M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-01-31


tain politicians effected with the zeal.
genuine dog.hydrOPhobia. JET We do
charge that they are tstsr mad
We have just been reading letter
ffom ex. SenstoI AcH EsoN. Missouri, ed
dressed to the South, and the reports Of
a set Of pesmbulatipg speakers from
Kansas in North. ell stirring up the pub
.ic miud, and calling Tor men and mon
ey to 20 to KsDsas TO fight
Do these man suppose that the peo
pie North, and South are a set Of braip'
less fools, Isckoning and painting Tor
each. othsls blood, snd that they have.
no bstisI PsSlms than to go Thousand
or two miles into the PtsiTes OF Kan
sas 10 cut ssch others throHtsi
AresEsOS raves like a mad bndalo
and is sure ihats desperate battle IS to
come OF in Kansas between the slave
adVOcstss spd the abolitionis's. and
"a lis most lustily for help. but thanks
to the good sense Of the Southern Peo'
pie, they have up to this .ims paid Veiy
little attention TO his senelsss nVingS.
The mAdmen on the other hand who
ara n0EsbeEn sbolitionis,S are tnVsrsing
the Assth. "intsnSJying" public feeling
with the same crazy object in view, and
from the ee0l indifference one OF them
received ia this city. BY the name OF
WooD night before last, We believe the
Northern people will ts sa slow to be
BY them es the South has
been BY the nvingS Of AsshsSoh.
There are a great many good, eISell'
ent men in Kansas, who, We regret 10
know, in this mckee. are both misrepIe'
sente and greatly injHred In their hopes
and disturbed in their otherwise quiet
and rich homes.
Could these we'll disposed Psopleget
out OF Kansaa, and leave the field 10
the two mad extremes, We do not
know that any body ought TO stand in
the way Of mad men cutting each others
throats as fastthey pleased. We are
half inclined TO think that il would be
a good thing for the country to throw
in a few dollars on both sides and hasten
the folly, snd SO have'iI over as soon as
possible.
IL is time-hIgh time that all good
men should express their indignation
condemnation Of such rsckTless folly and
wicked pgitstiOn. While the noise aud
confusion was kept up 10 fool few in
nucent people out Of their votes, that
some bySinless dema gogue might slide
into Office un,ler cover tf the smoke.
some exsuse could be made, bad as the
exc use was, foi the ia!snsif fcatipn, but
when we see Congress in state OF dis
orgauizeatioa - Kansas in state G. civ
il wsr, and taveliArng inteasidep,
pera mbulating and spPesling 10 the
country by sections, TO widen the breach
and throw into chaos the whole order OF
society and government: II is time to
pause .Ond reflection before the deed
of ruin is done, ana not afteI the ava
lanch is in motion. lie, the people oi
Kansss alone = let those who have gone
there to make il their homes, and the
pesceful abodes Of their wives aud chll
dren be protected from base ihle'med'
lers from without, Of any sort or des
cription, or cIme lrom what quarter
they may.
They have a right TO their own laws,
and they are abe to take care OF ihea
selves. IL they should adopt measures
not agreeable 10 lhe views OF everybody
else mind their own business.
- We speak for Ohio whsI we say, that
our people have enough Of home con.
Germs 10 look after. and they will find
it abor erough TO do their own work
we'll and satisfactory to the emselvesi aud
il we csnnot attend to our own business
who can 90 il for uS1 Shall we call in
Me1icans and Canadiaps 80 6G up Our
tax laws our currency lshS our temper.
apce laws, and aid us in :TeVriIing our
constitution to make some Of lis un
ineligible provisions iptellig;ple3--
We are half inclined to think such a
proposition would be takea es an inspl!
and treated accordingly.
without intending reflections upon
any one fol his necliar opinions. we say
in all kindness 10 everybody, that 1t is
time to keep hands off Kansas affairs,
aud pour oil upon the troubled waters
of that territory II it is true tha;
BLESSED ale the peace Makers" let all
try TO acquire the blessing, and send
home the travelling mountebanks, with
a request that they IPrrsch peace at
home and hot disquiet abroad. Let agi.
tution cease from without, and good
will soon reign within.
Kansas, one Of the most lovly port
ions of our earth, is suffering serious
and lasting injury from the riotous pro-
ceedings within her borders, and thou.
sands Of our best cisizeus are deferred
IRON taking rhsir families there in the
midst OF such conduct. We hope II will
cease. - Staicsman.