The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-25


ssif, by authority Of Judge Lecompte, and hold
him in irons under . guard Of government
troops win siill say No: appeal to the consti-
tuition, AMI to my rights under II, and say no r.
You may shoot him. and scalp him; but while be
has life to breathe the word he viii answer. " No,
answer no.
This Il the difhculiy with Gov. Geary. He en-
tiers upon bis Office TO enforce an outrageous, I'M
constitutional and despotic code, to which no free
born and intelligent American citizen can submit
Kansas was freely opened TO settlers from the
North and The Soaih-the North began 10 pour
In their contributions Atchi@on began D. he
alarmed. and upon the first Kansas election h.
invaded he Territory with an army from Mis
souri,. forcibly elected Legislature to suit Lls
purposes and this spurious Legislature and it,
bloody code are N tes, q American citizenship
to which The free white settlers Of Kansas have
been, are and are stil 10 be subjected at the h.
card Of bah and chain, broadsgord, fire, robbery
bullet and thc scalpiEg knife.
This i The policy Of Gov. Geary. Bat hc i
very modest about 4, Hear him in bis own per
suasve mockely o. Cancellation 10 the iasaltca
free white settlers or Kansas
Yon have TIE fgnl ask the next feyslNtaee 70 y
wise any AMI az avs and = ne e.asu ne, a. yea vaiee
he PEACE Il Terrsory an1 ne acnsace 81 fetars
lsws, would earnestly ask yea 70 rer1n ron 81 yoa
ton o. tho present si-ues sm sure there = gs,nolsn
the lac Al. the psovlslons of ths consu,flon
he lred states mast 90 sAcrciy eescryet AL The 49,
= cersress haying reference % sh' lsrrory msi ~
respected
The decisions CT our courts must BE- re-
spccted' Now, here , decision Of tie high
court oc Judge Lecompte, which covers tie
whole ground
srrsE IycoSrTNs pniNTuoS O. Elsu rKxtsaS.
MS Territory was orgsaizei by at OF Csngress,
and 60 ar Is authority the ntei States. !, ts
Leg,isure elected IN PURSUANCE o. that orgar'; az
lhsr legislature, being an nstrumert OF coegrexs ~
which governs the Tertiary has p2ssei aws- These
lava. therefore. are q cited eles sesao ~ And nssue
End all that resst ihese laws RESIST tie sser and A.
thory Of the ratsc states ard are, therefore guilty
Now. gentlemen II you sod ta, any persons have ".
sisted these laws voc rsi unaer your oa.hs FAD
bills asainst such persons Tor high tTeasoa II 700 Cad
Tia. such resistance has beco made but that eoco'a,
and nesvauas Of nfuercc and notoriey have ueea aid
ing end alb ting IN such combinations, then must YOU
s,i.i Gld b.s fer const .'iye hcaaon, &c.
Here are all the essentials OF an absolute military
despotism over kansas-aisclnte and complete, ey-
cept in the armed and righteous resistance OF the
American people there, who can neither be Ora
gooned. nor burnt. nor chained, nor shot aud
scalped into submission. Here we have the adj
minshation at Washington. with il Governor
judges and juTies its posse comtat,ss aud dragons.
and the auxiliary ruflan forces Of Atchison aud
his border rufians, all working tremendously To-
ge.her for the single object Of coercing the free
State settlers into obedience, or their expulsion
determination Try an DISCRIMINATING war.
On the first day Of October q new Territorial
Legislature is TO be elected in Kansas. The great
desideratum has been TO clean cut the free State
settlers in advance Of that election but the late
free State rcinforcements under General Lane
have turned the tables for the present, and the
border suffans have had to retreat. Yet on the
same day with this October election there h 10
be general militia muster throughout the Terri
tory expressly designed to cover mp another Mis-
souri, armed Invasion. And 10 provide for the
freedom of Missouri outsiders in this election. il
has been enacted by the 10Th section Of the Mis-
souri-Kansas code. that whenever any person
hall offer to vote he shall be presumed TO be en-
titled to vote and the 10th section says when
ever any person offers 10 VOTE his vote may b.
challenged by one Of the judges, or by any voter,
and the judges Of the election may examine him
touching his right to vote and if 80 examined,
no evidence to contradict shall be received"
That means in the language Of a Philadel-
pbia contemporary, that If bogus voter sub
mits 10 be examined under oath upon challenge
he cannot be contradcted and hi assertions must
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were as evident as the sun in the cloudlcss mid
day
Such is the democratic slavery -eyending mill
tary <lespo,ism now established over Kansas, such
Is lis origin and such are its infamous aud afro
cious acts, TO which free white free born and
I'VE "ill subluc you,' says Mr.. Senator Douglas;
and this Is the whole scheme Of subjugation upon
which Governor Gcary has entered with such an
insulting air Of good will and peace No wonder
that his inaugural is seconded by a renewal Of
the war: no wonder that the people Of Kansas
should regard this new King as but a new dcspo,
In place Of the old one What hopeful begin
ming Tor IL ! new instrument, OF torture and spo
iiation. He says, "You have the right 10 ask the
next Legislature 10 rcvisc any and all laws" bal
Mr. Geasy knows that the next Legislature is
expected 10 leave nothing further to he done.
and that IL work is intended to embrace even
pro-slavcry constitution and the admission o.
Kansas into the Union as q slave State
We shall zee how thc Governor comes out with
this October election. As preliminary step he
has ordered The free State settlers to dishand
their military organizations. The next steps will
probably be the 'gand o,tyte" Of the Missouri
militia the election of another bogus Legislature.
and bogus popular convention. and
bogus pro-slavcry State constitution. and
message from poor Pierce, submitting
Il to Congress. All these steps may he taken;
ard yet the contamination Of this gigantic swim
dle upon popular government may be defeated
by The election OF Fremont. There lies our safe
ty against fraud which, If carried out. will only