The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-01-22
IA 1Ioody Calnpaign.I

are bloody when powerful armies meet L
slSy each Others but bloody in a peculiar
sense.
Kansas was bled and bleeding every day
for a whole year preceding the close Of the
contest. Every hour new wounds were
opened and the streams gushed forth afresh
The heart rending details were hcralded BY
the lightning and circulated by a busy par
tizan press through every vein aud channel
Of the body polite. Unfor,anute, most un.
fortunate for that fair Territory, was the Re
publican party brought into being. The
wrongs Of Kansas were its stock in trade
the capital with which ii began to do bust
ness. Hence the necessity OF outrages, ant
hence, their commission. We are in ear.
nest when we speak ofthe blood letting pro-
cess. Kansas was bled near to fuinting
with the hope Of securing the election ci
Fremcnt, The wounds in her side were
deep, and they drained her Of her strength
her hope, and we'll nigh Of her freedom. II
can be established beyond doubt that ihc
vasions were made, Instructions melted,
murders committed, robberies done. by, and
through the authority of Republican leaders
with the vain hope Of securing sectional
triumph by the furUre thus created at the
North. This is the testimony of the Kansas
Herald Of Freedom, and the testimony OF
hundreds Of those unfortunate persons who
were beguied from their homes and friends
by the Emigrant Aid Society. ..'.I 81
The people were 6led. ..-'.- #
The cost Of defraying the expenses Of the
campaign including the purchase OF men, of
presses, and Of factions, was immense. At
least two millions OF dollars were spent in
Pennsy lvapiP; nearly as much in New York
and in about the same proportion throughout
the other Northern States. The tax levied
by the putriarchs Of the Republican house.
hold was most grievous to be borne. Every
State, every county, every township in the
North contributed to the Kansas fund, until
from thousand springs, and from every
quarter, money poured into the Kansas Trea.
sury. Sympathizing ubolitionists cheated
their hired help of their earnings to contri.
butte literally for the "Freedom Of Kansas
The day. laborer took the bread from his
childrens' mouths, to aid his "brethren in
Kansas" Widows sold their last COW to
promote the welfare of Kansas. 1t was u
splendid fraud. The treasury was full
Enough was raised to provide every house
hold in that Territory with one hundred and
sixty acres Of land at government price. Yet
the inhabitants Of Kansas were without
bread, without clothing, without farms, with.
out shelter, all the while. Not one fiftieth
part OF the Kansas fund ever reached there.
II was expended 10 secure the election',f n the
"path Under" Verify the people were bled.
Fremont was bled.
He was nominated mainly on account Of
his supposed wealth. Political stock job
bers took the contract Of electing him, as a
carpenter undertakes the building Of barn
namely, for 50 much money. The Mari
posa tract was estimated at over five millions
Of dollars. There were other investments
which added greatly to the means Of the
yonpg aspirant. ..' . "" .".
AS Simon Cameron, the notorious politi.
cal gambler Of ofPennsyvania. declared few
weeks since, that he would obtain the Sen.
atorship though two hundred thousand dol.
lars should be expended; so, the "pnth fin.
der'' for still higher prize, through the in.
fuence ofth Republican chiefs, determined
to risk prncely fortune. He, like a mar
tyr, submitted to the bleeding process. He
has tainted in the operation. His fortune
has vanished away from his grasp. His notes
are protested and hawked about Wall street
at forty cents on the dollur. His Mariposa
tract has been ordered to be sold for tares--
Verify Fremont wos bled. "s ""'
The Churches were bled. 'f|
For four months preceding the Presiden-
tial election, general drain was made upon
the ministerial strength in the leading con.
Of the North. Shrieks for bleed.
ng Kansas lnd denunciations against the
Democratic party took the place of ordinary
The mission Of Christ sank into
nsignificance compared with the weiehter
matters of Border Rufi1nism. Many con.
erts were made to Republicanism, but none
o religion. The strength of the church was
and now after the contest is over.
general deurth prevails. The churches
must recover from their prostration. o..
Never was the bleeding process so univer-
al, and never did such extensive and com.
lete exhaustion ensue. But the campaign
} over. The smoke of the battIe is clear.
ng away. The wounds of the victims are
ealing up. The lancet is not to be applied
gain, ut least until the expiration Of anoth-
r four Yeas. s', '' .,''& -,.'s s"
Kansas has stopped bleeding. The shrieks
ave died awoy in the distance. 81 r
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Louis Napoleon. -s''
This distinguished parsonage, whose for