The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-10-14
What are the Prospects 2

we do not propose to give our rea-
ders to understand that the democracy
are sure of carrying the State of Michi-
gan, against a majority of near 10000
two years ago, but as the day of cleo
ton approaches the democracy have
every thing to encourage them, and no.
thing to discourage. The settlement
of the Kansas question, is settlement
of the slavery question. The princi-
plies of the Kansas Nebraska art are
fully established, and the people of our
territories like the people of State
will decide whether slavery shall Or
shall not exist among them. The Re-
publican candidate for Governor per-
ambulates the State, still harping upon
the slavery question, with the hope that
he may yet delude the people into the
belief that the Democracy are extend
Ing slavery. He knows as we'll as any
other man the question is settled and
cannot be resurrected.-Vt1esR Rep.
We give the above simply as a sam
pie of the cowardly lodges the slavo-
cratic papers of this District are resort
ing to, to sustain the present pro-slavery
Administration among anti-slavery
votes. But it is nothing new that they
tell us. The same story has been told
at almost every election for the last
twenty years. When the sacred lines
drawn by our fore-fathers,-the ordi-
nance of 17s7-was broken by the adj
mission of Missouri, we were then told
that the "slavery question was settled,n
and that all north of SO deg. and 80
min., was to be free. When the COM
promise measures of 1850 were passed
we heard the same old tune, = "t the
slavery question is settled In 1854.
when Senator Douglas introduced a
bill into Congress for the organization
OF one territory out of that vast do
main now embraced in Kansas and
Nebraska, we were told that the COM
mittee-Of which he was chairman
had refrained from disturbing the Mis-
souri, compromise, because to do so
would be IN Uiolation Of the compro-
mise measures Of 1850, schich "settled
the slocery question" Only few days
elapsed before the same distinguished
Senator reported bill repeating the
Missouri compromise, for the reason
that it was inconsistent aciM the same
measures Of 1850; and creating t,cc
territories instead of one, which act
was introduced for the purpose of ma
king Kansas ,Slace State 1t could
have been for no other. Take mar
and look at the situation of Kansas
There it lies dove-tailed i'm .betweer
Missouri and Arkansas, and difficult o
access, except through Missouri. Loci
at it and you cannot fail to come t.
the conclusion what "the true inten
and meaning" of that act was. Ye
even in the face of all this our ear
, were greeted with the same story
; "the question is settled" SLAYER,
cannot enter Kansas" How near tn
truth they came then, we leave the re
cent acts of President Buchanan, tn
policy pursued by the democratic
| party, and the bleaching bones of thos
: who have been murdered on the shore
of that territory to answer. In 1856
the Democracy" nominated a cand
# date for the presidency, and from ever
i school district of this State. was reiter;
k ted the promise that if Buchanan W.
: elected, "the question could be settled
IL" Kansas would be free"
1T Now how was this promise kept
e Buchanan was elected and among b
l6rstact was an attempt to fasten slav'
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