Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1856-09-24


ion, only for reasons which IN the eases ofnme
existing States had been declared nntenable
and OF no account
ind them dlsregarding free constitution,
adupled ~ legal. constitutional ana tllne-
saAncnoneq manner, (and which no man can
douM 70 nave rejected the VIII OF the people,
ana supporting law toproduce substitute,
wlnchlt Is easy to show woult have perpetua-
ted m the state government the usurpation
which haa bg force already seized upon the
government OF the territory
bud theplrefusiig 70 make appropriations
for the army unless that army is to be used to
enforce a code OF laws ylolative, on their face,
otsthe constitution, enacted by 4 legislature ~
the violation Of the law OF the United States,
aud imposed by foreign force npon conquered
and subjugated American citizens.
| find them, in word, steadily aiding by all
their Congressional action to make slave
Estate IN northern ATTITUDES, and that too
against tile Will OF its lnhabitants.
lind that one member who more than any
other stood out against the enslavement OF his
whste fellow7cltlzens, Is refused denomination
by the Democratic party OF his district
md IN the canvass now going on that the
whole tone OF their party press is in the same
direction. When the first startling intelligence
OF the outrages III Kansas reached the States,
Their EDITORS denounced the foul wrong in terms
Of hitting Indignation. 1t was but a spasmod-
&c effort, however, and in Difference to the
South, and the prevailing sentiment of the
party, they have dropped off, one after the
other, until now, as far as | have been able to
ascertain, there Isl not Democratic paper
which dares boldly to justify and defend the
iree state party, and denounce their invaders.
In place OF encouragement and sympathy for
thelr outraged feilow-eltlzens from the North,
tnere is littie else than Jeers and rldicule for
Their oppressed and suffering eondltlon-mis-
representation OF their motives ana conduct,
ana pretended ihcredullty OF the statements
anu app p s.. when tNey SEND 10 ther nfethe-
ren Vi the States. @
L una thef speakers eXhiolting the same
splrlt-sohe OF Vheh Ignoring tne question en-
'ire'y o'hers Oh them treating IL win pefVer,
s,ons nilSrepresenVatiolls, anu iaise issues ana
oonei9 .'A.''S openly 'ie sue u 'ne oppreSs-
ossi ouo NJ o'ie Vi e'ieni 'osocaVlls 'le cause
2, ha..sas' or lasoii. ner auliliss'oh uluer tle
iee '''''0' oo''S'i'u'lo" 'iuop'ea ny ner pep
PIE
IN Tue pliohc eei,iohS'fatloiis anu professions
VI inc pal'y' i hhe oa'''iefs anu oefices con
talnihg oru9al insuits, III response 10 the APP
peaiS u Gllat people lof projection against IN
pafalleieu wrongs, calc'iateo' as no douot they
llluse DE ,hVehueo' 70 prepare she masses. lor a
coi'Ii ielus''! u fiSe'ce anu protecCioh' ana
a relentless persistence III outrage ana oppres-
SioI
l hnu an we DeHioera's oouVn, ana por-
ton OF Tue democracy o, or ,the North. boldly
[ePuu,a'iHS Ihe h"hsas-1NeptasN'' OH insisting
'at slavery mas fiSlfe 10 go llto the terFlto-
Ies, IN spite OF congress OF the people; and
that the inhabitants OF; the territory have no
rignt 10 pass territorial laws to forbid 1t or ex-
cipae u democratic representatives from
pennsylvania even, IN the Senate and the
Rouse, hold ana proclaim theSe Opinions whilst
other Representatives from pennsylvania, with
democratic leaders from other States, declare
themselves publicly TO be non-commtted upon
TINS heresy; the inevitable tendency OF which,
1t is easy to show, will be to prevent almost
entirely the formation of any more. !.
Having originated movement myself to
AID our people, by senting them men and mon
ey, ana having prosecuted it with the strlctest
avoldence OF party character, and studied
peutrality as 10 the political canvass, and hav-
ing earnestly asked the cooperation of men of
ail parties, have failed to'enlist in it, to my
knowledge, single Democrat In the Con-
genuoh OF cleveland and Buffalo, called with
out distinction OF party, in turtherance of this
enterprise, there was no Democrat present,
put myself This cannot have been from any
want want OF generosity or OF means, but only in
oeferehce TO the prevailing tone and sentiment
81 the party, winch Is enlisted upon the other
sac le,, OF tne question And not only have they
aostalhed from aiding the movement, but in
shelf presses and by their private influence
nave eney endeaVored to cripple and retard 1t,
~ sneefihS at u, warning the community
against IT. as treasonabie, and declaring that
the money would be mlsapplied, thus endeav-
orlng 10 prevent contributions even from the
friends OF the measure. M
might go on with this catalogue and emu
merate other indications, If necessary, showing
that the prevailing tone OF theiparty is hostile
70 Kansas; consider 1t only necessary to
add, that what have said relates but to the
orth. The Sonth where the great mass OF
the party is 10 De found, makes no pretenslon,
as whole, to the advocacy OF anything but
pure border rutflanlsm
What, then, have the Free State men of
Kansas to expect from Democratic Admins