Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-05-12
ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
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THE WESTERN SAVAGES.

To day we publish an account from Missouri
paper of certain remarkable proceedings which
were had lately ut Parkvillc in the northwestern
part of Missouri. The violence and robbery
committed, and the preparations for deliberate
murder, form fitting sequel to the late exploits
of the Mssourians in Kansas.
Justice, like charity should begin at home
1t is not worth while to make great outcry
about wrongs committed American citizens
abroad, while the civil authority fails to protect
American citizens from far greater wrongs in
their own country. If tho lives of our own
countrymen are not safe here-if their personal
liberty is not respected-if their property may be
pillaged by a conspiracy and the plotters remain
unpunished and the outrage unredressed-with
what face we require other countries to abstain
from teaching in like manner such of our coun-
trymen as they may find on their soil2 How can
we ask them to respect rights which we DO not
respect ourselves? They may turn upon us and
say "How is it that you demand different meas
of justice from that which you give? We
have only treated your citizens more mildly
and less arbitrarily than you treat them your
selves" ...t
There was, it seems, q newspaper published
in Parkvie, under the title of the Industrial
Lurniaary which gave offence to Atchison's fac
ton by the freedom with which it spoke of the
recent election frauds in Kansas, and expressed
desire, cherished by very considerable party IN
Missouri that Kansas should be free state. The
pro-savery party assembled passed resolutions that
the press of the Parkville Luminayy should be
thrown into the Missouri river, that its two CON
ductors Messrs. Park and Patterson, should be
pitched after it if they could be caught within
the state; that they should be followed and hang
ed if they attempted to settle in Kansas that II
any preacher in the Northern Methodist Church
should offer to preach in Platte County, he
should be taIred and feathered tor the rst ohence
and hanged for the second. The savages who
were present executed the first of these threats
Immediately, throwing the press into the river /;
the second is yet to be fulfilled and the barrel
of tar and and bag of feathers, with the halter.
are doubtless ready for the next Methodist who
breaches in the county During the holding of
the assembly it seems that the wires OF the tele-
graph which passes through the place were busy
communicating dispatches ''of an encouraging
nature" doubtless from the leaders OF the AtcIi-
ison party, by whom these outrages were lnstl-
gated.
Thus there is no crime, no act of robbery or
cruelty, not even murder ITSELF at which these
wretches are to stop in the prosecution OF their
intent to prevent Kansas from adopting Tree
constitution All respect for law, for the prln-
cpes of natural justice, for the dictates OF hui
mnnty for the usages of civilized life, is to be
tramYled under, foot and nothing IS tobe heid, sa-
cred from outrage that interiors with their purpose
The acts of these plotters against the freedom OF
Kansas are the great national sins of the day,
and the fouest blot on the morals and honor OF
the nation. In all those abominabie acts OF op'
preston committed by the despotismS OF the
old world there is nothing more tyrannlcai IN
~,
in act.
1t was a hard case, certainly that DR.. Peck an
innocent m,n according to his own statement,
should have been arrested by the Spanish author
ities of Cuba on suspicion of reasonable practices;
it was hard that after his release he should not
be allowed to reside and mend teeth the city OF
Puerto Prncipe where all his acqualntances llved;
and we do not wonder that he chose to leave the
island rather than to live anywhere else. lie was
not however, pitched into any of the rivers OF
Cuba nor striped of his property nor threatened
with being hanged by the neck II he ana not
leave the island Immediately The condition ajax
ed to his liberation, that he should not continue
to make his home in Puerto Principe, was not
accompanied by the threat that II any others OF
his countryman should have the hardihood tt
visit Pucrto- Principe, they should suffer an lsno
minous punishment for the first offence and death
for the second If the Spanish authorities haC
behaved half as arbitrarily and atrociouSly in hl
case AS the organized Atchson faction has done II
that of Park and Patterson, the whole country
would have been in a flame of Indignation, from
the Mexican frontier to the Canadian.
Let US attend to The worst cases first, and a
these happen to be nearest to us, we can mos
conveniently give them our attention. when th
rights of the American citizen sacrediy respec
ted on the soil of his own country, our sensitive
ness to foreign insults will appear more natura
and reasonable. We do not wish to degrade s.
grave u subject by any trivial alluslon, but al
civil governments should remember, IN consult
ing for the safety of their subjects that there l
great truth in the old nursery rhyme,
. If you would keep them safe abroad,
Pray keep them safe at home.
-. ... ...-.- Ne, York Zee. Post.