The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-05-28
Conditions Of Affairs In Kansas.

An intelligent Kansas correspondent Of
the Milwaukee News thus correctly states
the position of things in Kunsas. He says:
The Republican part of the Free State
party here (and they are four fiFths) are, Of
course opposed to the present administration
st Washington, and are determined to keep
up an excitement and elect President in
1860, by any means in their power, fair or
foul, they care not WhifSchh.E hhiSh With four legal
Free State votes to one pro tslasery vote, no
Free State ticket will be nominated. Our
Free State Democrats have been thinking
to nuke ticket; but we are SO few in mum.
Der that we despair, knowing that, il we do
every Republican wire puller that goes to
the polls would vote Pro slavery ticket in
preference to ours. To make it doubly sure
Of being made slave State they openly
boast that if Kansas should come in as
slave State during Buchanan's administra.
tom they con elect their President in 1850.
They boast, further, (but this boast is only
to catch the unwury,) that they Will carry
! the President in 1850; and will. then alter
the Kansas state Constitution by amending
it. and make it free State; that, by that
time, they will have ten to one for free
State; that they can easily astend the Con-
stitution so as to make it free State, which
is sure,to be an entering wedge to re.elect
their President in 1864; hence, "bleeding
Kansas." the garden of America, is to be
made the battle ground, in Presiden, making,
for twelve years to come. Brother, believe
there is just God; and my very prayers
shall ascend on high, to make him Illustrate
the designs of all such schemes as those
concocted by political demagogues. tell
you now, that the promises to make this a
free Stale, after it has once become slave
State, is oil humbns. l will assure you
that the Pro slavery party have among them
quite as talented aen in constitutional mat
ters as we have, and they will make tick
ct Of their most talented men in the Terrific.
ry; and my word for it, (if there Is no oppo.
sing ticket. of course they will be elected,)
they will frame Constitution that we can.
not amend in a hurry; they cat insert in thai
Instrument, that II shall not be amended
except by nine tenths of the voters of the
State, or until the year 1900. ! tell you
the Black Republicans are nothing more Of
less than enemies to this Government
Now, they have chance to nuke Kansas .
free State. but they will not do 1t. Months
Eago they fought the Democratic. party upor
the ground that il Buck and Breck were
elected Kansas would become q slave State
and by their own inaction in June next they
mean to verify their assertion. At the
next Congress Kansas will BE adti1itted as 4
slave State-Congress cannot reject her
our Constitution will be framed BY men, le
Egally elected. According to the laws o
our Territory, it will be a Republican Con
siitatiohi and not repugnant to the Constitu
ltion Of the United States. Every opponen
10 tie Present Administrator in Congress
will oppose Our admission into the Union
but we will be admit ed--I regret to ssy, a
a slave Stats--and the responsibility vii
rest upon those who have pretended 70 b
friends to freedom; !; but, who will turn rosn'
and say: awe told you so, we told, yoh i
Fremont was defeated Kansas would be ,
slave State; Il is done. Now electoarl Pres
/ ident 10 1860 and we will amend the Consti
tuition and make il free. d. .asa .ss4.a4s \
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