The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
The Purpose of the Slave Power.

We find the following choice article IN
the last number of the Frontier News,
published at Westport, No. It is the
report of a aspeeeh made by Gen. Bully
+. Strinate1tOv. of Platte, No., and
shows the settled purpose of the "border
ruffans" in regard to the real settlers of
Kansas. Ssringfellow is eanvassing wes-
tern Missouri, and is using every art of
which he is master to influence the pub
lie mind. He has no regard for truth,
nor none for decency. else he would not
resort to the low and false means he does
for the purpose of getting up an excite
ment along the frontier If Gen. String
fellow desires to "driFe out" the "aboli-
tionists," as he terms all northern men,
we propose that he direct mob to this
point, as soon as he pleases, and lead the
van. Forbearance, at times, ceases to be
virtue! The citizens of Kansas have
placed themselves upon the Constitution
and laws. and here they expect to remain.
No bravado, no threats of violence, nor
no outrages will drive them from their
purpose, but they sciH resist with all the
force that God has placed in. their hands,
and to the last extremity, any further in
vasion of their rights. There is not
Northern man in Kansas nor Southern
one who possesses soul, who would not
rather his bones were bleaching on the prai-
ries than to submit to the degradation of
enslavement by the base wretches who
set all law and all authority at defiance
and attempt to ride rough shod over our
people. But to the article from the
News
"Gen. Stringfellow, by invitation, ad-
dressed the people on Tuesday evening.
At an early hour the band appeared in
front of the Harris House, and gave US
some excellent music. Gen. S. being in-
troduced, proceeded in his usual felieit-
GUS and eloquent style to address the
large crowd collected for the purpose of
hearing him. He exposed the purposes
of the freesoilers and abolitionists,-
shoaoed the necessity Of putting them dosDn
By tie strong arm if need be. With
much force asked what the people would
do, were band of wild Calnanches to
settle in Missouri, with the avowed~ pur-
pose of stealing horses and mules, and
numbering women and children-would,
or should, the people wait until their
property was stolen, their houses burnt,
and their wives and daughters murdered
-or rather, would it not be their duty to
rise up as one man and drive them from the
borders, that we might live in peace and
safety? What claim, asked he, has obo-
iitioaists andtheir a6etiors, TO greater for
bearanee-less, far less, than the Uild L'a-
dian.
"He called upon the people to require
the Legislature to pass laws necessary to
their protection, as the only means of pre-
venting resort to the unwritten law of
hcSossitJ.
''The General spoke with much truth
and force of the recently avowed pur-
pose to establish National Democratic
party in Kansas Would that every one
who favers that ethiopian scheme, could
have heard him. We doubt not that
many good men, who, upon partial view
of the matter, are inclined to favor the
scheme, would have been induced to re-
consider their views, and refuse to lend
themselves to purposes so injurious to the
pro-s!avery party, and utterly pewerless
! to advance the democratic party. He
entered his earnest protest, asa democrat,
against the scheme, and cautioned every
democrat to keep aioof from the unclean
thing"