The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-05-21

compton Is accepted. the sales will be IN
definitely postponed" They evil hars 20 oe
postponed in order that the railroad lands
NAV be selected" Such are the Arguments
by which Federal Office holders are trying 10
seducc tie people. In order to estimate 'neil
force, il IA necessary for the reader to imagine
the position oGthe squat,er. To listen 70 such
arguments as "Oh, you know. the beeohp'oh
Constitution will never really amount 10 any
thing. The Free.State party has the power
AMI il will be al right. IL would only DC
nominal Slave State, and that short-nSed
one: and (how seductive y It will save your
farm" How adroit the exercise OF the Pres-
ident's power in precipitating the land sales al
such time. What foresight! But let the
s,tran, of the olisaTchs who trembles at his
own act. in the White House not look for the
ratification OF Lecompton under such eireum'
stances. That he shonld thiukthat all men
can be bought with bride is natural; but
there is a paucity IN his reasoning. lie has
tried the IN m OF Kansas by small standard
Wait!
.You cannot indct eho'e people, and
"you cannot bribe whole people, has been
said and sung. Our Government OF expert
menting oligarchs mean To try. Is there vir-
tue in the peopleg Does a sense OF night rise
above selfish consider ations, and Is the cor
ruption OF representative power a perversion
OF that which it should signify: think the
result will be such as to vindlcate the squat
tiers Of Kansas. Even those who are seihsh
have brains enough 10 know that the material
interests Of the country depend chiefly on
national virtue and integrity. There can DE
no prosperity where the sense OF public hon0r
is rotten az the core. There can be no luck
in the soil that is watered by the unpaid
sweat OF any portion OF the children OF men.
Let those oligaIcks who thought they could
buy or brighten people from their principle,
watch the result. They ihaye had severa!
lessons in regard to Kansas. They evidently
need more. Wait.
The Leivenworth Constitution is destined
to run the gauntlet OF opposition from all
quarters. The Pro- Slavery men are actively
sounding the notes of preparation 10 aiu IN
voting il down. All the disappointed poli'i-
cal a.pirants whose virtue does not rise above
the chances of office will DO arrayed against
H.. The power at Washington has even pre-
Judged It's case. and its emissaries here are
sayin: even To its friends: at Is useless
"It will be a loss OF time alt will distract
matters aud impair he material Interests 81 he
country" Even some OF the prominent pohl-
clans who have been known as tic friends OF
Freedom write back that il is hopeless
Prejudice is arrayed against Il, because 1t Is
said 20 recognize the idea that negroes nave
some rights because il is not document
s,ecped in prejudice. The leavcnworth Con-
stitution is thus destined not to cdk over the
course. It's friends and its foes will be array.
ed ior or against il. For the first time all
parties will participate in adopting or reject
ing an organic law for Kansas. Let US not
predict the result. Slavery has everything IN
il, favor. Prejudice is Its handmade, and dis
appointed political ambition its serviioF,-
Aroused by these favorable symptoms and by
the tact that the hand OF poverty presses the
suuatters. the servants OF the ohgarchs arc
g,rGins on their aruor Tor the fight. "De'
mocracy" nuJters itself that II will be able to
kill tae peoples Constitution here. Wait !