Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-02
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GCThe Editor of the Gazette and Citisen
devotes the leader of his last paper in vain
attempt to take US to task. 1t will be re-
membered that we alluded to the promises
o: the Democracy that the Administration
of Mr. BUCHANAN would make Kansas a
Free State. This, he says, will no doubt
take our readers by surp rise. We feel quite
willing 10 risk ell the surprise this occasion
ed; for we know that your declaration of
it's f.lsiiy will create much greater surprise
amoi'g your readers. 1t will be well for
rcu if it stops with surprise The past po-
I,icai contest is OF too recent date for you
to deny the truth Df Cur charge. The men,
cries Of the people cannot be so treacher0us
as to forget this. We know The great ma
ioriiy Of Northern Democrats, in voting Tor
Mr. BueHAsAN, thought they were voting
for Free Kansas Such was the doctrine
advanced by your orators last fall in this
town. Have you so soon forgottenl One
of our own citizens also who held forth e To-
quenilf in Bridgeport, declared most posi-
lively that be could prove as clear as noon
cay Fremont was STAKEHOLDER, and
the Democracy was the only true Anti
Slavery party. What, We wonld ssk, else
than the prospect of Free Kansas ever Sc
cured P,nnsylrsnia for BUCHANAN. John
VAN BuREs and Ex-Governor BiGLER cam
vassed The whole State, ard every where
proclaimed that voting for JAMES BUCHANAN
was voting for Free Kansss. And it was
this alone that made the result OF the elec.
lion what it was. Ii is a notorious fact that
in Pennsylvania call for Democratic
meeting was entitled "a call for the friends
OF Free Kansas We cuu only excuse you
from not knowing this on the grounds of
not having read the papers.
lie also charges "that it was the doctrine
os Black Republicans that the election of
FREMONT alone would secure that State TO
Freedom" We know it was: and are now
more than ever convinced Of its truth
"And," he adds, 'thst the Black Republican
party charged that Mr BUCHANAN would
make that Territory Slave State, and they
secured thousands of votes for their iayorite
in thus charging" All this is very true,
and had The people been as well convinced
of the truth of that charge then as they are
how, cur fsvoriie would have got the whole
vote OF the North, and many more than he
did in the South. alt is also very true that
these same leaders are now anxious that
Kansas should be Slave State, and are
using their entire energies to bring it
sbout.r This is go ridiculousy false that
it needs no notice. Every honest man will
repudiate il. There is but one way in which
@e can clear you of desire to misrePresent
the Republican leaders. If honest in the
charge, you must judge the honesty of all
men by very low standard of honesty
Men are apt to judge others by themselves
But what evidence does he give that his
charge is correct, We will give it in full
that al who read may understand:
Il is admitted on all hands that the Free
State men in Kansas are largely in the as
eendnnt. Yet last Fall they suffered them
selves TO be made the tools of political dem
sgogLes in the Eastern States, and refused
10 60 10 the polls and vote for members of
Territorial Legis lature. The consequence
was that pro-slsvery Legisl allure was elect
ed. Had the Free State men turned OUT
and nominated ticket aud elected il, as
they could have done, there would have
been no necessity for the present bowling
orer the passage of oppressive laws in Kan
ess. But they refused to vote because Ho-
race Greeley, and few other rogues and
demsgogues told them not to vote, and now
they shed crocodile tears over their own
scts. If Kansas is slave State, even for
Q day, il will have been made so by the ras-
State men are in the majority in Kansas -
Why did they not elect Legislature that
would express their will and make it a Free
State. Simply because political rogues
wanted it 10 be q slave State TO make polit-
ica, capital for election purposes, and to en-
sblc them to howl on over the subject oI
slavery. Every sensible man must know
tiis 10 be the fact.
Tiis seems 10 Us a fair confession ol
something he did not want known. It is
.hs fret time his co lumns have confessed
tha, there was danger Of his party making
Kansas slave State. And to justify the
;sro-SlaveTy party, tells US that the Free
g State men refused to vote last Fall, anG
consequently Pro-Slavery Legislature wa,
ected From this be comes to the con
ciusion that if Kansas is a &oue Stale er7
for dag, it ,riR haze seen made so by tn,
tasca!ay Of the Abolition leaders. Never wa
p. Injustice more manifest. After the Ere,
State party had first been driven from tn
polls by the hordes Of Missourfans, VIII
elected their own men, and made laws t
suit their own purposes; could they be ex
'pected to recognize call from such source
when doing so gave sanction to what the
knew was wrong. And 4 . while you hu
the infant demon in your fond embrace an
rejoice in what you have done, you need nc
till us that it has made so by the rascalIt
of Abolition leaders. This will never Dc
You will have to own your own offspring
you rejoice in the result of the crime, bu
are no. willing to own it as your own.
will be vain attempt for you to shuttle
3 from your shoulders. The people know 20
TO we'll. Those tears you speak of are he
tears OF blood, that have burned their in