Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-26

the st. Louis Democrat, and we ask for
it the careful attention of all who are
willing to know the whole truth in rela-
ton othatterritory asitpases ntohistory.
A few years hence, men who read it will.
wonder that the whole North did not
rise in arms to sweep the Border Ruffian
invaders from the face of the earth:
Geary's Account CT Kansas.
The picture Of subdded people, tho
almost unknown. to the experience Of
American citizens, may not he entirely
unfamiliar to their imagination. The
oppressed, silently bearing the Ills they
| have rather than incur great danger, and
perhaps guilt, by resisting them; the al
tered relations in the eve of the world
which the oppressor affects between him
self and his victim, by expressing his will
in certain formulas which he calls stat
utes; the bastard divinity with which he
is thus enabled to hedge his power, and
the numberless shackles which he is, in
a measure, authorized to forge for his
PROSTATE antagonist; the corrupt admin
lstration of the laws 10y the tribunals
which he has created and which faithful
ly reflect his viii, never Furnishing par
tizan, and never permitting an adver-
sary to go unscathed; the unnatural still
ness which he entorces, lest the voice of
lamentation or OF angershould go abroad;
such are the permanent features of a
reign Of terror founded upon treason or
conquest, whether in England, under a
Norman adventurer; in Poland, under a
wicked Empress, in France, under an
obscure lawyer, or in Kansas, under a
pro-slayery President. Such are the tea-
lures with which Governor Geary in
vests the history of Kansas, and the cor
respondence Of this Journal corroborates
the accuracy of his delineation. But
this is not all. Kansas will come before
Congress with a pro-savery Constitu-
ton In her hand, or rather the faction
which is recognized as the legitimate
citizens of that Territory, will flaunt an
instrument of that nature before the eyes
of Congress and the world, next winter.
! OF this there can be no doubt.
The recent silence andinactivity of the
Border Rutfians, were the silence and in
activity of an ambuscade. When it was
generally supposed they had acquiesced
in the laws of nature and the laws of the
land, and were willing to trusttheir cause
to the popular vote in the Territory, they
had resolved to prosecute their ancient
plans with renewed yigor, to play out
the diabolical game which they COM
menced in fraud and force; and hence,
for several months, they have been sap
ping and mining, preparatory to the de-
cisive struggle inthe Constitutional Con
vention If ever means were taken to
pack Convention, they have been ia
ken i'll this case. Nothing has been omit
/ ted-nothing left to chance. The plan
of packing is as elaborate and as perfect
as the wit of man can make 1.-THE time
the mode, and the machinery, have been
selected with satanic skill. Every con-
! tingency is provided for in this compact
and complicated scheme. From tie to-
king Of the census By the county sherifS,
10 the orgdni@ati0n Of the Concentio,s
through tie grated surveillance Of cleo
tom jndges, l>ro5ute .judges, dc, the fell
on Legislature hasprovided as effectual-
ly forsecuring the desired result, as Lou
lis Napoleon did for getting himself cleo
ted Emperor. The responsibility of
the Convention, and the integrity Of its
production from the subsequent action
Of the people, are also provided for. The
ratitying voice Of the people, contrary to
usage, is ignored. No freedom of cleo
ton and no official fidelity can be expect
IL 4 - u o
the felon Legislature di&fratchtsed every
one ach0 should not be Il resistant on the
Fifteenth inst, and to prevent the reject
ion of the Constitution, adopted long
since in the caucuses otthe Blue LODGE
no provisions were made for submitting
that radiant scroll to the people. The
Convention WILDE packed from the foun-
dation stone to the eve-st0ne, and every
honest man in Kansas will therefore see
the propriety Of stunning it as he would
pandemonium itself
1t is useless to deny it; the Kansas
question is yet to be settled. That task
devolves upon the new administration.
The lull that followed the general cleo
ton has passed away, and we all per-
ceive that the strife has deepened. The
entire organization Of the Territory of
Kansas must be remodeled, if peace is to
be restored, or if popular sovereignty is
to prevail. The fabric bull. by the Leg
stature must be Tazed to the ground, and
the whole legislative and judicial institu-
tons reconstructed. Especially must
the Surveyor General, and the nest of vi
pers in his Office, be squelched. In our
humble Judgment, the Kansas question
has never worn the ominous aspect and
colossal proportions which it is now be-
ginning to assume. 1t is impossible to
conceive that the people of the North
will acquiesce in the final triumph Of a
system OF fraud, violence and ruthless
tyranny-equally impossible to conceive
that the slavery eXtensioniSts will fore
go their purposes; and therefore the
prompt and vigorous intervention of the
President is demanded by the most Sc
rious considerations. If the nOn-inter-
vention policy is followed, then the peo-
/ pie Of the United States will review the
decision of the Kansas Constitutional
Convention, and the late decision of the
! Supreme Court at the same time, with
what incidental agitations and possible
collisions, may be easily surmised. But
while freedom Of action, of speech, and
of election is being strangled in Kansas,
let us take heed that St Louis is not
transformed into a black-hole Of CaIcut-
ia by the niggerites. Let us resolve to
have one breathing spot this side Of the
Mississippi.
From KANsAs.-A correspondent from
Kansas, in letter, dated Lawrence, X.
| T., March 6. says that large numbers of
| re o,.a co,,,i,,oe.