ask q legal and just measure OF reform BY
no means, 'ellow citizens, but with the de-
nunciations against the lawless authorities
of Kansas still fresh on their lips, they be-
came the advocates Of the Topeka Conyen-
ton and the State Constitution framed by that
body, a movement admittedly without law,
and in contravention of law and in menace
Of the government. With all this seeming
reverence for the law, they could advocate
a revolutionary step taken in defiance OF the
Government. We were told that the ad.
mission Of Kansas as State was the only
remedy for her evils; the only nude of quiet
ing the public mind and everything civil war
in the Territory.
Well gentlemen. it had become apparent
to all, that some effective and final measure
Of pacificatiion was demanded by the best
interest, not only in Kansas, but of the
whole nation; that whilst the laws OF the 10.
cal Legislature were technically legal, the
right OF suffrage had been a5usel in elect ing
the members, and that many of the statutes
were oppressive aud unjust, and in conflict
with the Constitution and the original Kan.
sas Nebraska act.
With avlew TO meet these difficulties, Mr..
Toombs, Southern Senator, about ten days
since, introduced bill providing for the
prompt admission ofKansas as State. His
proposition was referred to the Territorial
Committee, and reported to the Senate on
Monday last by Mr.. Douglas, and Wednes-
day fixed for final vote. la
That bill provides that the present inhabi.
ttants may elect delegates to a Convention to
meet in November next, to form constitu.
tion as State; that board of five commits.
sionerS should be appointed by the President
to repair TO the Territory, to superintend the
election OF fdelegates; to make an enumeration
Of the legal voters; and put up list OF voters
at every District; and that only those who
are now inthe Territory, and those who
may have left OF. business or because Of the
sad,state OF the society, shall vote. The law
throws ample guards about the ballot box, by
heavy penalties against illegal voting or
violent efforts to interfere with the right Of
suffrage; it also ANIMALS all the Territorial
statutes subyersiye Of the liberty of speech
and the freedom Of the press, and those re.
qhiring an oath Of fidelity to the Fugitive
Slave Law as qualification for voter and
olher absurd provisions. These statutes be-
| ing inconsistent with the Constitution and
\ the organic law /, are clearly within the scope
of the Congressional correction, without in
terIering with the doctrine Of non-intersen-
tion, for the Kansas law provides that the
action Of the The Territorial Leg Stature shalt