Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-09-29
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count Of the outrage committed upon Mr. Pardee
Butler. By the following extract il will be seen
that Mr.. ID. Was an Ohioan, and doubtless known
by many Of the citizens of our county:
Outrage upon an old Citizen Of Marion County
We call the attention of the people of Marion
county to the following facts, that they may see
how one of their own number has been treated in
one of the territories Of the United States. for
daring like true man to express his honest epin-
ions in favor of free speech free soil and free men
The "one Pardee Butler referred to, is doubtless
well known to many of our people, he having
been formerly resident of Marion county, where
he has many friends who will sympathizc with
him in his affections. Mr.. B. is a preacher of
the Disciple or Campbellite persuasion, and will
be better known in the neighborhood of Letim-
berville, where for a considerable time he faith
fully followed his profession. He is an actor"
as we'll as preacher of the great doctrine of
Peace, and nothing in his conduct in Kansas but
accord perfectly with that character His ene-
mics statements show him to have done nothing
more than every Freeman should. The outrage
Is toward one of our own number, and for that
reason should come home to our own hearts
The bare statement of the facts conveys its own
commentary, and is amply sufficient to arouse the
bitterest Indignation of every citizen of Marion
county and every coed man elsewhere, against the
authors and abetors of such deeds Here was
peace loving and peace pursuing man treated
worse than the worst of lnaleactors for merely
expressing in perfectly proper manner, seni-
ment which every good and true man in Marion
county entertains lie was formerly one of our
fellow citizens of Marion county, and more ,ccent-
ly citizen of Kansas, territory of the United
States, where he and all of US have perfect legal
and moral right to 90 and live and enjoy and ex-
press our opinions, and be protected in all of these
tights by the strong arm of the law.
But it is not enough that we should entertain
sentiments of Indignation at such an act of atroc-
lty. Some action on our part is called for
When Pardee Butl,r was driven from his home,
the rights of all of us were in, AIDED, for every man
in Marion county is entitled to the same privilege
of peaceable settlement in Kansas that Butler
sought to enjoy, and every one who would seek to
exercise the same, with the same degree of moral
courage which Butler exhibited, would be NAL
treated III the same manner. The sentiments uf
maj jurity of us, and those of Pardee Butler upon
the question of Slavery are identicay the same
Who are we to hold responsible we, for this
outrage comes 20 our own doors and We are false
to ourselves, if We fail to act if it was person.
al matter Certainly not StringfeIlow and his
troop of fellow rutians for over their actions we
have no contrJl. There are, however, parties
that stand responsible, and who should be held to
the strietest accountability. Those who placed
the means Of violence in the hands of Stringfel
low and his comrades, are the real culprits-more
guilty than the immediate actors in the scene
The servant in whom trust is conGded, that
opens tile door to the assassin is more criminal
than the actual murderer. General Pierce with
the assistance of his party opened the door Of
Kansas, by breaking down the Missouri compro-
mise, to the men who have expelled Butler, and
has given them entire control of the house. to the
virtual exclusion of all persons entertaining views
like Butler, a large majority of ourselves among
the number. We know of persons in our own
midst who are anxious to 90 to Kansas for settle
ment, and who would go, but for the fear of re-
ceiving such usage as Butler has met with 1t
amounts to positive robbery from ourselves and
all the men of the North, of the territory of
whole state.
The Missouri mob is beyond our reach. but the
officers and the men who have the power, and
whose duty it is to execute the law in such cases
and restore us to our violated rights, are within
our reach, for they are the peoples servants, and
we are their judges and their executioners. Their
trial is near at hand The Kansas question is
the great political issue of the day. We vote up
on this next October, and We will vote upon this,
when we elect our next President. Now is the
time to determine how We shall meet this ques
ttion, when We see our rights invaded, and feel
rhe need of prompt redress. No citizen of Ma
ion county or of the Free North but may soon
meet in his own person, the experience of Pardee
Butler.