Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-07
Lecompton Triumphant.

rs reported Dy the committee oil Con-
ference and Black Democracy triumph
ed over popular sovereignty Eng
lish and Foley of our State, Groesbeck
and Pendleton OF Ohio, with other
weak backed Desaagogues, who at the
initiation of this question hurled back
the ''dastardly insinuation" that they
could be tempered with, under the in
fiuence of proper manipulations were
rs gentle and coy as maidens not yet
out OF their teens The influence of
the administration which brought to
bear on this question every possible en-
gine within its power, has proved ire
s-sta5le, and the right of the people to
s1orern Themselves in their o,ra ray" is
trampled once more, under the heel OF
usurpcd authority, dcspoticaIly exerci-
sed.
The proposition adopted, does not, as
did the Crittendcn and Montgomery
amendments, refer back to the people of
Kansas the Lccompton Constitution to
be by them accepted or rejected, direct /;
but it submits to them iand ordinance,
which may be called the English sat
tachment," and if they vote to accept
this ordinance, then by proclamation of
the President, Kansas becomes a State
of the Union, with the Lecompton con-
stitution recognizing and authorizing
slavery. If the people reject the ordi-
nance, then Kansas is refused the privi-
lege of admission as state until her
population entities her to one Represen-
tativc in Congress, which will probably
require after the next census 10000.
Thus virtually, these "BIack" Demo
Gratis, pretended advocates Of popular
sovereignty, say to the people of Kan
sas,-you may come nor intoth Union
under this slave constitution with only
10000 inhabitants, and we'll give you
all the lands offered you in the submit
ted ordinance to induce you to come;
but If you refuse to accept the Iecomp-
ton STARE constitution, you shant be adj
mitted as State until by govern
mental, border ruflian census, it is shown
you have n population of 10000.
And what il this bride offered to in
duce the free men Of that beautiful ter
ritory, on which the unmistakcable fin
cure of creation has written, that no
slave state shall organize. 1t is
First, That sections No. l6 and 36 of
public lands in every township be gran
tod them for school purposes. Second,
that ~ sections of land be granted for
state University
Third, Ten sections Of land are Civ
on for the purpose of public buildings.
Fourth, All salt springs not exceed
ing t,relre, together with si.r sections of
land TO each are granted "for its use"
Fyfh, Five per cent of net proceeds
Of sale Of all the public lands sold after
her admission, for purposes of Internal
Improvement.
Gall these things will / give thee it,
thou wilt fall down and worship mo -
Take these liberal offers, and slavery,
say the Black Democracy, and we'll con-
tinuo to dgitate until your population
reaches the representative quota. Take
these, say the minions of slavery, or take
the Border Ruflians rule of Sheriff Jones
whose hands are rocking with the blood
of frcemcn-of Lecompte, of Cato and
that hoard of murdcrers whose limo.
cent victims spot the fair fields of that
beautiful land. What say you freemcn
of Indiana What say you Democrats
of old Franklin Will you fall into
line and be led by the sycophants of
executive power, at whose book and bid
you must respond as submissively as the
Negro slave Of the cotton field or
will you in imitation of your great
Douglas, the acknowledged champion
Of popular sovereignty" follow where
hcIcads' adhering TO your every whore
avowcd principles, that the people of
tho territory should be permitted to
mako "thcir own laws in their own
wayi"
We must stranglc political trickcry
and trickstcrs-sorget old party animos-
tiles, and unite rs one man in honest,
determined efforts TO restore the gov
eminent TO prcstine purity and from
the vampires who pray upon It's vitals.