The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-04-01
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publican papers to renew the Kansas excitement
that being their ownly stock in trade The Su-
preme Court having kicked the bottom out of
their platform-the sovereignty Of Congress to
govern the people of the Territories--they now
have no earthly hope of succeeding by any 9TH
er means, than playing on the old string, bleed
ing Kansas" The st. Louis Democrat furnish
es its full share of lies for the same purpose
During the last campaign it exceeded any 9th
er paper in the Union in the amount of lies,
published about the Territory Our Repubh
can papers here are very fond of quoting it.
We take following from the State Joa,nal:-
Gev% :&eary's MeSsage--NTurder of
BuliNm.
The st. Louis Democrat of the nth contains
the address ofthe late Governor OF Kansas to
the people of that Territory. We shall publish
it hereafter. The editor of the Democrat gives
the substance OF "a conversation held by the edi-
| tor with him, in which the terrible state to which
Kansas has been reduced by pro-slavery brig
ands is depicted in glowing cofors.
Must such villany go unwhpped forever Of
! justice? God forbid! What terrible rebuke
is this and others in the address, to the cold un
| feeling and despisabe Locotoco doughfaces, who
upon the stump and in their papers ofOhio, have
sneered at "bleeding Kansas" and the "black
republican Freedom ShriekerS" Where is
there shade dark enough to hide the blush OF
igRemiHy which should sulfuse their piteous IA
ceS?-Jour.
We thought Kansas had quit bleeding under
the wise administration of Gov. Geary. But the
papers are determined to make it bleed on.
To show the terrible state Of Kansas" we will
give the statement of Gov. Geary himself in his
farewell address and our readers will see how it
corresponds with the Substance Of cony yersa-
ton" which the editor cfthe st. Lobs Demo
erat had with Geary in which was depicted in
glowing colors the terrible state to which Kan
sas has been reduced" The Governor in part
ing with the citizens Of Kansas gives them some
friendly advice, and depicts in glowing colors''
the prosperity of the Territory, and tells them
how to maintain that prosperity. He says:
"On every hand, now perceive unmistaka-
BILE indications of welfare and prosperity. The
honest settler occupies his quiet dwelling, with
his wife and children clustering around him, un.
molested and fearless Of danger. The solitary
traveller pursues his way unharlned over every
public thoroughGue. The torch of the inGendiary
has been extinguished, and the cabins which
were destroyed have been replaced with more
substantial buildings. Hordes of banditti no
longer lie in wait i'll every ravino for plunder
and assassination. Invasions of hostile armies
have ceased, and infuriated partlsans, living in
our midst, have emphaticaly turned their swords
into ploughshears, andtheir spears into pruning
hooks. Laborers are every where at work.
Arms are undergoing rapid Improvements
merchants are driving a thriving trade-and
mechanics pursuing with profit their various
occupations. Real estate, in town and country,
has increased in value almost without precedent
until in some places it is commanding prices
that never could have been anticipated. Wheth-
er this healthy and happy change is the result
solely Of my Executive labors, or not, it certain
ly has occurred during my administration. Up
on yourselves must mainly depend the preser-
vation and perpetuity ofthe present prosperous
Condition Of affairs. Guard it with increasing
vigilence, and protect it as you would your lives.
Keep down that party spirit which, if permit
ted to obtain the mastery, must lead to desola-
ton, Watch closely, and condemn its infancy
every insidious movement that can possibly
tend to discord and disunion. Suffer no local
predludlces to disturb the prevailing harmony.
10 every appeal to these turn deaf ear, as did
the Savior of men to the promptings Of the de-
celver Act as united band of brothers, bound
together by one common tie. Your interests
are the same, and by this course alone can they
be maintained. Follow this, and your hearts
and homes will be made light and happy by the
richest blessings Of kind and munifcent Prov
dence"
In all conscience, what Is the use ofcirculating
these partisan lies about the Condition of af.
fairs" in the Territory? Every one knows that
such stories have tendency to retard the emi
grafton to the Territoryj and if anything wilt
make slave State out Of it, it is the manufactu-
ring and circulation Of such lies Yet those
who do SO, claim to be the vaunted. friends Of
| Freedom and free Kansas" The motives of
those who chuckle over every idle story of trou
bic in the Territory are not very hard to divine.
1t is what they want, but zoe hope the present
state Of prosperity will continue.