The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-10
- PeeaassSea u kassss--Ths Poser 81
IL 1loorI1y.

- Ro0na0oeo0 ~ Aa0s9s-boe rover ~
ehe 1lasrl1y.
On q number 81 occasions when aliudine
,ditor;slly 70 the comparative strength Of
ths Free State and Pro-Slavcry citizen. Of
Hansas, we termed the latter a small mi
nor;ty," probably not numbering fourth Of
the Free State men We have protested
against this minority controlling the MAORI
", and fixing the domestic institutions of
that territory and Of the new State to be
formed from II, - being anti Democratic as
well - unjust. we appealed from the So
called Dsmocrstic Administration to the
Psopas, - ell Republican papers have done,
to ssp?c-. the majority Of the citizens Of
Kaasas, Whose rights have been crushed and
ms.t earnest wishes condemned by miser-
aAls minority, backed and sustained by this
Administration, who are laborine zeal
oualy and At times apparently successfully,
with The ono great object of making Kansas
Slave State. But we never knew till
within short time what small proportion
of pso-siavery men in comparison to Free
State citizens, make up the population Of
kanAs The late census, though not CON-
plste 1t our last advices, shows population
Il nsarly seventy thousand. The number
Il malice over twsuty-o years oil age ex-
cssds thirty Ave thousand. In some districts
the disparisy bstwsen the ro-Slavery party
saA ths Fsss State settlers was found to be
- ny q the latter TO one IL the former,
wills IN no case was there found more than
90 e. slsvery to seven for freedom The
sO1gs, nys the Herald of FREEDOM, will not
vary much from fssaty Free Satt ro.trs 10
o. Er H. Pro-Xarsry party.
And yet with these facts before us, Is il
not surprising that the ro-Slavery citizens
q Kansss have thus FAR had everything their
own way, while tho great majority have
sesegisd vsinly for their own rights and
common justice2 Why have such a con-
tsapeible minority - this been enabled TO
nAiseain power, to elect their legislators, to
pae laws to govern tho majority, and to
slset CONVENTION by which they will give
to - world Constitution pretending to
saAnAfs from he people Of Kansas Why
Aays they from the ilrst TO the last bad a.
nest the sapremc control Of political mat
tsrs in Kansas, when by actual census they
nnly number about ono 20 twenty Of the
Free State men2 Il 10 simply and only be-
panss they hase bsen sustained by the Ad-
Had the Pierce and Buchanan
Adninistratious but rsnained nsasrai, the
nsjority would long tince have obtained the
power rightially their~ hut most unjastly
withheld from them. The Administration
q Piercs saseained the pro-slavcry party Of
Eansas q ia very start, winked At the scan
dnlus acts of the Missouri Border Rufiians,
- did ~ best 70 uphold the laws enacted
y III men elected by those RufBan-. Rec
DIR and 0esry were sacrificed, because A.
Governor Of Kansas they would not submit
70 bsing made tools Of the Administration
% esush the Free State mon. The whole
pe1icy q the Democracy has been 10 make
Kaasas Stare State They have eringed
u tie feet Of the South, and freely offered
The sacrifice 1t the altar Of Southern des-
potisn. This has given the miserable Pro-
slavery majority in Kansas their power
Alone, they were powerle~s-but backed by
n IL influence, moneycd, Official and pc
lieical, Of the Administration, they has.
ehs Ar proved almost invinciblc.
The Democratic party is still uphoiding
III minority Of one to twenty. All then
are with that small portion OF
10 people Of Kanas whe are laboring to
sseablish Slavery. Their Governor l. now
bsepre Lawrence with L. S. troop, to terri
y this majority and back up the minority
Thsir President and Cabinet are sustaining
IL Governor, and the party !. sustaining
tAso. But the whole truth !. becoming too
aeeAsent. This very census has shown the
penple In Kansas and out of il, where the
right belones, II in this republican country
~ Majority have any rights, which the
DsnncEAtic party appear to bo disput.ng
~ Denocrstic Administration can carry
~ minority through, and give them the
power TO establish Slavery in Kansas The
ninosity can gain no more trinmphs, aud
tnss % soon - this truth becomes evil
dsnt TO the Administration, we predict
it viii cowsrdly desert this minority, and
sssk TO Get on the popular side. We have
- evidences Of this already. More will