The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-07-07

uiScuSSiOH, THAT the system Is too deep
rooted among US, and must remain for
ever; that the very moment any private
individual attempts TO lecture US upon its
evils and immortality, and the neeessity
of putting means in operation to secure
us from them, in the same moment his
tongue shall be cut out and cast upon the
dunghill. "-G -Golu,abia { S. ca Telescope.
ssThe true-hearted citizens of East
Tennessee and property holders ougift -to-
enter into leagues, and whip, black. and
ride on rail, irrespective of age, calling,
family, association, every preacher, citi-
zen, or traveller, who dares to utter one
word in opposition to slavery, or who is
found In possession of an abolition docu-
ment. These are our sentiments, and
we are willing and ready to help others
to carry them out. "-Pdrson Bro,rnlow.
And who or what is an abolitionist !?
Why, everybody is an abolltionist, ac-
cording to their dictionary, who dares to
have an opinion Of his own upon the sub.
ject of the rights of man, in any respect
different from theirs. No distinction is
made between the man who is opposed
to the establishment of slavery in Kan
sas, and him who is opposed TO its ex-
istence In the States, between the free
soiler and dissolutionist, between the
man who would return him who had es-
capped to his master, and him who would
direct the fugitive to the land of liberty.
Said one of the ehivalry, whose name is
suggestive of hemp factories, chad /
the power, l would hang every aboE-
ZIONIST in the country, and every man
north of Mason and Dixon's line Is an
abolitionist." This was said with the
emphasis and Accomplishments peculiar
to the individual. These gentlemen and
christians ''repel the doctrine that il
Slavery is moral or political evil,''
and "hurl back with scorn the charge of
inhumanity," and warn all persons of
different views not to come to Kansas,
for they shall be "made to leave the
Territory if they do. "Afade to leave!"
Indeed Well, a .'right smart good time
of it" may our neighbors have in max
ing all leave Kansas who win not bow
down and worship tie calves they set up.
Made to leave! Gentlemen, look at
that beautiful banner, think from whence
it came, and of the motives which
prompted its presentation, and then think
about being made to leaue your country
for no crime One thing appears evil
dent, if we are made to leave, the ladies
will be ashamed to follow, and will let US
go alone.
Persons may teach that the Declara-
ton of Independence is a lie, that tyr
amy and oppression thousand fold
more severe than that which our anees-
tors rose in rebellion against, are right /;
that marriage is mockery that the parent
shall not have possessionofhi his own child,
nor the husband of his wife, that educa-
ton is crime, that traffic in human be-
ings, the bodies and souls of men, is a
virtue-all this may be taught with i'm
punity in this boasted land of ours, and
those who teach such things must be re-
eognized as gentlemen and christians /;
but to teach that all men are created
equal, that they have an inalienable right
to life and liberty, that oppression is a
crime, and that education, religion and
good morals are virtues-this is not to be
tolerated for a moment. Tar and feath
ers, the gallows and the stake await all
persons who dare express belief in such
dangerous doctrines, if we can believe
our masters. Masters, did l say p
Heaven forbid. Subjects slaves? Oh
no! Il is all mistake. What the
whisky drinking, profane, blasphemous,
degraded, foul mouthed and contemplate
rabble that invaded our Territory at the
late elections our masters! Never, new.
err / can say to death, be thou my mas
ter, and to the grave, be thou my prison
house, batacknowledges gesuch creatures my
master, neveri
No, thank God, we are yet free and
hurl defiance at those who would make
us slaves.
"Look on who VIII in apathy, and stife they
who can,
The sympathies, the hopes, the words, that
make man truly man;
Let those whose hearts are dungeoned up with
interest or with case.
Consent to hear with quiet pulse of loatllsome
deeds ike these
We first drew in New England's air, and from
her hardy breast
Sucked in the tyrans hating milk that viii not
lei us rest:
And if cur words seem treason to the dnlIard
and the tame,
'Tis but cur native dialeet,-our fathers spake
the same!7
With truth and justice on our side we
have nothing to fear, for
Thrice Is he armed who hath his quarrel just
And he but naked, though locked mp in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted -
Whose conscience with injustice is cor
rupted if not his who withholds from the
laborer his due, who makes merchandise
of men, women and children-who sun
ders family ties, sending the husband
perhaps to the cane fields of Mississippi,
the wife TO New Orleans brothel, and
the children to the rice swamps of Ala
bama-never to see each other again,
and all to spend their lives amid whips
and chains? And is it not confirmation
strong as holy writ that their conscience
is corrupted when such men "repel the
doctrine" that such proceedings are
wrong, either morally or politically
when they "hurl back with scorn" the
charge that conduct like this can be in
human? Perhaps it is not inhuman if
they are fair samples of humanity-but
it is ce. tainly un-beastlike.
And who are the towards in this con-
test if not those who shun investigation,
tremble at free discussion or even the
expression of an opinion who cry out,
"down with the press, down with the
church, and down with ev~ry man that
disapproves ofoppression 90 And what
acts are cowardly if itis brave and manly
for scores of men maddened with
whisky-to prowl about in the dark and
destroy the defenceless, to seize peacea-
bic and unarmed citizens, to tar and
feather them, to throw printing presses
into the river and threaten to shoot gov
ernors, hang editors, and especially TO
march upon weak and defenceless peo-