The Richmond palladium., 1856-05-08

and Illinois. and the improvements on the one
side with those cn the other, and were salts
he'd that Ii was their dusr 10 build no free
Commonwealth. In this conviction there ii
great unanimIty among the citizens Of Kansas
Tie only dsSenIients being the appoin,ees o.
the Government, and their immediate friends
Ali the rest. and warmest vmony them ars
those who have been sent from the slave States
10 fssten the institution of slavery upon the
Territory. are for . free State.
tie noticed In a manner not to be forgotten
the infamous election law passed by the bogus
legislature. BY which. freemen have to buy
the right OF suffrage. which is sold lust a,
cheap 10 Missouri ruffan, as to a.rssident ot
the IerritorN. Both alike can vote on the
same condition. The one whose right is in
herent must pay the same price in order to ex-
ercise his birth right, that citizen oil Mis-
sour must give for the right 10 tyrannize over
a tree people. Squat;er sovereignty has been
found to mean the right OF self government
tor the people of the territories only condition
that they will establish slavery. This is lis
>lgniica'lon in the vocabulary OF Douglas Sc
Go. Under this law. the sheriff stands bv
the polls. and all who paw him the dollar NAV
vote-those who will not buy the right OF a
freeman, or cannot paw for it, are alike dis
tranchised. In addition to this. a challenge
"S VIC HciiS com ptlS the NOtcF 10 swear 10 ST D
port the constitution of the United S;a.es the
Fugitive Slave Law. &c.. or lose his vote
He then glanced at the cold blooied cruel
ties Of the Missourans upon the defeuseless
people of kanSas,-murder after murder com
mltted, under circumstances Of aggravafion
without parallel IN the annals of even saw
age warfare. De!enseess men shot down bv
cowardly assassins. Ministers of the Gospel
OF Jesus Christ. non resisientS, tarred and
feathered, and set adrft on a raft made Of I&is,
In the midst Of the Missouri river and in the
nlght.-men OF whom any Christian com
munity might we'll be proud. These were
the every day occurrences of border life under
Frank Pierce's administration of the Popular
Sovereignty doctrines of the times But the
most horrld murder of modern times was that
OF MAJOR Brown by these Missourians He
was their prisoner. They had pl dyed their
faith to treat him kindly; but the pledge was
broken AS soon it had lured "A brave man
into their power. They took him into room
by himself. stripped him ard putt rope around
his neck. He asked them To give him chance
Tor his lfe--to let him ii 5ht any two Of them.
but all IN vain. They started towards the door
with him. and becoming more furious. they
could not wait To see him die upon the galows, |
pounced upon him with hatchets, and cut and
hacked him IN most horrid manner, then
kicked and knocked his bleeding and almost |
llteless body along the ground 10 wagon at
a distance from where lie fell. flung him into |
1t. and drove him. bleeding and dying. eight |
miles over rough road. through the coldest /!
night of last winter TO his home. into which
they threw him 10 his wife TO die. The cup
OF our suffering, and the measure of our for
bearance is full.
He then glanced at tie action of the free
State party. Their Convention-the harmony
of the people IN calling it, and framing their /
Constitution Il was the act of he people !
Seventy thousand people were backing tha,
Constitution and asking admission into the |
Union. II is Republican CONSTITUTIONAL
liberal, free Constitution; and the question is,
VIII you keep them QUIZ" Why? Kansas
has twice the white population of Florida; /
and If you count her colored people, She has
one hundred and seventy thousand inhabitan.
TO this rule Douglas & Company ough. no, to
object; FOR The bogus Legislature which they
approve. elected an Indian to the office of Pro
bae Judge IN one of the counties of Kansas "
In the history of the admission Of Florida, of
Michigan. Of Texas and California. he found
sufficient answer TO all objections Of form that
can pe urged TO the admission OF Kansas
He closed By vindicaion of him self a rainst
the ISLANDERS OF Douglas & Company at Wash
ington. and the little fry who have sucked up
these fal>ehoods and began to eject in this
Sate. lie noticed Douglas and Gov Wright
IN calm and dignitied way that must make
them ashamed Of themselves, II they are sus-
ceptlble OF that emotion. Ehey use the slsr-
der. not TO affect Mr.. Lane but the cause Of
Kansas.
The who speech was full of facts, full Of
argument, and delivered with great power
and effect. Would that every voter in Indi-
ana could hear it. II would erSu~e triumph
TO the Peoples Ticket such as has never been
IN this State. No honest man can
hear him and not despise the rnieereants, who.
in the name Of popular sovereignty and Dera-
ocracy, seek "Io wage cruel war against human
nature itself. and crush ou; Of tree people
lie last spark of liberty and manhood Let
the people inscrbe upon their banner during
Inc present canvass: KANSAS SHALL BE AD-
NITTED. and II will be done bv such an out
pouring OF popular gooo will will De- too
mighty to De resisted bv political trickstrrs
" { annexed Texas brcause she was peopled
with our brethren and threatened bv the
Mexicans. hansas is peopled by our breth.
rem. her soil reeks with their blood, cruelty
shed by assaSsins. set on BY the spirit and
teachings OF our afversaries, and justified
iacitiy al least. By the administration a. Wash
lns;on We opened our hearts and arms to
Texas can We close them against nearer re-
lation, more deeply suffering. from greater
outrsges, without adding inconsistency 10
cruelty. and discriminating against liberty. in
favor Of slavery.
Let the people consul'-nos their politicians
but their judgments and their hearts. and
answer.
A NEw DEFINITION OF Moa.L SEs.-A
degree of excitement exists in
he politico- religious world IN Toronto. in con-
sequence OF the issue, by the Roman Catholic
Blshop Of Toronto. OF "Lent Pastoral ;, In :