Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-04-27
Kansas.

kansas.
The great fight" in Kansas has proved
nearl y as fair a contest as the struggle lie
tween Hungary and Austria-only tina,
the Gar, when he overwhelmed the Mag
yars with his legions, observed more o,
the amenities Of civilization than have tn.
hossacks precipitated upon us by Atchis-
on. What think you of free election in
the territories of these United States OF
America, IN the year OF grace 1855, wher,
a thousand Outside Darbarians" rush in,
wrcSt the polls from their two or three hun.
drei legal guardians, making new Judges.
overturning the whole machinery, anil al
lowing every man access who has Pro-
Slavery ticket in his hand, white ribbon
IN his buttonhole and ali the whiskev in
] has skin no can hold and IN ,nan,, in
stances compelling known Free Soilers to
take the same dose and vote the same bal
lot, under serious threats of instant death
by the cord in case Of refusal! Brave do
lnSs, these! and bravely has the freedom
OF our elective franchise been viniicated
before the world Who will refuse to
huzza for Popular Sovereignty!
kAli that have here implied is sober
fact. On the 10th day of March, an army
lrom Missouri, regularly organized, arm
ed, otlicered and disciplined, and liberally
supplied with rati ms aud whisllev seized,
on the polls in each election di.tict in
Kansas, appointed their own Judges, pre-
scribed their own rules, and cast three
tourths Of all their ballots, more or less :;
what matter q iew,GgureS 1T is enough
that they were prepared to ovcrwhelm any
legal vote that could be cast, and thus they
did it. What matters it whether the pro
Slavery majority Of one tilouaand, or ten 4?
the right, the justice and the result are
the same.
All this will read like fable in the
East; would that it were so. But it is
fact, plain, unyarnishel and will receive
its coloring from the atrocious details
which will soon reach you. The invading
army wQs divided into battalions, which
We're detailed to various points as wanted.
They were held as reserve corps to he
brought into action if needed. The main
force was directed against Lawrence, and
that devoted city was completely over
whelmed. Resistance would have been
madness against an armed and infuriatcI
mob, crazed with passion and whiskey.
1t was only by submission that bloodshed
was avoided and even with it, It is said
that Mr. Brown, editor of the Herald of
Freedom, was a mark for the bullet of
desperate named Wallis.
AS for the Govcrnor, men, who ought
! to be, respectable, are daily. heard, to ay
that his llie Is not worth an hours pur
chase If he refuses to sanction this auda-
cious mockery Of an election. But the
Governor thus far has gone straight on !;
and / have that faith in him lhat | believe
he will die, if need be, at his post, rather
than violate his oath by any such sanction.
And | also believe that his lirmness will
produce its legitimate effect, and that no
hand can be found animated by courage
OF be pravity equal to the execution cf the
horrible threat made against him. 1t is
now SAID that he will refuse the cetHcates,
and go in person to Washington with the
matter; but slavery swears. he shall not
quit the Territory alive.
On this boat ara hundred men from
the interior OF Miasoui, WHO are returning
from the election many Of them are Sc
rlousl y i'll from the effects Of whiskey and
exposure. They arc an army of semi
! harbarlans ; they carry ones mind irresis-
tibly back to the Dark Ages, when might
made right and the weakest went to the
wall. Such might have been the bullying
and protane crew who tore the dust of Mil
ton from its grave, and butchered the
Coyenanters at their alters, Slavery has
in them ombalmed and perpetuated the
vices and barbarisms Of the past.
VIII the Nolth--the Union--aLile these
insults and these wrongs? Less cause has
overturned States. Let the Free States,
if indeed they are free, arouse and act
let them erase the vain glorious boasting
which has answered no purpose as yet, but
to lniuriate the South, and proceed calmly
and strongly to work. A few thousand
good men i'll Kansas, prepared for any
emergency, will defend it against all odds.
Send no mare coxcombs and towards,
armed with big words; but send us sturdy
workers, sworn to the right, and inyinci-
bic in calm courage. Kansas goa be free.
-Corro$pondence ofMe ". 7. 7rtonne.
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