Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-04-06

on the. admission OF Kansas unlersthe hyan-
: dotte constitution. The consideration OF this
report ie set down for Tuesday Of this week
I'D inst J. The report is very able and
complete. The reasons are given at length
Why the committee find it unnecessary to in
quire into the present population of Kansas"
Speaking ef the restriction imposed upon
Territories, the COMMITTEES says
So the people, of a Territory. even under
the Kansas Nebraska bill. ar invested with
only the one-third part of the powers of one
of the three departments OF their Government.
So long, then, as the people continue under a
territorial organization as now constituted
they are clothed with only onc-uinth part OF
the powers of their Government. the balance
being vested in the Government Of the United
setatsA
In case of Kansas, there can be no doubt
that there is at this time sufficient population
and wealth to maintain o firm Government
without excessive taxation upon its people
80 thereacan be no reason on that account for
spnsiauing longer the territorial organization
The Government under which they have
been forced to live began with a despotisn
sFernel aud bloody, established by armed nnsuF-
" patton, and marked III its continuance by Tie
sreyolting atrocities which characterize savage
syEarfare, emanatlng directly from the terrific
rial organization. or supported and defended
BY those clothed with its authority
Gov. Geary is quoted to show the nature o.
the Territorial Government in Kansas. Geary
says In "Senatc doc, first session of thirtyflii
Congress, No. II, p. 200 :"
~ n-of,xs1. - ..s. .a.o.aI ~ -ar Ia11
BONES and fresides were deserted the smoke
eof burning dwellings, darkened the atmosphere
women and children, driven from their habi
katiozs, wandered over the p~rairies and among
NE woodlands, or sought refuge and protec
zion even among the Indian tribes.
The report conclndas:
Such was the character OF. Government, ant
the condition of the people OF Kansas. as d.
sscribed by aH-~eye-witna&s in his official dis
Patches to the President of the United States
at the very time that Congress, by reason o
the disagreement of the Senate to the House
admitting Kansas. refused to redress tht
wrongs. of this people by supplanting theil
zunsurped Territorial Government by one o
their own formation.
The people of Kansas again apply for adj
mission as a State into the Union, with a yot
ting population exceeding that of a m~ajorit,
Of the Congressional districts in the old State
and II representative population greater thai
that of either Florida or Oregon, and with al
area of so, 900 square miles of territory, ant
untieveloped material resources of vast extent
For five years the ~freeinen Of the natiol
have watched the progress Of events in Kan
sas with an intensity of feeling, seldom, if eve
sqnalled in the history of the country. Fo
there they beheld, for the first time during il
existence, an organized effort of the minorit
by fraud and force, and armed Invasion, sus
tanned by the General Government, to estat
.hsh and porpetuate Slavery against the vii
Of the majority.
In order to give quiet to the whole countr
On this subject, remove an element of discor
from the political arena. and restore to III
people of Kansas their rights Of selfgovert
ment. we recommend their admission into Ii
Union as q State, ard herewith report q bill
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Southern view OF Republican Eros
-E8 1 ,f peStss
From the Washington Correspondents Of the Charles
too Aerc,ryl
The Republicant are divided, but are uni
ing rapidly. Seward is likely to be their non
inee. / did=not think so a-few months bacE
but things have changed since thescaving-in c
Virginia. He has a large majority of iii
party in his hands, he now does not fear Iii
union, and he apparently intends to lake. til
nomination. He can get it, and-what then
He scin probably Be elected. The Democrat
party has, by its abandonment Of principle
and personal divisions, become a disorganize
mass Of spoilnongers engaged in the PresideI
tial election. Its only hope rests on its success
n Pennsylvania Look to the count. II la
40 votes in the South TO these add lou
nom California, and three from Oregon-12
in ALL. These may be set dow as certain
Twenty-Five more votes are wanting to elect
President. The Northwest you may as we
give over as gone to Freesoil and sectionalisn
IN the last Presidential election Indiana alon
gave a majority for the Democrats. TIL
6aonghing off of rotten divisions there max
Der now hopeless. Illinois went for Buchana
by a plurality, she is now gone also. Connet
ficut. New jersey and Pennsylvania flor Sew
ard win easily carry New York; alouc renal
% contest. Pennsylvania gave a plurality G
1909 votes for her own James Buchanan, am
DOW out of twenty-five Congressman has onl
three Democrats. And if Pennsylvania
lest the other two States are insufficient to Sc
cure success To this complexion it is con
by Southern concession and the cempronIis
Of her rights. Let the Cotton States look j
in the face, and prepare at once.
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