The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-03-27

bar to her admission.
Sir, that compromise, rs it has been call
ed, has never been observed. There neve
mas been an opportunity offered when thos,
who cry out about its abrogation have no
been willing to violate It's true intendment
] say its true intendment, because south o
that line it was always understood that th,
people should have n right TO hold s!aTe;
or not, according to their own option. In
regard to the Territory of Kansas, think
it might well have been left a debatable
ground-neii,,,e her to call it slaveholding
nor non.slavehoiL,ing State. Il was an
/ occasion when we might have cemented
in some measure, the bones of the :neient
brotherhood; but no, sir, we FIND that gen
! tlemen come in with the Bible in one hand
TO preach against slavery, and the torch in
the other. That is the attitude in which
they present themselves in the temple of
our common deliberations-the torch in
one hand and the Bible in the other-,le
pulpit and Sharpe's rifle. Under the ban
ner Of theology, incendiares march. with
torches in their hands, proclaiming Gods
will, but doing their own.
have stated one reason why the Mis-
souri, line should have been disregarded by
the southern people. Now 90 further,
aud say, in regard to the immediate is
! sue OH which the President has made the
| proclamation, he is justified How was
IT brought about2 said before, that Gov
ernor Reeder was responsible for it. say
so now. BY what authority did Reeder
go to Kansas? lie went ihere under the
authority of law regularly constituting n
Territorial Government. He went there
10 be its Governor, and 10 carry out the
provisions of that law, just as much rs if
the Missouri line had not been repealed
Reeder received his commission rs a tenant
under land lord; and have always said
tha, il was one of the wisest provisions Of
the common law that no tenant should be
allowed to dispute his landlords title. lie
was placed there as "A sentinel; but what
was his course He Grst assembled the
| Legislature at Pawnee City. They were
not long there before they adjourned to
the Shawnee Mission. He refused to sane
ton the adjournment, and the very first
bill brought to him afterwards was one
chartering the Kjckapoo Ferry Company,
think lie refused TO sanction the bill
and refused to maintain the authority which
| had been conferred on him, and without
which lie would have been a criminal ntru.
der As Le was hero nnder ,bo ca,n, -
| law Le was in :, nos;,;o,, 60 L., ,,,,.l, o,.;i
! or ia do unch good Ua w,s ,bn ,,,,s,aI
! officer ON the quarter dect in :, .,orn .nI
| bv his iud~men, mich, save the vosseI ne
refused to Continue with his trust ana has
! given rise 10 fearful tral.
Well, sir, when Reeder would moi do
| his duty and carry out the provision Of the
/ law, what was the President TO du1 Re
inoy him. of course. When he was re.
moved What was tAe next s,epl Those who
! call themselves free State settlers emi.
/ grants sent out by the i'll societies, assem-
bled at Big Springs, and nominated rs
| Their Governor (perhaps may he mista-
Ken, as their Delegate TO Congress) this
/ man, who WAS IN open rebellion 10 his
own authority man who had disputed
the tile under which he entered the Ter
ritory, They not only did that, but they
instituted proceedings for establishing n
government to invest themselves, under
The name OF Squaiter sovereignty, with. |
suppose, ihc fiSnt ot usurpers. They had q
second meeting at topeka, and adopted a
constitution IN convention, and under tina,
constitution elections have been held, and a
"oVerh"r' Judges ana members OF The leg
i'1''ure nave been elected. That Le9ls!a
t"fe was to assemble Yesterday. God knows
w""t may no 'ne-tragedy growing out OF
'nc 4'n OF Naren' lS9o' SIr' the news o!
wh"' oecnrfed !" ha''SaS on Tue AZ {:
MARCH, $500 may oflnS us The intelligence
which VIII he the kncll of the institutions
= VIII not say OF The Union--of this
country ior nope mere IS wisdom enough
lrit l." preserve republican institutions in
durable form, should the present Union be
no more
What was the President to do under these
circumstances! Who brought about this
catastrophe? What is the auilpdc ofthese
mcni They have taken the law into their