The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24

and belligerent among ourselves, might
rise up and, taking advantage of our
dlsconceTtion end confusion, erect, for
tas seceaa time, throne of despotism
uPen the ruins g public liberty. In the
name of God, fhen, we would ash. in this'
Flew Of tie snbjeet-snd no intelligent
n1nd would fera moment undertake toI
iqaestioz is legilimaey-by what cbarac.
ter Of feeling are these politicians sctss-
ted, what argument can they offer to jus.l
tify further persistence In course sol
inimical TO civil snd social harmony. and
80 emphsticslly aeneuneed by ths Foiee
OF veteran craftsmanship everywhere
throughout the land, and condemned by
every Development which distiagnishesI
Its connection With the past POLITICAL
transactions ef the eeastrs L-Naspsak
it prophetically: that It is full time tol
forbear. The South, always true to the
laws and constitution Of the country, has.
Notwithstanding that her rights have
been invaded, compromised to her own
detriment, that peace and the Union might
be preserved. She hiss now receded for
the last time. And the voice of admo-1
milton has already articulated In warning
accents the terms future Cancellation
forbear before you have driven high
minded, loyal, and patriotic people to
something bordering on despair and des-
peration r. Again, we say that we hon
or and revere the good men of the coun-
try everywhere, without any regard to
their locality. We care not whether their
eyes. first opened upon the light of Maine
or Missouri, they are in our affections
still the same. Our remarks are intended
only for the wanton and willfnl disturb
ers of public tranquility wherever they
may be found.
No sooner was Kansas Territory laid
open for immigration and settlement than
this very faction, armed in the usual pan
oply of their warfare, have, in the short
space of time which has elapsed since
then, thrown the whole country, which
was before the very embodiment of har-
mony and quiet, into state of the most
dangerous and irreconcilable commotion.
The journals above mentioned have been
the principal agents, supported, of course.
by their adherents, in forwarding this
condition of affairs, the consequences Of
which there is no doubt but that they
will be the first 10 rue. Our condemns
ton of the "Emigraut Aid Society doe-
not arise in any opposition to, or denn.
of their right of emigration to any soil
under the dominion Of our government,
but the hidden snd secret measures which
they have been reported by the excom-
municated members of this company to
have adopted, for the purpose of crippling
more successfully the energies of opposi-
ton which they knew would Be eIerted
against their designs by the slave States.
(and by Missouri, as she Is more defense
lessly exposed to their schemes and ma
chinstions than all the remaining States
together. Of the three journals in ques-
ton, the Herald of Freedom is the least
odious and because ii does not 90 TO
that extent of opposition to slavery that
the others would require it TO do. it has
become the object of their most severe
and unmitigated abuses. We can only
say, in conclusion, that this party, not
only in Lawrence, but throughout the
whole country where il may have foot
hold, should pause and reflect upon the
danger and Improperly of their conduct,
before reflection viii forever be too late.