Washington telegraph., 1856-05-07

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from her disposition to avoid conflicts by
the traitorous agitation of vexed question,
was looking anxiously for recognition of its
rights, it received what? The most insult
ing jeer that ever was thrown into the face
of people ever ready to act in sefdefence.
but unwilling to play the fratricide or rush
madly into conflict, no matter how devil
ishly provoked, or how sure Of victory,
which. when purchased, would be bought
at price which every man not demon at
heart should shudder to count up. Again.
Kansas demanded a territorial government.
The Missouri compromise line. giving to the
South that which is its belonging by abstract
and Virtual right. had been repealed. Re-
pealed because of its unconstitutioEality.
Repealed because in the North there were
men who wa-red against it because it guar
anteed the existence of an institution which
they sought to subvert. overthrow and de-
stroy Repealed because the perpetuity of
the Union and the exercise of the peoples
constitutional rights demanded its repeal.
Repealed because in its repeal. and in the
consequent freedom to act which it left to
the American people, it was the duty of the
national Legislators to repeal it. As has been
remarked how often since Its repeal we do
net know, this repeal did away with all
invidious lines of demaTcatioE. The South
was made equal in point of fact with the
North. The field was open for generous
rivalry, not between adverse sections, but
between the people of republic. the citizens
of one portion Of which differed with the
citizens of another portion We should be
derelict did we not pause here to notice the
vile and traitorous and infamous and ac-
cursed organization, which seek to effect
their purpose by force of arms. which they
NAV flourish in their abolition dens, but which
they will never dare to raise upon the soil
Of Kansas. Their acts are an everlasting
disgrace, and an indelible stigma upon their
names With them the American party
has nothing to DO. Freesoilers and Black
Republicans may affiliate with them
When they seek admission TO the councils
Of the American party, or attempt to inau.
ense, control or direct its policy, they will
be spewed ont, as they were at the Phila
delphia Convention. in February. 1856.
The Missouri Compromise line was re-
pealed 1t was right that it should be
repealed. Look at the consequences
Following this repeal, and prior to his
subsequent acts in connection Herewith
General Pierce had removed nationa
man from hi Oh office, and appointed {
Free-Soiler to succeed him-which re-
moval and appointment was, not death
blow to the conservative and national De
mocracy, with such men as Dickinson al
the head, but promise of better things
and further aid to the Van Burens anG
their school of -spoilsmen.
As we said, Kansas demanded terri
torial government. Kansas was a terrific
ry, which, subjected to the operation Of
the Missouri Compromise line, would have
been open to the introduction of slave
property therein, and the holders of tha
property would have been protected ii
their rights. When that measure was re
pealed and its provisions abolished, with
the exception of a few gentlemen who vo
ted against the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise line, there was, so far as ou
recollection extends, not one single voice
raised to warn the people of the South
that, without action upon their part, th'
ultimate result of the passage of the Ne
: braska bill would be ''the circumvallatiol
of the whole Southern territory of tn
United States, by line of free-soI terri
tory to which slave property could escape
and be secure from arrest unattended b,
the expenditure of double the amount 0
the value of the property inveigled away
No. on the contrary, in the halls of tn
National Congress, Southern gentlemen
contending eagerly for can abstraction,
and in the enthusiasm of proper enougl
sort Of devotion for a seeming patriot
declared ''the Kansas and Nebraska bill
to be all the South desired that de
claration losing sight of the duty whicl
, they owed to their constituents, and il
joining in the universal applause forgetting
. to look at the probable results of this ac
of legislation, proper enough in itself, bu
f about to be prostituted to the basest pur
poses. Thus, with the Southern support
, ers of that measure. Northern men, who
in the halls of Congress, and pending tn
, debate, consequent upon its introduc
ton, figured largely as statesmen of en-
larged and comprehensive views. wen
home, and by the Free-Soil constituenc