Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-03-26
- From the Occidental Messenger.
Slavery and Anti-8lavery no longer q
question in Kansas.

sembled at Lecompton few weeks since,
has put forth an address to the people Of the
United States, signed by twenty-one gen.
tlemen, among whom we find the names
of d. r. Atchison, ]. H. Stringfellow, S.
]. Jones, Judge Isacks, g. c., all who have
been heretofore known as strong pro-slave-
partisans. The first act Of the Convention
was TO repudiate the name Of Pro-slavery
and assume the name Of National Democrat
ic party.
H. the address mentioned above, il is as
Leavenworth in 1855, to the present time
''no question Of whether Kansas should be
free or slave State, has been before the
people,"
The address further says:
"The law and order party, aided by a
Democratic administration and the Demo-
cratic party throughout the nation, have had
a full and complete triumph; and the laws
of the Territory, if not respected, are SUBJ
mitted 10, and the Topeka conspiracy has
evaporated forever. In view Of these facts,
we have agreed, unanimously, to forget old
differences and old organizations, and mind
full only Of our true interests and our true
friends, we have resolved to stand by that
party which has stood by us; and planting
ourselves upon the platform adopted by the
Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, we
pledge ourselves 10 stand with The Demo-
cratic party of this nation in all its strug-
giles, and TO sustain ITS chosen administra-
ton against all assailants. Hereafter we
expect TO be tested by our faithfulness 10
the principles and party under whose BAN
ner we rally"
We all have a distinct recollection Of the
appeals ofthese same men last summer, to
the pro-slavery party in Missouri and the
South, for men and money TO sustain slave
ry and the pro-slavery party in Kansas
Help was freely given by MissOurians
without regard to old party differences
Now after having absorbed the means Of
Wings and Americans, as well as Demo-
Gratis, in this Kansas matter, we are cody
told by the Committee that The Law and
Order Party have been aided by the Dem
ocraiic administration and Democratic par
ty, to full triumph; thus as completely ig-
noring the aid afforded by Wings and A
mericans, as if they never had contributed
anything.
We have frequently heard it limited that
this Kansas business was kept alive by po-
litical demagogues for the purpose of fur
thering their own ends, and in view of the
4 actions Of this convention, in transferring
the whole pro-slavery party, body and
breeches, over to the great democratic par
ty, would seem to confirm this view of the
}, case.
t The signers of this address, after pledg-
: ing themselves 10 sustain the dem ocratic
. party and administration against all its as
sailants, tell us that thereafter we expect
$ TO be tested by our faithfulness to the prin-
r ciples and party under whose banner we
rall".'
Such being the case the plain inference
is, that all who do not rally under and sus'
tain the democratic administration in all il:
a acts, will be classed as Black Republican.
i and Aboitionists.
o That there may be no mistake in their po
!. stion, in speaking of the change in position
o the address says:
y sin doing SO, as a party, ue forget slaue
|, m and anti-SlaUery, in the high purpose o
serving our country; and whether we hav'
! heretofore been Wing or Democrat, pro
= slavery or anti.slarery, we now unite to
:" gether under the Democratic banner TO ali
= our friends all over the Union and the right
y of the people Of the States and the Terrific
i ry." -.,s
e Here then is the plain object, not 10 max
l. Kansas a Slave Sute, but a Democrat
Y, State, and 10 this end all the means hereto
q fore contributed by the friends Of slavery il
: Missouri have been and will be applied.
IF Free-soilers are invited to act with tn
l. party with the understanding that thei
e views on the Slavery question are to be n
g bar to their future advancement by the par
". The result then will be, that Reeder
.e Robinson, Lane, Brown and oil the old Ire
State leaders can and will no doubt be ad
II mitted and recognized as all right, for it i
IA notorious that they have always been demo
is Gratis, and the only difference that has eve
a. existey with them and the signers of til
at address was on the slavery question.
G. G. Now we ask the Wings and American
;, who have contributed their thousand {
Us of dollars for the purpose of making Kar
c. sas Slave State, how they like the use
m which their money has been applied an
4; I, whether they will continue to give the
wv time and means for Kansas when they al
an told that slavery is no longer question
ell that Territory, but rather the triumph of ii
", great Democratic party.