The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-01-10
For tle FaIIGdI an.
VIA; are the Sign. Of ,hc Times.
MILTON. Jan. :. 1883.

hiLiOS, Jan 4, 1000
Eds Palladium: Il Future events cast theiI
shadows before them The year t55 ha
gently glded into the historic past. with il.
good aud evil; and whilst We shall remembe,
it year of great abundance and prosperi
~. we also remember, with regret that il,
garments were dripping with blood-ih,
blood of the European and the Asia,ic, as al
SO that OF the border asgressor. and the muir
dered freeman Il has followed in the wake o
other years, with more than its share OF desc
laiion and iniquty; has unburdened itself a
the throne of Eternal Justice, and ,cho is res
PonStbie.< But as | said in the start Future
events cas-. their shadows before them" The
year Is with the by gone. and 20 is the war in
noble, struggling Kansas. The year 56, as
it approached, sen. forth beams Of peace to
unhappy Kansas. is self constituted rulers
from tie opposite side OF the Missouri and
those less brave and more coutem ptibiy wick
ed, who ought to have been its rulers and
protectors proper, began to perceive the dim
outlines of Meme 7ekei upon the wall, and.
trembling fer their place ard power, with
drew their proving hordes and sent them
home.
The imbecile chief jaggler At Washington,
ascertained, a. the bling Of Congress
that he ana his would be held ansvrerable f3r
the results q = civil war. He accordingly
whispered Ia lears to Coy Saapasa, and ad-
sisei him to sis;s .!.e Free Sta.e camp a; Law.
renee, and under the EUn5Iiat.ae pre:ence
that he had been imposed upon" endeaEoT
70 work himself into the good lrraces # the
free SAFE cz..zeas. The said Shannon, AK
igas - % tie bidding f his mast. did e
2 20 the Free State Camp. as was suggested
By his master. the President. and th-n All
there did make some very weak shameful and
hum lsatia, ackEg1 ed serneuts aud excuses
- The very great rno~lncatioss. chsgrIa ard
disgrace q rs com pafioas u arms and his
Old Lire friends in u .ssour: and elsewhere
l he effect is mat peace, perhaps permanent
peace, Las been restored - han~as. out who
that has Observed The acts Of these political
ju-glers, viii place any cCnfdsnye in their
sincerity as 70 tie protection proEered under
the circums, ances, TO the peorl= u ha&~1,e--
Who. that IS a. al acquainted with he shut
fln.~ of these demagogues did not anticipate
precisely. when GOV. Shannon caYed. the Ian
guage Of the President IN III, message. in re-
ference TO the Kansas troublee The trek is
too glarIug 10 the face OF all their past acts
70 INSPIRE the public heart with any thing but
the deepest contempt 1t will answer for the
present; but there i, IN the future, a fearful
reckoning IN reference 10 those Kansas oatra-
yes. No covering or whining can make free
dom's masses forget who were the authors q
the Kansas troubles The blood OF Barber
cries from the ground against the rainions OF
the black power. \ rebuke. such as Amer
can freennen alone can administer, is in store
for all eoncerned-from the introduction Of
the Nebraska Kansas act; down to the end OF
the border invasion. Wal, uhile
The last shuttle foreshadows tn. fac, that a
President Is soon . be elected. and free
dem y somewhat popular with the masses Of
even the Old Line party. tbs rs4se was iddis-
pensIole. The DECISION OF the DID Line
Judges OF TIE Supreme Court. ) also the
shadow OF coming presidenti4k election
50 that In the North The burden 10. their song
viii be Sgnatser .Sorreignty. Freedom for Kan
sas. and free shisly. and plenty 81 IT, Ia the
South tire same. with the exceplon Of Free
dem of Kansas There il viii b. .Slasery for
Kansas In The lace Of ali thislthere slisl la