New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-27


no officers of their eectng they saves, pot
icsl sves subiue6ted by foreign over, with no
shadow sembaDce Of ssltgovtr1nent-the comp etc
tub CITE OF the Border COuuties of the State OF Ms-
souri, who 0ictstc to them thei lsFs iDs uODs aud
Cficers. Ave the subject If France Austria or Rus
sia less free polite ly, than tLese' tell you their
ccncitiOn would be improved If you co1ld spre I'd
over them such government as that Of France, Aus
trs cr K sia. II you rid that they would at eist
have security for life liberty and property, aud they
would have their uoical rib1nals to which they cond
appeal FOR redr Of their wrongs, for indemnty for
pr perry destroyed houses rifed and for puni;hment
for robberies aDd murders. I-awessness, outrage,
rspine and crime Not over the besuul pralrles oil
Kansas, and there is 10 arm Of law TO stay then
course On the contrary. the robbers, rayish'
ers and murderers Of Kansss have in their own
bards the ar1ps of the law, and tbey are
made the nni-ters Of this awful and horrible
system Of civil, political and social oppression.
suppose, for q mOntn'. 'hst some gifted with
the spirit Of prophecy ad wa ked into the ha where
the saets "a, eho drew ycp' Declaration OF inde'
pt ndtrce, st later into tie hall where we're con
yer those patriots who framed your glorious COnsti-
tuon and hsd there und.r aiken to prophecy nat BE-
fore three qusters Of century had psseed by,
such stste Of things would exist as nov
prevail in Kansas, what would have been the
beings OF those nooe and pItnotc me1
Let me, in consideration Of the time which must
occupy night, come down TO something like details,
in the hope eat Of brogirg home to you some sort
of realizing the tue state OF things there
exietirg sbal rot unoer axe tonight to enter in %
cttais about the outrages there committed shall
not Ill dertake to give you catalogue OF the roo'
beles The house burpi So the pui derngs the hOr''.
stealipgs the uucers and outrsgeF, tnat have been
peiperaed upon the roll of Aansas; for, did under
toke such task, shoud iequeet you to camp
here week It Is beyond tne nob h"its ITS in a.
veItOiy. ShOul0 | undertake eve1 10 give you any
portion Of the details whore the acts of our oPpressors
siained with blood and with every attribute that
could disgrace humanity | should not know where to
begin or end. | must treat them in general " Iy.
start then, with the proposition that scheme has
existed there and has been in progress since 1854 to
make Kansas a Slave State by force OF arms aod VIC
ence; in other words, TO force the Institution Of
Slavery by violence, upon an unwilling people That
s the plain proposition. Tina. is the scneme,
am sorry to say, that has been progress
fore the eyes of this nation allowed ito
go on unchecked and unreprtssed That
this is so, 1 suppose needs very little
d, monstrsion shall trace, however the successive
steps Of this project as they have developed them
selves in our Territory to chow bow succe'einlly and
with Low nsch devilsh ingenuity and pertinacy
they have been prosecuted and carried out. will
show you how our oppressors hsve gone on step by
STEP succeeding at every stage, until their work ID
almost completed. | snail show you that 1t wants
but voy few finishing details to complete aud con-
sun mate this work; and shall endtsvor 10 show you
what tho aw al consequences Of that cODsumm ,tiOn
will be to the great North YouknOw already that
election has evei been held upon the oil OF that Terri
tory and that the men who were the orginatois and
prosecutors of this scheme did not attend IN numbers
sufficient ccntOl the election and ts results. In
November ls54 the came in large numbers upon the
soil for the purpose OF eectng delegate to Congress
III March, 500 they sent into the Territory some four
OF five tlouAaId men, who voted at polls AMI
elected Legislature not representing people and
you all know Lst that Legislature proceeded to enact
laws for that Territory, which are still In force You
all know at on the 3Ob OF March, ls55, one poll after
al o. her e into the hands of these men, who elected
thai Legislature. You have doubtless seen the report
of the Congressional Committee sent to n kansas, who
Rave reportt the facts bearing on this question,
ard slall rot therefore, undertake to oehonstrate
il TO ,ou / shall look upon it. as have right to do
20 be ct nceC ed fact. After that election they po-
ceeoeo at to take away iiom the people OF ansas
every vtstiee of self government and VA liberty,
VIII ch they couc grasp in their rapaclOuslh +n9s 10
the INST place they cosed every b4lot box uQon that
soil which within their reach, aud they refused
the people of the territory, the ngh to elect single
teritorisl olicr Tney have IN their hands wi;h the
of tie Pleiden; OF the Uuited States inpart, the
Legislature the executive and the Judicial power OF
the ternOy. they lave cured every Office In the
territory from the high s down to the lowest and they
ian bare all the political all the civil aud al the judi
cal power. they have that power III their hfnds
which they fondly believe can lever be rescued from
them except by revolution aud they have of us nothing
but that which they could not taks wsy-tho physlcal
power which we hai peLed to have lApplsuscl mat
thai Goo is bey ond tt cir reach Renewed app ause
The time may come when the laws OF God aud man,
and when every consideration that can INFLUENCE au
honest mau, Republican man, and religious III 10, VII
means and the Only ans of recovering The pollca
power which hiss oten taken tom I'm lAPpla'Sel
The ballot boxes upon the soil o. that IefrOry were
closed and the laws of that Legis!at ire were most
shame essly sought to be enforced upon the people
there and their oppressors said that their OBJ c IN as
sumirg the appointment of every officer IN the Terri
tory to deprive the people OF tue flg1' - eIec'
their own ruler. They declared upon the moor Oi the
House that If the people allowed to elect toelr
own officers that all their labors and pains would
prove upavaiDg; that the money they ma lflves'eu
would be lost and the result Would De, paciug III
p,wer m en of wrong political sentiments, and hndlng
The numerical power to be in the hands OF the men
they bad oppressed Entertaining such sentiments as
these they declared that that numerical power shoud
not govern tsef Not satisfied WITT closing the oaol
boxes of the Territory, they had attacked the two
ballot boxes which CoDgres opened Tor Us,
and alb Dut which they had throF every re'tnctlon
that their ingenuity and wisdom ccud invent
need rOt 90 into detailed history OF these tmng'
for YOU are all femliar with them. You know that
partisan Judges were appointed over these polls with
large discretion for the purpose OF eneo ing them to
receive every vote that could be procured from Ms-
souri ana to reject the vote of every tree-St.e man
by the enforcement of political test oatha Ihey thea
followed up that work by surrounding he ballot POKE
with rufians. Thus have they seized upon poltica.
power in that territory, and they nave oeterihineu
that we shall exercise TO right of selt-government,
They have placed above q set Of men OF their o6n
making, and they have appointed by name q
prosecuting attoluey FOR each Dlsuict, ohetus'
County CeIks, Probate Judges and commissioners
for each unty bat being unable to appoint Justices
of the Peace aid Constables because OF ther gnor-
ance ef the people of the Territory they took care to
nroyide thai all other officers provided by law who had
! OF b, en- appointed by the Legislature, should be ap-
pointed by the County Commissioners. Tnese County
C,mmssoners tave absolute control over the election.
They have the nght to fix the places where the cleo
TORS are held. they appoint their own oiilcers TO
pr,side over the ballot boxes, taking care to select
them with especial referen to the unscrupuo man
rer in which they would discharge their duty.
Having coLe all this they ftlt reasonably Sc
cure agaItt everything except absolute reyou-
iiun. Iley then proceeded to dsorg gaDlze the Free
State party ard prevent them from bavirg any party
- ..lical ,ct. ON with auY sort Of eficlencY Thev