Squatter sovereign., 1857-01-13
Eaar ths Northern Papars.


"The sSorth subduedr Yesterday in
the Z. S. Senate, MIR ColIamsr, of VI.
exposed the falsehoods and ISLANDERS Of
the Presidents Message against the Free
montsrs. In the Houso Mr.. Smith of
Tenn. defended the message from the
scathing criticisms Of the American Re-
publicans.
The House next, Ill, to 109, recon
sidered the vote forbidding Whitfield to be
swora in; a motion to refer to the commit
tee on elections failed BY majority, and
Whitfield ordered to be sworn. 1I2 TO 1OS
and be q, once took the oath of obedience
to the constitution. So the EoHss was
made to stultify itself and to endorse the
reasonable and practical inyasions Of the
POLLS Of Kansas BY tho border rafhans Of
Missouri.
AT the last session under the same state
Of facts, Whitfield was outsted freEn the
house and his seat made vacant; eleven
men rho then voted against him, hopin G
thereby to secure their recollection, now
go for hin, all but one having failed in
their efforts tot retain the seats and ha "
ing nothing to gain by violating their pro-
slavery instincts of their heart these
men are
Walk, Whitney. and Williams Of New
York; Brooine, Fuller, Hickman. Par
ksr and Tyson Of Pennsylvania; Harrison
| ond More Of Ohio; and Wells of Wis
oonsin.
Every one Of these men were elected
on avowed anti-Nsbraska ground. and
| therefore ID now traitors as well as dough
faces. Hickman, Parker, and Williams
call themselves Democrats, and lhe other
eight are Fillmore Americans, high in the
confidence of AIillard Fillmore, aud un-
derstood to echo or shape his sentiments.
Broome and Fuller, il is to be hoped from
lingering shame lodged the vote; but the
otller nine with the elIfontary OF ruffians il
the house Of friends. voted squarely fol
the admission Of Whitfield; had two ol
gone the other way or had three more OF
them a'isented themselves. this foul insult
to the prosecuted freemen Of Kansas anc
to the whole north, would not have beer
offered. As i, is slavery, murder, treason
perjury and general corruption have tri.
umphsd, and the acknowledged unblush
ing ruffians who reap the ben~{it. scornful
ly point at the free states and say with
,ru.h-'your congressman have deae it ~
Friends of ofiiberty. whether Republicans
or Fremont Americans, shall not on
temporary union which has just give1
the vote Of our old commonwealth SO ever
whelmiDg for Freenont and freedom, bs
made permanent, SO that if we are com
PEELED to bequea;h to posterity the curse
Of slavery, we shall also had down to it &
united north, knowing nothing paramount
to equal right and universal liberty q
Frauds at the ballot box have given slave
| ry for another congress at least, the con-
troll of the government; unnaturalizsd for
eigners have been driven like sheep to the
polls, and our money in the hands Of q
pro- o-slavery administration has been uset
to influence the unprincipled and produce
discord among these who are disposed to
be hee-minded. The welfare Of freedom
requires greater restraints on the power ol
foreigners and rnffians at the ballos-bo
and and on the influence exerted over our
government by slavery. 'Americanism
in its nedilisd form, and 'Repub!icanisn
in its more liberal phrase, have joint in
ierests; the parties that united in support.
ing John G. Fremont yielded alike tl
common sense to imperative duty and to
manifest destiny Shall we not then
constantly endeaver to make that unioz
perfect. and to meet the twin evils tha
threaten us with harmonious, Invincibls
American RepsblicanPartYy
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