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

The Cincinnati Commercial refers to
the violent effort made in 1918, on the
admission of Illinois into the Union, to
introduce slavery into that State-shews
the futility of that attempt of the slavery
propagandistS, and concludes -
The history of these events is interest
ing, in view of the exert;ons now being
made to introduce slavery into the Terri
tory of Kansas. Many, when they see
the Executive of the Union, with all his
influence and patronage, and aided by
the party which raised him to power, en-
listed in aid of the extension of human
servitude, are inclined to despair. But
there IS vitality in freedom which fights
for itself, and even against odds, has
many times prevailed. The more We
learn of the actual condition of things,
the more we are convinced that, too early
for iteei l,s.sshe Ssutl. paieoA tho .,nos-
ton of freedom or slavery in Kansas
Clamorous as it is for more territory
whereon the peculiar institution may
spread aud expatiate, it has not The mate
rial to throw strong tide of emigration
upon new field 1t has not, and viii
not, for a long time 10 come. occupy what
it has already seeursd- 1t cannot. even
under spirit of propagaBdism, make a
persistent effort, and It's bullying and
bluster, is after all, but an evidence of
weakness, which it feels, and grows des-
perate i'll its efforts to conceal.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
REACTION in Missouri.

A law and order meeting was held late
ly by the citizens of Ray county. Mo-,
at which, while denouncing abolition
ism in its true meaning" they declared
in favor of abiding by the laws of the
State of Missouri and of the United
States, as being sufficient to guard their
rights and property, and opposed "to all
mobs to drive men either TO religious or
political measures" A resolution was
also adopted to support no man for pub
lie Office who had many way proved him
self in favor of mobs. There seems 10
be reaetionary movement taking place
in Missouri, of which this meeting Is
thus far the most favorable indication We
have seen.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
Kansas.

If anything could disturb the sacred
repose of those ashes which rest at Mount
Vernon and Monticello and Quincy, the
recent procedure of President Pierce in
the removal of Gov. Reeder must have
done it. One can hardly conceiveof any
meaner or more seryile proof of abject
devotion to southern mastership, than
this act affords. That clustering assem-
bly, of imported ruffians, who have usurp-
ed the functions of Legislation in Kansas,
had only to speak geographically toward
the Capitol, and their behest is DONE
The messenger whom they had despatch
ed to Washington to demand the remov-
al of the man whose fidelity to his office
and to common honesty alike, made him
an obstacle in their unholy path, and the
substitution of some plant and unscru-
pulous tool of the slave interest, had on
" gone short distance on his journey
thitherward, when he is arrested by the
premature success of his mission. Like
the coon when menaced by Crockett's
rifle, President Pierce has "come down"
in advance of the bullet. Illegality,
usurpation, and general and unscrupu
pulous rascality have now undisturbed
reign in Kansas. We do not see how R
civil war is to beavoided. The colonists
of that Territory are not the men we take
them to be if they submit to the author
ity of this sham Legislature, and if they
resist, we fear it must be "unto blood"
Never was rifle fired in juster, we had
almost said holier, cause, than that whose
sharp report shall introduce the stern re-
siStance to persistent wrong, by which
alone the right in this case can hope to
triumph. four fathers did well at Lex
ington and Bunker Hill, our Kansas
brothers will do well, in the last and in
evitable resort TO maintain the cause of
freedom by their keen eye and stronga arm.
and, if need be, their best blood. 1t is
not mere isolated and provincial ques-
ton. 1t is the spirit of law and order
and holy truth to the simplest elements
of freedom and the cardinal principles of
the declaration of our National Independ
ence, meeting in deadly conflict with the
spirit of slavery, which is seeking to
swallow up the land The nations fate
is as much involved in the issue as that
of the Territory. If slavery conquers
in Kansas, it win have gained vantage
which will make it terrible to the entire
North. If It'll crushed there, its tide is
turned, and it will be manageable once
more.
The Lord God of our fathers, the God
of justice and purity and freedom and
truth, counsel and guide and help our
brothers in this struggle = -Congrego-
tlOna{isf.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
You are a Liar, Sir.

Not only do the shareholders kick and
cuff this Administration into perfect obe-
dience, but when the President attempts
to give false reason for any of his acts,
done in compliance with the orders of
his owners, he has the lie thrust in his
face.
The Washington Sentinel is the friend
and semi-official organ of the Admins
tration, and it thus hurls in the teeth OF
Mr. Pierce his false excuse for the remov-
al of Gov. Reeder. Mr.. Pierce may be
callous to the blows of his opponents,
but when friend Grams the lie down
his throat, the dose must be bitter one
for the President to swallow.
The Sentinel says -
II will be remarked that the Admins
tration places Gov. Reeder's removal sole
ly upon the ground of his interest in and
connection with land speculations. Now,
we say, that the grayamen of his official
offence was in the encouragement of the
FreesoiIers, and the improper treatment
of the pro-slavery" emf grafton. We
90 further. and say that We think it not
improbable we can show that several
members of the Cabinet rested their ur-
gency for Gov. Reeder's removal upon
this ground only.
We fear, therefore, it is not quite in.
genious in the Administration to have
placed their rebuke to Gov Reeder upon
tI e ground it has done. We cannot be-
lieve the Administration has passed over
the grayer for the lighter offence, and il
it has not, il would have given far great
er moral force to its action, had it frank
IL ayowed it.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
The Thfiftlessness of Slavery.

A traveller who should set out at the
the Texan frontier, or anywhere else on
the south western domain, and would
Journey towards the north and east,
would meet on his road the following
facts, one after another, in as regular
succession as the steps of a ladder:
/. Farms regularly diminished in size,
and increase in number, as We proceed
from south to east and north.
2. The proportion of improved land
steadily increases, and that of unimproved
land steadily diminishes, irrespective OF
the density of population, as we proceed
from south to north and east.
3. The cash value of farms, both in
the aggregate and in the price per acre,
regularly increases as We proceed from
south TO north and east.
a. The production of corn and wheat
regularly and steadily increases, without
an exception, as We proceed from south
to north and east.
8. The productive industry of the
people, both in the aggregate and as indi-
yiduals, regularly increases as we proceed
from south to north and east.
6. The density of population regularly
increases as We proceed from south to
north and east.
Z. The rate of increase of population
regularly increases as we proceed from
south to north and east.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
The Case Fairly Put.


The following are the concluding par
agraphs of an article in the Atlas, under
the caption ''Is Lschrymation the Rem
edy ?,'
The simple fact is, that the South is
irascible, because it is in the wrong and
busters loudly only to conceal the weak
ness of its cause. And at the North it
finds mercenaries who are willing to
fight its battles, and 10 rehearse Its fu-
rors at second hand. These are the
gentlemen who adopt in terror what the
South prepares in treason, and who give
dignity to threats by affecting alright,
We have no respect whatever for their
sobs and their shrieks; we view with
cool contempt their commissions; we list
en- with distrust to their most pathetic
appeals. Admitting the question of sla-
very extension to be of infinitely less i'm
portance than it really is, yet we still as
sert the right of the American people to
think with boldnesS, and 10 speak with
freedom. The constitution secures to us
not only unrestricted discussion, but teven
determined and vigorous agitation. And
if the Union can only be preserved by
the suppression of debate, by the gag
between our teeth, the muzzle on our
mouths, and goggles of absolute opacity
upon our eyes, then the Union is not
worth preserving at all. Nobody in his
senses expects the government to go on
without differences of public opinion
We must have disputes, and adjust
them in the best way possible but 1t is
a gross slander of the American people
to say that because we have disputes we
must have disunion. While the North
keeps within the line of the constitution,
and is careful to respect the rights of
others, while it resolutely insists upon
its own, it need not fear this much talked
of and almost impossible dissolution.
We admit that this is day of difficult
ty, and that public affairs are in COM
plicated condition. So much the great
er need of vigorous thought, and OF bold
and manly action We cannot always
command peace, but our fidelity to the
American idea is in our own keeping
Above all, let us remember that we are
men, and strive to avoid that disgraceful
timidity which meanly surrenders be-
cause contest is distastefal. In Heavens
name let the alarmists of the North take
one side or the other. But when strong
men, educated in our common schools,
of ordinary intelligence and tolerable
character, hang their harps upon the
willows, wiring their hands, roll up their
eyes, comfort their visages, sit down by
the waters of an imaginary Babylon,
and weep for Jerusalem not Yet lost,
the dismal exhibition of dwelling luna
cy mortifes our pride while it awakens
our laughter. Not to such poor shutters
and shakers, not to such pitiful pol
troons are committed the deStinies of this
republic. Thank God, it may yet rely
in the hour of need upon minds unbi-
ased by self-interest, upon hearts upper
verted by love of greed, upon hands un-
palsied by cowardice!
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
eAoice Poetry.
The Prairie Fire and the Rum Fire
TT REV. 5oslx PIrRFosr.

TIE prairie FIRE at midnight hour
he Traveller hears it rearing by
4 tDFI.I II terror and Of power,
That wSlk<. ite earth and licks the SKY.
Tie wild deer on his grassy he'd.
Wakes from I,:s sirea:II OF bsea sing day,
Listens, and lifts his antleTed head.
Snuifs tie hot blast and bounds away.
VsheretLnt DESTROYING angel goes.
Borne on the wiBgs Of aU:uran,s wind,
lie leaves no graS<, No prairie rose,
But all is scoTclIed and black behind
Bat when spring comes. flowery belt,
Across tile praiTie's bosom thrown.
Shows rs that where his foot WIS felt,
The angel DROPPED a jeweled zone.
But there's fire, along whose track
Spring never scat5ers flowers In bloom;
DO spring e'er follows all is black
As midnight in hopeless tomb.
Alike upon the low and high
Falls his strange fire; it feeds and plays
On beauty's cheek. i'm wisdomis eye,
And melts down manhood in its blaze
And youth and age-its power IS sucll-
B1oSss4n and fI6it alike are burned;
A.d every virtue by it, touch
Is shriveled, and to ashes turned.
Quench, Holy Father. by thy power,
By love aud law, with spring and well.
With stream and cistcrn. flood and shower,
In mercy quench this fire of he'll
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
The Crops.

We have accounts from different sec
tions of central Missouri, all of which
concur in stating that such an amount of
corn was never raised before. Potatoes
are better than ever known before, and
all other vegetables viii be very album
dant. The late hard rains. we fear,
will injure the small grain that is yet
stacked in the field, bur there is no doubt
that there will be an unusual abundance
ofall kinds of productions.-BoOnevate
Nissourian.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
g The Democratic county meetin

w The Democratic county meeting
of Carbon, Pa, has adopted a resolution
declaring "that the efforts of Gov. Reed
er in Kansas to preserve the purity ofthe
ballot-box, merit the appreciation of ev-
cry true lover of the Union, aud prove
bin to be what he was always known, a
high toned National Democrat" In
Crawford, similar resolutions have been
adopted.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
e A counter adifor roeairnd

Er A country editor received re-
m;ttance with a request to tsend the pa
per as long as the money lasted" He
indulged in bit of spree the next
week, got broke. and respectfully an
nounced to his subscriber that according
to his own terms the subscription was
out.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15

HA good action performed in this
world receives its recompense in the
other, just as waters poured at the root
of tree appears again above in fruit
and fswers.-BRddhist Dsetyine.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-15
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.

The committee on Miscellaneous Busi-
ness reported the following resolutions
which were read, and on motion of Mr..
Houston-the late Free State Represen-
tative in the Legislative Assembly, from
the vicinity of Pawnee, and among the
first settlers in the Territory-were adop-
ted by acclamation -
Resolved, That the alleged cause for
the removal of Gov. Reeder, and other
Territorial officers, has no sufficient
foundation in truth or plausibility that
the purchase of the half-breeaslands was
a fair and honorable transaction which
can tarnish the reputation of no man !;
that it was for fair and full considera-
ton, and characterized by no conceal
ment or impropriety; that the vendors
were fully competent to make their own
bargains and protect their own interests,
and who were allowed abundant time TO
consult their friends and neighbors that
the contract was made with the full
knowledge of the Agent and Interpreter,
and was subjected to the supervision of
the President: and as TIE President has
refused to respond to the earnest and
pointed request to say what law or rule
has been transgressed, we are compelled
to believe that it was in violation of no
law or artificial regulation.
Resolved, That the specification of an
interest in Pawnee City, which was only
furnished after the removal had taken
place, and therefore precluded any op-
portuniiy for explanation or reply, Is as
unfortunate and unfounded as the other
as it is well known fact that Gov. Reed
er had no participation in the laying out OF
the town; that it was laid out and ioca-
ted before his arrival in the Territory,
and that his first connection with it was
the voluntary and unsolicited transfer By
the original stockholders of an interest
therein to the FIVE Territorial officers who
had then arrived, among whom ofcourse
was the Governor; that the town was
then, and for some time before, and after
outside of The Military Reserve. having
been excluded BY the experienced and
intelligent officer in command at the
Post. although since included by the
Secretary of War.
Resolved, That the demand to answer
to the vague charge of .sother speeula-
tons in lands of the Territory" without
further explanations or specifications. and
the refusal of the President TO state what
was alluded to by him, or to give the
name of the accuser, and his giving the
specification only after the removal was
made, are strong aud unmistakable indi-
cations that the removal was a foregone
sonelusioD, and the demand of explaua.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-10-04
Report Of the Auditor of State.

OF Will the editor OF the CHRONICLE in
torn us why he, and opposition editors all
over the State, reruse to publish the report
Of the Auditor Of State! If il mistates facts,
let them be pointed out to tile people, and il
ii be truthful. let the people receive the light
and know the truth.
They will not publish the report, because
they dare not Gasette.
Verify, the impudence Of some men is
alarming! Publish the Report Of the Auditor
of State? Why, the idea is preposterous.---
That report contains eiQhty.fou heapy octdro
pages, which would make about .Gtty-sir col
nmns in our paper, or would occupy the en-.
| tire paper, exclusive Of advertisements, for
two weeks, and yet The Gazette man has the
brnzen impudence to ask US to publish the
report Of the Auditor Of State. He has neuer
Published it hrmset.
Again: this report is mongrcl production
--Lncalled for by Legislative enactment, ard
not demanded by any emergency of the peo-
pie of our State. Here question arises
Who pays for printing ,hisreport?
But the Gazette soys that we should pub
lish extracts from the report, at least. We
hare published extracts from it. We have
shown our readers ,ha. the total amour, o.
taxes levied last year was $4,000 339 so
while in other years it wos very much less
haya obn hot ba l,,,
year for revenue purposes were $6o6,s5o 9S
while in ls45 they were but $2ol,47l o.
. enormous levy Of taxation, the State debt il
not decreasing as fast as it did from 1876 tc
1869, when Wing financial policy prevailed
in the State. We have shown that whiie
the General revenue expenses, including
those Legislative. Judicial, Executive, ant
Benevolent purposes, in 1854, was $66+,
G87 IS, in 1886 it was $l93, S23 Sc. Al
this we have shown time aud again. yet the
Gazette has the impudencc to call on us ,e
publish the Auditors Report
1t is useless for L,cofocos to endeavor tc
make taxpayers believe that our taxes arr
less, or to hide the fact that they are largely
increased; they soe, and feel to their sorrow
that every year brings an increased burdeI
of taxation. They also reason that as Loco
foco officers imposed these burdens on u
they are the last to Tighten them, and thu
they resolve to repudiate Locolocoism in Ohio
aud inaugurate new era. commencing O,
Tuesday, which shall De to the people grea
relief in the way of taxes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-10-04
Settled at Last.-Governor Shan
non in favor Of Slavery!
WIN. McMILLAN.
|. DAY.

After an awful amount Of fals.ying on the
part of the Democratic Press of Ohio about
Shaunon's speech, it is settled conclusively,
that he did deliver the Westport speech
uerbatim Ct Hteratim, as we published it,
Hide your heads now. ye mondacious prints,
II ye have particle Of shame about you. !. :.
The Cincinnati Enquire, undertook to de-.
ny that Shannon made the speech attributed
10 him, whereupon the Missouri Democrat, in
which the report of that speech first appear.
ed, makes the following reply:
"From the foregoing we perceive that
there Is an eff1rl being made to relieve Gov.
Shannon Of the responsibility of his remark
made at Westport, that he was lin favor Of
slavery in Kansas,' by questioning the vera
city of the report o. his speech as it appear ed
in the ST. Louis Democrat. In reply to this,
we hnve to state that there can be no qu,s-
ton as to the truth(ulness of our report, and
that il was not only truthful, but taken down
verbatim et lteratim as Governor Shannon
delivered it. We sent to Kansas, as our re-
porter, IN accomplished stenographer, in or
der to avoid any mistakes or inaccuracies,
and so highly have his reports been appre-
cialed that they were not only COPIED by
nearly ali territorial and border newspapers, !
as well as extensively throughout the United
States, but were pronounced by the members
Of the Legislature themselves far more au-
thentc than any others Shich were publish
ed In fact, SO highly were they pleased
with them that they ordered extra copies Of
the ST.. Louis Dmocrat to circu ate among
their friends, as true exhibit o. Kansas le-
gisla,iun. The implication. therefore, that
the 'prgudiceS' OF our reporter 'oozed through
every pore,' is manilcstly false, and especial
ly contradlcled by the manner in which his
reports were regard, by those whose actions
were the subject matter Of his pen. To put
this matter at rest, however, we have ongy
to refer 10 the fact that it is not alone upon
the authority of the st Louis Democrat hat
this celebrated expression of Gov Shannon's
rests.
The newspapers i'll the immediate vicin.
ity, both IL Kansas and Missouri. which came
to hand by The next muii after We mad received
our reports, confirmed the same tnng, and it
was upon that explicit declaration that the
Squatte- Sooe'eign took such friendly hold of
Gov. Shannou's hand In reference 10 the
apparent difference which occurs in the re.
port of the Republican and the Democrat, ! hose,
who take the r"ubie 10 tx .mne the matter,
viii discover that the speech reported in the
Democrat was delivered at Wrstport. Mis-.
sour, and immediately upon Gov. Shannon's
arrival there, just as the Legislators were leuv-
ng--whiIe that reported in the Republican
was delivered ut the Shawnee Mission two
days afterwards. We say again. therefore,
that we can vouch Tor the very language used
by Gov. Shannon. and taken down BY our
stenosrapher AZ he uttered il,& whatev nav
be the effect OF it, he mus, stand responsible
for what he has said:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-10-04

ourself, having no, only majority Of his au.
disnce for our readers, but about one thou
sand more. We expect to publish the paper
as usual.
Mr.. Norton then turned his attention TO
the task of convincing his hearers that Trim
bic was entitled to the support of the Amcri.
can party. With this end in view he read
from Mr.. Trimbles letter Of acceptance,
when he was interrupted by
A volcr-(inquiringly)-" Ia Mr.. Trimbls
a member OF the Order"
MIR. NoRToS-(reoding)-"1 ask nothing
more, If, when this crisis is over, and all the
business of life is done, it could be truly said,
as you now cay in complimentary language,
that have been O true American"
A voIcE-(tauntingly)-"I Is Mr.. Trimblc
member Of the Orderp'
Mr.. NoRros--(siM reading, euasice'y)-
/. 10 lover Of the Union, supporter
Of the Constitution, md well wisher of Free
Institutions"
A VolcE-(per,inaciously)--"I Ia Mr.. Trim
bic member Of the Order'"
Mr.. NoRros-t desperately, reddin9)-" II
to have always been the firm, and, hope
consistent advocate Of civil and religious
liberty"
A voIcE-(sru'tingly)--" Is Mr.. Trimbls q
member of The Order?"
Mr.. NonroN-( snopp;shy -" Read hi,
letter and see!'
We have since read his letter, and fnl
therein the following -
THE nomination has been made without any con
,ultation with me. or the knowledge or consent o
any person authorized To speak in my behaf neufns
my own personal wishes, and with the iull know
ydge on the part OF the convention that / was not
member oi the party represented by them"
When Mr.. NoRTos commenced speaking
there were in the house one hundred and ter
persons, all told. A heavy shower o: ruir
afterwards drove in fifteen or twenty more
hut when. the circus band struck up outside
about half Of the audience left.
We are glad TO be able TO state that Mr.
Chase is gaining friends every day in thi'
county, and the people are becoming con
vinced that the race is between Chase ant
AfedM and unwilling to throw any influence
for Mediu, they will come out openly 70
Chase.