Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-01-08

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slavery aud free State settlers showed no.
lisposi ion to interfere with each others
claims; on the contrary. they dill thelF best
to cause them to be respected, and the
manifest desire to do each other jus ice oe-
gat mutual good will The fee S;a;e and
| pro- slavery settlers bought lands side by
side, with the understanding that they
were to behave to each other as gooc nei sh-
BORIS. The preponderance of the free
ate population is so great in Kansas that
! those who favoicJ the Introduction If slave
ry have given up the contest.
"But wi h regard to those who were the
leaders in the ouinges committed on the
rights of the fee Sac settlers, the case is
differen'. They find themselves marked,
detes ed. Stunned, and some Of them are
suspicious that they arc not safe in the ter
Tory. Sheriff Jones, who dis inguished
/ Himself rs the leader /, several Of these
ou;rayrs. has vacua.ed the territory. aud
lives at Wes'port. in Missouri, four miles.
east of Kansas Ci A'clison, who pro-
claimed himself settler few months
since. finds Weston. in Missouri, more
desrablc place of residence than any part
of Kansas. He is probably wal Ing f,r the
arrival of the men whom he sent 10 Wilt
field to recruit in Mississippi ond Louisia-
ma. The late Marshal of the Terr:o :ory. n
notorious confederate of the invaders. was
lately at Lawrence, where he was cncoun-
tered bv one Of the free State settlers, who
| '.ocllv sal TO him. While YOU are here in
Lawrnce among my fiends YOU are safe;
| hrlf M nj, e
dead man Since that lime i; is said that
/ Marshal Donaldson keeps himself at Leav-
enworth, avyi linz tie road leading to Law
renee. and it is thought that, VIXEN lis
successor in Office arrives, tie will Leave the
/ Territory.
Governor Geary. who at first received
his impressions of lie stare of the country
i from such men as Lec"mp!e and Titus. Las
begun to observe f,r himself, and to form
his own conclusions. He has declared his
intention to govern the Territory impair
II i lily, 10 keep himself aloof from the iahu
ences Of any parry, aud 10 plo.ect all peace
able ci iz-ns in the e'j 'yment Of their
tights. The people Of Kansas are willing
t, give him their confidence. ard the man
ner in Which he has lately exercised his of
fc;a power. indicates that he deserves H.
He has the good sense to see that the pros
peii of The Territory depends upon the
srcuri Y Of personal iigh,s. and knows lha;
his OWE reputation is concerned in govern
ing we'll.
I'VE believe that we may assure those
who think Of emf IRA Ing Ia Kansas. that
hat the way Is now ms clear to thar Tc.ii-
tory as 10 Nebraska. aud The ngl;s Of SET
tiers rs safe h re rs tkc more nor5hera ;er-
ii DRY. TIE men who weie sent fnm tie
S-a'es to serve as solIi.Fs Of slavery for
Two years. have. for the most part gone
buck. at all events they have disappeared.
A'chison hovers yet on the Lo,iers of the
Territory; but would no. care To en;er.
again without a horde of armed Missoa J.
ans a. his back, and this he will be PEE
vented from doing by Gov. Geary. The
country is now likely to fill rapidly with
,.olonis.s from the A lantic S,a.es and la
become one If the most prosperous of our
! Territories. The troubles by which l
early settlers have suffered have attrlc ed
attention to /. in degree tn which we do
not recolect parallel and now thar they
are sure TO be protected in their sh,s. the
ii le of emf era ion will set strongly in that
direei,n" /"
The purpose for which We reproduce
the f,rcsoine remarks is very simple. They
are full and free co"fess on tl.at all the
preiences of the black republicans plior 20
the election. concerning Kansas. wee filse
and that the predictions of the democtaic
pr-ss have been wholly fal6leI. No one
has forgotten, and no one can deny, that
the issue of the la.e con'est, as made up
aud insisted on by the black republicans,
was .Kansas--shall it be free or slave?"
and no one has forgotten. nor en- any ore
deny. that everywhere in the Nor.h--by
every black republican newspaper. and
stump ora.or--is was vehemen ly pro es;ed
and averred that as the contest should to
decided so would the issue be determined:
that rs Fremont or Buchanan should be
elected. SD would Kahsas be consecrated to
freedom. or consi CRED to everlasting bond
age. Nor has it been forgotten. and il can
not be denied. that the democratic orators
and democratic press, everywhere proclaim
ed that this was false issue, and that K.ii-
sas waul not be slave State as result
lof7the election of Mr.. Buchanan. None
nf these facts can have been forgotten, ami
! none Of them can be denied; for scarcely
two months have elapsed since they were
pa ent. W
We scarcely know al which our amuse-
inert has been most extised--the COO. per-
sstent imposition of f,lsc issue npon the
people before The elec Jpn. or the mock
honcss confession of TIE fia1d af.er the eec-
ton. tit e stg'A.
So. beyond alI doub'. Kansas viii be a
free State by viriuc of tie force of popular
sovreign;y. She will be Il free Sac. desi
! pie that ac.iou aboli ioniSm which be sat
southern coun.erac i,n. Shewili be a free
Sac. as democrats have NIL the while sal
she would be. because tba. is the Inevitable
destiny ef all the territories, il lefi to the
unrcsraiaed and uncontrolled decision of
the settlers of each
has been sail, good many times and
/ by a good many persons, that the people
like to be humbugged We have never
been qui ready to assent that Tie saving
should pass into an axiom: bu. if Tie teo-
1 ple of tie North do MT seize The first on