The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1858-06-26

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United States Senators elected under it,
so that they had nothing to gain, and much
to lose. Itput an end, at once, to all hopes
of ever making Kansas slave State, and,
for some time, of even making it Demo-
cratic State-which means about the same
thing, now, as slavery. Is there any man
who believes, for one moment, that the
South or the Administration was insane
enough to suppose that the people of Kan
sas could be induced, by either brides or
threats, to accept pro-slasery Gonstitu-
ton, with the intention of living under it
one single day before they commenced the
work of destruction upon it? They knew
We had elected the officers under it-that
we had the right, and would make new
Constitution-and that was an end to their
hopes of subduing the people of Kansas.
They intended, in the English bill, to have
everything appear fair-that there should
be two Free State Commissioners appoint
ed, and the whole election conducted with
the greatest iberality towards the Free
State party. And, when the farce was
oveF-which would be before any of the
elections in the free States-the friends of
the Administration viii point to Kansas
and say, "See how fairly the Democratic
party and the President have acted towards
Kansas-haye submitted the whole mat
ter to the people to decide for themselves,
according to the Kansas Nebraska bill, and
they have killed the infamous Swindle--
which is right; and we have done it"
That Swindle was really dead to slavery,
and very sick as to Democracy, after the
result of the election last January, when
the Free State party took possession of the
offices; and the South and the Admins
tration have really no interest in this cleo
ton, only to defend the Government under
the Lecompton Constitution. I have no
doubt, if the Free State party had not
gone into the election on the 4th of JAN
uary, we would now be in the Union with
a pro-slavery Constitution and pro-slave-
ry Government, unless we had resisted it
at the point of the bayonet-which, I think,
would have been done, although we would
not have been justified if we had refused
to go into the election. But it was so
evident that the Free State officers were
elected, that the Administration dare not
go before the country on that issue. Hence
this dodge, that they might let themselves
down, have new trial. and, if they could
not make it slave State, do the next worst
thing-make it a Democratic State. If
this is not the case, why is it that the ultra
pro-slavery men and the ultra Democrats
are opposing the ordinance, or the Lecomp-
ton Constitution, which is one and the
same.
The SHAREHOLDERS of the South discov-
cred that they could not force slavery into
Kansas; it was their first attempt at force;
they had gained all their former conquests
by different process, and they found that
they must return to that policy if they
wished to extend slavery any farther
But no sooner had they assumed their
former position, than we find the people
of the North, and the Free State party of
Kansas, biting at the bait, and roaring out,
=" Kill it kill it !! !" Kill what? Why,
it is like killing dead snake. The Le-
compton Constitution was killed when we
elected officers under it; utstill it must be
killed again and we find the Republicans
of the North and the Free State party of
Kansas becoming the allies of the slave
holders of the South and the Administra-
ton, to do just what their interest require
and what they want done. The Admin
istration and the shareholders of the South
know they cannot force slavery upon us;
they have tried every way, even resorting
to the last expedient of sending United
States troops upon us but they could not
do it by quartering company of soldiers
in every house in the Territory. The ex-
pedient of passing the English bill is then
resorted to, believing it would be voted
down-thus giving them time to devise
some other plan, by which they can place
themselves in more favorable position,
with the hope that, by throwing the peo-
pie off their guard, they would be able to
consummate their hellish scheme.
Therefore I was in favor of the policy
of taking the guardianship of their illegiti-
mate child, for the time being, until we
could solemnize the marriage and raise up
a legitimate offspring, and thereby put an
end to all our troubles, and disappoint the
Oigarchy of the South forever. This
course would have taken them by surprise,
and most efeetually used them up and
sealed their doom, as far as Kansas is con-
cerned, and placed us beyond the reach of
the Administration and its corrupt tools
in Congress. And it could be done yet,
if the Free State party would rise up, as
"terrible as an army with banners" as
they might, and settle this question at
once.
/ have been condenAng and abridging
my views, in order to bring them to a close
with this comm unication, until find that
l am destroying the language and con-
flsing the arguments, and will be COM
PEELED to reserve, for another time, the
privilege of refuting some arguments used
to show why we should remain Terri
tory, in pecuniary point of view.
GEO W SMITH