Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-01

into Kansas withom the consent If IN,
people there or elsewhere Let few fact,
suffice to prove the truth of this posi-
ton. Within ten days after tho pas.
sage Of the Kansas Nebraska act hun
dreds of Missourians rushed into Kan
sas, held "squatter meetings." and re-
solved that slavery existed there, and
no Northern man should be protected
in his rights therc. if he denied the OK.
istence. At the first election held In
the Territory, the Missourians invadcd
Kansas, drove the settlers from the polls
and elected Legislature OF their own
This Legislature passed a code of laws
which was n disgrace to the age, deny.
ing The freedom Of speech, the right OF
bearing arms, and many other con I'll
tutional rights to the people Of Kansas;
yet. the leaders of modern Democracy
said IL was the duty of the President 10
enforce this infamous code Towns
were Sucked, printing Offices destroyed,
and murders committed by the slave
?ropaganda; and United States bavo.
nets were employed to uphold the usur-
patton and TO sustain the minority in
their rule of the majority. Governor
after governor was appointed to crush
out the will of the majority, and TO up.
hold the slave propaganda and their
infamous code. These governors all be.
come disgusted with the job, and re-
turned TO the state, asking God and the
country 10 forgive them for the dirty
work in which they had been engaged.
As fast as they became unwilling tosus-
tain the minority and TO ride rough
shod over tho majority, thoy were re-
moved by Democratic Presidents. The
Leco,npton Constitution. the fruits OF
the usurpation, rejected by the people
OF Kansas by more than O,O00 MAORI
", was approved by the Democratic
LEADERS,, and made test OF party feslty
by President Buchanan. Walker was
compelled 10 resign because 10 desired
10 let The people vote for or against that
Constitution, and Stanton was rc, loved
because he called tho free State lcgislr-
turc together TO pass law 10 author.
ize such vote Buchanan, whom lie
camo into power, appointed the lead dcrs
Of tho "Bordcr Runians,' and men
WUpND ttUOr .WtFt FtN WIN lit OiOOu
Of mnfdered free State men, 10 the
Chief Federal offices in tI,c Territory.
AL these things have been approved By
the leaders Of Democracy, proving in
contestibly tho truth Of the charge of
tho Republican party Ms to the purpose
Of the repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
misc. Can any man deny these state
inchts
THE PRESIDENTS KANSAS POLICY.
The Lecompton scheme. by which the
people OF Kansas, the ,rhite mca or that
Territory, were robbed of their birth
right and politically caslaved. comsti-
tutcd the cornerstone OF Buchanan
policy. Under this scheme the people
were deprived OF the right Of voting for
or against their own domestic institu-
tions; aud the Democratic leaders sought
to force n constitution down thcir
threats aftcr they had rejected il by
more than ten thousand majority. Was
this the perfect freedom" in sclf.gov-
crnmcnt which was promised in 1854
under the Nebraska Bill 7 Buchanan.
in special message five colums in
length, denouucng the free State men
of Kansas rs traitors, and urged Con-
gress TO admit kansils into the Union
under the Leconpt,n Constitution. lie
says in tha, at is Impossible that any
people could have proceeded with more
regularity in the formation of Con.
stitution than tho people OF Kansas
have done"
\, tta o,,so;o,, oc tio toaJ - H..
Democratic party constitution, which
Gov. Walker said was "horu in fraud
and baptized in perjury" coald not be
improved upon; that IL was "impossi.
Bile for the ingenuity OF man TO de-
wise plan hy which they could pro
&C a with moro regularity in forming n
constitution; aud that no people could
Improve on tho effort ! But he said Cur
Their in the same message:
The people Of Kansas havc them "in
their own way" and in strict accordance
nth the Organic act, framed constitu.
ton and State Government, &c"
Two thinge are proved by those ex-
tracts, rIRsr. that in the opinion OF the
Democratic party, tn Lccompton swim.
die was oil right; and, sscoND, that IL
was in strict accordance with the or.
ganic act-the Kansas. Nebraska bill
and with the principles Of the Cincin.
natl platform. And every u. s. Soma.
tor and Representative in Congress who
would not say amen to this, was dcnoun.
ced by the orthodox democrats as "ydi
Ter Republicans, as "mulatto demo
Gratis" and as traitors to the Democrat.
ic organization. Every Senator, elected
ms Democrat, sustained this policy ex
cept Douglas, Stewart and Brodcrick
and they have been read out Of the par.
/ Is The administration continues &C
hurl its thunderbolts Mt Douglas in hi:
struggle with giants in Illinois. Th,
herds of Federal Office holders fell of by
the basket full daily until every man
was decapitatcd who believed that the
people Of u Territory ought to be al
, lowed to vote on thcr own Constitution
) But Judge Holman says Mr.. Buchanan
in his annual message Expressed tn
hope that hereafter constitutions woul,
be 80 submitted. Why was Kansa
made an exception Because, by tn,
! bargain when the Missouri restriction
r was removed, slavery was To be forco,
\ into Kansas whether the people want
! cd 1t or not There are other circum
1 stances tending TO provo this fact. Th
! Toombs bill, which passed the Scnat
a in 1886, contained no provision requi
n ring the constitution TO be submitted /
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