The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15

"iai VI ON1i hOiiO SehooO teiiA eiiO ClC
ments of our future, great and victorious
Free State party.
The Freesol pioneers when placed to
the touchstone of the "Missouri bully"
naturally resolve themselves into three
classes: the first deny, the second de-
clare, the third are non -committal, of the
true sentiments of their hearts. In treat
ing of the first We can but repress our
unbounded contempt of those who prove
recreant to the great principles for which
their fathers fought and bled; but, while
detesting their meanness, let their weak
ness call forth our commiseration for,
like Peter, they may repent and be
saved. The second class demands our
unlimited admiration and respect. They
are of the noble few who dare think for
themselves, aud then act up to their
thoughts-believing that when they per-
NIT any man or any body of men to
cripple or suppress the honest expression
of the true sentiments of their hearts,
that moment they are placed on level
with the plantation slave.
s'They are slaves who dare not speak,
For the fallen and the weak.
They are slaves who will not choose,
Hatred. scofng and abuse:
Rather than in silence shrink
From the truths they needs must think
They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three"
To the third class l fear far too many
of us would plead guilty. We are apt
to quiet our patriotic desires with the
trlte old adage that discretion is the
better part of valor.'' But TO illustrate
more fully these three classes, and espe-
cially the third, l viii bring forward an
old fable of 1Esop's: 'tOnce upon time
foul-breathed tiger conceived the idea
{ like his honorable successors, the boF-
der Missourians, of going through a
course of pumping respecting his pecu-
liar impurity. He first enquired of the
dog Sir, does my breath SMELL? The
dog, with sycophancy peculiar to his
nature, replied No He bit his head
of for beinga cOscard. He next interro-
gated the lamb: Pray, mistress lamb,
does my breath smell p Yes was the
simple and honest response. He bit ber
head off for being simpteton. He lastly
enquired of the fox Sir, does nv
breath smell p May it please your hon
or the fox replied L have very bad
cold and cannot smell at ALL -
Yes, gentlemen from the unprotected
and isolated state of our cabins we all
took very bad colds, and temporarily lost
the use of our olfactories-but the tenn
perature, of late, has so arisen that the
effluyia from these Outrageous putrefac-
tons has entirely oVer-ridden our nasal
imperfections, and we now smell as We
never smelt before-and viii smell, al
though, in the issue, we may be called
upon to smell little of ganpoacder. And
when these foul-mouthed sons of perdi-
ton inquire of us whether their breath
smells, we'll tell them in laundering
tones, yes, it does smell worse than the
very "charncl houses of hell''-and fur
thermore, we'll give them compound
dose to cleanse them of their impurities
Ia remedy that viii either kill or cure,
we care not which But they tell US we
are towards! Let us show them by our
unity OF purpose and firm resolve. exhib-
tied in factions which speak louder than
words" that we know our rights, aud
knowing dare maintain them.
But far be it that any should suppose
that we are the aggressors in this great
warfare When we emigrated bither, il
was not to plunge ourselves into this po-
litical conteSt-but to seek homes in a
land where nature smiled. And much
did we endeavor to allay contention; but
our first Legislative election came, and
with it an armed horde of villains 10
wrest from us those dearest rights as cit
izcns of this republic. From that mo-
ment tforbearance ceased to be virtue"
Tell me, gentlemen, if you can, what
base crime has been by US committed, to
Justify this vile bondage? Have we vi
olated that great fundamental principle
OF the constitution which guarantees to
every person, "life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness 2" No, far from
1t! There is not one who holds most
dear the institutions which We are la
boring TO establish, who would not rather
.'cut off his right hand'' than tamper
with the lives and property of our Mis-
sour neighbors If they call us .'Abo-
litionists" let US prove true to the term
until we have abolished this detestable
oppression of the proud Anglo-Saxon
blood which now courses in our veins.
Let US repudiate, from the beginning. this
base assumption of foreign power
whether palmed off upon us unler the
cloak of law, or enforced by the banditti
of ruthless mob And if this fanati-
cal pack OF slavery propagahdists reiser-
ate their brg-bear cry of "disselution, !"
they are welcome to the fate of the boy
who cried .'woif wolf lp'-Be'll let the
wolves have them.
Yes, brethren united we shall firmly
stand amid these "times that try mems
souls p but divided, we shall most iner-
itabiy fall--'.and great will be the aII
thereoff' Better, far better have never
tasted the glad, gushing founsain of Free
dom.
Then let us. brethren. in view Of the
vital Interests at stake, lay aside all minor
| issues. and IN ole broad phalanx, tight
lor suf homes, our country, and oui