Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1857-09-05
Reported for the Sq,iatter Sovereign.
Col. Abelrs Speech on Saturday last
In pursuance Of previous. no.ice, on

80 -sSssoiseS VI RfCrkuuS IJtsbCe, Oh tdel
Saturday, 29,h uls.. . large number Of the
peopleof thisand Doniphan county. assem-.
'bisd in this place 10 hear an address from
Colonel ABrLLs on Kansas politics.
! He took the stand at,two O'Clock. and
occupiedis over three hours, and during
the whole time perfectgocd order prevail
d.ani his discourse yasiis,ened 10 throagh =
out with marked attention and interest,"
While we cannot admit the correctness of
the positions the Colonel assumed, or the
arguments he used to sustain them. ye,
candor conpels US 10 say that The ingenu-.
ity be displayed in The discussion was wor-
thyof better cause. While he was com.
rnenting on the merits of the Pro Slavery,
Laao and Order, .F;ational Democracy par
tn, and the dement's of the .fbofition, Black
Republicans. Free State parry. as he was
pleased TO to style it, the Democracy were
In ecste cies. and he eulogized tbs. Democ-
racy very handsomely, particularly the Free
State part of it--and was not waniing in,
bitter denominations of the Free State par
ty. BY and by he came TO speak of his,
own connection with Kansas affairs, and
the SANDERS which had been put in circu-
iation about himself and others, by pre-
tended Pro.Slavery men, in and out OF
Kansas, and if any Of them were present,
we opine they imagined they had gotten
into the wrong pew. Fa = -,
7Fs Colonel A belii is an uncompromising adj
vocate Of slavery, and deadly enemy of
Freedom in Kansas, and will never give
up the idea ofimaking Kansas Slave
State. as long as single chance remains
.son which to hang hope; yet in his deport,
lnent he is gentleman, and treats all men
as such Who conduct themselves properly.
without regard to their politics. #. all
the advocates Of slavery in Kansas con-,
Quoted themselves Ike Colonel Abel, the.
Democracy would be none the loser, and
Free State men would have but little ground
for complaint. Wecxpected 10 report the
speech in full, as it was delivered, but it
was lengthy, and would occupy the whole
Of our paper. and besides, twas deiiyered,i
IA the speaker announced, without any
written mernoranIufhs or notes, consequent
.ly full report could hardly be made, with
out doing injustice 20 the speaker and the
subject. /, We shall only undertake to give
the main positions taken by the gentleman,
which upon examination, he admits to De
substantially correct; and in due time, as
inumated in our last issue, we will try and
have, them met and relused. @ @
. On taking the stand. he said the appoint
inent had been made by himself, aud in
justiceto the audiencesas well as himself,
he must. say, that since the appointment
was made. he had been called from home
on business, and had just, returned, conse-s
quen..y, he had moi written his speech nor
made single note, hence he could not be
MS concise or methodieal as was desirable. ).
md he hoped his audience would excuse
him, and hear him patiently, as he consid.
cred the subject one Of great interest to the
whole people OF Kansas. He stated that,
perhaps. us he had made the appointment
over his own signature, some might sup
pose he was an office seeker; but he could
assure them that he had never been cam
didate for office, was net now. nor never
expected 10 be--that there was no office
within their gift that he would accept: yet
he ielt a. deep interest in the welfare OF
Kansas. and the Union, and that he con-
sidered it all-impor.anl for both that the
principles Of the political party with which
he acted should triumph, and his friends
insisted that il was important for hin to
make the appointment. III
"Thus, fellow citizens" said he'll ap.
pear before you on this occasion. and with
out further remarks | will take up the sub
lects indicated in my announcement. al
Fl m that the POLITICAL parties with which
have acted, TO wit: the Kansas Bill party
the Pro.SIavery--the Law ana Order
an | now the National Democratic. party
were organized upon proper principles and
under circumstances that were legal and
unsuitable, and that In good iaith we car
ried, out the principles we professed, tina,
as party we began right--acted right
throu yhout. and now are striving TO sustain
the only principles which can secure the
rights Of the people of Kansas and perRet-
uate the union of the States; while on the
contrary, !. charge that the Free State par
" in Kansas is nothing more than the old,
corrnnt hiuherrlaw Aboiitiea,. Black Re-
publican party. that 1t was. started and
founded upon improper and illegal iprinci-
pies, and has been conducted throughout
In bad faith-that higher-law, anti-slavery
fanaiicism had controlled its action, and
the doctrines advocated blythe party had
encouraged the people to rebellion, revolu-l
ton aud treason. and that the Free State
party OF Kansas. which had, its origin At
Washington. among the Members of Con-
gress opposed TO the Kansas BilfTecharter-i