The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-16
Leavenworth correspondence.

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state. in addition, that . great number of
persons came down from the Kickapoo
district. and voted on the ED ult; al
though they had no more right to par
ticipate in our election of representatives
than the people of Missouri themselves.
Crowds also came over from Missouri.
as on the 3oth of March. and were
guilty of equally foul means to carry
their end. They came by scores. and
in violation of every principle of honor
and decency. The masters OF slaves,
else willing tools of the slave power,
they came to make slaves of us. Its 8
foul blot on the cause of popular SOW
ereignty to talk about the people ruling,
when the governed are rudely thrust
aside. and demagogues from neighbor-
ING State are allowed to control the cleo.
tive franchise.
| feel ashamed Of the country of my
birth whom reflect that such enormities
are permitted In this GLORIOUS land of
freedom Sometimes | feel an impulsive
desire to seethose States beiligereat, that
We may obtain redress for our grieYen-
ces. Ii the day shall ever come when
fraternai blood shall flow on the plains of
Kansas, produced by base sycopl ants
from other States attempting to lord Il
over our free earth, heaven knows that
the brightest page of American history
will then be written. Missouri viii not
have all the sport. Her people may
eenmence the fight, but, thank God, 9TH
ers will end it. twill be "a war between
liberty and despotism, and sncA a WAR |
Do you recollect the burning of the
Capitol at Washington in 1914? how
the American army retreated before the
British, and the painful destruction OF
/ property and public records in conse-
quence /? Talk with the prominent ae-
tors in the history of that transaction,
and your cheeks viii tinge with crimson
on learning that those trupe soldiers who
were stationed at Washingtonsto prevent
the public buildings from being piaaged,
,gere engaged ia suPpressiH9 negro re-
6ellion. | would notexpress the thought
for the world-no, will not mention it !;
but don't you think slavery propagan-
dists will be required on their own plan
tations looking af.er Bob, and Jim, and
keeping them from committing depreda-
tons on their families, instead of engag-i
ing in crusade under the "black aag of
slavery" your contemporary ia
this place spoke of a few weeks ago--to
/ establish the accuFsed institution on the
beautiful plains of Kansas ?
The -Missourians may bluster fora time.
and we shall endure ii-quietly l sup
pose but as true as there is God In
Heaven day of retribu.ion will come !
The strong viii not always Cypress the
weak. The mighty man shall not always
enslaye the humble. agss ss5t
have no particular love for the black
man, but do lothe and detest oppression;
ami as to being enslayed myself. and
bearing the taunts and sneers, and submit
to the outrages which have been prac-
/ tised on our people in Kansas, and all
because we loved freedom and hated
slavery I yiH aot.. a drunken rabble
led on by aspiring demagogues. may at
/ tempt to march with iron heel over our
country and deyastate all which does
not comport with their marrow minds,
but it would be well for them to read the
incidents connected with our early histo-
Try of the revolution, and profit by the
valuable informa ion which they can
/ CLEAN from those soul-stirring times.
1 But | am getting foreign from my pur-
pose in writing you. Allow me to say
/ that the PHIEIps affair is having a. reac.
4 ton, and the disgraceful rabble- who
were concerned in it have cause already
i to be ashamed of themselves. Judge
LEcoMpTE was called on for advice in
the matter. He came up, and nine Of
the conspirators were arrested and rec
ognized in the sum of two hundred dol
lars each to keep the peace. and appear
at TIE October term of the Court To an
swer. Judge L. informed the prisoners
that as they had done most of their work
out of his jurisdiction he could not reach
4 them by law, but If they had done il
here he would have silenced them at the
bar-seYeral of the prisoners were dis
graceful representatives of the legal pro-
fession. l cannot see the difference be-
tween doing the principle injury in Mis-
souri, or Kansas, when it is fact that Mr
1 PHILLIPS was kidnapped in Kansas with
! the express purpose of inflicting those
barbarities upon him and without reliey.
i ing the subject of their persecution from
duress for moment.
4 After PHILLIPS had succeeded in re-
moving the tar from himself he loaded
his reyolyer-not single one, by the
| way-and went down and told the com.
mittee he was ready for the finale in
their outrages, and he would endeavol
/ to hold himself in readiness, for the fn-
iture 70 meet them at any time. Poor
| dastardly, pusillanimous wretches The
man whom they had assailed the day be-
fore with SO much confidence, and on
whom they had heaped so many indig-
mites, suddenly became hero in their
estimation, and more. Coward-like they
sneakingly made their way to an Office
and had Phillips bound over to keep the
i peace.
1 Some of those brave hearts who acted
such a manly part when nearly score
4 were engaged in conjunction with each
other in bruiaiizing Phillips, when or
dered by Judge Lecompte to give bail. OF
go TO prison, actually allowed the biz
/ tears TO roll down their cheeks, and exl
hibited every symptoms of real sorrow,
not, probably, because they had commit
ted the crime, but because they were
caught at it.
/ The Missouri river Is rising, and
freights are falling. =
viii write you again at my earliest
convenience, in the mean time, am,
!. very truly yours. IL.
CoscoaD, n. H.. May 81.
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