Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-03-27

During the pohucal campaign OF last
summer, the party presses and Par;izan
leaders Of the Buchaniers said there was
no trouble in Kansas tina. all was quiet
and peace there, and that all tho stories
to the contrary were Black Republican
lies, cot up for effect Every enc will
reeol.ect how pcrsisten;ly this was aIlcg-
cd, and with what efsrontary and bold
ness it was proclaimed at the very corner,
Of the streets. Now let US turn ana see
how eifectually Coy. Gaary eonviets these
men and these presses Of talsehood In
his parting Address to the people OF
Kansas. he says
Il reached Kansas and entered aaoa
the discharge Of my af.cisl duties in the
most gloomy hourpf her history. Des-
elatioa ana ruin rejsael ea every hand /;
ham and freslles wera desarted: the
snake Of burning dwellings, darEaacI
the atmosphere; women and children.
driven Fl IN their habitatious. wandered
over the parties and among the wood
lands, or sought refuge and protection
even among the Indian tribes Tha
highways were infested with numerous
predatory bands. and towns were fortified
aal Z rrisoue1 by armies Of conflicting
parsisans, each excited almost 70 frenzy
and determined apon mutual extermina-
ton. SuoA was. without. cNa5gcratiou.
the condition Of the Territory at The SIM
q my arrival. Her .geas4ry was haa..-
raQt. There were 10 pcc8n;ary reSour-
ees within herself to nee; the exieeaciss
Of the time Tie Congressional aparo-
nriations. intended to aofrav the expenses
Of wear. were insufficient to meet the
demands Of fortnight. The. laws were
null. the Courts virtually SUSPENDED. and
the civil arm Of the Government almost
entirely powcrless.
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giving 20 our readers the following artl-
Gle from the Missouri D,mccrat, the St.
Louis srsan of Col. Benton. Il i wor-
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from Tue .a's''af' Democrat March lsta
/ gov Geary Account OF Kansas
he picture OF su5docd pc9ple,
though almost unknown to the expert
eHce Of American citizens, may not be
entirety unfamiliar To Their imagination
The oppressed silently bearing the Ills
they have, rather than incur greater dam
GER, and perhaps guilt, by resisting them,
the altered relations IN the eye Of the
world which the oppressoT effects be-
tween himself and h.s victim. ~ express
iaS lis W.. IN certain formulas which he
calls statutes the bastard divinity witt
winch he : thus enabled to hedge lis
power. and the namberless shaekles
winch he IS, IN measure, authorized 10
/ ter-e Tor his PROSTATE antagonist; the
corrupt administration OF the laws by
the tribunals which he las created and
which faithfully reflect his will, never
Furnishing paT'izan, and never permit
tang an adversary to 20 unscathcd the
unnatural stiffness which he enforces,
lest the voice OF iamentation orof anger
should 70 abroad such arc the pcyma-
ncnt features OF reign Of terror founded
upon treason or conquest, whether in
England. under Norman adyanturcr:
n Poland, unaera wicked Empress: in
France, under an obscure lawyer :; or in
Kansas, under pro-s,avery President.
Such arc the features with which Gov
crnor Gcary invests the history Of Kansas
and the correspondence Of this journal
corro5orates the accuracy Of lis desaca.
ton. But this is not all Kansas VIII
come before Congress with a pro-slaycrv
Constitution in her hand, or rather the
faction which IS recognized as the le.iti-
mate citizens of that Territory will aaun;
IN instrument Of thatnaturc before the
eyes Of Congress and the world. next
winter. OF this there can be no doubt
The recent silence and inactivity Of the
Border Rufiians, were the silence ana
inactivity Of an ambuscade. When
it was generally supposed they had ae-
guessed in the laws of nature and the
laws Of the land, and were wiling to
trust thci~ cause to the popular vote in