Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-03-19
From the Lexington Mo. Express
The Kansas Iniquity.

Duphcity has been successful so far, bu} as we
have said BEFORE The hour set epart for the evou-
ton of the Kansas mystery is at hand LexiDg-
ton (Ky.) Observer.
1t has come, and the world behods the
South betrayed, and Missourians duped and
swindled. II those persons who, a short
time ago, claimed TO be the Pro- Slarery
party in Kansas Territory, are to be be-
lieved, then the Kansas excitement was a
most stupendous humbug and swindle, with
out solitary mitigating feature.
The history of the Kansas question is al
most too we'll known 10 bear rehearsal
and at this time we shall not enter upon il
only SO far as may be necessary to expose
the moral and political turpitude of those
men whom we once thought were the gen.
uine friends of the South. Our attention
has been directed TO this matter by the APP
pearance of an address to the people of the
United States promulgated by the late Lee
com pton Convention. The address 10 which
we allu1e is signed by committee oitwen-
ty- one gentlemen appointed by said ccnven-
ton, and purports to give history of the
Kansas question up TO the present time
This document we have read with great
care, and have come TO the conclusion that
if the statements in it are true. the South
has been shamefully betrayed and Missou-
rians duped and swindled -duped political
", and swindled OFT Of their money, their
property, and their time. The address is
before us in pamphlet form, and throughout
its eighteen solid pages is devoted to prov
ing that the question Of slavery was not :he
issue in the Kansas troubles-that the late
organized opposition 10 the Free State par
ty in Kansas, was not and never had beer
a slavery party, and the whole winding
up with an appeal to the Freesoilers OF the
Territory 10 come to the standard of Democ'
racy as set up by the Convention.
| This is indeed strange talk to come from
those who for two years past have flooded
Missouri with appeals for ad-material aid
men and money-to save Kansas from tn,
vandul hands Of nti-slaveryism, to max,
Kansas a Slave State. Such has nevel
been our understanding of these contests il
Kansas; we thought it was slavery ant
nothing but slavery that was at issue. T
accomplish the establishment of slavery il
Kansas, we are sure, was all that induces
the people of this county to turn out by hun
| uItue, anu olhios' oJ iiousohHS W ouS'S'
their pretended friends in Kansas. To tina
end they subscribed hundreds and thousand
of dollars, and paid it without grumbline
under the assurance that it was necessar
; in order to decide the contest going on j
Kansas in favor Of pro slavsryism. To tina
= end they organized in this county an All
5 Society, with capital of ten thousand dol
e lars. To that end they rushed in person
the conflict of arms.
But we desire to give the exact words G
the address. Speaking Of the Leavenwor,
Convention, which assembled in November
1855, it says: "From the meeting of thu
:; Convention TO the present time, no questio
I of whether Kansas should be a Free Stat
2. or Slave State, has been before the pee
lple." -.
r To establish this point seems to he tn
: main object Of The address. Great Goc