Minnesota weekly times., 1856-10-04

I and them refusing 70 make approp ations
Tor the army, unless that army il used to enforce
coae OF lave violative on their face, Of the
Coosslsuaou, enacted BY Legislature in viola
posed 6y foreign force upon conquered and SUBJ
jugatcd american citizens. "a 20
hnd them, 10 word, steadily abiding by ali
their Congregational action to make . Slave State
in Northern latitudes, and that, too, against The
will Of its inhabitants.
! find that one Member, who more than any
other .stood out against the enslavement Of Ihis
white fellow .citixens, is refused Reorganization
by the Democratic party Of his district.
whole tone Of their party press in The same di-
rection. When the first startling intelligence Of
tho outrage in Kansas reached the States. thei,
editors denounced the foul wrong in terms Of. tt.
ting Indignation. II was but srAsmodic effort.
however, and in Difference to the South and the
prevailing sentiment Of the party, they have
dropped Of, one after the other, until now. 10
lar as have been able to ascertain, there is not
Democratic paper which dares boldly to Justify
and defend the Free State party, and denounce
their invaders. In place Of encouragement and
sympathy for their outraged fellow-citizens from
tho North, there is little else than ridicule and
jeers for their oppressed and suffering condi-
ton misrepresentation of their motives and
conduct, and pretended incredulity of the
statements and appeals which they send their
brethren of the States.
! and their speakers exhibiting the same
spirit-some of them ignoring the question
entirely; others of them treating them with DER.
versions, misrepresentation and false issues /;
and others taking openly the side of the oppres.
sors but no one Of them advocating the cause
of Kansas, or favoring her admission under the
Free State Constitution adopted by her people.
In the public demonstrations and professions
Of the party, find banners and devices contain
ing brutal insults, in response to the appeals of
that people for protection against unparalleled
wrongs, calculated, as no doubt they must be in
tended, to prepare the masses for continual re.
fusal Of justice and protection, and a relentless
persistence in outrage and oppression. !
/ find all the Democrats South, and q portion
of the Democracy of the North, boldly repudia-
ting the Kansas Nebraska bill, BY insisting that
Slavery has right to 60 into the Territories. in
spite Of Congress or the people; and that the
inhabitants of the Territories have ne right to
pass Territorial laws to forbid it or exclude it.
Democratic Representatives from Pennsylyania
even, in the Senate and the House, hold and pro.
claim these opinions; while other Representa-
tives from Pennsylvania, with Democratic leaders
from other States, declare themselves publicly to
be non-committal upon this heresy; the inevita.
BILE tendency of which, it is easy to show, will be
to prevent almost entirely the formation of any
more Free States. :,
Having originated movement myself, to aid
our people by sending them men and money. and
having prosecuted it with the strictest avoidance
of party character and studied neutrality as to
the political canvass, and having earnestly asked
the corporation of men of all parties, have
failed to enlist in it, to my knowledge, a single
t. kbo M :,
Buffalo, called without distinction of party, in
furtherance of this enterprise, there was no De-
mocrat present but myself. This cannot have
been from any want of generosity or of means,
but only in Difference to the prevailing tone
and sentiment of the party which is enlisted on
the other side of the question. And not onlv
have they abstained from aiding in the movement,
but in their presses and by their private influence
they have endeavored to cripple and retard it BY
sneering at it, warning the community against It
as reasonable, and declaring that the money
would be misapplied, thus endeavoring to prevent
contributions even from friends Of the meas
ure. a- r 7noa
might 60 on with this catalogue and enume-
rate other indications, if necessary, showing that
the prevailing tone of the party is hostile to Kan
sas; but only consider it necessary to add that
what have said relates but to the North, The
South, where the great mass of the party is to be
found. makes no pretension, as u whole, to the
advocacy of anything but pure Border Rufianism.
What, then, have the Free State men of Kan
sas to expect from Democratic Administration,
even if presided over by MIR. Buchanan If he
could be left to act upon his own impulses, unaf-
fected by external influences, and free from all
pledges and obligations, expressed and implied,
the case would be different. But, unfortunately,
this is not 80. His election would rightfully be
considered decision against us, whatever may
be his own private feelings. His Offices at WASH
ington, in Kansas and elsewhere, would necessa-
riy, to large extent, be filled with our enemies.
His information would come through distorted
medium; and lastly, he could not aid US without
first having made up his mind to be abandoned
and warred upon by his own party. The South
would charge him with violating his pledges, and
turn upon him with the bitterest hostility, and al
least portion of the Northern Democracy would
follow their example. He would thus be left
without party to supper: his Administration,
unless he should cast himself into the arms of the
Republicans. We cannot, it seems to me, either
ask or expect him to do this upon question
where party lines are so plainly drawn before his
election. Like all other men in the same situa.
ton he must obey the party sentiment on which
he is elected. That there are Democrats iu
Pennsylvania who are full of indignation against
the South in regard to Kansas, am we'll aware
and that they would use their influence to redress
her wrongs, am well satisfied. But they are
too few in proportion to the whole party of the
Union to sustain his Administration in war with
his party. They have as yet been unable to
make their opinions appear and be felt with the
party, and, of course, cannot do SO hereafter.
honor their good intentions, but cannot believe
in their power. 4 ~
Irepcat, that have been forced to these con.
illusions after no slight struggle with my feelings
and inclnations. Should Mr.. Buchanan be elect.
ed, and his administration be different from
what my judgment compels me to believe, shall
give it r:v cordial appreciation, and my feeble
though willing support. As believe now,
must regard the Democratic party, as Il.ss Il.s com
mitted 70 Southern Sectionalism, toward which,
for some time past, it has been rapidly tending
and quit it, &ell assured that rny duty to my
country demands at my hands this sscri6ce ol
personal feeling, i'sT}
aa Very truly yours, .sel ..s'.l -. :
A. II. REEDER.
The Author Of the Lies.
tits worthy of remark that all the attacks upor
Col. Fremont, nearly all, have originated in Wash
ington. Even those which are borne to US from
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