Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-21

The English swindle In kansas-Eho Faver
and Who Oppose it-Speeeh Of Ex.seoreta-
~ Stanton
All accounts from Kansas concur in repy e
sentine that no considerable portion of the peo-
pie of the Territory viii vote for accept lg the
English -Lecompton. The leading me Of the
Free State Party,with single exception, lOathe
it, and that exception is Judge Smith, who was
chosen Governor on the Free State ticket at the
last election of State Officers. He is office Bit
len, sort of common madness among little
would-be great men in this country. The Judge
attempted to address a meeting at Lawrence in
favor of the acceptance by the people of the
proposition of Congress contained in tie Eng
Iish bill, but the people refused to hear him
After speeches from Hon. F. Stanton, Thom-
as Ewing, Jr, Judge Wright, of QuindarO, and
Gov Robinson in opposition to the aeeeptanes
Of the proposition of Congress, resolutions de-
claring that the people of Lawrence will go to
the polls and vote down the LeeomptOn COnsti-
tuition, were adopted by acclamatiOn-
So far there is no general organization of any
party in favor of the dodge in Kansas. The
slavery men are still quiet on the subject
aud but single paper in the Territory adyO-
Gates acceptance. E1-Secretay Stanton has
taken the stump in earnest ngainst it and his
speeches are kissing hot against the sWindle
and the " unmiiigated tTeaeheIy' of President
Buchanan. His stirring speech at Leaven-
worth is given in full in the Journal Of that city,
and we give few passages which indicate the
temper and force of the whole We commend
them to the PLAIN Dealer and such other truck
Iers 20 the Presidents Kansas policy as dwell
hereabouts:
Gentlemen, am unalterably opposed to the
adoption of the Leeompton Constitution, under
whatever speSious device 1t may be presented,
or with whatever aceompaniments of alluring
temptation of benefits on the one hand, OF Of
crushing wrongs and Disadvantages, or even
humiliating dIsahlemrnts, on the other. Never
for a single moment, by my own free will, shall
/ consent to pass under the degrading yoke Of
that mOnstrous and uHmitigated fraud. IfCOn-
gress, regardless Of the clearly expressed will of
the people, and tYTaniealy trampling upon their
dearest rights, had Internationally adopted
the Presidents despotie and insulting recon-
mendations, and forced the Leeompton Consti-
tuition upon the people of Kansas, as a citizen
of that subjected State, IirOHld hare been "a IA
vOr Of tskirg he parchment pR lrAieA that iRstrH
neat isas 1rritieR, aad, By any common hangmaR,
publicly barging Il a tAe pTeSenes Of all tie PeO-
gls-the same people who have once solemnly
rejected it at the ballot box, and who, believe,
still regard il with the same lOalhing and indig-
nation which they then felt and expressed, in
every legal and peaceable form, 10 which they
nave the opportunity either to speak or act.
am here to day, gentlemen, 10 lift my voice
against the acceptance Of the Leeompton gov
eTnment at the hands of Congress, and to per-
suade you. Gfit be not an insult to talk Of per
sussion m any such subiectl to stand up now,
aud do battle against this greal wrong and
outrage, as maniully and effeetually as you did
on the 4th day Of January / st, when you over.
whelmed its supporters by majority Of more
than ten thousand votes.
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