The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-09 00:00:00

plained in no other way. (' That is it ; that's the doc-
trine.) At one time I should have believed this idle
talk ; but th at time has gone by, and the existence of
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this fact should put every man upon his guard and make
him exceedingly sensitive to public opinion upon this
subject. [After denouncing the infamous tyranny of

judicial officers in the territory, and vindicating the course
of the Free State men in forming the constitution which
had been submitted to Congress, he closed as follows :1
—I now desire to call your attention to the remedy.
Yon know what the remedy should be in the political
bearing of the question. I now speak of the condition
of our people, and I scarcely know how to broach it.
You have seen that civil war now exists in Kansas. For

.months it has now been waged upon us, but it has now
become reciprocal. The men of our territory, who
were restrained by prudential considerations for months,

have broken all bounds. They had endured this
rapine and outrage beyond all human belief.
During the time that the border ruffians were
encamped upon the Wakerusa, investing Lawrence, there
was a desire on the part of the people of Lawrence to

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attack their camp ; but the leaders discouraged the at-
tempt. But soon after the murder of Barber it was with
the greatest difficulty that the men could be restrained ;

and a secret arrangement was made on the part of some
of the men by which they were determined to go out and
attack the camp on their own hook. So exasperated, and
justly exasperated, were the men at the outrages which
had been committed, that it was with the greatest diffi-
culty that the leaders were enabled to restrain them after
the discovery of the plot. Previous to the sacking of
Lawrence, when it was supposed that a contest was im-
pending in relation to the arrest of prisoners, the ques-
tion was mooted in private council whether those pri-
soners who were sought to be arrested should remain

there and resist the attempted arrest, and make a fight
at that time, or whether they should disappear. Upon
consultation it was found that ammunition and provi-
sions were scarce, and that a successful resistance to
these outrages could not be made. Even then the people
were dissatisfied. And subsequently, when the sacking
of Lawrence took place, and the Committee of Safety had
determined not to have a contest, the people were again
dissatisfied. They required the Committee of Safety to
resign. It was only after a new committee came to the
same determination that the people finally submitted.
Since that time outrage had been piled upon outrage ;
the leaders, whose prudent counsels prevented them from
coming in collision before, were taken from them ; the
people having borne till forbearance could last no longer,
and finally, seeing the meshes closing around them, seeing
fort after fort, blockhouse atter blockhouse, erected in their
midst, and seeing Southern troops, supported in part by
the border counties, and in part by the Free State inhabi-
tants, coming into their midst, and seeing the Missouri
river blockaded against the entrance of Free State emi-
grants—seeing all this p reparation going on with a view of
exterminating Free State men, they could bear no longer.
They saw the mangled and bloody corpses strewn over the
prairies—they saw their houses in flame—they saw idle
fields, uncultivated because they had been deprived of the
means of tilling them—they saw winter close upon them,
threatening them with the horrors of starvation ; they
became desperate and anticipated the conflict by striking
the first blow—the first blow of this occasion, but not
until they had been beaten to the earth by the blows of
'54, '55, and '55. They recaptured some of the arms of
which they had been despoiled in the sack of Lawrence ;
they recaptured some of the arms and ammunition; they
drove from their forts two parties of these Southern
bravos ; and now the whole western border of Miisouri
is teeming with preparation to crush out the Free State
men from the territory of Kansas ; and I tell you when
that shall be, when that Missouri army shall march upon
the soil of Kansas, and crush out that little band of
sturdy and desperate patriots amid the flames of houses
and the shrieks of women, the last hope of freedom will
die with them. (Voices—' Never!') When that little
band is destroyed, when again can we expect to fill that
country with such another body of men so well prepared
for their defence as they are now ? No body of emigrants
could be sent but what would be met at the threshold.
Now is the only time to save the territory by saving and
sustaining the men who are now on its soil. They must
be saved, or all must be given up and lost. The last hope
of freedom in the far West is with them. If you will save
them you will save Kansas, but if you allow them to be
submerged, Kansas and all the territory behind it is lost
to freedom, and is lost to free white labour, and dedicated
to the blighting influence of negro slavery—white slavery
exists there already—but white slavery with human free-
dom will both be drowned in the blood of the defenders
of the latter, and its soil will be a dark and gloomy waste.
Now what is the remedy ? (Voice—'Elect Fremont.')
I have made up my mind, fellow-citizens, as to what the
remedy is, and I proclaimed that opinion last spring,
as soon as I was enabled to tread the soil of a free
state, and that opinion I give you. I say here that,
unless men ate raised and put upon the soil of Kan-
sas—supported, sustained, and fed there—she will
be lost. (A. voice "That's it." Applause.) Men must
be sent there—men who are willing to defend themselves,
able to defend themselves, prepared to defend themselves,
and determined to defend themselves. (Enthusiastic
cheers, followed by three cheers for-Beecher.) We want
no preponderance of men, for experience has shown that
when our people have met Missourians in equal numbers
the contest is not doubtful. The Frees-State men ask no
odds of the invaders, but a free field, if it must be settled
in that way, and a falr and even fight. (Prolonged cheers.)
Long, patiently, meekly, and forbearingly have they suf-
fered these wrongs, in the hope of avoiding this violence;
but this contest of violence has been long on one side ;
and if it must be mutual it should be met as men should
meet it. (Cheers.) The remedy is to put men on that soil,
They cannot be put there without being fed. If you send
3,000 men there you will have to feed them. With the
fields uncultivated and provisions scarce, the advent of
3,010 men icto that territory, unprovided for, would be
the means of not only starving themselves, but starving
those already there. They must take a year's provisions
with them, or they must be furnished with a year's pro-
visions. The question is now presented to the people of
the North. When every wind from the West brings news
of battles, of slaughter, and of murder—when prepara-
tions moat extensive are going on in the border counties
of Missouri—when inflammatory appeals are distributed
over the border to secure accessions to their numbers—
when the army of the invaders is again marching against
your brethren in Kansas, who are standing up for your
sause as well as their own—fighting the battles of the
North and the West—of the free white labourers who are
perilling their all upon this issue—l say the question is
now presented to you, whether you will allow them
to go down in blood, or whether you will go and
save them and the cause you represent. This cannot
be done without a sacrifice, and a sacrifice, too,
which you will feel. If every man in this house were
to give one-tenth part of what the settlers of the soil
have given, the matter would be settled at once.
Wives there have given their husbands, children bate
given their fathers, men have given their lives,—men
have poured out freely all their wordly substance, and
are now ready to give their lives. What, then, will their
brethren give them to sustain them in this cause Now
is the time. It might as well not be given at all as to be
given when the battle is lost. Then give freely if you
would aid this cause. Men must be sent there immedi-
ately—they must be transported—they must be fed. [A.
voice—' How many ?'] There ought to be not less than
' 3,000 men put upon that soil. They are needed to repel
invading forces from Missouri. II a wall were erected
between Kansas and Missouri our aid would not be
needed ; $2OO will equip, transport, anti feed a man as
long as he will be needed. This great city of New York
might give $1,000,000 to this cause. It would return
to them increased tenfold within the next decade, from
the commerce resulting from the demand for freemen in
that vast territory, and from the establishment of the
Pacific Railroad. This is putting it upon pecuniary
grounds alone, and saying nothing of the higher conside-
rations which appeal to every man's heart. I am told by
your committee that it is desired now to call upon this
audience for a response to the appeals which come to
you from our brethren in Kansas. (Loud cheers.) I
therefore close my remarks by asking that when you put
your hands in your pockets for the purpose of relieving
the wants, necessities, and exigencies of the people, you
will do it with a full appreciation of the wants of the
people and of the cause. (Prolonged cheers.)"
A duel had been fought not very far from St.
Louis, between Brown and Reynolds. The dispute
was amicably settled after Brown had been wounded
in the knee.
President Pierce was labouring under an attack
of fever.
A great Republican meeting had been held at
New Jersey, to consider the present condition of
public affairs, at which large delegations were pre-
sent from all the towns in the county.
Advices from Nicaragua of the 9th report that
matters look ill for Walker. A body of Salvado-
rian and Guatemalian troops, headed by Cabanano,
were posted at Leon. There were many desertions
from Walker's army—in one case a whole com-
pany. Walker had revoked the exequatur of the
British consul at Leon. Another revolution had
been put down in Costa Rica.
The steam-ship Illinois left 4.spinwall on the
19th ult. for New York, with the California mails,
and $1,500,000 in specie. The San Francisco Vigi-
lance Committee was in full force, having made
many additional arrests and executed two persons
since the departure of the previous mail. Judge
was still kept prisoner by the committee, though
Hopkins, the man he stabbed, had recovered. One
of the persons executed was a man named Braes,
who committed a murder upwards of a year before.
Several attempts had been made to destroy both
San Francisco and Sacramento by fire. The loss
by the fire at Sierra Nevada was set down at
$2,000,000. The failure of Palmer, Cook, and Co.,
to pay the State and City Coupons in New York
had created a feeling of indignation throughout
the State, and the State treasurer was to provide
for the speedy payment of the overdue interest.

RUSSIAN RAILWAYS.—The public may shortly expect,
if we are not wonderfully out, to see a scheme for rail-
ways in Itossia on an extensive scale, launched for its
support under an Anglo-French Company. The Em-
peror of Russia is doing all in his power to render it
acceptable and attractive to certain capitalists now in-
vestigating its commercial value.—Herapath.
TRINIDAD : THE GREAT ASPHALTE LAKE.—This
ous lake lies near the village De la Braye, the houses of
which are built of asphalte. Not far off are also springs
of natural naphtha. Combined with sand and rubble, the
asphalte forms a good paving for the city of Puerto de
Espagna. It is intended now, however, to utilise it on
a large scale, and by mixing the asphalte with chips of
wood, to obtain every year 5,000 tons of a superior
fuel, by which the West India steamers could save much
of the coal they are obliged now to carry with them
from England.-27te /3wiider.