The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
epaoent fap 1ntests kansas


stand IN answer TO il.e repeated calls. and
st The moment appeared deeply moved
sizh this unexpected uut5urst of eathu-
sia<sn.
GOV REEnER's REsPoSsR.
lie proceeded to say how much he
thanked them for their encouraging and
slrsRehening friendship; that such ap-
pia;i ani approval would repay all the
injustice thai might be hsaped upon any
man that every man thers would do
him the justice to say that this nomina-
ton l.aa been given entirely without So
licitation by him or By his friends; that
to accept itwould seriously interfere with
private engagements. and that he had
continually refused it when urged until
he had been told by man from all parts
of the Territory that his name was es-
sential to success. He woIif1 now ac-
cept it upon the conditioll.that he be not
expected to canvass the Territory in per-
son. To do SO would not be eonsonant
with his feelings as well as that he de-
sired to go into the halls of Congress
and say II come here with clean hands,
the spontaneous choice of the sovereign
squa:ters of Kansas, In giving him
this nomination, in this manner. they had
strengthened his arms TO do their work !:
and, In return, he would now pledge to
them steady. unllinching pertinacity
of purpose, lcYer firing industry, dogged
PERSEVERANCE, and all the abilities with
which God had endowed him to the
righting of their wrongs, and the final
triumph of their cause. He believed
from the circumstances which had for
the last eight months surrounded him.
and which had at the same time placed
in his possession many.facts, and bound
him heart and soul to the oppressed
voters of Kansas, that he could do much
towards obtaining redress of their
grievances.
He said that day by day crisis was
coming upoa US; that i'll after times
this would be to posterity a turning
point, a marked period, as are, to us the
opening of the revolution, the adoption of
| the Declaration OF Independence, and
the era of the alien and sedition laws
that we should take each step carefully,
SO that each be a step of progress, and
so that no violence be done TO the lie
which binds the American people togeth-
or. He alluded to the unprecedented
Tyranny under which we are and have
been AMI said that il any one supposed
that institutions were to be imposed by
. force upon free and enlightened people
they never knew, or had forgotten, the
history of our fathers. American citi.
zens bear in their breasts too much oi
the spirit of other and trying days, and
have lived too long amid the blessings o
liberty to submit to oppression from any
quarter, an the main who, having once
been free could tamely submit to tyranny
was lit TO BE- slave.
| Tie urgel the Free State men of Kan
sas to forget all minor issues and pursue
determincdiy the one great object, never
swerving but steadily pressing on as di(
the wise men who followed the star +,
the manger, looking back only for fresl
encouragement He counseled tha
peaceful resistance be made to the tyran
ical and unjust laws of the spurious leg
islature; that appeals to the Courts, 4
the ballot box, and to Congress be mad
FOR relief from this oppressive loal; tha
violence should be deprecated as long a
a single hope of peaeeable redress re
manned but If at last all these shoul
fail-if in the proper tribunals there i
no hope for our dearest rights. outrage,
and profanei-if we are still to suife
that corrupt men may reap harvests wa
tered by our tears, then there is one NOR
chance for Justice. God has provides
| in the eternal frame of things redres
for every wrong. and there remains to Il
still the steady eye, and the strong arm
and We must conquer, or mingle tn
bodies of the oppressors with those ofth
oppressed upon the soil which the Dec
lara!ion of Independence no longer pro
tects. But he was not at all apprehen
siSe that such crisis would ever arrive
He believed that justice might be foun;
.l Ear short of so dreadful an extremity
and even should an appealto arms com
il was his opinion that if We are well pre-
pared that moment the victory is won
Our invaders will never strike blow j
so unjust cause.
Thrice armed is he who hath his quarrel Just.
He then entered into the plan of con
due ting the campaign, and advised tha
the Proclamation from the people calm
the election be signed by every voter
Let the legal requirements of an electio
be strictly observed. Our position
one of asking only that The law be cal
ricd out. When Col. Ethan Allen, wa
asked at Ticonderoga by whose authori
Ity he demanded the folt, he replied, 81
the name of the great Jehovah and Oh
Continental Congress. | expect {
/, you, that you so prepare me. that toa sim
liar question may boldly answer .'Th
great Jehovah and the Sovereign Squat
. ters ofKansas." He spoke long and elc
quently upon the importance that n
rashncss should en1anger the Unio
which we all love and cliere to. lie di
not consider the correct public sent
mentof the South as endorsing the VII
, lent wrongs which had been perpetrate
BY Missourians in our Territory, an
that being SO, lie wai.eI TO hear the
rebuke. Should it not come, and a
hope of moral influence to correct thes
evils be cut OF, and the tribunals I
: Cur country fail us, while our wrong
still continue, what then? Will the
have grown easier TO bear by long Gu:
tom God forbid that any lapse
lime should accustom freemen to The di
ties of slaves, and when such fatal dal
ger as that menaced, then is the time 1
Strike for our alters and our fires,
s.StTTke for the green graves OF our sires
2 '-Gei and our native iand-r
As he paused there was for an instal
: a deep silence as when question of Ii
$ Tor death is being considered-erel
man drew q long breath. but the ne,
2 instant the eir was rent with cries, y,
we will strike ..Whiie men never ca