The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-07-24
From the Cincinnati Gazette
The Great Facts of Kansas History
Established

Established.
The pro slavery party Of Pierce, Douglas and
Buchanan, now stand utterly defeated on the two
great facts upon which they relied to make out
their case They hare told the people every
where that the X ansas outrages were provoked or
made excusable by the acts &C the New England
Aid Societies; aud they have told them that the
great object of the Kansas Nebraska Act was 10
give self lf-government to the people Both these
are how effvctually overturned. and there Is no
longer a shadow Of justification Tor the acts or
policy of the party who have been attempting to
enslave Kansas.
The first fact or assertion, IS overturned by the
report OF the Congressional Committee who re-
port on abundant proof, that the parties sent out
by the Emigrant Aid Society small in num-
ber, peaceable aud came actual bona tide set
tiers. In truth, the great object and eud Of that
society was speculation, to make money, by the
early settlement Of and rich territory. 1t
was the property Of this society chiefly which was
DESTROYED at Lawrence destroyed wiz out 4 shadow
of fprovocation destroyed amidst circumstances of
barbarity disgraceful to the country ard the age.
Under pretences of resisting this peaceful society
Kansas invaded by five Thousand Mssouraas,
led on by Atchison, Stringftl!ow, & Co They
took possession Of the polls, beat and drove away
legal voters, violated every law right usage or de-
cency which was in their way: and in fine com
pletely conquered the Territory as If il had been
overrun by Goths and Vandas. Since the days of
wrongs aud indecencies, have been committed in
any country pretending to be civilized. The
Pottowotamies aud kickapoos, amongst Indians,
were notorious for their crnelty in war; but the;
would have been ashamed of such conduct as the
Missouri army under Atchison, committed in
Kansas towards peaceful, unsffending citizens
Savage nature is cruel, but revolts at meanRess.-
Having conquered the Territory these robbers
proceeded to enact what they called a code of
laws--it was the Missouri code entire. They
had not even time to read it. In this republic
this boasted land of liberty, they prohibited free
discussion and free publication, Now let us re-
member that this government, this code these
men, were the government, the code and the men
defended by Pierce and his A imiuistfason, and
adopted by James BnchanaE. This fraud and
conquest is the law and order of Pierce and the
platform of Buchanan. This great historical fact
that gigantic fraud, a great public crime was
committed, to carry slavery into Kansas, has been
established upon indi putabe evidence in the re-
port Of the Committee made to the House of
Representatives. That report We hope will be
read by every reading citizen.
The second great fact established is that the
operation of popular, or squatter sovereignty in
Kansas as the end of that act is also fraud
This we have in the new Territorial Bill OF Doug
las, which passed the Senate on the Sd of uly -
This act does what was formerly done in regard to
Territories. 1t marks out the whole outline of
organization and determines the right OF suffrage
In other words it abandons the most silly idea of
squatter sovereignty, idea which could never
enter the brain Of q man; a sovereignty
precisely like that of child set loose by its pa
rents in the public streets. Squatter sovereignty
in Kansas is at last ouerthrown by its authors
Douglas has committed infanticide. aud his mise-
rable bantling is thrown to the dogs. The Terri
toral act enacted by the Senate is almost exact
copy of the old Territorial Act, and except in
one particular, is unobjectionabe- This particu-
lar, is which sh0w the hand Of duplicty to be
still at work, although appearing to be very fair.
This is that almost all the initial proceedings in
the organization of the new State are to be taken
by Commission appointed by Pierce. Who can
trust officer Of Pierces III kansas after the
eenduct of Shannon and Lecompte?
We cannot hel p cong-atulating the friends of
Freedom upon the utter overthrow of long pre-
tence, declaration, platform, upon which the
pre-slavery party have conducted the Kansas con
troversy. The great fraud is proved in all its
naked deformty. The Adminis ration is proved
to have upheld that fraud under the name of law
and order. Squatter sovereignty is abandoned by
its friends. AID now there stands out nothing on
the pro-slavery side but dark picture of fraud,
outrage and crime, perpetrated without an excuse
and deteuded without reason, except oni ' to
make the once free soil of Kansas eternal slave
State.