Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-02-27

Missouri. and she ssrid cvcf. The uDho,y eon-
dncs Of these men, put TO the .cOsnpeudium Of
the United Ssaies cciisas~ for 1885, shord TOO
much light for .Sicgers~ and ss,ch M osn ,hem
not, Did they, Afcti-on 4 Co. not knny, that,
Ly s.sosing to Sue sind they were IikeIy to reap
the whisswind r Perhaps not one soter in thir.
~ IN Missunri, ovns the leg or 6nger Of siavc.
Ia not this ohiiBoszs Ali psra know that where
ssavery sboands Trigger mean) j; depresses
white hbor IL keeps down TIE value OF lands !;
IL diseorrsgeBcBs 10 enterprise and energy IL
q biadssace 10 Common Srhpois Il drss hack
10 internal Improvements. Yet, i err. Them -
erer did, and 50 did aud do all my psogeniiors,
both on the pAternai and maternal sides. Nine
are as valuable "a those are bz.longing 10 any
gentleman IN Missouri, or anywhere else; shd
will defend INV rights with a. much sigor and
pertinaeity as God and my powers will enable me
20 do. But rather than witness such barbarons
assaults and stabs. again, upon the Constitution,
upon the Bill of Rights, upoa order, deeeney,
morals, virtue and religion, upon law and justice,
for the sake and intent Of making By .foree Kan
sss slave State, sooner, lar sooner would see
ms negroes and those OF all my Kindred, and all
in Missouri, and all in the United States, SOW ed
up in one hinge sack, thousand mill stones fas-
tened TO that, and the whole cast into the depths
Of the Pacific. / am virginian and on my
way up the river from ST. Louis, on the boats
and a, the ianding,, this past fall, both and
heard what shall but family describe.
And now few words concerning Kansas. 1t
contains some very rich lands and some very good
timber These lie In strips, with wide interveD-
ing belts of only tolerable, and very good for
nothing hills, preeipices and dales. The reser.
vstions are by far the best Ii has been said
that the Kansas Legislature so called, was legal
Reconstructed body; that Judges John Doe and
Richard Roe, said SO; that the border Democrats
including Uncle Davy, said so; that Mr. Pierce,
our Great Father said so or at least nodded as
sent. Well, how stand the factgt Missouri
Democrats some Of them pretty well of, as the
phrase is, and numbers Of others neither owning
nor claiming foot OF land on the globe, nor a
horse, COW, sheep or gun, were hired TO 90 and
do the voting, the cursing, the drinking and
other overt Democratic acts. Twenty-Five OF
these Patriots headed and ma, shalled by God.
loving and God-serving Divine, came all the way
from Macon County SO miles TO vote. Who
ever has right to vote, has the right 20 be
electcd--then you know the balance. This sage
body of Legislators moved the seat Enforcement
to the Indian counfry--leit Kansas for Broth
err Johnson's in the Indian country; and there
they passed real Democratic laws, and sent them
into Kansas. Did not a certain Greek lawgiver
"a Spartan perhapsl give his country code
which they were not to alter or repeal until his
return, ard then he voluntarily starved himself
to deathy Well, Just so did the Jackson Van
Buren,, Polk, Atchison, and Stringfellow demo-
Gratis Of X. Legislature. They are all dead
When Johnson first entered the territory, he was
Il am told very poor, and entered riding on an
ass, and colt the foal of an ass. But now,
who expects to hear him say, "silver and gold
have noney" Bah! he is worth his hundred
thousands, and think two sections of land in
the reserve; but Mr. Manypcnny knows whether
1t is so or not.
But to return; if all earth, sea aud skies as
scrt that the Kansas Legislature was LOCALLY
constituted body, will it not be a bs- .eaccd hep
Can an honest man say its Ag';,p n, Iowa is mo-
wing rap'dlyoln Improvement leaving Missouri
OUT . OF s'ghi, ana sooa' cry soon, few or no
6, Is'';s w." H. .oo o Kansas Nebraska ria
80, H.. 90 Ias. err Your city and the river
49,. and will lose millions, all from
- ~: onduct. Henceforth and forever the
- al be through southern Iowa. I,
d. ave been i'll Kansas aud can say OF truth
: at there are few, sery fer abolitionsts there;
hut a large majority are for making Kansas II
free State; and very many Of them are not from
the North or east either They are from Carroll
ma, Virginia. Tennessee, Kentucky and R'ssou-
ri! Don't this show that A.chison settled his
tavern bill when his host was from home! Inc
frequent assaults made upon the persons, pro-
perry and sacred rights of citizens, fill even hon
est republicans and Shareholders with disgust and
adherence The settlers in Kansas we're every
where styled ignoramuses serlS, pauperS, vaga.
bonds, towards, dastards and "nigScr stealere; .
| was ready to shoot them down as woTa
wolves ut first sight. got my revovers
ready Bat | thought 1, would first go
into Kansas and see the scamps myself
| And what did they appear TO be when seen
| and conyersed with? more industrious, neat,
clearly, sober, peacable orderly, well educated
and well bred people are not to be found on the
face OF the Earth, than very many OF them are.
| found them to be good historians, mathematl-
clans, grammarians, and even linguists. Some
had read with profit Herodotus, Ncnophon, Liv-
v, Ovid, Homer, and Virgil, &c, &C., and were
by no means ignorant OF the laws of nature and
nations; Internationally, the common law, mar
tial law; the laws of Congress and of many OF
the Statcs-and the laws of High ieaven.-
Without drawing any comparison inv:d ously,
there are scores Of them who could make fool
of Atchison, in Astronomy, Geometry, Law,
Philosophy, or any thing or any art or science
YOU coud name. Icould not find it in my heart
to shoot one of them, merely because they could
not agree with me that 1t was better for our hap
piness and prosperity to own slaves and not be
dependent ON free labor. So | left them, deter
mined to keep my slaves and let them make
Kansas Slave State, or a Free one, as they, the
only rightiul judges, deem best for themselves
and their posterity.