Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-11-25
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SEVERE
aFREE KANSAS.

DC q Vree OOlier. lnlS WAS cousiuereual
right and proper before tie election; it an
swered very well to catch the votes Of
anti-slavery men, this hurrah for "Buch,
Breck, and Free Kansas" Since the cleo
ten, however, the impudent fellow has
had the audacity to intimate that he be-
lieved Kansas would be admitted as a Free
State within the next four years; where
upon the Administration papers North,s
South, East and West grow furious at the
idea, and the simple fellow Of the Post IS
threatened with accommodation for his
heresy. We copy a paragraph or two on
the subject from the Neso York Day Book
"A paper whose Democratic orthodoxy is
unquestionable, and commend its language
to the careful perusal of certain Free Sol
Democrats hereabouts. Itsays, after copy
ing tie Posts article;
g''What is it to you whether Kansas is
a free or slave State? Is Iowa, free
state, any better than Missouri, a Slave
state? Is she more valuable to the Union?
Is she more prosperous, or Of any more
advantage, in commercial point Of view
to Pennsylvania? Then why does the
2Pittsburg Morning Post desire Kansas to
be like Iowa, and not like Missouri? 70 is
eyer Mus Nth tile northern Democratic pa
psrs. They are constantly holding up the
slave states as evils in the Union, thus ac-
cepting the very basis Of the Black Repub-
lican party, as sound and correct. Day
in and day out, they are teaching their
readers that negro slavery is an evil and a
curse to the country, and then when cleo
ton comes round they mount a plat
form and support a candidate that utterly
repudiates and rejects their doctrine. If
the Pittsburg Post "hopes the prediction
that Kansas will be Free State, and Sla-
very abolished in Missouri verified" why,
in the name of reason, consistency, and
common sense, did it not go with the party
and support the candidate that would be
most likely to bring about such an event?
Why support the Democratic ticket, when
that party declared it would NOT move a
pin in the direction of its 'shopes'' and
desires?
Whether Kansas has negro slaves in
its territory or not depends, or should de-
pend, entirely on the value of negro labor
in Kansas, and not on the sentiment of the
old women in Boston, the hopes of the
Pittsburg Post, or the determination ol
politicians, If the people find negro Labor
profitable, they should be permitted to use
it, and if not, itshould not be forced upon
them. The South does itself and its emf
grants injustice in attempting to force ne
groes into Kansas, and the North, in at
tempting to use the power of the genera
government to keep it out, is NOT oNLl
DOING WRONG, but COMMITTING AN OUT
RAGE. When Northern Democratic edi
tors'and politicians recognize the negro a.
he is, distinct aud inferior human being
when they consider his FREEDOM no bene
fit or blessing to him, then will they ceas'
aiding and encouraging Abolition teacher
of northern youths in their efforts to "ed
ucate generation to hate the South
But, SO long as they "desire and hope 70
the FREEDOM of the negroes, so long vii
they find the tide setting againstthem, AM
men Of all classes using their best endeay
ors to gain for the African race that boo
which they are taught is so great a bless
ing"
Here we have the modern Democrat
doctrine in all its purity, spoken ''hy au
thority." When Sir Oracle, of the Day
Book, opes his mouth, 'let no dog bark.
Those who dare to intimate vague hoE
that this doctrine may not be enforced, al
peremptorily ordered out Of the ranks.
Let no Democrat hereafter dare to e,
press "hope or desire" that Kansas ma
become Free State. It is TREASON
do SO. FREEDOM, says this Democrat
Organ, is curse, instead of blessing
to the negro. Why? Because he is a
INFERIOR human being. Therefor
wherever the labor Of these inferior huma
beings can be turned to account in enricl
ing their superiors, Slavery ought to exis
Now, grant that the masters of the Soul
are uuPERroR to their slaves, and that tn
superiority gives them the right to ho'
their interiors in bondagel Where vi
this doctrine lead us? Garry the doctril
astep farther, and by the same reasonir
allinferior human beings should be slay
to the superior; or, in other words, all
boring men should be slaves.
The Republican party teaches 4
doctrine Of the Declaration of Indepe
dence. It acknowledges no superior
inferior class, SO FAR as RIGHTS are co
cerned. All men are entitled to eqr
natural rights-to life, liberty, ard the pu
suitof happiness. Unfortunately, slayeI
involving a practical denial Of this dc
tTine, exists over a portion Of the stat
and, being the creature Of local law, is |
yopd the control Of the General Goyel
ment But iu the Organization Of all NJ
territories and states, the doctrine Of eql
rights shouldbe sacredly guaranteed to