The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-03-11

chinery of republican actic
The parties differed as VI
ments, conduct, and bearin
Piles. The free laborers ca
with money, horses, cattle,
gines, with energies concen
and strengthened by the re
the States. They marked
for mills, towns, and cite
once to build, to plough, an
posed to debate, to discus
fully, and to vote, and Il
The slave-labor party ente
regularly, staked out posse
and then, in most instanC
States from which they hs
new acquisitions, or to retu
as circumstances should rel
other expedient. They LEI
Territory to keep watch an
mon external aid, either t
should be found necessary.
by the favor of the Admin
to act with its authority.
and defiant, they hurried o
were TO be so perverted
should be established.
summons when the appoil
armed bands of partisans,
remote, invaded and enter'
banners, ammunition, PROV
encamped around the poll
ballot boxes, replaced the
with partisans of their ow
opponents, filled the boxeI
as the exigencies demanded
suits to be returned by
marched back again to tn
celebrate the conquest, and
of the establishment of s
so long consecrated to F
single day, they became pa
out affection for it, and chi
bereavement. In this first
system of popular sovereig
failed because it is impos
one single act, in one day
fectly free, perfectly soverei
stituted, out of elements
ranged, and uncomposed.
won the day. Slave labor
to itself by fraud and violei
republican Government in
as popular sovereignty had
then and thenceforth a hate
usurpation proceeded witht
conjunction to disfranch
transferred the slave code {
without stopping in all ca
name of the new Territor,
State. 1t practically suspe,
for three years the usm
signing that term for its
it committed all subordin
appointed by itself. 1t bar
juries to its adversaries by I
a crime to think what one
and print what one though
enginery of tyranny, but
practice Of the Stuarts. T.
appealed to the Governor {
false election returns. He
fectually, and yet even for
denounced by the Admin,
after long and Unacceptable,
removed from office by the
Governor (Shannon) sust,
usurpation, but failed to
of the people, although he
an armed partisan band of
intruded themselves into
Slavery upon the people.
operation of this band, thu
disarmed the Free State en-
learned the necessity of be
defence, on the borders of
the distant roads and riv
They destroyed a bridge tn,
in their way to the seat OF
a hotel where they lodge
cast into the river a press
of their cause.
The people of Kansas, tn
~ OF self-goVernment, but
quillity, and security, fell b
revolutionary right of volp
They determined, however,
per, judgment, and loyalty,
ceedings for this purpose i,
ordination to the authority
and according to the line
After due elections, open
of the Territory, they orga
State Government at Topel
of provisional Senators, ant
sentative, they submitted
Congress, and prayed to b,
State into the Federal Uni,
thorities lent no aid to thi
the contrary, the President
uously rejected it, and den,
and all its actors and abet
Union. An army was disI
tory, intended indeed to p,
the same time to obey and
ton. The provisional L, :,
met to confer, and to adop,
the prayers of the people
dispersed by the army, a
Professionally elected, wht
criminal act, were arreste |.
in the Federal camp as Ste
theless, the people of Kan
The usurpation remained q
fed, derided, and despised
A national election W.
Excitement within and sy
Territory must be allayed
was removed, and Mr.. Gea
successor. He exacted sub ,
of the usurpation, but pro J
administration. He Undue /,
those statutes which were .
stitutional, and declared a
offences. He persuaded /,
usurpation to ordain a cal
LecOmpton, to form a Cons {
should be approved by /,
election to be held for tina
such an election was to I,
the usurpation, as well a
franchising laws, and t.
of the frauds and violene
alton had been establish .
would the Legislature ag, =
Constitution should be sui h
after it should have been 2
vention. The refusal of ]
necessary to the public Sc }
prise and fraud, was a cor !
on the part of the usurpat /;
tuition into effect by sur, a.,
Governor insisted on this ! 4
ed Of the President of the !
moval of a partial and ;
failed to gain either meas ]
displeasure of the usurpai {
He fed from the Territory
stood aloof from the polls, !
that some 1900, less than ,
of the Territory, had ga, ;
Convention, while the I Z
alone held the Territory U !,
At this juncture, the ne, ?
ton came in, under a Presi ],
success by the interventio
party-an ephemeral org, .
foreign and frivolous is i
strength enough and life e, {
Slavery party the aid requi 4
toward result. The new F j,
OF moderation, masked ar .
ton than that of his DE- {
slave labor and a slava 4
into office, he approached j
the Supreme Court of Il I,
their docket was, throug