Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-05-13

tnat is ImPUSSIpiS, Out WIN ucSL0o Vf W"
lplicityf for which he is notorious; he prefers
asserting an absolute falsehood, to ogiviDga a
plain rand truthful statement Of facts. But
the honorable Senator had an object in view
when he penned that Report He well
knew that Kansas had been invaded; and
the 'inAa5itants oYerpoveredb BY armed bands
of Missoprians;. that they had been driven
from the polls and, the right. Of suffrage
trampled under foot; that murder and al
most every species Of outrage and violence
had been practiced with impunity, and that
'.the people were becoming aroused in re-
gard to the matter and were removing many
Of their servants whom they had fethd to be
improbable, something must be DONE
Hard faced as he is he dare not deny these
facts; and the only hope left him was to at
tempt to shield those disgraces to mankind
the "Border Ruffans"- by asserting that
their nefareous crimes were caused by the
peaceful and lawful efforts of the "Emigrant
Aid Society" Hear him on p. 7. of his
"Report:" "When emigrants sent out by
the Mass. Emigrant Aid Co., &c, passed
through the State of Missouri &C., their Ian
guage, and the unmistakeable indications of
their determined hostility, to the domestic
institutions (slavery) of that State, created
opprehensions that the object Of the compa-
ny was to abolitionige Kansas &c. These
apprehensions increased and spread with
the progress of events, until they became
the settled convictions of the people of that
portion of the State most exposed to dan
ger by their proximity to the Kansas bor-
der. The natural consequence was that
immediate steps were taken by the people of
the Western counties of Missouri to stimu-
late, organize and carry into effect sys-
tenn of emigration similar to that of the
EN-. A. Co., for the ayowed purpose of
counteracting the effects, and protecting
themselves and their domestic institutions
from the consequences Of that company's
operations" AS q matter of course the
Senator produced no evidence of the char
ges made in the above extract, against the
E. A. Co.; though perhaps in this he is ex-
cusable, as such evidence is not in existence.
The assertion that the Rufianism which
trampled down the rights of the citizens of
Kansas, is "a system of emigration similar
to that Of the M. A. Society,"" is simply
ridiculous; as every intelligent man knows it
to be utterly false. Even from the admis-
sions of the Senator himself it is false; as he
informs us in the "Report," that for this
Company, "an act of incorporation was pro-
cured from the Legislature Of the State of
Mass" while he does not even pretend that
the proceedings of the "Border Rufians,"
was ever sanctioned by the Legislature of
any State or Territory in existence. But
says the Senator, "the violence of their Ian
guage, and the unmistakeable indications of
their determined hostility to the domestic in
stitutons-slavery-o that State" Missou-
ri) done what? why it "created apprehen-
siOns that the object of the company was to
abolitionsze Kansas" But how did they
design accomplishing this "object." Here
again the "Report" tells us that "through
the 6allot-6or" they were "to gain control
over the Legislation of the Territory" So
then according to Senator Douglass, the
"head and fornt" Of the offences of this COM
pany is that they designed to "abolitionize
Kansas s''-fll it with "free inhabitants"--
and Through the ballot-box" control "the
Legislation Of the Territory" This is GER
tainly most henious crime, the perpetra-
tors Of which, ought speedily be brought to
punishment. Just think of it fellow citizens,
llCculcu VI buG NOIbu AtNC OOuC W Aduodo
and Through the ballot-box" attempted to
control "the Legislation of the Territory"
But worse than this; they wish to fill it with
''free inhabitants" or to use the Senator's
expression, "abolitionize Kansas" and this
of all other crimes in the calender he seems
to think the worst.
The idea of making Kansas free does ap-
pear rather absurd and "fanatical;" and
vet think the honorable Senator ought not
to be too severe upon those who adopt 1t,
as they may be honest men in error-think-
our beloved Washington correct when in
writing to Robert Morris he said: 81 can on
ly say that there is not man living who
wishes more sincerely than do to see a
plan adoptedfOr the abolition of it, (slavery)
but there is only one proper effectual mode
in which it can be accomplished, and that is
by Legislative authority; and this as far as