Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-11-14

| "'s"'"s 'Htotnt PoWtff Wttuout FIt'7tiUtf
and latterly almost without hope, has
not ovcrborn the oldest party In the
country, with It's hundred thousand off,
ce-holders, lie eighty mIllIons OF annual
expenditure, its million and half Of
voters trained by the habits OF lifetime
10 vote without question or hesitation
whatever bears liz label. The Rcpubli-
can party, called into being by the Ne.
braska inIquliy OF 1854, having a sub.
stantive existence In but sixteen States.
has beaten ono OF tho rival parties,
which, boast OF their compact organiza-
tions In all the States, but has failed 10
beat the othcr In its first Presidential
canvass. James Buchanan II our next
President, and John G Breckenridge
Vicc-Presldent. and tho Free State
men Of Kansas are temporarily deliver.
cd over to the tender mercies OF the
Border RufIans, tempered by the colder
but not less fatal craft OF tho Federal
patrons OF those Ruhians, who have lust
aided In securing 10 those patrons an.
other four years lease OF power.
II IL well 10 state tho case thus fairly
IN ils. broadcast and worst aspocts.--
Practically, a majority OF tho Ameri.
can people have Endorsed outragoa more
Inhuman than Poland or Hungary ever
endured, and voted that II II 40 wrong
TO shoot and scalp mon In Kansas for
peacefully striving 10 keep theirs Free
Territory, and mako II Free State,.-
Practically, the verdict OF yesterday has
enalaved Kansas, aud mado Il treason
and rebellion for her devoted lnhabi.
tants 20 struggle longer 20 avert that
destiny, Practically, tho brutal ruiIlans
who yesterday AZ most OF the polls
throughout the Free States joered Al
"bleedlng kansas"--tbus making sport
OF robbery, arson, rape, aud murder
have been Endorsed aud commended by
tho vote OF their felow-eltIzena. Prae.
toally, tho American People have re-
versed tho policy OF Slavery neatFlc-
tlon lnsgurated by our Revolutionary
patriots, and decided that Liberty and
Slavery are equally aeeordant with the
genius Of Democracy. Practically, the
Slave Power has been hidden 10 take
possession OF the Federal Government
and ride rough.shod over oil who mani.
fest opposition 10 lts pleasure or repug.
nance 10 ita sway. Practically. II II
settled that 10 onth the debasement Of
Man TO brute ohaltlehood, and earnest.
" desire Freedom for All. IL a crime IN
Free America, 70 be punished by exelu-
sion from the National councils and q
denial Of any voice In the direction Of
our public affairs.
Such, we say, ID the practical effect OF
yesterdays vote yet II 10 one uninten-
ded by large majority OF the voters.
Aside from the Million who vote any
ticket called Democratic merely be-
cause OF Its designation, there are hum
dreds Of thousands who voted for Blu.
ehsnan or Fillmore hoping. trusting,
praying $50 many Of them as do not
rIgdly Insist on the divorce OF Politics
from Religlon) that their triumph would
not conduce TO the enslayement OF Kan
sas or the extension In any respect OF
the area Of Human Bondage. They
meant TO vote that "Amcricans shall
rule Ameilcanv--that no man should be
prescribed on account Of his religion or
natyity-that the Union should not be
dissolved--that Slavery should not be
disturbed Ia the Slave Statcs-that the
People OF the Territories shonld have
the privilege Of deciding whether 70
have Slavery or not-they did not mean
10 indorso the series offrauds and crimes
by which Kansas has been put under the
feet OF the Border Ruilians. But no
matter what they mennt--the effect OF
their vote Is 10 make Kansas this day a
Slave Territory, In defiance Of the
earnest struggles Of three-fourths OF her
inhabitants. and place her on the high
road TO become a Slave State. The
Border Rufiians OF Missouri have not
been able to subjugate her TO Slavery
but the People Of the United States
are stronger and have done II. II Is
constructive treason henceforth % defy
In Kansas the atrocious code OF laws
imposed on that Territory by Missouri
invasion and ballot-box stufling II 10
felony TO say in Kansas that Slavery Is
not legally established there by this ex-
ecrable and impudent yillainy A hard
winter and a fearful ordeal are before
our already sorely-tried brethren in
Kansas. Heaven give them strength 10
endure and outlive their most unmerited
sufierlngs.
For their sake, we mourn this result /;
for that Of the glorious party which has
sprung to life under the inspiration OF a
generous Indignation at their wrongs
and sympathy with their efforts, we do
not regret II. To that party the future
present cloudless sky. All the poor
trash which has been used to blind and
delude the People-the babble about
Fremont's birthplace, cattle contracts,
duels (unfought). Romanism, &C., IRE
henceforth lumber Of the past. The
base prctense that "bleeding Kansas
was an invention Of the Republicans to
carry the election can deceive no one
longer. Thousands who would not
hear or read the truth with regard to dali
ly occurrences on the Missouri border
will hear and read IL now, when they
know that IL cannot have been trumped
up to elect Fremont or defeat Buchan.
an. Those who did not mean, In voting
for Buchanan, to doom Kansas to Sla-
very against her will, will be enlighten-
ed by the results certain to follow. The
Slave Power has won great triumph;
II will take care to improve and enjoy 1t,
Only let the People observe and read
what must inevitably follow this result
and they cannot long acqulesce in the
rule which majority have unwlttingly
invoked. Meantime, let US quietly pre-
serve and perfect our organizations ;
let each township and ward have its
Republican Club, composed of all
whether few or many. who are willing
to labor for the unobtrusive dissemina-
ton OF truth, and this hour of darkness
will prelude glorious morning. The
overthrow Of the slave breeders' rule 10
to great, too benefcent revolution TO
be effected in ayear with time, faith
and energy, victory must enure to the
right. "Let us never despair Of the
American Republic. ~ Y. Tribune.
| or Our Washington correspondent