The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-06

this be wantonly done, without winning
a astake-the power of slave State there
by-it viii be worse than vain. 1t viii
be snatched power per fas aut ncfas, to be
lost speedily" with the loss of some
thing of far more worth than political
votes-our moral prestige. If we are not
willing to do justice, We can't ask for jus
tice; if we can't agree to equality, we
must expect to be denied it. 1t. IS our
bull goring the anti Slavery OK. Suppose
we had had majority OF shareholders IN
that Territory !; suppose majority Of abb
olitionists had gotten the census and reg
ishy in their hands, and had kept fifteen
out of thirty-four counties out of the Con-
veltion; suppose they had formed Con-
stitAion with clause prohibiting slave
~, anu had sent it to Congress withou!
submitting it to a majority of the legal
voters; or suppose they had submitted
all parts of the Constitution to the popu-
lar vote, except the one clause prohibiting
slavery, knowing it would be voted down
if submitted to the majority of the peo-
pie /; suppose such "boot on the other
leg' had been submitted to Congress, and
we had then heard the absoluteness of q
Convention contended for by Black Re-
publicans, demanding of Congress to sus-
tain the doctrine of legitimacy tell yoa
that every Southern man tOould hare been IN
arms and would be reused to tie shedding o.
blood, rather than to subaaitto Congress fast
eaaiiag apon majority of pro-slagery peopls
an arbitrary rescript Of a mere ConoeEtion
authorized to proclaim its Constitution NTH
out an express grant. This is the same
principle accompanied by trickery and
fraud. we are willing to do unto 9TH
ers as we would have them do unto u.s.
The Southern people ask for no injustice
no inequality.
ave are told that prompt admission
of Kansas as State viii end the agita-
tation in Congress and localize it in Kan
sas. What is the Kansas question 1:
it local to Kansas? No. 1t never car
be local again. 1t has pervaded all places
and all classes in our country. Let Con.
gress endorse this schedule of legerde.
main, let the South insist on it, let the
Northern Democracy be required to con.
sent to the injustice, and the precedent
becomes of universal application and ci
tation against us for all time. Not only
will the example plead, but it will be {
plea in continuous cases of similar impor
and danger. rising successiEely as long a.
our vast Territories to the Pacific shall b.
filling up. 1t comes up again and again
every year, from Territories extending
from the Mesilla Valley to Dacotah.-
Flatter not yourselves, then, that any
mode of adjustment will do because it il
the 'Speediest' for Kansas. It is all essen
tial that the settlement shall be Just, and righ
and equal. If not, it is sure to be mis-
ehievous to that party which has snatch
ed power without right, and done wron:
that good may come of it. To do justic'
is always the best policy. If all woult
demand only what is right and submit
to nothing that is wrong injustice ant
oppression could never be perpetrated o
tolerated. The ulterior effects of adopt
ing the Lecompton Constitution, with it
schedule annexed, will be worse than re
ferring back the question to the Territori
al decision. 1t will arraign this Admin
istration and the Democracy and the Soutl
for demanding more than is right, anc
for forcing resistance to wrong. 1t vii
be tagging the lion of majority willis
the hand of minority is in its mouth
1t will return the chalice to our own lip
when the Kansas question again ant
again arises in North Texas, New Mexi
co, in Mesilla Valley, and in all on
boundless domain of unsettled and fas
settling Territory. It will drive from u
thousands of honest Democrats In tn
North, who can willingly stand by US 70
justice and equality, but who must leav
US when We demand more and refuse jus
tice and equality to Others"
Governor Wise confines himself to tn
case as it stands on the record, and doe
not go behind into any exposition of tn
enormous frauds. Had he done this, b
would have made his position all tn
| stronger. He touches upon some point
in which we differ from him altogethel
but they are of an incidental charactel
not at all necessary to the establishment
of his main argument. We can overloo
all these exterior topics, and accord to tn
letter, as a whole, our hearty commends
ton. tits an utterance that every South
ern man ought to give ear to---a protesta
ton that should cause the Federal Ad
ministration to hang its head for shame.
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