The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-03-06

In the abandonment of the Missouri line.
and the adoption O! the substituted rule in
reference to Slavery in the Terrific
South Carolina aut! the South did not Join ::
But for that very reason and the admission
OF California upon the new principle. were
on the very point Of ds<olviny the Union
and South Carolina f,rcbore to DO so, only
upon considerations OF cxpc,lirnrv.
Now, icl!"w-cirizvllS, We are in the midst
OF the third great excitement upon this sub
.lrrt. 1t arises in the following manner: {:
Another portion of the Luui>;,,ru purchase
had been settled, and it became NECESSARY
To provide for i, IL Territorial Government
Accordingly, Congress in 1851 passed the
Kansas AMI Nebraska bill, rrnvilng GOV
ernncnt.' for the Territories Of that maine.
These Territories are Il part OF the Loui>an.
purchase, aml being north uf tn: lin" o.
3G 30, were sub icct 10 the M<i"nr >:ric-
ton and ina,nnch as the Missouri line
had, subsequent to the admission "f Mi>S"u-
ri. been :,ba:"ncl i'll Reference to i'.rritp-
~ South OF that line, it was thought jus.
to apply the same rule to Territory north of
that linc--.o deal will, kan>;,S and Ne
br;s>lia as Utah and New-Mrxiro hal been
dealt with. Hence the Kansas and Ne.
braska act, which WAS prepared, proposed
and urged through Congress by the hrro;,.
Judge Douylas uf l!liuois--;, nnn-sl,v,!..,
ing Slar-:rpra!,.! expressly the Al>>uu-
ri restrict ion, and gave the Sanc rights To
the people OF those Territories rs hal been
previously gwen 10 the people OF C,ah and
New Mexico. This WAS fair dealing. Ii VIZ,
nothing more tl.au sheer u>ti"r. equality and
right. It, w:s but another application of
their own rule. Yet the l,a>-ag: of this
bill produced one o!lhc lirrcrsl howls which
has ever been eXturt"i from Abni,inn
They abandon the Missouri line in order,
through the operation OF ano'hc, rule, t.,
take from us half Of California AMI nearly
all OF NcwAIcxico lying south OF ,ha, line
but when We apply the samc rule to Terri
tory north Of that line, and in doing 50 ride.
down the Missouri restriction, they cry out
sacred compact and violated ta,!i--tl,ry raisc
a yell OF vrtuous Indignation, Shrek for
freedom and threaten revolution
Scarcely bad the Kansas and Ncbrask,
bill passed Congress, when there arose :,
faction at the north composed Of the
o,''ls and ends of every conceivable cxtrava-
Sa,cc and ;,i'>ur,ii,y-a fusion uI all the vile.
I<n:s OF Il coI,up, and Uneasy society
whose double purpose seems TO have been
and Continues 10 b. ; first, to overthrow
the Democratic Administration and get
coutrol of tl" Guvrrom'nt in order TO re-
peal the ka;>:> and Nebraska ac, and
Scc"nd, through the in>lrumrn,aii,y of Ab-
o!Itlun Aid Societies TO mu:l,u and shape
the institutions "f kal.S;s 50 :,s 10 exclude
Slavery. whether they arc able to rcpv;. the
law ur not.
The Kansas and Nebraska bill, wl;,:!,
gives equal rights 10 all the States. and "m-
der Tie olryoii's" oy' chirA md mhjrh 0lo,;c
7rr are cnnh|rI 10 rntcr hon%tS w;M on.
prorcrfy, and fight for our institutions up.
OH the very soil, WAS signed by Mr. Pierce.
the Democratic President ssof the United
States, and WAS II leading measures Of his
Administration. II rons!iiuts Nr mosf
imporfunt plank I" the Dc'aor"rfic y,lut-
.form,and upon !, the existing issucs Of the
day are made up.
Fcl!"w-cil;z'nS, we approve the act Of our
immediate representative and distinguished
bill. We APPROX" the policy Of Franklin
Pierce IN giving his s.Iatnre 10 it. We
appreciate his hcroc Struggle, To maintain
aud execute il, and We will give our support
to those WHO are committed to Use all the
powers Of the Grmcral Government 10 carry
on. that art in COOL faith. We will vote
fer james Buchanan for l'rcsidcnt-nul in
any spirit Of man worship, nor Because we
approve everything whirh he promises 10 do
or may have ,lonc-bnt mainly because he
is the bearer Of the Democratic standard,
upon which is inscribed the repeal of the
od;ous Missouri restriction, and the equal
rights of all the States in reference TO Sl,-
very in the Territories. And, tclow-citi-
zcns, at the same time, and for the same
reasons, we will war to the knife against
that InongrcI crew, which, Ike the bncra,
nicr Morgan, half fanatic and half pirate,
with mingled prayers aud curses, fights un-
der the black banner of Black Republicans
ism-slat motley mob of Frec-SoiIer$, Fro.
rnontcrs, free ngrrrs and frcchootcrs.-[ap-
plause that rohler band, headed bv the
up>!ayt renegade traitor Fremont, who. OF
all the men | l,avesever known or heard Of,
best deserves the indignant eXccration OF the
vanqnishcd patriot:
ION, Gortlus, Is there not some chosen curse,
Some hidden thunder, in the stores nf heaven,
Red with uncommon wrath. to blast the wretch
Who oIgss g his greatness to his couutry's ruin p
Loud and prolonged cheers.
Under the Kansas and Nebraska. ad
Southern emigration poured into Kansas,
Nebraska was yielded TO the North wi,hou,
a Struggle. Kansa$, phich, by its soil an,l
climate, is adapted to SiuDc labor, soon Lc.
came Southern in as Slurery
'oas established by laws Of the Territorial
Legislature, and 1t aoas seen that she acas
about to aPplytor admissioniA.o the Union
as Sldpe STATE. This alarmed the fanat.
icsl faction, and they commenced, and they
arc now prosecuting in that Territory civil
war. In open violation. and contc,nptuous
disregard Of both tho organic act and the
laws Of the Territory they set up Govern.
Dent of their own. A few renegades FROM
civilized society metrat Topeka, and claim
ing to act for the whole Territory, adopted
a constitution excluding Slavery. This pro
duction Of that trensouable Assembly, ,some
of the Black Republicans bad the llariibood