The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-15
DETYfE5 THEIR wolTs.

DENYING THEIR wolxs,
No man, mol blinded by pro-slsyery pas
sions and psejudlces, can deny that The con-
duct Of the people Of the Free States IN re-
gard TO the ouirages which have been com
mitted in Kansas, has been distinguished
Tor It's moderation. So Tar from being Justly
liab'e to any charge Of rashness, they hsSe
in the opinion OF very n.any deserved the
counter sceusatjon OF pnssllanimiiy Free
citizens OF the United States, the friends
and relations OF sfeemen 10 the free States,
have been murdered and lrea ed with every
possible form of ind gniiy aad insult, by q
mob which has usurped possession Of The
Territory; other and large numbers Of Tree
citizens have been rebbed aud driven back
when peaceabls moving with their families
10 Kansas: Others have been arrested on
pretended charges OF treason, have been
refused bail, been subjected 10 cruel and
unusual impriseaments, or forced 10 nee
the county. nal leave heir property to be
DESTROYED or stolen by the mob; legislR.
i've assembly al peaoeable citizens. in the
exercise Of their unioGbted constitutional
rights, has been dispersed BY The military
and. in short, The free citizens OF Kansas
Teri,ory have been harassed ia every pos.
sible manner, by the hired marauders Of the
slave power,--have been robbed, manned,
tared and feathered, impris and mor'
dered, at the mere will and pleasure OF
southern desperados, and yet the people Of
the Northern States, have done little more
than pass resolutions concerning the afro
cious ouuages, and calling on all friends OF
republicsnism and eontiIntionsl liberty, TO
rec,ify the crea, wrongs that have been
committed, through the operations oil the
ballo,-box. The rapines, murders and gen.
eral misrule thar hsve run not in Kansas,
have sorely tempted the people OF the Free
States 10 rise ~ masse and put stop 10 the
disg aceful and dangerous proceedings; but
they have wisely approved their love for
the Union, as we'll ss their reliance upon
the ultimate efficacy of free institutions, by
waiting for the remedy provided by the con-
stitution, and which they intend applying IN
November next.
The utter iilegality as well as atrocious-
ness Of the transactions IN Kansas has OF
late been additionally demonstrated BY the
change OF tactics which the pro-slayery
leaders at Washington are seeking TO effect
Disavowal is now the order OF the day
Shannon has been removed, though be
faithfully executed the orders Of his super
ors. And nov the effort is to disasow ih'
set of Sumner in dissolsing the Topeka lie
eislaiure. 1t rs well for that ot6cer tina
be was go explicit in Disappearing ih'
dee which he wss compelled to perform
or resign his posis-o the Administrator
would not have The least hesitation il
making him the seapeeoat Of lie own wick
edness. Ga this point the New Yori
Herald says
aThe denial. therefore, Of the Secretary
OF War Of arg spihoriiy trom him 10 Col
Sumner stc dis perse any unarmed meeting
OF the people OF that Territory il a con
temptible quibb!e II Is ola piece with hi
GreytoNp Cos baFSmeat and the iDsuuc
,lons to Capt. Holiins. In both cases th'
instructors we're adapted TO effect tie oh
jsct proposed, and yet SO shaped as TO q =
lord pslt-y pretext for the plea that tht
officer, In the very business expected at hli
hands, transcribed his authority. In refer
ence 10 these Kansas Transactions there Il
another letter or Mr.. Davis which stultifies
his declaration VI innocence 10 Congress-
In his instructions of May Esd TO Col. Sum-
ner he says, shat "for the great purpose
which jusiihes the employ ment OF military
il matters moi whether The subversion Of the
law arises from denial OF the existence OF
the government, or whether it proceeds from
lsKless disregard of the right to protsc-
lion OF person and property, for the security
OF which the government vas ordained and
establshed"- ,nesaing the Missouri GOV
eminent or Kansas and the rights Of the
border rufhans, we suppose.
The moral OF ali this contemplate Iicke-
~ is fear Of public opinion The admin
isttation has beAn pursuing policy IN Kan
sss which, when called Upon 10 sccount
for, il denies. II is the Grsytown affair over
again, with this difference oniy-ihat the
President shrinks from calling the free
State settlers Of Kansas "a camp Of sava-
pes." He has been treating them as saw
ayes, but dares not call them so. He not
onlv throwe the responsibility upon Col.
Sumner for what be was Instructed TO do,
bu, covers bet,re Congress, and says We
shall cali Col Sumner 10 account for this
he has exceeded his Instructions, and We
shall SO inform him. la the history Of Kan
sas affairs there is nothing more contelnp-
tible, excepting, perhaps, those remarkable
negotiations with Gov. Reedsr."
Such 10 the miserable mixture Of shutting
and cowardice, which eharacterizes the
conduct Of The rae who have broaglI, about
the present alarming and disgraceful pos.
ture Of offaire. aud who have the impotence
10 ask at the hands OF an insulted and out
ragged people, continuance in office. Fol
il must never be forgotten that Buehansr
administration would be but continuance
OF that Of Franklin Pierce. Douglas ant
Pierce have both publicly aud emphaticslly
stated that the Cincinnati platform has ful.
ly endorsed and approved the present sd,
ministration. Buchanan has no less pub.
licly and emphatically proclaimed that he
and the platform are one.--or rather, that
his own individuality has been merged in
the platform. To vote Tor Buchanan, then,
is to vote for The Cincinnati platform. and
TO support the latter, !. to approve the
Pierce administration and oil its inisuties.
That is what the people DO no, intend do
ing.
CEors IN MiEsEsoTA.-The harvest 40
Minnesota Territory il going on with ener'
gy. The crops Of oats and wheat are light
er than was expected, but Of good quality,
We learn from. tie ST. Anthony Elpress