The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-02

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The Buffalo Commercial.
BY the following article, which we find in the
last Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, We learn
that the Fillmore organ, and as matter Of
course, the party, is heartily tired Of the slavery
agitation, of the conspiracy in Kansas, and the
whole internal machinery Of the slavery exten.
sionists. It even goes so far as to threaten, in
case this agitation is kept up, to take the side
Of free labor in the next Presidential election.
Ever since Gov. Walker went to Kansas, We
have aimed to treat him and the administration
which sent him with fairness-a course from
which We shall not permit ourselves to vary
The intention which, both in his inaugural ad.
dress, and in Numerous speeches. he so empha.
ticaliy announced, OF using the whole weight Of
his official and personal influence to secure to
all the bona fide residents of the Territory the
right of voting on the new Constitution, led us
to augur we'll Of bis administration, and to en-.
terrain the hope, that II . proslavery Consti.
tuition should be framed, it would be promptly
rejected by the people. But We must now
frenkly say that We have ceased to expect any
thing favorable from Gov. Walkers adminstra-
ton. He has FILTERED away all his strong dec
larstions and assurances. His promises made,
as they were, in the broadcast terms, and with
out any qualification, have all their value and
significance explained away, by this new trick
OF Interpretation. There is still trouble ahead,
il not in Kansas, certainly in Congress and the
country. Glad indeed, would We De to see this
mischievous agitation settled by fair vote Of
the people Of Kansas themselves, even II the
result were such as to make it q slave State
That would be an evil whose consequences
would be mostly felt in Kansas itself; but re.
vival of the agitation throughout the country,
would be general calamity. But IL those who
are fairly entitled to vote on the Constitution,
are cheated ont Of their rights-no matter un.
der what plausible pretext-wc shall see stormy
times. midi .na
When Gov. Walker speaks Of previous res
idence Of three or six months, nobody is shall
low enough not to see that six is the numhev
really meant and that the "thrcc" is used
merely TO soften disagreeablc statement, and
because he shrinks from plumply saying tina,
the Convention viii require si1 months resi-.
dence, and that he approves il. The effect will
be to exclude At least halt the bona fde settlers
Of the Territory from any voice in deciding the
character OF the Institutions under which they
are to live. The emigration 70 Kansas this
summer has been immense, and without any
doubt exceeds the population previously there.
There can be as little doubt that the greater
portion of this summers emigration have gone
to Kansas to make permanent home, and have
the same interest in its institutions ~ those who
will be permitted TO vote under the elk months
rule proposed BY Gov. Walker, and which he
evidently regards as certain TO be adopted BY
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large proportion of the bona 6de inhabitants
II will exclude, this rule il obviously and grossly
unfair. This period of six months will have its
commencement SO near the registration Of last
spring, that it will be . very short step from
the six months residence back Of that registra-
ton with it's sixteen hundred or 20 enrolled
voters.
What Is certain, land Coy Walker very well
knows it, is, that the effect of adopting this six
months rule will be to confirm the free State
men in the determination they were on the
point Of abandoning, to take no part in pro-
ceeding BY which they were sure to be circum-9
vented. Whatever constitution IL adopted by
the Convention is certain to receive the sane
ticn Of such OF the Inhabitants AZ vote, "a small
minority Of the actual settlers, and to 60 to
Congress under such circumstances as will stir
up such breeze a. has scarcely ever been Wit
BY the democratic majority, the agitation will
be transferred from the halls Of Congress TO the
people. AL the old wounds will be re-opened,
and the next Presidential election like the last,
will turn on the slavery issue.
This Is forbidding prospect, and we dcvont.
y hope the evil may be averted. But lift must
come to this, our ground IL firmly taken. We
are on the side Of justice and free labor, and
against treachery and fraud. eL
Walker has probably been frightened into
this virtual retreat from the bold position he
took when he made his advent il Kansas, BY
the opposition which his course has aroused in
the South. His appointment to the Office he
now holds 10 yet to come before the Senate for
approval. His manly declarations In favor Of
he submission OF the new Constitution 10 The
vote Of al the bona iide settlers, has endanger-
ID his continuation, and alarmed leet no shoald
b rejected, he has changed his tactics, and y
now aiming to conciliate the South.
A passenger BY the Michigan Central Railroad
lnding thar thessain did noe stop q particular
lsa&ioa. rushed for the rear car, carpet bag In
land, and Jumped Oh. The train vas passing |
y speed Of thirty milss an h0ss, and Of course |
- ssruck The, ground q no nstls dlatance ifom |
~ startling point Ons to0s struck the ground |
llsG snd . heavily did hs co., down thas TIE /
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