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But, inconsistent rs i may appear, these
Leaders, and their followers bere while thus
in unison with SHAREHOLDERS in principle
and upon he record. seeing that all hope
Of enslaring US in vain, are striving RoW
to make Kansas a free Democratic State.
The tyranny Of the past, and ell the obi
Gus laws enacted by it, the power Of the
General Government, aud all the energy
ofts miuions, are despOtieally and cuning-
/ ly directed to this end. Every movement
Of Governor Walker-the infamous appor-
tionment law, the ViUo Uiro system Of vo.
ting, and the thorough and base exercise
of one man poweF-sll, all are directed
to accomplish this result Now wherefore
this inconsistency Whence the infa-
nous betrayed Of the South, on the one
hand, and the mean aud despotic treat
ment of the freemen Of Kansas, on the
otherl The reasons are plain enough to
all who will consider them. Let us see if
we cannot make them 50.
First, the main strength Of the so called
Democracy is 10 the Slave States. 1t can
justly claim ouly four of the Free, and two,
! If not three Of those are held by doubt
ful tenure, The leaders of the party,
therefore, dare not oppose the shareholders,
dare not drive them off by denouncing
their outrageous dogmas, or declaring them
insolent and despolie; aud hence upon tie
record, and in general principles, are one
with them. But, secondly, this unmanIy
conduct, this low selyitude, this mean
grasping after power, has lost them all
New England and nearly all their strong
holds 10 the West. We're Kansas, then,
10 come into the Union as a State, the De.
n,ocracy Would Be poWerless all oOsr the
North, and must be defeated iR ls60.-
Hence the double game which is now be-
ing played. To the South, President Blu
chanan, Senator Douglas, and the other
leaders Of the party, say, "turn to The rec
ord, see how we re,afirm your dogmas;
look how we brave the North, and defy
its free sentiment by endorsing your Sec
tional and obnoxious principles" To
their adbereuts Of the North, who are un
easy, suspicious, watchful-to that part Of
the Democracy who hold to the great doc
triRes Of the Declaration of Independence,
they declare; "What need you care about
the metaphysics of the Southl You are
practical men; continue so we shall make
Kansas a Free State, aud you neel not
you will not ask for more. Stick to us,
then, and to your party"
That this conduct will dissatisfy the hon
esL, we need not assert. Double dealing
like this cannot escape uBceusured; the !
manly everywhere will scorn it, and these
who practice it. Aud the blow will fall
upon the headsof those most prominent in
concocting and carrying it ont, with dead.
ly effect. The MtraS ofthe South, if they
yield, as they probably must, will demand
their victims, and o.e of the number, who. |
ever else may fall, will be Governor Wal. |
ker. But this il secondary, esmpared to the
contempt with which the leaders of the
Democracy treat the People, and those
great principles of Liberty on which their
hopes alone can rest-to The heartless and |
despctiC manner in which they sport with
honest feeling and just right, while they
grasp at and seek TO secure power--to the
damning and damnable outrage of ma
king Freedom, the eternal safeguard and
hope Of mind and man, a secondary af
fair-a football, which they may kick
about as they please, so that they shall
win Office and keep it. To this we earn
estly point against this we solemnIy
protest. And We feel assured, whoever
else may overlook it, whatever other State
or Territory may disregard it, that the
Freemen Of Kansas will brand this conduct
With the infany it merits, aad Indignantly I
'epndiate those guilty of it.-Leaveawo95
I INES.