The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-07-24
The Hon. Adam Beatty of Ky, on the
Kansas Question.
To The Ei.ior OF TIE V l Tribuae.

SDaTlcS sumner on Kansas affalrS. IN new
per foru but desire 10 have it in form bet
ter suited for preservation: and therefore ask
the favor of you TO send me the worth OF the
enclosed Isl postage paid. including one Of
the speeches OF Gov. Seward
| have all my life been e resident OF
slavsholding State. and am the owner ofa few
slaves, but feel conscious thst / have al all
times been able to read the discussions on the
slave question with cslmness and without
such a degree Of excitement aS 10 unfit a
person 10 form cool ard deliberate judg-
meut
L was old enough At the date of the Missou-
II Compromise 10 understand and 10 take q
deep interest In that measure. and was cx-
ceedingly gratifed when Missouri was admit
ted as Slave State, with accompanying
legal provision forever prohibiting Slavery ia
any oft the then national territory lying north
of So 80 min. This measure was adopted
by the unanimous vote of all the Slave States
and was opposed by part of the northern rep
resentaiives-onlg on ths ground that MIS-
souri,, lying rorth Of the above parallel.
adnitted, BY the provisions of the Cenpra.
mise bill. as Slave State.
But Missouri having been a limited, all OPP
position (or nearly so) TO the Compromise
ceased; and it was quietly permitted to remain
undisturbed Tor more than thirty years. until.
usually called) was introduced bv a Senator
from Free State; and the South, in violation,
OF sacred and honorable pledge, caught At
the bait, and assisted in overthrowing the
wisest measure that was ever adopted to quiet
agitation the Slavery question.
The fruits Of the inIqultous bill introduced
by Mr.. Douglas which might have been
foreseen have for . long time been presented
in shameful attempt, countenanced be Nh.
Pierce's Administration, to form a Slave
State by force out of the Territory of Kansas.
Mr.. Sumner is entitled TO the than ks OF all
discreet men; all men who are influenced BY
the principles Of Justice and honor. for expo
sing the abominable frauds, both in she pas
sage of the Nebraska bill and the means re-
sorted to for carrying out its design of forcing
Slarery into the Territory of Kansas.
In my jud dgment the best means Of securing
the peace of the country and quieting asta-
ton the subject OF Slavery will be to al
nit Kansas Free State, according to the
spirit of the Missouri Compromise, and rein.
stating that Compromise, extending the line
So 80 min. to the Pacific Ocean.
| heartily condemn the brutal attack Of
Brooks upon Senator Sumner, for which he
ought to be expelled from his seat in Con-
gress.
| have always been, and still am, warm
ried out by each State as its citizens shall iii
rect, by constitutional provision. l regret
that public sentiment IN my adopted State,
Kentucky, is not yet prepared for SO whole
some and just measure.
Respectfully, A BEATTY
Washington, Naso. CO.. Ky, June 80. SO
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"Hogsheads and Gallons
When the magnetic telegraph, the other
H.. 4 Ia p,,yla 4
ed that in the American Revolution South
Carolina had "shed hogsheads of blood where
Massachusetts, shed gallons statement
was hardly credited on account of its absurd
ity But the speech has reached us in
full and the ridiculous words are there. The
absurd boast well answered, will be
seen by the annexed extract from Senator
Wilson's reply.
South Carolina, with a Northern army to
assist her. could not preserve her own
capital from falling into the hands of the Brit
ish. The historian records that the inlIabi
tants of Charleston, body. preferred to
return 10 their aileglanc. 10 the British Crown.
rather than to aid General Lincoln to save it.
So general was the detection to the American
cause. and so mary of the people of South
Carolina bowed their necks anew to the yoke
of colonial vassalage, that Sir Henry Clinton
considered his triumph complete, and com.
municated to the British Ministry the in ELI,
gence that tie 'ctotc State had yielded sub
mission 10 the rogai er,ny, and had become
again a part r ths British Empire
Soon after the fall Of Charleston, and when
dsafection to the American cause was gen
: eral, two hundred and ten persons. who styled
themselves to be the principal inhabitants
Of the city, signed an address 10 Sir Henry
Clinton, in which they stated they have every
ii a
aydcntly hope to be admitted TO the character
aud condition OF British subjects
1t is in deed a marvel that the South should
> attack the revolutionary character Of Massa-
;, chusetts, and seek to tarnish her history. We
recently gave the numbers of the regulars en-
: listed in the Continental service from the be
:. ginning to the close of the Revelation. Mas
! sachusetts furnished 81. 907. Every State
south of Pennsylvania provided but So 494,
: or 8, Ala less than Nassachusetts alone
The Continental Congress called upon Mas
sachusetts for 52673 soldiers, she Furnished
81, ,oo7, or Is, cog more than her quota South
: Carolina was called upon FOR l6. .e32 soldiers.
and supplied bu; $3.50. or 1922 less than
her quota.
Nor was the supply Of men the most effec
!, tive service rendered by Massachusetts, durin 2
the revolution. In adjusting the war balances
after the peace, it was ascertained that she had
, overpaid her share in the sum of 41,e&8, ,80l
= of silver money.
Let US compare Massachusetts, with virgin-
!, ia. For the years 1777. rs, 81 aad '82, the
: quotas to be provided by the two States were
: precisely the same 10 baitalions and men. In
: the four years Massachusetts, placed Al the
!, disposal Of Washington 22. o8l soldiers. nile
his native Virginia, though bound TO enlist an
equal number. actually furnished 49, 4o3. The
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