Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-29
Border Ruaian Doinss.

= Border Rnfian DOings.
The latest advices from Kanzas show an i'm
portant move on the part of the border rufians.
On the 18th inst. they met in convention at lie.
compton. Their proceedings published in
the St. Louis Democrat of the 22d. They ex
press the gratitude of the rufian party to the
Democracy Of the North and West, for their eff
fcient alliance during the recent political cam
raign. Hereafter, the border rufhans announce,
they are to take the more respectable name of the
% National Democracy Of Kanzas," and will
subscribe to the principles set forth at the Gin
cinnati Convention. The Democrat, speaking Of
this change of name, says We don't know
how it is elsewhere, but the character of the Ma
tional Democrats here is not whit better than
that Of the border Tuffians." Considering which
section Of the country furnishes much the largest
proportion Of the Democracy of the nation, it is
the most natural thing in the world that the reg
ular border rufians of Kanzas and Missouri
should assume the same name with the national
organization, with whom they co.operated in the
late Presidential contest.
The convention of pro-slavery rufians at Le-
compton, which was but the bogus legislature in
joint session with the controlling lobby, Atchi-
son, StringfeIlow and that gang, decided to adj
here to their former policy, and to stand by the
bogus laws. They adopted resolution of thanks
that they :. had hitherto looked to and received
the support Of Northern and Western Demo.
Gratis" and decided that henceforth they would
take the name of Irrational Democrats" instead
of I" law and order" party. They exulted in the
election Of James Buchanan, as their especial
er;,norh The Convention ~ oi,,dad oil raDortars
who were not "sound on the goose" DR..
Etringfellow said :-''I want it particularly un-
derstood that this is pro slavery convention.
(Cheers.) We are going to make this slave
State. (Cheersl None but honorable men can
come here, and none but pro.slavery men have
right here. Immense applause.) The Free
State men, Abolitionists and Black Republicans
have no right in this convention" There was
some opposition to the admission Of reporters.
Gen. Richardson objected to the "lying scribblers
for Free Soil papers" Mr.. Rees, on the other
hand, was for admitting all the reporters, and
''wouldlet in old Horace Greeley himself, just to
see wha. dirty dog he was.' It was finally de-
cided to admit the reporters, but Dr. Stringfellow
swore, notwithstanding, that he would "pitch ev-
cry did Free State reporter out Of the window"
Such is the character Of that important branch
of the National Democracy" to obtain whose
aid in the election of Buchanan, the Cincinnati
platform was constructed Of border rufian tim.
bers In the selection of officers of the territory
by this bogus Legislature, which represented The
administration of Franklin Pierce, those who
had fought the free state men in the recent diff
cuities, had the preference Rev. Thomas John.
son, the Shawnee slave. holding missionary, was
reelected president Of the council and acted,
also, as chaplain. Capt. Robertson was proposed
for sergeant-at arms of the House, on the ground
that he fought calamity and was wounded at
Hickory Point, and received all but two of the
votes. Mr., Jackson, who had eft well at Tippe.
canoe" and done good service for the rufEians,
was elected door-keeper. The ruffians who fought
foa slavery get, therefore, the offices, and the
free state men, for resisting them, get sentenced
to the chain-gang. And all these doings are
sanctioned BY the administration papers through.
g outthe country, as sminently fit and proper to
be done.
For the first three days Of the session, nothing
was done but to discuss and denounce Gov.
Geary's message. A very small and conservative
minority favored the governors recommendations
for the repeal OF the most obnoxious laws. but
the majority declared with vehement impreca.
lions. that they would not modify them in the
east, but enact more Of the same sort.
The Worcester Bay State, which glories in the
eognoinen Of Border Rufian as selfapplied to its
paper and party, can. with great consistency,
wink at such proceedings, and commend them.-
But we cannot see how those democrats at the
North, who are not yet ready TO merge themselves
entirely in border ruhianism, can let knowledge
ofthsir occurrence go By, without censure Of the
administration which permits them to represent
IL authOrity in the tetrltory.