The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-04-21

now supposed to lie from Que hundred to two
hundred slaves in the Territory Of Kansas
/ The Legislature Of Kansas viii have frll power,
under the constitution, to emancipaie these
slaves, by paying the owners Of them their full
value, aud il that value is to be assessed BY a
free-s0tl jury, apprehend the expense viii not
be very great Il might be as high as $4,000.
The friends of freedom at the north will readily
furnish this amount. But should they demur
at the expense, the democrats Of the north will
raise it isr them if they will give good and suf
heient bonds to secure the faithful application OF
the funds. will subscribe $1,000 myself
But 1t IS not necessary that there should be any
expense incurred in the accomplishment OF this
object in fact, the State of Kansas can make
money by the opeeation. Private property may
DO taken for public use, by paying just COM
penSatlon. The legislature may deem it neces-
slry to purchase all the saves in the State
They may have Their value assessed by a jury
Of their own faith. They may pay the amount
thus assessed, and then sell those very aies 10
citizens of South Carolina, Georgia, or some
other Southern State, and realize a handsome
profit by the operation. All this can be done
under the Lecompton constitution, and in strict
accordance with law; and when it is done, the
State legislature can ever after prevent another
slave from being held in bondage within her
limits. Away. then, with this cry about sla-
very being forever fastened upon the people of
Kansas. Who is to suffer by the immediate
admission Of Kansas undor the Lecompton con-
sitution? Not the country; for the great DIS
turbinS element will be removed from Congress
anil confined to the people of Kansas, who are
alone Immediately interested. The army of
! the United States will be withdrawn and used
| for the purpose of putting down rebellion in an
other Territory, and protecting our frontiers
against the Indian tribes. The cause Of free
dom will not suffer: for it is admitted on all
hands, north and SOUTH that it is utterly impos-
slble toy,make Kansas a slave State; and there
is no possible way by which she can be made
free so qinck as by her speedy admission. The
people Of Kansas will not suffer; for the entire
control ofthcir affairs will be in their own hands,
and they can direct and manage them as they
see fit. Who then, will suffer by the immediate
admission of Kansas? Two classes will certain
ly suffer, the republican party at the north. and
some of the Shareholders at tie south. The
former, because their occupation will be gone,
and the raw material out Of which to manufac-
| ture sectional principles will be destroyed The
latter will suffer, because, so long as Kansas is
| Territory, they have the right, under the Con.
stituton Of the United States, the decision flour
highest legal tribunal, to settle and remain
there with their slaves; but when she becomes
State, treqnires but little foresight to see that
slave property will be as unsafe in Kansas as it
would be now in Massachusetts,. The free State
men of KanSaSohave now the control of the leg
islative power ofthe Territory If they do not
use that power in such a manner as to secure
the control of the State organization, they will
prove themselves less Shrewd and unscrupulouS
than think they are. In my judgement, they
will have the entire 5Satter in their own hands
in less than three manths after they are admit
ted. make no pr4ensions to prophecy, yet
will volunteer the prediction. that ifany division
exists in Kansas after her admission, it will be
o division between the so called free State men
for the spoils and plunder Of office.
! We are asked, why force this constitution
| down the throats Of an unwilling people? There
is no force to be used. The people of Kansas
have applied to us in legal and proper man.
ner for that relief which we alone can extend
| 1t frequently happens that a medicine, disagree
able and offensive in itself, is the only thing
which will restore the patient to health and
yigor. Kansas is very sick. She has been wild
and wayward, and Is now suffering the conse-
quences OF her indisc-etions. She needs relief;
and though the plan OF relief may not be pleas
nerves, and reduce her system, still she will
soon come forth, fresh and blooming as new
blown rose. Having reached lawful age, she
will no longer need a guardians care, but may
of her own free will, become the thirty Second
wife of Uncle Sam, without the slightest fear
! oil being accused of adopting the Mormon faith.
II Kansas is admitted, God only knows how
long this unnecessary and dangerous agitation
will be continued. Some will claim that she is
an independent State outside ofthe Union, and
can only be admitted under the Lecompton con-
stitution. Others will claim that she must be
admitted under the Topeka constitution, and
others, still, that she can only be admitted un-
der an enabling act passed by Congress. Amid
the strife, wranglng and confusion which will
follow the rejection of this application for admis
sion, what is to become Of all the great interests
of the country? All the interests of thirty one
great States will remain unit u he'd and neg'ec
ted; the peace and harmony Of the whole coun-
| try will be disturbed, and the safety Of the
| Union endangered; and all for the sake of al
lowing n few hot-headed, unprinciped politi-
clans and broken down political hacks, in Kan
sas, to cut each others throats upnn Territorial
ground, and at the nations expense, rather than
at their own expense, and npon their own soil.
Then let Kansas in. The earlier she is ad
mitted the better for her and the better for the
country. AS soon as she is admitted and obl-
god to "foot her own bills" she will be very
likely to abandon this expensive, wlanglng and
warfare, and will engage in those peaceful and
lawful occupations best calculated to promote
her prosperity and happiness
| l remember, when boy. of reading fabulous
story about certain island which had been
created by the gods, and set apart by them as
battle ground, upon which the neighboring and
hostile tribes of barbarans were to meet for the
purpose Of avenging their wrongs and proving
their strength. So frequent were these battles,
and so fatal in their results, that something
must be done to prevent the annihilation Of their
tribes They met in council, when various plans
wero proposed. After much discussion an old
chief, with white hairs and wrinkled brow arose
and in the mcst solemn manner proposed that
ahey should kneel down and offer up fervent
prayer to the gods that they would sink the
bloody island beneath the surface Of the sea, and
thus, by destroying the battle-ground, preserve
! the remnants Of their tribes and the glory OF
their kingdoms. That prayer was offered UP,
and scarcely had the closing words ofthe suppi-
cation been uttered, VIXEN Neptune, the god Of
the ocean, struck with his trident the island Of
blood, and sent it kissing and bubling to the
depth below. The waves of the ocean rolled
gracefully over it, and peace, prosperity and hap
piness were re'torei to the surrounding tribes.
The Territory Of Kansas is the bloody island
upon which political parties are engaged in hos
tile array, wasting the energies Of our people,
and letting out the lie blood of our republic
The grey haired cheltain OF our nation is Offer
ing up his supplications that the waves Of the
Union may sweep over her, that the political
battle ground may be washed away, and that
peace, prosperity and happiness may be restored
to a diSi rae cd and divided nannla God rran