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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856
Abstract 3684 Cont' d
UNITED STATES TERRITORIES & POSSESSIONS (Cont'd)
that the Nebraska bill was passed for that purpose. The Leavenworth
editor has no hesitancy in telling the plain truth."
The Cincinnati TIMES. pro-slavery - "Know-Nothing:" It is well-lmown
to our readers that we have ever ignored the issue of slavery, pro or
con. We have at times denounced abolitionists because we have condemned
the manner in which they endeavored to compromise their brethren
in the North who were not in favor of the adoption of such ultrameasures.
"The TIMES is the organ of the Know-Nothing in Ohio, and is now
doing its little utmost to keep us a separate organization. Its circulation
is rapidly decreasing as a result."
The Richmond ENQUIRER, the most influential "Loco-Foco" paper in the
South: Without a rapid extension of slavery and a great increase of
immigration, a comparison of the census for 50 years of America and
Europe, shows that the North must starve and go naked. Slave labor
throughout all ages has been the only available farming labor, and human
nature is just now what it has ever been.
"If these words mean anything, they mean freedom must be excluded
from our territory and slavery must become universal. There is no cause
for alarm about want of clothing. The North is now able to clothe the
South, and keep people of the Southern States from starving, so we cannot
see how she wi 11 become a beggar in 50 years."
Some Democratic friends in the North think slavery would be a good
institution in the glorious northwest.
The Indianapolis SENTINEL says: Much as we prize liberty, we would
rather see Indiana filled with slaves than with free "niggers."
"Since the passage of Nebraska bill, the SENTINEL has been trying
to outdo the Louisville rIMES in its abuse of free institutions."
The PLATT ARGUA, a Missouri paper says: "If Shannon had one ounce of
real pluck in his whole body, he would have burned Lawrence to the
ground. His compromise wi th the abol i tionist insurgents was a most
dastardly and treacherous act."
"Perhaps it was a perusal of this previous extract that suggested
the following to the Cleveland PLAIN DEALER: 'Governor Shannon is on
his way to Washington to answer questions on his late proclamation and
treaties as governor of Kansas.' The PLAIN DEALER in Missouri would be
far worse than the ARGUS in Cleveland. If Shannon was wrong in maldng
a treaty with Free-Statesmen, of course, he should have brought them to
terms with the aid of the rabble he called in from Missouri."
The Richmond ENQUIRER also states: "The laws of all the Southern
States justified the holding of white men in slavery, provided that
they were descended, however remotely, from a negro slave. Whilst it
is far more obvious that negroes should be slaves than whites, for they
are only fit to labor, not to direct, yet the principle of slavery is
itself right, and does not depend on the difference of complexion."
"Our desk is covered with paragraphs from pro-slavery papers, and
never before in our brief experience, was the spirit of slavery so bold
and aggressive. The experience of every day strengthens the belief
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