Litchfield enquirer., 1856-10-30

10 ugnL Uncle sam DOyS the Dali Is open.
and civil war. is inevitable @H 80. syou, will
see me in Kansas. You can Command me
here at any and all times.
~ J. w. WHITFIELD. q
The first of. these letters was written by
Governor Shannon, just before his visit to
w Washington. s#
Address Of the Hon. Truman Smith.
FELLow-C IrIzzSs Permit me to address you
briefly on the existing conjnnctnre Of public at.
fairs. The period is at hand when the Ameri-
can people must designate the citizen who is
to administer. the Executive department Of the
government for the term Of four years from the
4th Of March next. Who shall he be? say,
uIhesitatingiy. JoHS C. FnENosr, know him
intimately. / pronounce him well qualified and
worthy Of all confidence His canse is that of
a lofty, generous. patriotic and truly national
conservatism. There il no possible avenue open
for the restoration of the peace of the country
but by ciecting Col Fremont to the Presidency
It is now certain that the adlerents and pro-
motors of the mischicvous-nay, wicsed--poli-
cy Of the present Administration, will have
majority in the two Hoascs Of the next Con-
gress; and should Mr.. Buchanan be elected. it
may be written down as certain that. within
two years from the 4th of March next. Kansas
will be delivered up to the Moloch of Slavery
She will be brought into the Bifon as a Slave
State. Shall this be Submitted to without a
struggle Sh;1l we not rebu&e the Hhenstrous
pcrfdy Of repeating the Missouri Compromise !?
Shall VIC net cha.t;sc the numberless outrages
in Kansas Shall the elective fran
chisc in the unhappy Territory be violated with
impunity? Shall Border Ruiians invade with
the bowie-knife and revolver, and elect snuri-
ous Legislature, only to enact code of laws
more Infamous, il possible. than the Border
Rufians themselves! Shall the Missouri Riv-
er. one of the great highways of the nation be
blocked up as against the lovers of Freedom.
and he open only to the votaries Of Slavery
Shall the army of the United States lie used
only to oppre the Frcc-State settlers, todisarm
and dispe, So their forces, and to arrest and
hold them in custody as felons, for no other
crime than exercising the sacred right of self
defense What Border Ruf6an has been ar
rested! what perpetrator. of robbery, arson,
rape, and even murder! Not one! repeat,
there Is not a hope for Kansas, but in electing
Fremont. In James Buchanan we shall have
only an clengation Of Franklin Pierce and what
an administration God save the Republic
Besides, not only is Kansas to be sacrificed.
but our government is to he converted into an
engine for the propagandism Of Slavery over
this continent.
Depend upon it, the suhjugation of Kansas
is not to he the last Of outrages. Even now,
preparation has been made for the introduction
Of Slavery into Nicaragua, and ere long the
whole Of Central America is to be annexed In
short, we are Mt no remote day to be brought
under the iron hoof of the Slave Power. unless
We make stand now aud say by the election
of Col. Fremont, Hitherto shalt thou come,
and no further" am no Abolitonist--ncver
was, and never EXPECT to be- am simply n
-cxtensiouist take precisely the ground
assumed nv Thomas Jefferson aud Henry Clay.
I am, and ever have been, opposed to the un-
necessary introduction Of this exciting topic
into the two Houses Of Congress. All nv in
stincts are national am willing to let Slav-
cry alone--if it will be content with its present
limits--but when its Southern votarics join
Northern demegogucs to break up compromises,
to violate their faith plighted three times over,
and to embark in the business of giving to
Slavery m indefinite extension, am on hand
for resistance. pay no more attention to the
threats Of dsnnion which come up from the
South. than do to the idle wind. believe
there Ia hemp enough in every Southern State
land patriotic hands enough to apply ito
do annie Justice to these traitors in language,
aud poltrnons in heart and in conduct.
/ want pcace--peace in Congress mud peace
throughout our horders--but there can be no
peace upon the principle Of Slavery extension.
Let Kansas be admitted as a Free State, and
let us have practically the benefit Of the Missouri
Compromise, and win forgive the repeal
will he content hut now give notice that II
the South shall. in violation Of al faith, and
nv the most unhallowcd means, subduc Kansas
into Slavery, shall resist the aggressions ol
the Slave Power as long as God allows me a
ouarter Of a leg to stand on. .---.-
Fellow citizens, do your duty at the polls.
The recent Insignificant successes Of our oppo-
| nents in PENNSYLVANIA deem of no moment,
and am satisfied from late and reliable advices,
/, that that State viii give its electoral vote in
November for Fremont and Dayton will
not doubt that our good old Commonwealth
will then. rs ever. be true to herself and to
those great principles which lie at the founda-
ton Of our Government. TRUMAN SAfrH.
New York, Oct. 90, 1856.
A KANSAS DrScEoN.-Rev. Mr.. Mute. in q
| letter to the Boston Transcript, gives this de-
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