Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1856-08-20

RACES WOULD nuf nave been cofnmiUeu IN nan
sa- IL lle Missouri Compromise had never
been repealedf All the outrages there are in
clear and palpshle violation Of the organie
Law. aud IL is~iess men will violate one Law
will they not vio.aie anotherS" Aud agaln
he asks: "If the repeal Of the Missouri Com
promise has committed these mischief. 10
Kansas. Why has IL not done so in Nebraska
II il va. bad act. II would produce bad
fruits sp>ry rA.rs"
This, fellow citizens. Is the reasoning Of a
SENATORS Winch 20 you most admire. his
theology or his logief Letus Try his rsiaefi,
sd sts9rdsm. A malicious person throws
down my fence. aud lets the hogs and cattle
in TO destroy my crop: but impuden;ly tells
me must not hold him accountable. lest
charge the Divine Being who made him. with
being the author Of the mischief "iIow do
you know" says he. "Lut that the cattle
might have pushed the fence down. and got
in Of their own aecordf'' but. sir. you ipsi
ted them in." saysI. No, at all. sir, | only
pulled the fence slowu. but told them all the
while they must not 90 in " We will not pur-
sue tnt ou thte abelfurt point ut
Sena or may safely be turned over to any boy
Of ten. who has ordinary intelligence.
"But why is Nebraska quiet?'' he triumph.
antly asks. by way ofa settler. And we ask.
in reply. why are the Arctic regions quietS"
Kansas is on the slave border Of Missouri and
Nebraska is on the free border of Iowa Aud
besides. we suppose Gov Wise has not yet
discovered that il is profitable ground for
breeding slaves
His last point is. the remedy for the evils in
Kansas. the Senate's bill for admitting il n
s tate He sets forth the substance of the BILL
and alledges that the BLACK Republicans"
in the Senate voted againsti.. He says. "ihey
voted against the repeal OF the obnoxious
laws ofth Kansas Legislature; against the
restoration of the freedom Of speech and Of the
press; and against the abrogation Of the test
oaths. but driven to the wall, all their pre-
texts one by one taken from them, their last
resort was to make the audacious charge that
the bill was intended to make Kansas slave
State: thus admitting that a majority of the
bona fde settlers Of Kansas are in favor of sla
very, for the bill says that majority shall
decide the question"
Here is the rub. We assert tha, IL mas and
is the intention OF the bill tn make Kansas
slave State. and Mr.. Bright, by calling it an
"audacious charge" cannot escape it. These
pretended laws establish slavery there. as ev-
cry one knows. by prescribing severe penal
lies. even death. for i-.erferi.s With si~~s
property. Now. the Senate. by abrogating
the lave above referred TO. for which Mr.
Bright claims great credit. distinctly took che
ground that they had power over the subject;
aud we put il TO Mr.. Bright, aud we demand
an answer. and the country demands an
swer-Why did you not repeal those slavery
laws passed by this fraudulent legisl ture?-
There can be but one answer. II shown by
your repeal of the Compromise. it is shown
by your puerilc excuses for ii; II is shown by
your trucking to Atehison and doing his bid
ding; il is shown by your efforts to put free
State men in the wrong and to palla.e, ex
tenuate anu Justify the Kansas outrages; it is
shown by the evident satisfaction with which
you assert. contrary TO the known fact. that
WhJotlty oi tue ooHs bue stttstrs oi hdhsh> ue-
sire to make it slave State: it is shown by
your denunciatiea Of men, of whom it is small
praise to say they are quite as good as your
self. as Black Republicans and Abolitionists.
for merely resisting slavery extension; that
you are determined To make Kansas n slave
STATE. You belong to the Douglas school Of
politicians; your only hope of advancement
being by selling yourself to tie slave power.
Your apology will not do. sir: it has come too
late. and it shows no deep and thorough re-
pentanee for past sins.
IN your letter you express the hope that lin
this contest the voice Of Indiana will be heard
proelaiming her devotion to the Union and
the Constitution" No fear Of that, sir; she
will proclaim that sentiment. in voice that
will make some Of her unfaithful servants
shake IN their shoes. Indiana Is conservative.
She resists all seetionalism. and most Of all.
that which seeks TO push a sectional despot-
ism Into the free Territories OF the Union.