The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
An interesting Lettar


yarns about scenery and prairie life are
true. He further adds .
"Tfat Kansas is to be, ia every sense
Of the word, the great battle field where
the contest between liberty and slavery
is to decide the destinies of this nation,
must be obvious 70 every rejecting mind.
Tie compromise that secured te slavery
the whole of Louisiana, only servedsto
quiet the monster for a few shert yesrs.
Slavery, that most Unsuitable of all mon
sters, will neser be satisfied while there
is human being within its reach. or in
sight, unscathcd by It's power. Like the
bos-constrietor, after full repast of blood
and bones, it may seem to slumber and
rest for while, yet that sleep is only TO
renew It's strength, that it may crush
more victims. The aggressive spirit Of
the monster must be apparent to all the
world, even when We take1he pro-slarefy
version of the matter. After the South
had obtained all that was agreed for In
the Missouri Compromise, by stipulating
that they would be satisfied with the
same, they now claim and demand all
that they ,bargained away in that com
promise.
Such is the character of the monster
that seeks to drag itself the whole length
and breadth of our vast and beautiful ter
-ritory, aud to feast itself not with ami
mails, butt on human flesh and blood and
bones-to founder and bask itself III the
bot grief of those more destitute than the
orphan or the widow-to be- iuiied to
sleep by the means and sighs of the ep-
pressed, mingled with the music of the
oppressor's lash. Surely, if we may
Judge from the experience of the past, We
may safely calculate that when 1t has
reached the summit of the Rocky noiln-
tains, We shah again hear the loud his
fof, the old serpent, nnperatiyely demand
ing more territory. And if it is per.
niitred to establish itself in the bounds o
Kansas, all our long-cherished hopes O
greatness and future prosperity as ma
lion are gone forever, and the experimen
of republican government has proved
q failure. Anarchy and bloodshed, des
olasion and destruction, will be the future
history of this now boasted land of lib.
Ierty.. Now, were every lover ofhberty
fevery freeman in these United States,
where a word could reach his ear, |
Heuld say, have you nothing to say or
nnthinor tn do IN this TnatfaPa
1.-The accounts OF. outrages committed
by the slavery propaganda have fully
confirmed the opinion that Kansas hot
only is to be, but actually is the battle
field. The mass of the people here,
whenever. The facts are laid before them,
ara actually shocked that such state of
things can and does exist. We North
erHers, who claim to be freemen, with
cap in hand, would respectfully ask, how
long are tie people of Kansas tobe over
ridden and nob-driven from their rights
BY that whip-craeking Atchison and his
gang of Stringteilows? How long will
il be necessary for citizens in this free
country to arm with bowie knives and
reyolvefs.in order to get access 10 the
ballot box2 Then how many times are
they to ,be driven away aud foreibly pre-
vented from voting, because they do not
see fit TO vote in accordance with the die
ta.ion OF All armed mob, who have come
from slave State witt mounted cannon.
rifles aud revolyers, professedly to make
laws for freeInen On free territory?
s"Ilow long before the General Govern
ment viii be able and wiling to protect
the Governor of Kansas from mob yio-
lence while in Tie discharge of bis Off
cial duties? Governor Reeder, and every
other citizen of Kansas, has just claim
upon the General Government for pro-
lection; and every man. woman and child
in tkese United States who has ever
heard tie word liberty spoken, must
know enough TO know, that to refuse or
neglect ts extend that protection in the
present ease, is not only disayowing the
object for which governments are crea-
ted, but is violating the most solemn OBJ
legations that government can pledge to
its own subjects. The man or men who
dare take that responsibility, had better
first take lessons by robbing the lion of
her wlelps, and after shaking their man
gled cafcasses in her face, endeayor TO
pacifv the enraged animal by few ca
fesses and pats Oh the head. The North
erncrs will not stand and look or with
indiiFereuce;- il. is for inalienable rights
and huafiaIl life that we claim protection
II our sons and daughters aud cousins
are not protected, it viii be because the
Northern people have not the power.
Now if | could say one word 70
NortIern freemen, especially 10 those
who profess To feel so much sympathy
for the oppressed, that word,wouid be,
lust feel in your pockets for something
to sustain the Herald of Freedom. Do
you object by saying that the Herald is
not so cheap as the New York Tribune,
or some other paper. Cheap or not
cheap, Issay II. has a fii:s,hteolis.elsinl upon
vou; it Is worth ten times its cost and
ifyou want to do good. takestlIat aEad the
Tribune too, and five or six others of the
same stripe, as do, aud my word for it
that the wise Of this generation, and OF
Your ebildren's children, will not curse
you for the deed. =
who are the Ultra Slavery Men
Res. President Shannon, sho IS figur|
ing sosextensivels at tie pro-slasery Con-
veiition in Wisconsin, is an IEishIpan By
birth, and has been iatl,is country about
twenty years. He was formerly Pres
idefst of the Safe College of Louisiana:
situated az jackson. IN that STATE. The
institution running dowa under bis con.
troll. he accepted due Presidency Of a
Missouri College, under the patronage of
'sie Cappbeliite Baptist Church, " Of
which President Shannon IS prominent
member. Rev. B. Marshall, of Ssicksz
burg, Miss. who folIowed Air. Sl,aHnen,s 5
course in Tie southern Con- sention recent
u held IN Nes Orleans. Is native Of
Massachuseff followed for a while q
mechanical business ii Louisiana, tiaen
became Methodist preacher aud pro-slas-
cry advocate s IS sedan that = native:
born southeruer takes ultra slavery.
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