Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-10-02
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Under this caption, the Journal Of this
morning portrays the sufferings of a family
who had moved to Kansas from Kentucky,
and had been, as the Journal very delicately
expresses it, "driven out by the BUCHANAN
men, and robbed of every dollar they had
in the world" No one will be at a loss to
discover the motive of the Journal in seeking
by bold assumption and INSCRIPTIONS distor-
ton, to weave a story that shall answer spe-
cifc purpose. The misery and restitution OF
the returning emigrants and the scenes which
transpired at the depot, may be all that the
Journal represents them to be, yet the eager
ness with which that print seeks to tarn to
political account individual suffering resulting
directly from a state of things brought about
by its own political confederates, is a feature
of the transaction which is not so unquestion-
able. Admit that this family were the vic
Tins of BUFoRD's thieves, and that they had
been expelled from the Territory because
they would not take arms against the traitor
LANE-what does it prove? Does it prove
that they were driven out by ''the BUCHANAN
men, or that Mr. BUCHANAN or his friends
are responsible for it? Not at all. If So
there is long list of accounts of that kind to
be settled between the BUCHANAN men" and
the FREMONT men," in which the latter
might find a larger balance against them, than
they would be willing to shoulder. Free
State men are not the only ones who have
been driven out of Kansas after having beer
robbed of every dollar they had in the world
Pro-slayery men, women and children, by
scores and hundreds have met the same
fate of the poor family whose suffsrings Sc
Justly excite the sympathy Of the beneyolen
philanthropist of the Journal.
If the border ruffians have been guilty o
acts which have reduced free State emigrant
to the last extreme of restitution and misery
like that of poor RTToHIE and his family, s.
have Abolition ruffians been guilty of equa
enormities towards the pro-slavery emigrant
, of Kansas. Robbery, outrage and murder
have been perpetrated on both sides, to al
r extent that would disgrace a nation of bar
| barians.
By the same rule of logic that the Jolrna
would make BUCHANAN and BUCHANAN me-
responsible in one case, it must make FIRE
; MONT and FREMONT men responsible in tn,
, other. If, therefore, that paper chooses t
/ turn these occurrences into party account,
must see that, by its own system Of reason
{ ing, they become like a two edged sword
1 which cuts both ways.
? We do not feel content, however to TIM
{ divide party responsibility with our oppo
i nents. We charge upon them that THEY
and THEY ALONE, are directly responsible fc
: all the outrages that have occurred in Kansa
for the last two months-and INDIRECTLY fo
all that have ever occurred in that Territory
The whole bent of the Abolitionists iron
} the moment Of the passage Of the Kansas
Nebraska Act to the present day, has bee
) to thwart the principle of self-governmen
as recognized by that act, and to force tn
, people of the Territory into line of polio.
prescribed for them by mischievous poll
ticians and meddlesome outsiders. Had tn
, Abolition agitators paid due regard to tn
! wise and salutary injunction, "MrND YOU
| OWN BUSINESS, AND LET oTHEE PEOPLES
ALONE" Kansas outrages would never hav
been heard of. The same quiet, steady an
t progressive march that has characterized Ne
braska in the settlement of her lands and tn
: development of her resources, would hav
{ marked the course of Kansas, had she, Xix
her more fortunate sister, been LET ALONE.