Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-12-17
Where shall we Stop.

curry favor with the powers that be,
they more to be pitied than the slaves of the
most tyrannical stakeholder in South Carolina
But with the pity they excite, they wake anoth-
er feeling Of the most intense disgust.
To see men, or human beiugs in the shape OF
men,who have prated of Democracy equal rights
and self governm nt,ready to yield themselves up
body and soul to servitude worse than African
slavery, flor the African beneath all his shackles
for liberty,) merely to find favor with the diets-
tors of a corrupt party, is more than our equa
nimity can stand.
There is not an editor in the country, but
knotr, that the whole end and aim of the south
ern wing. at least. OF the Democracy, is the
spread of Slavery and its naturalization. Not
one but knows, no,o, ii he did not before that the
object of the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
was to establish slavery in Kansas-not one but
knows that the slave power is not only constant
y encroaching upon the Free Territories but
upon the right and sovereignties of the Free
States. They have all read the bred Scott de-
cision, or 1T least enough to knoc that it advan-
ces doctrines in reference to the claims of the
institution of Slavery never dreamed of by it's
most strenuous upholders, in the early days of the
Republic. They all know that the President in
his Siman letter went still further in concession
to the Slave power, declaring that the Constitu-
ton of the United States catries Slavery with il
into all the Territories and that it could only be
excluded by positive enactment of the State
when it should be admitted into the Union They
all know that, now. the Washington Union, the
acknowledged organ OF the Administration, goes
still further, and declares that even state can
not exclude slavery from its borders under the
IT, S. constituton--that Shareholders may re-
move into the Free States and there hold their
slaves and that it is the duty of the State author
tiles to protect them in their dissertation of Free
soil. There is hardly an editor in the country
but knows that the Lecompton constitution of
Kansas. which the administration upholds, puts
this doctrine into direct practice. by declaring
that the right of property, in slaves nOp in the
Territory, shall in "no manner be intertered ,cith'
and by providing further that in case of an amend
ment of the constitution. at some future period
mo alteration shall be made to affect the rights
of property in the ownership of slaves" And
they know also, that these provisions are not in
the slavery clause Of the constitution, which it
is proposed to submit to the vote of the people
Knowing all this-knowing that this Constitu-
ton was framed by convention not elected by
the people of Kansas, and that all its power or
authority was conferred by bogus legislature
elected by Missouri border ruffians, at the point
of the beyonet-we find Democratic editors who
utter such twaddle as the following, from the
Madison argus
sour opinion of this matter is briefly this-the
Convention framed an unexceptionable Consti.
tution-attached to it is slavery clause which
is submitted to the people. The Free State men
can defeat the slavery clause if they will, aud
Kansas then becomes a State with good Con
stitution prohibiting slavery.
If the Free State men refuse to vote on the
question, their act makes Kansas a STARE Slate
Now will they refuse to vote -
Such sage opinions" are frequent in sham
Democratic sheets that aspire to torn and ex-
press public opinion in the Free State of Wiscon-
sin. Can an enlightened man in northern State,
where he cannot urge the miserable plea of d.
rect self interest, sink lower than such a self
qualification sinks him.
And here is another extract from a self-styled
"IndepsndGnt Press' published at Monroe in
this state. Independent, il what 7 Why, to
crawl, and fawn, and like the whipped cur, to
click the hand uprased TO give the blow"
Bah If such be Independence, we'll none of
It. But it must be remembered that the ri ter
of this choi ce extract" knew better when he
penned it, knep the monstrous falsehood he was
utteiing-knew all we have mentioned above
In the executive chair sits a man, in every
sense of the wOrd-a man grown gray in the
service of his country-a great man, when Clay
and Webster and Calhoun were the standards by
which public men were measured: and one who
is so far removed above the usual OBJ
ects of political ambition, that he can hardly
have another aim than TO illustrate the last pages
of his lifes history with services rendered TO his
countrymen and his country. He is thus illus
tratiug that history by every act of his admins
traton. Though at the head of the government
but nine months j ames Buchanan has succeeded
in closing that Pandoras Box of national troubles
the Kansas question, Upon coming into
power, he found that beautiful territory distract.
ed with bloody feuds-neighbor in arms against
neighbor and brother against brother, but now,
under his judicious and patriotic management
Of affairs, grim visaged war has smothered his
peace, plcHbS, prosperity anu
contentment reign within the borders, of once
bleeding and shrieking Kansas"
Read that and then read this section of the
| bogus constitution, framed for the Free people
of Kansas by few minions of the slave power
and which Mr.. Buchanan approves ana declares
must be approved by Congress- while he knows
| it is repugnsnt to nineteen twentieths of the
| Daonle hn re- IN live uDdar
| Sec. LIST, Article Z, The right of property is
before and higher than any constitutional sane
ton, and the right Of the owner of slave, and
its increase is the same, and inviolable as the
right to any property whatever"
The employment of the L. S. Army to force
such a constitution upon people who have had
no hand in framing, it who have not even been
allowed to see it, and who spurn with intense
! loathing every section in it, would be illustra-
ting 1.-THE last pages of his lfe's history" with a
vengeance "Oh, shame where is thy blush :"
Well may We ask, where shall we stop, in
this ignoble and craven submission to the de-
mands of mere handful of slave holderS-less
than fftieth part of the people of the country
What do we gain by this submission Nothing
whatever but the merited contempt of the very
men, we sacrifice our manhood to, to conciiate
| For our own part we are tired of this concilia
ting process. The more we yield, the more we
are called upon TO yield. We have depa rted fai
from the old landmarks of DemocraticR Republican
governmentand everylyear, aye every month,we
are drifting farther from them, Every eoncss-
sion to the graspng, Unsuitable moloch of Slave
ry, but involves us deeper in difficulties which
must be met some day. We know it is useless
to appeal to the patriotism, manhood or self.re-
spect of northern democrats, for they have sunk