The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-07-24
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OF all the schemes devised by the Sla-
very ExtensioHists for the furtherance Of
their nefarious projects, none is SO COM
Pletely stepped In hypocrisy as the bill for
the enslavement of Kansa invented by
TooMBs and DOUGLAS. and which having
passed the Senate, is now in the House.
The Buchanan papers call It the Kansas
Pacifcation Bill. It IS sugar coated
pill, and if swallowed by enough IRE q
State men in the House, to secure its
enactment, will purge Ksnsas.of the. last.
vestge Of Free L .bor and blacken its soil
with Slavery. i
To show, that the bill is grossly hypo-
critical, it is necessary only to point out
the fact, THAT inits speeious pretense of
fairne SIS, t.recies, in substance, onr bill sf
rights, declaring that nolaw shall behind
ing in Kansas which abridgeslthe Freedom
of the Press, Of the freedom of Speech.
and yet at the very, moment Of the pas
sage Of that bill, and for months before,
the whole civil Federal force of Kansas,
backed up by the military of the United
States, were employed in afresting Free
State men for treason, in that they DISC
beyed the laws of. Kansas which makes il
a crime even to assert that. Slayefv does
notexist that Territory, Men are, under
guard of U. s. Stroopsthis very day. sin
+ ansas, awaiting their-triaI Cor their lives
under the force of those laws which this
deceiful act pretends to condem n. Free
presses have been destroyed under orders
of the United Sites Court In Kansas, as
nuisances, and its editors are now in pris-
on for doing what this TooMBs and Doue :
LAS bill say they have right to,do.sx aasA
Again, thisbilt proclaims that private
property shall nos be taken for pubic use.
without full compensation, and yet, day
afterday, the fopcessenrolled bysSHAgsoS
under the sanction of the President, ARE.
robbing men, women and children, in
Kansas, of their very food and clothing:
even stealing the jewelry from the persons
of the women of that Territory.-s==---..
Bullock atthef practical application of
this bill. Byit the President appoints
five Commissioners, before whom, those
who were actual, residents. of Kansas on
the 4eh 4ofsJaly inst, shall appear and
register their names. and thus be entitled
to-yote in the autumn for delegates to a
Convention TO formaa. State Constitution.
What aanockery of justice to place ssuclf
appointing power ain the hand of Frank
Pierce, at whose door lies all the dam.
ming responsibility for theoutragesinKa
sas, aud who,at thisYefy moment sustdins
by altthe civil and military power at his
command the laws made bysa Legislature
elected under the, most glaring frauds
which ever disgraced the elective fran
chise. Look at Pierce's civil officers now
III Kansas under his appointments, and
then answer. can any honest man vote to
commit fun ther power over that misruled
Territory into his hands,? The C1mmis.
sioners are also tohave the power Of ap;
pointing Judges of the election fer dele.
gates to the State Conventions From
what has been, it can ereadily seen what
will be under such judges as gCommis-
sioners Of I'1ERcE's appointing would se-
'ltct. sa..as 2 sf 81 s@aasskl sa 2sI
The crowning outrage. however. Of this
bill of abolnin ttions, taken in connection
with existing facts, sithe fixing of the time
at which persons must be residents Of the
Territory to secure a. right sofaregistry
and a ight to voteAto wit: the fourth day
Of July inst. That the understanding
between the Border Rufians now IN Kan
cas-, and the trainers Of tfiislyi ig bill. was
completes proved BY the history Of Kan
sas affairs just before the 4th. The unu-
sual activity Of the Rufians in driving
Free State men over the borders, and in
keeping out new comers, is now perfect
ly explained II was to meet the require
ments Of this bin. The Rufiahs acted IA
concert with the trainers Of this bill, and
were to Danish Free State men, and drive
back Northern migrants, 50 that on The
4th Of July, the majority of actual set
tiers would be Pro-Slavery men The
bill has been delayed on It's passage, SO
that the wires Of the whole thing are ex-
posed. Every one now can see why the
Chicago colony and others were driven
back, Just at that time, with somuch zeal
and Why such energy has been used for a
few weeks back, in driving on. Free State
settlers. But another feature in this cum
I,ningly devised bill, is. that this Gonstitu
ton framed for Kansas, by a, Convention
elected under these FIVE Commissioners, Is
not to be submitted to the people for rdtifca-
| ton. It's to be binding without any such
ratification. Here is another specimen Of
the regard had by. DoueLAs and CAss for
squatter sovereignty. This IS Democra-
| cy when passed through the crucible. of
/ toifa'ery,s Ya3ssr1 rs s5as.g7s- s.sss.as..
And vet another feature Of this bill,