Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-08
aLecompton Knocked Higher than
a Kite"-Hurrah!

"Lecompton Knocked higher than
a Kite"-Hurrah!
Every true patriot will rejoice over the
ig~nominiou. defeat of the Lecompton Bill
The oppressed and already deeply wronged
eeopl e of Kansas, whom it sought to en-.
| slave, will rejoice-the Free White Mel
| Of both North and South will make glad
the patient, toiling Slave on 70 'der South.
| ern plantation. with a fervent thank God
viii rejoicc-llumanity, Christianity, Civ
ilization and Progress " i'll all rejoice; and
the great army # emigrants pouring into
that fertile Territory will rejoice that il:
progress is not to be checked by the devas.
tating curse OF Slavery. Thanks TO those
one hundred and frenty brave, true men the
iniqnitous scheme is defeated. The Re-
publicans, although in a powerless minor
iiy. stood firm as Gibraltar, on tn rock Of
Freedom, and fought it nobiv and man.
fully to tie last. Surely a more noble lit
tie band of Spartans never stood Oh the
floors of Congress. Their faithfuIness is
worthy Of great praise. The N. Y. Daily
Tribune, OF FIR day, has the following ex-
ceIlent al ticle. Read it.
A great triumph as achieved yesterday
"a, ,io u.n-, a,or ,hI,l, M, t,-a-- & Dr.
ulni Government do and must rejoice.
Ii was not the triumph OF any party,
though every Republican chosen to The
House supported It, and but a traction of any
other piTty. But the Republicans by tn IN
ss.yes We're owe iess, is was shown in the
signal defeat OF the proposition that the Le-
compton bill be utterly rejected. The ma
jOriiy against this pro position was torty-two.
Tine unqualified and uncOmpromising oPpo-
nents oI Slavery are perhaps even fewer
than the Republicans.
Nor is it a victory over the Democratic
party. Had the Members OF that party WHO
are cnnscientiously hostile TO Lecom2ton
s simply been absent or silent, the bill must
Nv PoSoCo Us u dlAf vi AAC SIihNNt -
fourteen majority. The motion to amend
was made by a Democrat; the opposition OF
Members of that party was manifested at
the outset, and has been steadfast, jealous,
active and effective.
Nor is 1t a triumph or the Free over the
Slave States. The proposition of amend
meDt, which has been sui stan,ially adopted
and engraitcd on the L~ecompton bill by the
House, was devis ed by Mr.. Crittenden OF
Ky.,-bimself a STAKEHOLDER and a represen-
tive Of SHAREHOLDERS. But for 5 tx votes in
its favor from Slave States, it must have
been rejected, and the bill passed as it Came
from the hands oil Green OF Missouri.
Nor isjt in purpose a triumph over the
Federal Administration. Several Demo
Gratis voted in the majority who heartily wish
well to Mr. Buchanan's rule-wish it deiiv-
cred from evil connseIors and iniquitous
measures. They would gladly sustain the
President, il he would take a position in
which they could sustain him.
il is a triumph over frauds in elections
over government based on wholesale fraud
and balIO;-bUx stufing-it is a victory over
poll-iists taken bodily from old Directors.
and election returns forged without even
taking the trouble to false names in the poll
lists.
II is q triumph of genuine Popular Sover-
eignty-the right Of the People to frame
their own institutions and chouse their own
rulers-oVer the bogus pretender 10 that
name which consigns a State to the sway
of men who dare not show their face on its
soil unless projected by a military escort,
and relies on Federal bayone,s to shield it
from the Indignation at those whose rights
it b 8 usurped, whose liberties it has be-
ruyed.
1t is a triumph of Legislative Tndepen-
dence over The most unconstitutional and
dangerous abuse OF Executive patronage and
power-over bullying aid wheeling from
the organs of the Palace-over the lavish
disT ensation of appointments, job and con-
tracts, to induce Representatives TO DEFY the
known VIII of their constiruents-over i'm
putent attempts TO drive Members into inf
deity to their convictions by threats of party
denuncia:ion and personal ostracism-over
Presidential sniveling and appeals to the
weaker and baser elements of human nature
-a,triumph calculated to teach future Presi-
dents that party majorities cruuble before
the enlightened judgment and awak ened
Conscious of a great, free People.
1t is a victory of Good Faith over Ex'cu.
tive Treachery, which tails even to keep
the word of ..promise 10 the ear" while
9 b e kin G it to the hope;" a victory which
,he electric wires are flashing 10 the IRON
tiers Of long-suffering Kansas, to bid her
People be Of good cheer, for the rod of the
oppressor is broken and the day of their de-
iivsrance ia at hand.
Champions of Freedom and Honest Rule.
let us rejoice and take c"uragei