The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-11-17
The difference,
Strange! such a difference there should be-

MI This little couplet, never has been.
applied with more force, than It is It
present, to the Dem ,cratic party. When
Slavery and its legion Of proragandists
were seeking to pollute the soil OF Kan
sas, free State men were nobbed, chained
imprisoned, shot down and murdered
in cold blood by tens and hundreds, for
their professions of freedom.
For these outrages the Democratic
Administration had no soldiers ready to
enforce obedience to civil authorities.
until the whole game was nearly played
.oat.
In fact, so determined vas it that the
corraption ofSouthern scnti!n ents should
rule in Kansas. that it appointed its
most servile tools as Governors Of that
Territory. iii
These bcin: at the scene ofaction and
Witnessing the outrages committed upon
the free State settlers became themselves
at last so Disguised with the savage bar.
barity manifested, that they were ready
to extend little fairness, and few
msrited favors to them As soon as the
Administrative was informed that its
Governors had hearts Of flesh, it imme-
diately recalled them and sent others as
it supposed with hearts hard enough to
calmly witness the murder Of theirsown
chi drcn. But these reiented, and they
were recalled, and others tried, aud 50
It continued to rule with iron head.
hand and heart, to the constatn annoy
ance and oppression Of free State mea.
But let the Stakeholder Of Cd Virginia
be a Little worked up CT annoyed BY
only nineteen men led on by a foolish
mad man, and the Administration has an
army ready in fifteen minutes to protect
Z. L. VS. in the sweet enjoyment Of
their wehches ana mu'atso boys Yes
ats s,rans such difference ti.crcsfoula &c
Twixt Twcea,e dam and Ixost!ie. dee.
This Harper's Ferry difficulty Lad its
seed sown in Kansas no one will deny
this, and yet the Democracy ara laJoriug
TO saddle it upon the Republicans.
THIS effort ftheir's will only react
upon themselves ID the end, BY showing
anew to the public the outragcs Of Kan.
sas,which they e:thcr..p getIated Or sauc
toned
We clip tie following from tie
Mas ca.ine Jcnrnn':
1si,o Enc o:.-a@sa, Violence al I.a,s-
iessn.ss?
The people Of The Northern States, a
majority Of whom are Republicans are
told BY newspapers published on tlieifown
soil that they have iustigatod and Ielpe
tratcd the recent foolish and laslcss act
at Harpers Fsrry-that it is for such
violence as this the Republican Part.
has been organized, and that the y arc all
in short.a set of incendiaries and murder
ers Is the allegation true? Whatever
rabid politicians may say, every candid
man must admit that the people Of the
North are not less loyal or honest than
those Of any other section, aud that such
sweeping assertions as the Democratic
press nov teens with are but evidence
Of the extent to which party ma!evolsnec
can influence men against their neig hbors
and fellow citizen.
Since the charge Of melting aud en-
couraging violence and lawlessness has
been made against the people Of tho
North in general, and the Republican
party in particular, let us examine the
record, and see which party and which
section ofthe Union is most cu'paLle in
this respect. Douglas, by raising his
ruthless hand and wiping cut the Ills
souri, Compromise, opened the plans Of
Kansas for the bloody strife which fol
lowed, and the Democratic President, by
backing up Southern despcradoes with
the United States army, and afterwards
by dispensing officers to the most promi-
nent among them, not only encouraged
but rcwartled violence and blood shed.
Now, this is not assertion unsupported
by facts. Here they are: