The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-01-06
WHO Is REsPoNslBLE1

election IN Kansas on Monday last, to which
was submitted the slavery clause in, The Le-
compton Constitution; but the inteIIigence
which has come 10 hand affords ground .fof
believing that that instlunen., with the slar
j very clause, has been adopted. Furlherr q.
turns may possibly showsa result different
from that now anticipated, but il iss not nm
likely that the republicans and AboIitionists
have accomplished, for the present, the legal
ization Of slsyery,n The Territory. They are
responsible foriI; and they, n more than any
Other class OF men, rejoice over its establish
= ment poesany one doubt the correctness
elthu position, and still place faith and
% confidence in ahe professions of men who
deal in Kansas agitation, and traffic in hue
Z man freedom2 Let VS. refer them TO the his
tory OF this question, which, indeed, is so
: short as hardly to have escaped the memory
of any well informed man, -es i5lgo
Since IN early period in the Kansas con-
j, aroyersy the free State men had an absolute
snaierily of the electors in the Territory
This they have always claimed, and their
! opponents have generally conceded it, =
-, ltfollows that they have at all times had
(. ,he power 10 control the subject They had
entire power to elect majority ofthe dele
!. gates TO the Constitutional Contention, and
10 give shape and character 10 the instru-
menL In doing this, and providing for the
Exclusion OF Slavery from Kansas, they
would have had the active cooperation of a
large number Of Democrats in the territory
who were opposed to slavery and wished
for its exclusion. This opportunity was not
merely neglected (for it was perfectly un-
derstood, and its importance correctly ysppre-
ciated throughout the country,) but it was
shamefully and purposely rejected, with
the view and object of fastening upon Kan.
sas a slavery Constitution. bts
For this establishment of slavery in Kan
eas, we hold, and the country will hold, the
Free. State men of the Territory responsible;
and not them alone, but primary and chief
iy, the leading political managers in the
States, under whose advice and direction
the misguided people of Kansas acted 1t
was determined as q measure of partizan
policy, that slavery must be fixed upon that
Territory; and since fair expression OF the
people, according to the intent aud meaning
of the organic act, would not accom- plish IT,
the result must be obtained by other means,
Jess honest, it is true, but still sufficiently
SO for the approval of the managers OF a
great political party, which sought to carry
its sectional doctrines not only into the
councils of the nation, but into the Execu-
tive Chair. 81 A
Not only did the Free State majority IN
Kansas conspire 10 place the power otm
ing a Constitution in the hands OF the pro-
slavery men, but after that instrument was
completed by the Convention, and the s!a-
very clause, which had been the only ques'
ton in dispute, submitted TO the people for
their approvalor rejection, the same deter
minaiion. to make Kansas slave State char.
acteriaed their action, and they have again
refused 10 establish Free State Constitu-
lion, airnuugn conressedIy able TO do So
II is seldom that demagogues are abe TO
accomplish their purposes, when the peo
ple of State or Territory are relied upon
TO carry their plans into effect. The peculi-
ar circumstances attending this question,
have, however, enabled designing men to
exercise an influence upon body oil e'ec-
tors, beyond any previous example A large
proportion of the settlers in Kansas, emi.
grated from the East, under the fices oil
theSery men who have sought TO turn the
excitement in the Territory TO political ac'
count. They went there with sentiments
similar TO those entertained by the crusaders
of ancient fines, regarding their mission as
against shareholders, rather thaa against the
system of slavery, and prepared to do any
act, however imprudent, which should seem
TO be demanded by those engaged in the
war, not agains, slavery, but against the
principle of popular sovereignty, and the
national, conservative sentiment of the coun-
try. They have carried their ianaticism to
the bitter end. s,..
OF course we do not mean 10 say that the
Abolitonists and Repabiieaas. desired -kso--
sas to be permanenlya Slave holding State.
But, for the political effect, they wish 10
have il to adopt pro-slavy Constitution
This is proved by their shaping their action
and insction SO as 10 produce that result
In this respect they have gained their point
The sequelis not yet written, but bids fair to
be written in blood.--N. Y. Journal Of Com
es& R---&>s~~
- The shock of an earthquake was sem
sibIy felt in several portions of Maine not
long since. At Gardiner Hallowell, Angus
ia, Watersille, and Lewiston, the vibration
of the earth was quite apparent and alarm
ing. Al Gardiner, buildings trembled, win
dows rattled, glass was broken, and occu-