The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-22
The War in the West.

Our people have great deal to say at
present, about the war in the East; we
should like to know what their opinion
is about the war in the West. The war
in the East is interesting to all of US, for
all of us are men, and we are interested,
more or less, in whatever affects human
ily. But the war in the West is our
war, and Immediately concerns our hon
or, our fame, and our freedom; and it
ought, therefore, TO be of much more inz
terest to us, than anything that can take
place outside of the United States. In
the East, rival nations are contending foS
the mastery over each other the issue
of their combat will decide nothing more
than question of European policy-it
will not settle any question of moral or
political principle In the West, liberty
is as<ailed by slavery, with all the legion
ofrufians which the latter can purchase
to aid her in her unhallowed word, and
in the issue of that contest, is involved
the humiliation of this Republic and the
subjection to slavery of all the territory
which she now claims.
The war in the West is therefore a
much more important war to US, to our
country, and to our posterity, than the
war in the East is Will our people con-
tinue, then, to turn their eyes towards
Sebastopol, and will they hear, with IN
difference, that liberty is being driven
from Kansas?
1t is ofno use to appeal to the general
government to redress the wrongs of the
settlers in that Territory. 1t is one of
the misfortunes of our political system
that such an imbecile as Frank Pierce,
and such traitors as his Cabinet, can
hold the reins of government for four
years. in spite of the peoples scorn and
indignation. We must submit to the
term of penance, which the election OF
such an automaton as the present apollo
gy-for-aP President has imposed upon US.
But while we submit, we can still appeal
to the sovereign-to the people. The
Cabinet at Washington has seen Kansas
invaded by armed men from Missouri,
the laws established for the government
of that Territory set at defiance by those
rufians, the ballot boxes broken and the
ballots of the actual settlers destroyed,
the lives of the eTnigrants threatened be-
cause they refused to recognize those
drunken filbusters as wardens and clerks
of election, the polling stations taken
possession of, and a spurious Legislature
elected, and yet itneyer moved muscle
to correctthose glaring abuses. Twink
ed at them--it approved of them-it en-
couraged them-and it inspired String
fellow and his gang to proceed in the
career which they entered on. The lead
ers of the invasion of Kansas met al
| Pawnee, as the Legislature of the Terri.
tory and, in defiance of the United
States, as represented by Gov. Reedel
and the Territorial laws, they adjourned
the seat of government TO the borders o
Missouri, rejected every man who wa:
fairly elected to a seatin the Legislature
gave slavery a legal tenure in the Terri
tory, constituted every Missourian, WIKI
shall register himself as such, voter IL
Kansas, passed an edict for the purpos'
of testing the opinions of all emigrant
to Kansas, on the slwery question. ant
proposed that New England settlers b
especially required TO swear allegiance u
the laws of Missouri and to the fugativ'
Slave edict. Still the General govern
ment remains complacently passive. |
still encourages the progress OF Mlssour
ruffianism in Kansas, aud the programm
of the next act of the play is issued
Stringfellow and Co., now propose WIZ
consent of the Legislature OF Missouri
, to annex to K. T., Plat County, Nils
: Isouri. This act ofannexation would giv
ito Kansas all the self defensive assecia
|, tion-all the press destroyers aud swash
bucklers of Parkville, de-; and, it woui
, give Kansas a population which Woul
: a once entitle her to ask admission to tn
! lconfederacy as State. It's sehem
; which Frank Pierce, no doubt. approve
. of-Douglass would assuredly Ike ].
: see it accomplished, and Atchison y. 3.
certainly do all he can 70 consumnass =
: but what viii the people oi the nor'ii =
: TO it ,, .ha;
r representatives. approve OF II ~ y.
, they give authority TO this aho al ''->