Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-10-23
Peace in Kansas,

"nen The appointment of Geary first
reached us, we stated our belief, found.
ed upon personal acquaintance with
him. that the administration could no,
have found more supple, plant and uu.
scrupulous tool. The number of free
State men he has arrested ard indicted
under the bogus laws of the Territory of
Kansas-enacted by Missourians-af,er
they had been induced 20 trust his fsi,
promises OF protection. proves TIE eccu.
racy OF that opinion. The old game is
10 be played over. Free State men ha-
rassed with prosecution and driven from.
the Territory. while all the scoundrels
from Missouri are 10 60 unmolestedl-
The same cd farce of an election has al.
50 been played. A citizen of this civ.
we understand. returned from Kansas in.
the train on Monday. He says he came
down the river with Buiord's men and
other Southern missionaries. who openly
declared that they had voted in Kansas
before they left.
Geary has arrested the free State men
by The hundred, and has not srrested an
individual OF the other side. Now. is il
possible ihut the pro-slpvery men have
Goue nothing in violation OF The laws?
Can il be possible that all the accounts
which have reached the States are untr.e7
thst Mrs. Fleming. Of our own county.
is mistaken as TO the murder of her hus-
band? Yet there has mol been single
arrest by Geary or his predecessor. The
Government OF the United States Nigh,
have with the greatest ease depressed oil
these outrages; but through it's agents,
Shannon and Geary, il has actually en-.
cOursged them all, and by its wholesale
arrests of free State men it is actually
encouraging them 10 new deeds of blood
and murder. Look at the removal of
Governor Reeder. because he had become
obnoxious To the Missourians. He eyin.
ced determination 10 act impsr,ially.
and the President and his advisers Al
once saw that impartisliiy secured Kan
sss TO freedom. Reeder was sent for.
and an attempt made TO bribe him into
resignation by the promise Of foreign
missl on. and when he declined the dis.
graceful bargain he was removed on a
pa!try pretext, TO make way for a man
who would 60 all lengths in the pro.
slavery interest. See all the machinery
of the law put into execution ogains, the
free State men by Jones, Donaldson and
Lecompte, in order 20 deprive them of all
means OF defense and of the counsel and
guidance OF those amongst them who
were able 10 lead. Witness the long
list of robberies, murder and arson Der.
ps,rated by the Missourisns with impu-
nifty. because the government would not
do its duty. Observe, when the free
Slate men stood on the defense against
their invaders. The army Of the United
States employed against them, the mill
tia of adjoining States called out TO crush
them, and this course of wrong. for which
no name is too strong, remorselessly and
perseveriugly pursued. The bogus press
of the North hide these outrages as much
as possible md declare the accounts Of
them published in other papers untrue.
The Southern press publish them. en-
dorse and glory in them as evidence Of
courage, of chIvalry! The Barnwell (S..
c. Sentinel, Sept. 18Th, publishes let
Kansas, TO his brother. We extract the
paragraph about yankees scalp:
"TUEsDAY.-I saw this morning tfs
first YANKEES scGlp-a very smart one
just imported. but had the enjoyment Of
Kansas climate but three days. South
erners will have to keep wide awake, and
render good aid, or this beautiful Kan.
sas is lost"
There is no disguise here. The Yen.
kee was free Stale man. and when but
three days in kansss was killed and scalp
ell! The South must aid or the Territory
is lost-how lost? To the slave-owners
of the South. This ''scs'ped Ysnkee"
committed no crime against the laws Of
the Territory; yet he wos killed and
scalped to make one vote the less.
Madison Courier.