Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-04-11
State Committee.
Black Republican Conspiracy
to make Kansas a Slave State.

the aid of the black republican leaders
that if it should become slave State, it
would be the result of the labors and in
trigues and knavory of those leaders. But
we have always doubted whether, even with
their aid, that result could be brought
about, as we have thought that there were
honest men enough in the free state party
In Kansas to defeat the knavish purposes
of their leaders. We are of that opinion
still. 1t is true, while there is today in
Kansas larger share of free. state men
than ever before, there is to-day more
danger than ever before that pro-slavery
constitution may be adopted there. There
has not been q day since the Territory
was organized when the free site men
were not largely in the ascendent; yet at
every election since the first, these men, in
obedience to the orders Of their leaders,
have refraincd from voting, and by this
means alone the pro-slavery party have
retained power. There might have been
Gerry established peace and order in the
Territory, but there was not after that
Yet when the present Legislature was
chosen, although there was every guarantee
for q free exercise of the elective franchise,
yet the abolition dcmagogues advised the
free state men not to vote. and by following
tkat rascally advice they permitted pro-
slavery Legislature to be chosen, when they
had it in their power to elect free state
Legislature. The excuse they gave for
this was that if they attempted 10 vote they
might be required to take the "test osths''
under ther Kansas election law. But that
excuse 4fsts no longer; THOSE TEST
oATHs HAVE BEEN ABOLISHED, and all
men, FREQ state and pro-slavery, have the
same rights and privileges under the laws
Of Kansas.
But what do we now sect The Leg
islature, at its late session, passed law
providing for the taking of census Of vo.
ters and the election of Delegates to
Convention to form a State Constitution.
We give this law in full, in another part Of
this paper, and we ask every one to read it
very carefully. We ask every one to say
whether this law does not carefully pro-
tect the rights of oil voters, and whether
anything is omitted which is essential to
secure full, free and fair expression of
the public feeling. Look at its provisions,
fts severe penalties against fraud, the care
full provisions for the proper correction of
the list of voters, the care taken to have
the lists circulated among the people so
that fraud may be discovered or prevented
and the severe penalties against fraudulent
voting, Interference with the free exercise
of the right of suffrage, or fraud or irreg-
slarity ia the officer holding the election.
The PROVISIONS OF this law afford greater
protection to the people of Kansas in the
exercise of the right of suffrage, than the
laws of Pennsylvania do to our citizens,
and there rs not q shGdoso Of doaxIt Mat
the free stats men hare ii IN their poscer
TO elect large majority Of the Delegates
10 this Convention, and thus enSHye TO
Kansas a free Constitution and carly ad-
'a,ssion as a free State. This is beyond
all doubt for. all admit that the free state
men constitute fail three fourths of the
settlers there, and the N. Y. Tribune de-
clared last week tAst "niue-tenthS of the
people of Kansas are notoriously free state
men," Yet notwithstanding all this, and
in full view of the inevitable consequences
of the course they advise, the Infamous
free state demagogues have met in Conven.
tion and resolved that they will not par
ticipatc in the election of Delegates to this
Convention, and advised their followers
not to vote. There is no doubt that they
have been prompted to this course by the
black republican leaders in the States, who
are planning the campaign of 1850, and
design that "bleeding Kansas" shall play
conspicuous part in it. They aeant
Kansas 10 be male sIQUe State there
no other grounds upon-whieh their conduct
in this case can be explained.
Now the result of this election the
character Of the Convention, the fate of
Kansas, is entierly in the hands Of her free
state citizens. IF they follow the infamous
advise OF their reckless and dishonest lead
ers, they will make Kansas u slave State 4;
while If they act the part of honest and
sensible men, tiey will make Kansas a
free S'atc This the whole matter. To