The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-08-06
BLACK REPUBLICAN SCHEMES IN KANSAS,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN haNSAS.
There are in Kansas set of idle and mischievous
men who busy themselves in making agitations to
order at the instance and for the benefit of the
black republicans in the northern States They have
performed the parts assigned them, and when deemed
important have manufactured facts and sent them off
to meet the exigencies of their employers The To-
peka convention called and constitution formed
and adopted as the basis of agitation. The mock.
State government, with its governor, judges,
legislature, and other designated officials, had
the same object in view The attempt to push
that constitution and government upon Congress
and fasten it upon the people was occasioned
by republican dctation from outside leaders.
When the Legislature of the Territory passed an
act calling convention to frame constitution
the northern dictators ordered their obedent
servants in Kansas not to participate in the election,
and to abstain from voting, although they claimed
to be in the majority, the pretence that the Tope
ka constitution and government were valid and bind
ing More recently the dictators have assumed new
ground, and forgetting their pretensions as to the
binding efficacy Of the Topeka constitution they
have ordered it to be again submitted to the people
OF course but those acting under the dictaton
of the black-repubcan managers will vote upon it,
but they will claim that it is legally adopted They
then propose to vote at the regular October election
under the laws enacted by the territorial Legislature,
and they now declare their ability to vote down the
constitution about to be framed, and then they WILL
of course set up that framed without authority at
Topeka They know that the Territory cannot be
admitted as State under that constitution, but this
N, If itaf;n hp
which they expect to promote blackrepubGcan in
terests in certain northern States, and perhaps affect
the next presidential election. They also avow the
purpose Of eecting in October legislature and
a delegate to Congress. The purpose avowed by
Robinson the Topeka governor, is to use the legis-
lature to repeal all the acts of the Shawnee legsla
ture and of course destroy all law and authority
in the Territory. When they shall have done this,
they propose to go to Congress with their Topeka
constitution and demand admission. All these ncon-
sistencies it is proposed to go through with, not
with the hope of being admitted as State, with
the design of benefting the people of Kansas, but
for the ignoble purpose of aiding black-republican-
ism in States where it is struggling for the ascend
ency. The leaders hope to be able to continue this
state of things until the next presidential election
as it constitutes their only hope of future
cess. 1t In truly fortunate for Kansas that her
best interests not under the control of this out
side dictaton, but are within their own management
The of the present administration has secured
to her the nestmabe privilege ofgoyerning herself.
The people of Kansas other escape from end
less agitation and confession than to take matters into
their own hands and organize democratic party
there to carry out in good faith, the principles of
their organic act. That party is conservative, and
the only one which acts solely for the good of the
people, and the only one safely to be trusted They
had tried those headed by agiators and found no safe
ty, butanarchy andruin The democratic party in Kan
sas is now well advised largely in the majority
over all others Thepeople want quiet order and good
government, and they have found them under demo-
cratic administration after seeking themn vain else
where. They viii frame and adopt constitution to
suit themselves imbodying in it the win of the peo-
pie and the principles of the party, under which
they will soon be admitted as an independent State
The people of Kansas are now deyotipg themselves
to their own business, and none but loafng idlers
and mischievous meddlers will lend themselves to
black republcapism, work to order for their bene-
fit in distant States Out Of Topeka and Lawrence
there is scarcely in ten in Kansas who does
not approve of the course which die democratic
party and the administration has inaugurated
They are determined to mind their business,
and shake OF all outside Intermediates and act free
and independently. This is all that isneeded to make
Kansas great and prosperous State
THE GROWING COTTON CROP