Freeman's champion., 1858-05-13

their compensation.
SUCH, FREEMEN OF KANz&s, is the
miserable piece Of pattifoggery for
which you are asked to barter away
your dearest rights and privileges.
The rufian slave oligarchy, after hav-
ing vainly endeavored to make the
House accept she bold and glaring
fraud, had to call in the aid ofa white
ivOred and craven Northern slave, who
has spewed forth tho above vilSness
at the command Of his masters. It
contains a bribe and q threat, . con-
temptibls bribe to induce us to ac-
cept the swindle and q mean threat
that if we do not wO shall be kept in
our present inchOate state for an in
definite period, or until q U. S. mar
shall appointed by tho Executive shall
declare that we have population Of
SO, ,420. We know the People Of
Kanzas will spurn. alike tho reward
and the menace They, whom the
Rufiian spawn fthe South were not
able to conquer; the men who for near
ly four years have toiled and suffered
for Freedom, are not likely at the
eleventh hour to turn their backs upon
their past lives and crawl ON the
ground to kiss the feet of the slave
power.
But let us look into this land grant
about which SO much has been said.
In the first place be it remombere
by the people ofKanzas, that no Ter
ritory has received SO little aid from
the General Government as ours. The
Organic Act secures to us the School
Lands; there are no salt springs in our
borders, so that the whole Of this mu-
nifcent gift narrows itself down to
the paltry eiyAty-two sections for the
University and Public Buildings,
in all Vty-tUo thousand four hundred
and eighty acres Of land with the usual
Ave per-centum ofthe land sales gran
ted to all new States. Not an acre Of
ground for railroad or any other pub
lie Improvements The Lecomptou
Convention in their ordinance provi-
ded for the bestowal Of twenty-five
millions of acres upon the State,
while the Crittsndon Montgomery bill
gave us twenty millions for purposes
of internal improvements. Yet this
little, mean swindle just adopted, cuts
the grants below that Of any other
State and virtually says accept that,
and you may come in with.thAt black
and bloody Constitution which. per-
petuates Slavery forever; refusoit, and
you shall not as q FrGe State come in
until your population is doubled.
Such isthe insulting proposition sub
mitted to you. Lot your answer bc
in thunder tones--bury the foul in
iquity and its supporters at the bal
lot box. SO deep beneath tho indig-
nant votes ofsn outraged people, that
nothing shall ever DO able to bring it
to life. We spit upon the threat and
spurn their bribe.
This bill further places tho power
Of controlling the election, Stuffing
the ballot box, and manufacturing
fraudulent returns, into the hands of
five. co m missioners, three Of whom are
Federal appointees, Who have already
approved themselves to be black
hearted, treacherouS demagoguss;
fawning spanielS ever ready tp per-
form their owners dirty work. 1t
gives them the. power to appoint
judges of election, the manner and
time Of holding the election, and in
fact gives the power to control ito re-
suits and serve them M they please.
It further provides that tho qudlica-
tionS Of voters shall bo controlled by,
the laws made by the Rufian--not
tho last-Logislature. These Ox-
clude the Foreign voter and require
six months residence, and also pay
msnt Of taxes, as q prerequisite SEQ
Judge CAto's decision) for exercising
the franchise. With al these misc
rable tricks and hindranceD. wo say to
the naonln nf Kanzaa ro In and vote