The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-16
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The "National Democracy OF Kansas
represented BY the late kansas Legislature
are csr,aisiy entitled 10 the admiration OF
tie snlis world abroad. They claim
60 bs real Buchanan Democrats, with moth
.ng bogus sboat them. They are National
Democrats, and deserving the apPeiialien
with Jus: as gooa sesssn - the Democracy
Of any other porssoa Of the country, Sia'
very has become National, therefore the
pro-siavery Democracy must be the Nation.
81 Democracy. The principal object Of
the National Democrats in Kansas as we'll
ss on, Of Kansas, is 10 make alavery an Ia.
sti,ution OF that Territory aud future STATE.
The late Legislature was active in fiKing up
ell The necessary preiimi nsries to bring
sSou; The great resuj, The whole difficult.
~ to be encountered lies in the fact, that
the Free State men have heavy majority
in Kansas, and the National Democracy
are obliged in this case to crush the rePab-
hcan principle, that the majority shall pre-.
vail. l, was OF course no light task fol
this Legislature to 20 arrange things, ~ in
carrying on, the squatter Sovereignty Prin
ciple TO make the peopa mean small mi.
nority Of pro-slsveryites-sut The National
Democrats undertook the TASK with srdc r
and if they have not succeeded In laying
,uch trap. as effectuslly to catch the Free
State majority and hand Kansas over TO
Slavery, il 10 no fsal, Of there And these
Srs good Buchanan Demo eIats--NatioHs'
Democrats.
A. an evidence how little disposed these
National Democrats are to place the bit
est confidence in the people, notice their
militia law. This il intended to cover up
invssions from Missouri. The Governor 10
Commander in Chief Of the militia. This
the Legislature could..no well prevent. Blu,
this body appointed oil the other leading Of
feers, good National Democrats" who
sppoin, their sabordiaates. A eorresPon.
dess says any officer may call GU, the men
of his division, brigade or company. and act,
or fight II be fnds i, nsesssary. until be
has tame to sPprise the Commander in Chief.
Under this dangerous provision any kind Of
war may be begun. and Grea, devastation
done under the col1r Of lsw, ~ has been
before. The different oikeeu q they are
appointed are allowed TO define their own
districts. Neither is there any restriction
on them ~ to where they shal enroll
The several thousand stand Of arlns donsted
to the Territory by the General Govern.
nen,, are in the hand. OF the Missouri in.
vsders and pro-slavery men Of Kansas, who
viii ls7 them, Bu, this Leg islsiure refas-
cd 10 PEGS bill. to allow The militia to elect
their own officers. II was decided by the
Council that "il would be dangerous 10 al
low The militia TO select their own officers
until the di&alties were ever. and Kansas
vac q State A correspondent OF the Chi
ssgo Press say., the Council decseed tina,
sthis thing Of the people elec,ins then Owr
officers was piece Of demsgogueism. -
This is specimen OF the National De
moeracy, the Buchanan Democracy Of Kan
.ss And this is 80 illustration of III.
Squatter Sovereignty upheld by BuchsnsI
and the Democrscy--the people making
thei: own laws and establishing their OWE
domestic Institutions Was there ever more
ssrsfsced, iniolersble humbusg gerry imposed
upon the American peoplea