The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-01-02
Republican Principles Progressing.

Although uOminally defeated at the last
Presidential election, the moral influence Of
the Republican cause in the nation has new
or been ac,u,lly 80 grea, as II Is Of this very
moment. We see the evidences Of II all
abou, Us. In Kansas, in the 'ardy AWAKEN
inc of Governor Geary to the wrongs ana
indiyni,iss perpeirated against tho Free
State men Of tina, territory, may be seen
90. or the frs, conclusive evidences thai
The moral weight of the majOri,ies given in
ths sl,ven Free States, and Of the hardly
Lea. poverful mino,itiss in the others, has
been felt. At Washington, the silence oil
Northern Democrats during the debate on
the Presidents Message, is another omin-
On. feature that they are neither blind nor
deaf to that great and growing power at
The North, destined, II they dare to resist 1t
as they have done, to sweep the Democrat
&c party from every Free State in the eOun-
,ry. Aud when, a, last. Senator from
PENNSYLVANIA does speak, how different Is
his language and tone 4 >m wha, 1t has
been. Kansas is to be, he hopes and be-
lisyes, a Free State. A; las, he admits the
iniuuilies Of its bogus laws, the justice and
rea,onableness Of the demands Of Its inhao-
i.an,s, all the while conscious that all he
SAYS will be taken rs ioreshadowing the
views Of the incoming executive. The
Marshal of Kansas undertakes to thwars
and to defy the Governor, when ,ae latter
seeks 10 bring pro-slavery murderer to
Justice. He resigns bis post, and the pro-
slavery leaders q, Washington, who insist
,ha, he shall be re-appOinted by the Pres'
den. awake to the disasreeable reality thai
their behests can no longer dragon the
Presiden, into deiying alike justice and
public opinion. The sS.Presiden, that Is to
bo remembers thar there Is North, in The
mids, OF which he must soon take UP his
bode; tho moral influences OF the late
election are yet siIong upon hin; they
strengthen his spinal column, and he dare'
10 saw, No! Marshal Donaldson's resisna'
ton is accepted, aud a successor, presumed
to be decent and respectable man, is aP'
pointed in his place. Judge Leeompse, who
has so long defied and outraged all law, VIC
lated all sense OF RICH, and justice, who ha'
tramplcd upon every conceivable right o
the fee settlers, packed juries and grand
iuries, indicted private dwellings as nuisan'
ces. sheltered lawless mobs OF bandits anc
murderers - and all with apparent imPun'
~, even he is made to feel at last in hi
own person the reflex influence of the grea
moral power Of the late election. Ever
Judge Lecomp,e realizes a, last that there
are lengths to which even he, backed as he
has been by the full support Of the slave
power, canno, with safety go. He realizes
il all too late 10 save his own Official exist
ence, and he who has been guilty OF hl
moro ilagran, offences against justice, NOR
ally and constitutional law, falls ut last be-
fore comparatively slight transgressiOn Of
his official powers. Il j. because tina, trans
erosion delies the public opinion oil the en-
tire North and Of the conservative South
it j. because the administration darcs no
longer to take the responsibility OF his acts,
that he is dismissed.
In St. Louis, again, we fad yet more
conclusive evidence Of The reaction in pub
lilo opinion, and tina, there is healthicr
tone prevalent in that community. The
ST. Louis Democrat, sustained by that pub
lic sentiment, comes boldly forward and
maniully takes the ground, the freedom III
Kansas Is the true interest Of Missouri
Even the St. Louis Republican, than which
no paper has heretofore given warmer
support TO the border ruifians OF Missouri
or to The indeiensible laws Ct the bogus
Legislature Of Kansas, is compelled essen
tally 10 modify its tone. The moral sen'i'
mcnt Of St. Louis will no longer tolerate lh'
raids on the borders, nor the atrocities prsc
tised b. those who got them up, aud ever
the Republican becomes sensible Of thu
healthy reaction. AL at once It becomes
conservative in its tone, administers sharl
rcbuke to Governor Adams, OF South Caro-
Ina, for his volunteer message in deiens,
OF the African slave traffic, and takes th'
somewhat novel ground-nOyel for its col
umns, at least-,ha, missouri has no ide'
OF turning the Union upside down for iht
sake OF extending slavery" |, even pre-
sumes to face Davie Atchison himself, deny
ing the truth Of that wOrihy's declaration
that Kansas is to be "a slave Safe, eithe
in or out OF the Union" More than this
the Republican inmates, that in the case
Of dissolution OF the Union, Missouri
would 90 with the North, and most surPTiz
ing Of all, il awakens at las, 10 the iniqu
ties OF the Kansas laws, declaring that in
asmuch as they cannot be successfully de-
Tended, they must be repealed.
All these things show that though these
changes have come after the election, they
are yet in consequences Of its teachings
They indicate tho force Of public opinion
even upon Missouri. Murder and robbery
can no longer be defended or Pallialed. In
spite Of the ,rickerie' or the scoundrelisms
Of party, the great mass Of the people are
honest and will not uphold injustice. The
wrongs Of the free-S,ate men are being un.
dersiOOd even in Missouri, and public oPin-
ion comPels their bilicrest enemies to do
them justice. The srea, moral Influence Of
the late election is yielding golden fruits,
and peIvadins even tho s,ronghOlds Of the
wors, enemies OF human rights and popular
freedom. Let no true friend Of the cause oil