True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-29
What Ought the Free State Men to do
in Kansas?

In few weeks the people of Kansas
will have to act upon The adoption of a
State Constitution, one of the most i'm
portant that can come before a free peo-
pie. The Bogus Legislature passed the
Laws by which the election is 10 be con-
Quoted, and although they are designed
to deprive the Free State men of their
rights by imposing odous test oalhs, &c.,
yet the grand swindle was perfected in
the law requiring a sort of registry OF the
votes to be made, and the appointing OF
pro slavery men 10 make the registry.
All The intelligence we have flom that
Territory goes to show that the rights
of the Free State men are not being re-
garded at all. Their names are not put
on the poll,books, and in the towns where
the Free State men preGominate, Law
renee being one, no voting place is to be
opened, but the men living in Lawrence,
must 60 to Lecompton some fifteen or
twenty miles, the very headquarters Of
the pro slavery rulians to cast their
votes.
In view of this state Of things, the
question is asked, What are the Free
State men to do? The New York Tri
bune, and other leading Republican pa
pers, advise them to do nothing, to abstain
from all participation in the fraud, and
let the Slave State men vote their Slave
Stale ticket without molestation. We
do not regard this as wise council we
do not think it even polite. Our advice
would he for every Free State man TO
vote on the day of election. Let them
organize in the several towns and pre-
cincts, appoint judges and inspectors to
receive and count the votes, and to keep
a general tally sheet of the names of
the persons voting, and when the proper
time comes, let them be transmitted to
some friendly member of Congress, tc
be used in the debate which is sure Ia
arise when the question Of their admission
into the Union comes to be acted upon.
The Free State men in Kansas mus
act; they must do something; they
must make record; they must not ex-
pect aid or assistance from the new off
GERS appointed over them by Mr.. Buchan
an, but they must rely upon themselves
Both Stanton and Walker are pro.Slavery
men, aud will do what is in them Il
make Kansas a Slave State. Stanton hal
already reached the Territory, and we OBJ
serve that he and the notorious String
fellow have been making speeches togeth
er at Leavenworlh. Mr.. Stanton is thu
reported
In opening which, he announced MIN
self as a native of Virginia and resi-
dent of Tennessee, and then very COOL,
informed bis hearers that they nigh
Judge from this fact 'of his procvilies.
He thought the Free State people were
making great mistake in not voting 70
Congressional Delegates and further
that the Constitution there adopted woul
pass Congress. He deeply regretted tn
disturbances that had occurred in the ter
Iitory, and hoped that there would be n
further trouble, but maintained that thu
laws of the Territorial Legislature mus
be enforced"
We have never entertained doubt q
Mr.. Stanton's "proclivlies." When i
Congress he acted with the fire eaters
and he is too old now to change his pre-
clivities. Both Walker and Stanton an,
the whole horde of pro.slavery men, la
great stress upon "maintaining the law
Of The Territorial legislature" law
which were &c 'igned not to protect men
but to oppress and degrade them. Thes
are the claws I" which Secretary Star
ton says must be maintained Stale Jon