Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-02
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SIM Another 4gIlFieIa I:
!. ouf.readsir are now becoming familiar
With lfs ohio satetman'al' KansPscOr-
rsspondsnt--s.A sound Na9qupl HFmo-
sfat, whose seracisy WAS Ineysf quss-
Iioned dD--and that views Uh-the Kansas
not altogether Incompatible with /
may be .difused 70 The
masses. and that the feelings Of Demo
Gratis, who may chance to read the "shriek-
ings'' from time to time may not be hurt,
we continue to publish the correspond
ence as the most palatable we can end for
the community en- n,asss. ffssfl y.
II would not take very discerning
reader. however, to see that It was written
by Democrat. With it's portrayings o.
the horrible results that would follow an
attempt by Congress- TO force the LeT
compton fraudupon the people,, 1t enters
the pleas for it Of prejudice" and an
..oyer-an1iety to rid national politics and
the halls Of national legislature Of this
Question +" is as well known to Canz
eress as 10 the correspondent that this
mode Of proceeding would throw the whole
country into state of excitement, and
renew the Vigor Of its opponents in the
halls of Congress-. y u saata i',-
LEAvEswoRTH Crrr, Jan. II, '5s.
1ctks Ed;toys Ohio Siatssmsn; Any.
casual observer Of Kmsas affairs, ~
this time, must conclude that the attempt
ID impose upon this people, by the viola
! tioh Of principle and the recognition Of
frauds, and against the known and exa
pressed will Or four-fiftha Of the legal
voters OF the Territory, the Calhoun Lee
compton Constellation, win be followed BY
resistance to whatever power may make
the attempt. Such Q course is challenge
to the patriotism of the people Of Kansas.
The people Of this Territory dread the al
4 Tentative, revolution, but have firmly de-
termined upon resistance. They will
never quietly permit any person 70 rob
them Of guaranteed rights. and the an
nouncement that Kansas is admitted upon
this application, win be the signal Of civil
war.
Il We do not draw upon our imagination
We do not fake counsel from our fears
but we speak from the unmistakeable evi
dences surrounding us, All who are op
posed to the Lecompton Constitution ar
enrolling in the militia drilling ant
arming for the struggIe and the uniform
and universal expression is that of q firn
and unyieldiag disposition to oppose it q
the sacrifice Sf anything -even life itself
. I'VE are on volcano. The whole countr,
; begins to tremble beneath its throes. ]
threatens to burst forth, carrying disas
ter everywhere. God forbid it, and pro
tect our landi Hundreds of men bax
; sworn that never shall State Goyernnleu
L be organized under the Lecompton Cor
stitution. No time serving policY--n
Icompromise win answer. The people {
Kansas demand the .pound Of fesh;"
s lis written in the bond, and nothing les
q will do. s Z, ss,a,s I'd II ....,
,fl We Of Kansas can. appreciate the anx
ETY. of Congress 10 get rid of this issbrt
ylo. For four years it has occupied Il
latteption, toa promineat and almpst exclt
e Esiye degree, Of Congress and the peopl
We,of Kansas are also tired of the que
ton. It's discussion prolonged, costs ,
Z ::;;ne. property, and even life itself. "
N are willing to prolong it, however. uni
d principle is vindicated, whatever may
the cost. The men of the reyolutic
- could have lived under English tyranny
D. so can the people of Kansas under Il
n Lecompton despotism; but if they took ,
ct arms for the vindication of hight, al
as millions of people applaud, whereof shou
the people of Kansas be condemned
S' they follow their example. They rebell
10 because Government was, with arm
le attempted to be forced upon them, contra
,g to their will--the people of Kansas W
~ follow their example. n8
[. We cannot believe that Congress-. q
= pecially Democratic Congress-, will fc
An get the principles and pledges of q
party, and do this wrong. Yet prejudi
and an over-anxiety to ri1 national po
- Il tics and the halls of national legislatu
s. of this question, may lead them into errc
~ at the sacrifice of popular right-one Il
:. may cost more than time and Hefcule
y effort can ever repay. he'"f a0
he / Heaven forbid that this beautiful fabr
ee intricate, yet symmetrical- novel, yet 9
ne sirable-new, yet powerful the mod
nd to its time, Of political rnachinery-sbs
,is through bad handling. be destroyed, a
,m its ruins remain only obstructing
a pathway Of time, to mark as a monums
h. where stood, for a brief season, an instl
ire ment once powerful and promising, n
~ broken and destroyed--the last Of the
re publics of the world. Yours, &C., 8.
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