White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

Strange Tslk for 8 Free stats Paper.
The Crusader of Freedom has taken .
grudge against the present Territorial
Legislature. and seems determined to find
FAINT with il. whatever it may do-unless.
indeed. it should adjourn without doing
what the people elected it for. and per-
nit the humbug called the Topeka Gov
eminent go into operation, thereby eau
sing direct: conflict with the General
Government, and feeding the hnngry nav
of the East with Kansas agony. But
decidedly the most ill-humOred and inju-
dicious article we have seen in any paper
IN reference to the subject, appeared in
the Crusader Of the -2sd ult. Il COM
mences thus: f~iL.t
The TERRrroEIAL LEsIsLETuRE--This body
Of Usurpers, who represent one-half Of the Peo-
pie Of Kansas, are repeating the laws Of their
Missouri predecessors, and passing Others, LEES
unjust indeed, but with equally indeeerous haste.
We hope. II an attempt should be made in Sou
thern Kansas to enforce their enaetments, that
the People there will rise and resist them TO a
man. As they are not represented, they should
not be taxed. IL matters not TO Us whether Free
State men or Slavery prOpagandists override the
principles Of Free Government. Il does not
excuse them, in our opinion, that the necessities
Of party compel them 10 90 on. Tina is their
apology. Let the party split into thousand
| fragments rather than sacrifice the principles il
was organized TO Defend
The necessity of Party Unity, in fact, is made
the excuse for all manner Of political iniquity.
The Free State organization embraces within
its folds two sternally antagonistie parties; and
until they are in open conflict, We must submit
to see pledges disregarded, deeeney Knocked at.
and corruption rampant. --.t
The Crusader then goes on, charging
the members of tRLegislature with be-
ing bribed with IS day, and the title
of Legislators-with. being devoid Of
principle and patriotism-with being in
veterate dough-faces-and speaks Of dough
face hamlets, which epithet we suppose it
intends for those towns in which there is
not an organized band to resist the Gen
eral Government.
The Crusader also says that it was the
distinct understanding at the Grasshopper
Falls Convention, that if Free State
Legislature were elected, it was to repeal
all the bogus laws. and then adjourn, thus
destroying the Territorial Government,
and making way for the Topeka State
Government. This may have been the
understanding among the Topekans. but
it was not so with the masses. They went
into the election against the Topeka
policy, determined to have peace, if fair
election could be had-if not, then to
resist the fraud. An election was held,
as fair as it was possible to obtain, and
the Free State party gained all they
desired. Taere is now no occasion to
renew disturbance. If the Lecompton
Constitution is forced upon the people,
they will resist it-but otherwise, all
attempts to induce them to rebel against
the Territorial Legislature, because it is
not the Topeka Government, will prove
futile.
But the article in the Crusader only
shows the design of the Topeka party.
1t must be confessed, it is strange talk to
come from a paper that processes to be
striving to become the organ of the Free
State party. Yet there it is. The party
must be divided, or the Topekans cannot
rule. "Rule or ruin is their motto.
But they may as we'll reconcile them
selves to the inevitable result first as last
the sooner the better. The Topeka
Government, under present circumstances,
never can become the ruling power in
Kansas, and it is useless to attempt to
beat or bullyrag the people into it. The
people were willing to rally around that
Government, under certain contingency;
but until that contingency presents itself,
that Government cannot be galvanized
into active life. Therefore, the antagonism
and division in the Free State ranks, may
as well be commenced at once There
may be division but those who expect
it to accomplish wonders, will be wretch
edly deceived. When the !" rule or ruin I"
party secede, it will only rid the genuine
working Free State party of an incubus,
which is crippling its energies. and clog
ging its onward progress. When that
division takes place, we opine some folks
will be amazed to see what a mighty
army Of unprincipled, hnpatriotie. bribed
dough-faces there are in Kansas, and how
few of those who know better what the
people want, than the people themselves!
E The statistical tables of mortality
show q reduction in this country of the
proportion of deaths from pulmonary
diseases. DR.. Aver attributes this result