Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-04-17
fF-ars tie Nev Y4-k T-sa.
The KaESAS sNIXDLE.

+ L seeTus 70 u i u1aHs=ragS wrong thai
journals which pretend 10 so-se .esIsrta-
bi.ity 0: character should rer> = IN req
res7ntin- the course OF the Nation. II.
ecutive toward Kansas = evincias f4.r-
ness, ar3 tie proposed Constitutions
LECTION n X ansas. under the AUTHORITY
4of the Territorial legislature, aE8.-iag
the Free State men a tar chance. aaI dne
which they ought to improve ~ zotine
We AK al 3ho pursue IAis coarse u
expl2ia Or confront tae@e atieni45le fact.
/. Al The Appointments recently male
for Kansas ty the neE rresi leu; are O.
the most active. bitter. Inscriptions lea
ders Of the Pro Slavery faes'on-Wh ait
se3. Emory, Wool.9a. Ransom. IL
VIII no; one man who vas pre- ioasly
known a. sysapathizing with tue F7ee-
State mo~enea, in Kansas h.. ever b-ea
appointed to any post whatever By eiiae,
Pi.rce or Bactanan, tae men vho pl4aBed
and coasamna;el the gigantic fra! and
usurf at Of March ) }. $50. have
been and are the dispensers q Fs3era.
patronage III k@ns2s. and ihefnse,ve. the
recipients of the most desirable O.tc-s.
Some Of them have led mara0dzs lands
Of Missourians il TIER repeated invasiens
Of kans4s Federal officers are kaown
. having themselves fred .; aid ki.iel
aaarmcd Free-St4te men. but no ooe vas
ever removed or publicly rebQkel b. hi.
superiors for such slight mi-sir .aesBers
In short, no outrage commit d ca Free
State men in kansas b. their antagonists
has been punished or rebukel BIZ eur
National rulers ara no raeri, or service
in the part Of Z Free-Sia;e man has
su-leed TO ohtain FOX him al appointment
at their nauds.
H. While Gov. Geary IS replaced in
N-snsas by Walker for the present. by
T. p Stanton Chief-J astic, Lccomp:e.
whom Pierce made show OF removing.
still continues in Office. and there Is
not even pretense that he or Cato IS TO
he superseded. Thus the Judiciary, the
Land Offices, the Public Surveyors. the
MarshalshiP. and every department Of
administration or avenue to power in
Kansas, are in the hands Of enemies Of
the Free State cause. and nobody but the
new Governor twho is rot going TO Kan
sas at present: makes any professions Of
impartiali;y.
Ill Putting the Land Offices Of Kan
sas into the hands of Whitfield, Woodson
Emory, &c. is in effect advertiser. all
claimants Of doubtful preempiions therein
which includes about everybody now
in the Territory-.hat. if they want
decisions in favor OF their claims, they
must be on the Pro-Slayery side. And
the rira roce voting prescribed by the
Territorial Legislature al It's late session
precludes all attempts at assembling.
No man can vote Prostate ticket anu
not be known and marked as so doing.
". The &C; under which the People
Of Kansas are called 10 decide the ques-
ton of Freedom or Slavery therein is
The identical measure vetoed by Gov.
Geary because of its manifest unftness
and uniairness. but passed over his head
BY the bogus Legislature.
V. This act allows no man 10 vote
who was not in Kansas on the 10th of
Mareh-at which date thousands were
over from Western Missouri grabbing
Indian lands. stalking out claims, &c.,
while the Free State immigration for the
season had barely commenced. The time
was carefully pitched on as that which !