White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-09-29
{WHOLE NUMBER, l2O.
How the Atchison Democracy in 1855
Drove White Mem Out to Make Room
for Niggers.

Drove White Mem Out to Make Room
for Niggsrs.
The following most timely and scath-
ing article we copy from that sterling
journal, the Freedoms Champion, Atch.
ison. Let old Free State men read and
ponder:
Foley DICTATES CHANGE.
Resolved. That we call upon the Con-
stitutional Convention to exclude all fres
negroes from the future State of Kansas
-ResolHtiOR of The Democratic Mass
Meeting Of July 16tk, 1859.
1. Resolved, That one j. w. B. KEEL
ley. hsiling from Cincinnati, having upon
sundry occasions denounced our institu-
tions, we command him to leave the town
of Atchison one hour after being informed
Of the passage Of this resolution, never
more to show himself in this vicinity.
2. Resolved, That other emissaries of
this "Aid Society" who are now in our
midst, are warned to leave. else they too
will meet the regard which their nefarions
designs so Justly merit-hemp!
8. Resolved, That we have commenced
the good work of purging our town of ell
resident Abolitionists. and after cleansing
our town of such nuisances, shall do the
same for the settlers on Walnut and In
dependence STANDARDIZATION of The
Democratic Mass Meeting Of august,
1856.
Policy distates change. And policy.
with the Democratic party. is everything
In August sc, j. w. B. Kelley, a Ehis
man, was shsmefully beaten in Atchison,
for expressing free State sentiments. A
meeting, composed in part Of the same
men who are now prominent actors in the
Democratic party, was called to cen
dorse" the outrage. And j. w. b.
Kelley. phits man, and "other emissa-
ries of the Aid Society,"" Uhits men. and
1.-THE settlers on Walnut and Independence
creeks" sOhite men, were warned to leave
or they would be hung.
Policy dictates change. The Vhits men
Of Atchison, and the Unite men on Wal
nut and Stranger creeks became too nu-
merous and powerful for the Democratic
party. They would not be driven away.
They did not fear the growth Of Missouri
hemp. with which they were threatened.
They learned to shoot, and had the impu-
dence to keep Sharp's rifles in their hum
bic cabins. They were brave men-those
Unite settlers on Walnut and Stranger
creeks. and bravely they resisted and de-
fed the threats and power of the intoler-
ant spirit Of the Democratic party. They
did not leave. They were not hung. But
they conquered. and grew so strong, that.
had they wished, they could have in turn
driven out those who would have forced
them from their homes, and denied their
right to the soil. But the pkits men of
Atchison. Walnut. Stranger, Indepen-
dencs and GrasshOpper were magnanim-
Gus. and did not follow the example of
their Democratic Oppressors.
Policy dictates change. The principle
of intolerance yet remains, and the same
party yet promulgates the same doctrines.
only that the object against which they
are directed is different.
In August, 1856. the Democratic par
ty were engaged in bringing into Kansas
"niggers," and driving cut white men.
" Niggers " were then the object Of their
men the subject of their
abhorrnce. "Niggers" they then pro-
posed to settle all over Kansas, to eat out
its sustenance and blight its prosperity
white men they declared their intention to
drive ont or hang
In July. 1859, three years later, and
policy has dictated change. Their reso-
lutions still want somebody driven out.
but strangely enough. nOO the ''niggers''
which they then would have fought, and
bled, and died to defend, are now to be
excluded. The white men Of Atchison,
and Walnut. and Stranger, and IndePen-
dence. are strong. and powerful. and nu-
and cannot and viii not be drivA
en- out /; the "niggers are poor, and !
weak. and few. aud can. So Democracy
bowls about their exclusion.
They want them driven ont. Why
then don't they take them {? They brought
them here-they defended their right to
settle here. and remain here. three years
ago. No Northern man-no Republican
we venture to say. ever brought single
negro to Kansas. or ever viii. The De!
alone are responsible for their
living here /; they brought them here they
have until this time, kept them here-if
they don't want them. let them takethem
away. They might drive them outGbe.
cause they are poor. and oppressed, and
few. although they couldn't drive Oot the
lchite men Of AtchisOn County. or Kan
sas.