The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-05-30

svpsiIas sgsasw ssugs;gxty. md sspressiy
ss0o &s6 4vs6ty. We must declare thai
u b The duty q IL gpnEl gorsgnmsut 10
60 thsa scisvidiouS q iajuzious distino-
Gons sss mads hstvsaD ths pscple or the
property Of di1lssnt sesesns' IN. the Icr-
fisories. We do not mean 70 dictate. IL
may DO that the ssssrtion In tho platform OF
tho abstract proposition Of Stats equality
may sui6ce 10 carry along with It tho oonss-
Quenoes which No desire. But 10 Is often
charged that tho KAnsas-N ebraska bill con
tains the doctrine of squsttcr sovereignty,
and that squatter sovereignty Is the most
efficient agent Of free soilism. Some (alll
Northern democrats hare maintained this
Ground. Now, rms Gun MUST nx SPIKED.
Il must appear from our platform that we
maintain Proefiosi State equality, and repu-
date thai construction Of the Kansas Ne
braska act which would defeat It,"
The doctrine that the Constitution carries
slavery into the Territories. and there legal
i.es and protects Il, and that the people Of
Territories, have no righ under the Consti-
tuition 10 legislate upon the subject, except
TO " regulate |" IL, was, nc the time Of the
passage Of the Kansas Nebraska bill, and
now is, tho doctrine Of the friends Of that
measure. I'll. ..rt
Then ask, SIR, what becomes of your ST.
ron song Of" sqSafter sovereignty, and tho
right given 10 the people Of the territories
BY the Nebraska bill " to form their own
domestic institutionsy ?" IL 10 all baseless
humbug, an outrageous imposition, whose
Light only 'n.
~ "Leads 10 bewilder, and
Dazzles 10 blind"
There ID one more very important reason
why the Missouri compromise should be re
stored. Il is TO protect the people Of Kansas
IN the enjoyment of their Constitutional rights.
As We have already remarked, the Kansas
Nebraska bill was advocated on the ground
that il would confer powers, rights and priv
ileges, upon the people Of Kansas, not en-
joyed by the people Of other Territories I'M
der their organic acts. Now what has been
its practical operationf have now no
time 10 answer this question in detail. In
stead Of enjoying the extraordinary rights
promised BY the Kansas Nebraska act, the
people Of that Territory have been hunted
down like wild beasts-been waylaid and
butchercd in the streets they have been
lynched and mobbed; their houses sacked
and burned TO the ground; their printing
pr,~es thrown ito the river; their property
destroyed; aud almost every indignity which
the wickedness ofmen.or devils could invent,
showered down upon their devoted heads.
The Territory has been invaded by armed
cd mobs, who have spread themselves into
every settlement; the peaceful settlers have
been forced 10 surrender their ballot boxes
ut the point Of the bayonet and then driven
from the polls. In order to show the kind
o! spirit which actuated these invaders, 1
read the following extract from the Kicka-
poo Pioneer, q paper which supports this
administration, and receives its patronage
"The South must be up and doing; Kan
sas must and shall be slave State. Mark
what We say, southern freemen Come along
with your negroes and pillow up every inch
Of ground that Is ut this moment disgraced
and defaced by an abolition plow. Send
the scoundrels back 10 whence they came,
or send them TO hell, il matters not which
destination !: suit your own convenience
Sound the bugle OF war over the length and
breadth Of the land, and leave not an abo-
litionist in thGterritory to relate their trcach-
crous and communicating deeds. Strike your
piercing rifle balls and your glittering steel
to their black and poisonous hearts; let the
war-cry never cease in Kansas again, until
our Territory IL Invested Of the last yestige
of Abolitionism.
Sir, the " Consultation Of the United
States has been legislated into Kansas, "and
the people given popular Sovereignty"
and this is the kind Of protection ii has af-
forded them. All the protection the Ma
tional Administration has afforded these
hardy pioneers has been the protection the
wolf affords the lamb, by removing Governor
Reedcr and sending out Wilson Shannon to
enforce the bogus laws of q border rufhan
Legislature. There never will be any per-
manent peace in Kansas until the question
Of freedom or slavery is settled, either by
the restoration Of the Missouri Compromise,
or her admission into the Union rs n free
State, which is substantially the same thing.
/ now pause to inquire, Is there anything
sectional on the part Of the Republican party,
in their constitutional attempts to restore
the national honor and protect tho people
of Kansas in the peaceful enjoyment OF
their civil rights? II there Is make the
most Of IL.
Concluded merit ,eesk,