The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-10-01
Who is RaSponSihla.


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VINO is Responsible.
The organs Of the Black Republican
party dare not meet the question, who is
Responsible and for the proiongation of
anarchy in Kansas; and for the existence
OF the disgraceful enactments against the
rights Of its citizens, which still disgrace
the Statute Book OF the Territory. -.
Twice, We have shown, the Senate pass
ed bill to the repeal those enactmnts, or
declare them void oJ tnitio Twice the
Black Republican Uoase refused to act
upon them.
Senator Crttcnden, ct the close of the
extra session, speaking of this dereIiction
OF the House; and its contrast with the
action Of the Senate, said:
1--WE are about to adjourn, after all cur
efforts, and leave Kansas in the same de-
plorable condition in which we found her
at our meeting. Tile Senate has not been
dere(tct u its d"ty on thts subject During
the laie session of Congress, we passed a
bill for the admission Of Kansas into the
! Union as State. 1t made the necessary
provisions promptly to carry ont and ac-
compllsh that purpose. That bill was
not acceptable TO the House of Rcpresen-
/ tatlveS, and has not been acted upon there,
or even considered. If the provisions
whlch 1t contained for q formation of a
State constitution were unsatisfactory, it
W&S lii ;he power Of that House to have
maic any change or alteration or amend
mcnt IL them. If the qualification of
voters, If ;hc residence required, if the
time prescribed for the election or if any
oi the various proceedings required as
preparatory to the formation Of a consti-
ton, and her admission into the Union,
were unsatisfactory, they could bave been
amended by the party which seems to have
tIie practical najority in the House, as
suning TO bc the peculiar friends of Kan
sas, AID 10 desire her admission as State,
as the best remedy for all her troubles
They have totally neglected to take any
notice of that BILL"
. The session closed, and the extra ses-
sion called by the President, is ap-
preaching its close. and nothing has yet
been done--nothing to settle the affairs
OF Kansas or to stay the bloody and wide
! spreading course Of anarchy which there
prevails.
The senator from Kentucky not only
showed that the House was responsible
for refusing to repeal acts upon which the
insurrectiouary movements in Kansas were
ostensibIy based, and equally opposed to
quieting those disorders, 10y new laws, or
by the cxertion of force, in the upholdng
of civil order; but he showed the motive
for all this recklessness and Indifference to
public calamitieS.
at is known to every one whoAae4<1
me--is there one so uLeandid as Ia dem
it--that these troubles iifs KansaS 20 "a
form the great elements and> AZ xcite.
ment achich IS expected % carry Fysmost
into the Presidency? WEsAKL KNOW
II. And poor Kansas! a0hat is her des-
tiny, Gnd what her part here? She must
remain a scene of blood; and more, in their
bloody winding sheets, in the virgin soil ol
Kansas, must be victims, IN order to propt.
tiote fortunes IN fauos Of particular party
election IN tile United States. YOU MUST
HAVE VICTIMS FROM KANSAS
You must have emissaries to announce
those victims; you must have witnesses ol
you must at least have telegraphs to estab'
lisn their truth throughout the land; and
stump speeches or, if 4 may say 50, LONG
senatorial speeches, cut up into hell : do
zen little ones, would serve the purpose o
many little cross-road gathering, ane
many o stump to rouse the people te
madness and to mutiny Sir, this is the tenn
per existing in the countrY at this time
and it tends greatly to increase apprehen
!. sion, that while this policy is pursued mere
lly for the purpose of carrying nn. election
lt may collaterally have the fatal effect .
! stirring up CIvIL 1ysA r. in the land q
4 This is the Language Of him who wa
wont to be called ethe noble Crittenden
lHis the lsngnage Of Glayton and Benja