Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-07-11
Another Douglas Trick.

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The vote to re consider prevailed, and
The peoples branch of Congress passed III,
biz to admit The Free State of Kansas by
barely 2 maj Every Fremont man voted
for it, and every Buchanan man and every
Fillmore man Except few from the Free
States uotea against t.! It will be rem
embered that the Buchanan and Fillmore
parties have al, along professed that they
were willing to "admit Kansas, having a
Republican constitution, Nth or uithou'
Slavery, as the people might desire" 1t
is proved beyond all cayil that the honest,
real settlers of Kansas do not want Slave
ry. They have formed " Republican"
Constitution, by procedure as SECULAR as
that under wbleh Arkansas, California and
Miehigan were admitted their admission
would restore peace to an agonized land !:
but tho whole Buchanan and Fillmore
party strength is used to keep them out
because thevv do not come rith Slavery y!
Out upon such hypocrisyD
The Report Of the Investigating Com
mittee has alarmed the Slave Power, and
they dare not trust Buchanan before the
people as matters stand. Foreseeing the
passage of the Topeka Constitution, that
arbitrator Douglas has pushed thro' the
Senate a wiley, plausible scheme to coun-
teract it. He proposes to repeal SOM. Of
the worst of the enactments of the Border
Rufian Legislature, have another census
taken, other election officers appointed and
another election held. All fair enough on
the surface as far as it goes, (and SO were
the laws for the first elections,) but not
whit is gained by it. The fraudulent Le-
gislaturo is recognized as legal its usurp-
ing officers arc continued I; some of It's
Internal enao;men:s are endorsed, The
drunken Shannon. the perjured Lecompte,
the murderer Clark, the "Sheriff' Jones,
and the whole posse Of corrup: and law
breaking Territorial Officers are to be con-
tiuued in power. No provision is made
to punish Or check the assassins and high
way robbors, and nothing to restore to the
Free State people what they have lost. No |
section pFasesHasc u s6 Pretence of "treason." /
U. s. soldiers (uuder Shannon) are to be I
Eent all over the Territory. In short, the
erccution Of the whole scheme is in the
hands Of the very u.an who have committed
all the outraG0& hAsAs~s.-. III
Douglas scheme is then simply another
levice to give Slavery another chance to
'avage Kansas. The local provisions of
he biii favor Slavery. The Free State
eaders are imprisoned or driven out of the
Territory, killed or hunted like beasts. In
bs wake of the armies, slave. holders are
taking their claims. Free State emigrants
attempting to ascend the Missouri are
topped, pIundered, and set back. There
s no safe way for Free State men to reach
Kansas except through wilderness! Il
Deceptive and insulting as is this piece
4 eharlantry-worthy Of Douglas-we
ope the popular branch Of Congress will
cho the peoples will, and treat this bill ,
18th the contempt it deserves, by leaving I
in its native darkness. THE TorEKA I
CONSTITUTION oSLY CAN DO JUSTICE TO
.AIsAs, AND INSURE PEACE. Let the $
lavocratic Senate reject it, and 90 before q
be people on that issue, if they dare! c
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