Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-12-18


the isotherual hne," "Slaves cannot be
kept in Kansas" {" the law of Nature e1-
cludes Slavery from Kansas" &c. &c.
Those who took Slaves there under all the
circumstances Of the esss, can not in Law
or justice complain Of the result.
"Kansas has for some years occupied too
much Of the public attention. 1t is high
time this should be directed to far more
important objects. When once admitted
into the Union, whether with or without
slavery, the excitement beyond her own
limits will speedily pass away, aud she
will then for the first time be left as she
orght TO hare been long since, to manage
her own affairs in her own way: If her
constitution on the subject of slavery or
on any other subject, be displeasing to a
majority of the people, no human power
can prevent them from changing it within
brief period. Under these circumstan-
ces, it may well be questioned whether the
peace and quiet Of the whole country are
not of greater importance than the mere
temporary triumph of either Of the politi-
cal parties in Kansas"
And SO our diguifed Chief Magistrate
proclaims with the air of an Autocrat Of
all the Russias, that THE PEOPLE have
paid "too much attention" to this Kansas
business! But that is matter for you
and !, reader, to decide, and not for even
a President to dictate. The Kansas plot,
sir has involved great questions Of Right
and Wrong-of Liberty or Slavery-of
Free Government against Despotic Usur-
patton. The efforts Of your "political
party, IN Kansas" and OUT of it-from
the day Of the perfdious violation of the
Missouri Compromise, to this hour-show
that you regard it as a contest Of the high
est moment. Postponing "the irresistible
will Of the majority" until 1864, will on
ly keep up an agitation which may be laid
in month. b" l am mar, and take an in
terest in whatever concerns mankind" is
Q noble sentiment Of the patriot of old,
which you even in your new party afhlia.
tion and exalted position will seek in vain
to suppress. The honor, the glory and
the progress of our confedcracy may be
matters Of solicitude to the humblest men,
ber of it. You can not pervert the do
main consecrated to Liberty in 1920, by
commanding Us to be silent while the
minions Of Slavery are steathily and ruth
less at work to rob her people oftheir nat
ural and constitutional rights!
1t is true, Kansas sought to have been"
left to govern herself Her rights, sccur
ed in 1920, "for ever" ought to have been
held sacred. She ought to have been open
to peaceable and industrious emigrants
from every quarter. Highways ought not
to have been closed against FreeState emf.
grants Her Free State Hotels and Towns
ought not to have been battered by U. s.
cannon, and burned down. Her free presses
ought not to have been thrown into the
river. Her citizens ought not to have
been illegally arrested by reckless Judges
and barbarously immured for months in
dungeons on false and ridiculous charges
of Treason. Her ballot box ought not to
bavo been, four or Eve times in succession,
taken by force and stuffed with spurious
votes from the Slave States. The Blue
Lodges and Buford banditti ought not to
have been enrolled as a U. s. posse, paid
from the National Treasury, and allowed,
to do their work of robbery,
arson, demoniac outrage, and death itself.
q. S. troops ought not to have been EN-.
ployed, and U. S. civil officers encouraged,
in sustaining these outlaws and villains.
You ought not to have appointed any of
that class Of men over the people they have
scourged. The people of Kansas ought
to have been allowed to choose their own |
officers and make their own laws. The
successive Governors who endeavorcd after
fully investigating Kansas affairs, to DO
RIGHT, ought not to have been elected from
office, in the hope Of getting more seryile
tools of Slavery in their place. ALL
THESE WRONGS, most honored President!
OUGHT NOT TO HAVE BEEN! And now,
sir, if you have spark of sincerity, take
your hands off,! withdraw the U. S.
troops! let the people of Kansas alone
land in two months Republican State
Government will be in full operation per.
Fect peace will be inaugureted; and every
outlaw and unlawful agitator will have
been banished, buried beneath its free soil,
,r swing Haman-like in the pure breezes of
Kansas!
Our readers must excuse the great
ength to which we have been led in re.
'iewing the extraordinary position of our
President. The question of the approval
# this fraudulent Lecompton Coustitu.
ion, we hope will never be reached in
Congress /: if it be, the next battle for
Freedom for Kansas will be then fought.
Senator Douglas, aided by some of the