Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-01-12

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III .r From the Cincinnati. Gazette.
.sKnnsaS Shrek clxing"-Them and
.ts-l t,l Now.
1t is but few brief weeks, since the
Democratic papers, all over the county, ex-
pressed the strongest aversion and con-
tempt for what they were pleased to term
"Kansas Shrieking." Every account
from that quarter wich did not represent
affairs as going on smoothly, swimmingly,
and surley,l towards a final settlement,
on Administration principles, was re-
garded as wholly fabrication and fraud,
got up by Black Republicans for party ef-
feet. The narrative Of the grand Missouri
foray. which controlled the first Territorial
election, through definitely proved before
a Commission Of the popular branch of
Congress, was never conceded, or at least
thought of sufficient consequence to JUS
tify any complaint on the part of the real
people Of Kansas, and least Of all, to entitle
them to resist the outrageous enactments
of the bogus Legislature. From that day
to this, almost, the wrongs of the people,
whose oppressors have had on their side
all the power of the federal government,
have been constantly sneered at by obse
quious Administration organs. Murder,
rapine, arson, and violence of every de-
scription, have awakened no SYMPATHY in
the minds Of these men whose motto has
been, '"the party, right or wrong"
But there has come change. A party
rebellion has commenced. a regular
stampede is going on from the Admins
tration ranks. The policy of Mr.. Bu-
chanan has not varied materially from
what his opponents charged thati. would
be, Throughout the Presidential campaign.
There was every reason to expect him to
be a serviceable instrument in the hands
that now command his services. The
| Democratic leaders of the North, in fact,
seem to have determined to sustain him
in this ultra Southern course, and to dis
regard or sneer at the rights of the people
of Kansas, to the bitter end. What mo-
tive has induced the sudden change we
have witnessed, the almost universal de-
sertion of the Administration in the
North, at this juncture, is not, perhaps,
so great mystery" as might at first
appear. But for that we do not now pro-
poses to speak. The change of t>ne-
the complete revolution, which has taken
place on this subject, would certainly seem
to be one the most striking events of the
day.
All though the campaign last fall, the
| Columbus "Statesman, for insta nee, was
excessively vigilant in its attempts to make
out that all the troubles in Kansas, so far
as there were any, were the fault of the
'factious majority" 1t ignored border
ruffianism, and recognized as perfectly
legitimate the government inaugurated by
that power. Kansas correspondents, who
reported frauds or violence, were sneer-
ingly discredited.
Now, the whole matter is reversed
The recent election in Kansas affords the
'tStatesman" occasion for shr1eks as shril
and terrific as it was wont to denounce in
those days, when the outrages were ten
fold greater, and the frauds and wrongs
a hundred times more important. Now
it not only publishes Free States letters,
but indorses what it used to vilify, as
perfectly veracious and reliable. Here il
specimen, from the pen of a 'sound Ma
tional Democrat" whose Services to the
Democracy of this State in the Presi
Dental canvass which carried Mr.. Blu
chanan, were conspicuous and efficient"
! "LEAvENwoRFH C1rT, Dec. 23.
".Ed;tors Ohio iStateenaan: The election
of last Monday was farce. Kansas ao0I
again invaded By large number of Mis-
sostrians, and many voted many times
At this point was witness of the in
vasion and therefore speak what know
have to this time heard only the resul
at this point and Kickapoo. At Kickapoo
LOTT votes will be returned. This ooin
is notorious for frauds, and cannot legally
poll at any time 400 votes. 1t is almos
unanimously Pro-Slavery, near Weston
Missouri, which is quite town, and il
is clearly ascertained that many voted a
least a half dozen of times. i AM sATIs
FIKD THAT INVASION AND FRAUD HAVE BKKI
PERMITTED ALL ALONG THE BORDER"
Now, this petty affair, disgracefu
enough in itself, but which cannot have
any particular effect, holds no comparison
to the grand invasoins of other days, which
Democratic Administrations have winket
at, whose doing they have ratified, who's.
authority" they have enforced, and whose
dominion Mr.. Buchanan is now striving tc
make, permanent, by forcing the Lecomp'
ton Constitution through Congress. And
yet this "shrieking" Democrat very coolly
adds: "That Congress will refuse to ad
NIT, when the facts are presented, Dc
not doubt" If such be the case, the
character ef National Democrats" must
have undergone some important change,
within the last few weeks. Nous verrV1s'