The Washington union., 1857-09-24
BLACK REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT KANSAS AID
MITTED AS A FREE STATE

We have often expressed our convictions that Che
black republicans were opposed to Kansas being
admitted free State but that the object of that
party rs TO keep all matters there open for egaton
with reference to elections and particularly the next
presidential canvass we now have material evil
dence upon this point Henry Wilson, United States
senator in Massachusetts,, has recently been in Kan.
sas and of TO shape events there to suit the
purposes of his party with reference to the present
and future elections. The Massachusetts, Bay State
says N has the name of person who heard Wilson
make the following declaration to his friends in Kan
sas-Lane, Robinson, and others--which we have no
doubt is true:
"DO not UOte at the october election LEI them FORM slave
State Hid them do yoa ~iom suspicion This Is
all he capital re ask for Ne hrt presidential election"
This diseloses the object of Wilson and his party,
and which they seeking to carry out to the ut
and Wilmot by the aid Of this Kansas legerdemain.
These views are fortified by an article in the Steu-
behSille Union, published in Ohio by backrepub-
lcan member of Congress who has recently been
making the tour of Kansas. Via developments con-
clusivey establish the Views which we have hereto
fore expressed. In that paper he says
Every street, corner and 'doggery,' of which even
in this old Massachusetts town there were not few
had its crowd of disputants Here / found James II.
Lane, who invited to his wgwam, where we
took smoke and talked matters He justifes his
course and that of the ultra rceSte.e of which he
is the leading spirit upon circumstances upon which he
alleges the people III the free States know little moth
ing. sso met Governor Robinson, General Pomeroy,
Mr.. Jenkins DR.. Cutter s. n. Wood and other notabil-
tiles of the party The principal topic the
Topeka legislature, then about to assemble No one
seemed to know precisely what they going to do
plan seemed agreed upon and the prudent ac-
knowedgcd that the whole proceeding farce which
they scarcely knew how to get out of with any kind of
credit. They determined not to vote for members
for the constitutional convention but avowed that they
would vote for members of the territorial legislature next
October when they expected to carry every election dis
trct in the Territory endeavored to understand them
on the hypothesis of consistency, but could not They
would not vote at the constitutional election because
that would recognise the bogus Legislature but they
would vote in October for delegates to Congress- and for
legislative officers under the same bogus law
"They also avowed their intention of voting down the
constitution whether good bad saying that they had
a majority, and would make constitution in their
time, and such one as they wanted. To suggestion
that it would be of vast interest to the prosperity of the
Territory to have political matters settled Immediately
and finally the reply that such settlement might
tend to build up the id democratic party, which
they desired to crushed to atoms
~ Withdrew, more than convinced that the free
State leaders do not desire to peace atenal feel
ing prevail among the people Their object is to keep
Kansas bleeding for the purpose of furnishing backre
publican electoneering capital in the States Looking
the whole field and after mixing with the people of
the Territory for nearly month"; such conclusion forces
itself upon me irresistibly