Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-23


T6s - Sve8y1assy anA teC1engy.
Thr Cincinnati Engnirsr lately mstr eoasse
snd shss&re stssek upon Rev. ions q GrsIKr
fcs Psesisi5ng II ! Fremont meeting II Saarin-
natl. sT s9ssf:ry replies through the Gazette,
the Eaaaircr refusing 10 publish his letter. We
hare only room for psrs Of bis letter:
Nos, sir, having said this much, take the
liberty 70 add. that were / preacher in actual
service, | would be no BosD-sAS to any people,
but woasa dcBOunee IN becoming terms, The
attempts of yoar political leaders TO caslase
NORTHERN freemen, and crush the liberties of the
great Republic. During the last four months ]
have, in the qHetade of country home, read
almost everything IN reference TO Kansas and
our Government. pro and con, and do not hes
itate to say. that a more Internal outrage was
never committed against the principles of polit-
icai instice, ard the rights of humanity, consi-
.ieriiie the age We live IN, than otr government
has been guilty of in IL crusade against the peo-
rle OF that Territory. After having been subjn-
gated by border raliian robbers and fnurderers,
the President has virtually approved OF their
acts, iirasmleh as he sent the military to shoot
down freemen for doing what his Kansas Bill
said they had right to do. What humiatiHg
spectacle do We present, as nation, to the ci-
rilized world. The Chief of this s'niodel Rebub.
lie Of America" has been, and is now using the
treasure of the people, and employing thear
| and the military power to execute code of laws
tina, make liberty Of speech felony and the
| freedom of the press high crime-laws, the
| reading Of which would almost make negro
blush for shame.
Talk about preachers keeping silence when
| such damnable deeds are being committed un-
| der the name Of law and order-when men are
\ nj NJ
| the expression of honest opinions, and the lash
| of the slaye-driver is raised over their heads /!
Talk Of silence when civil war RACES on our frcn-
tiers, and the Republic itself is in peril Why,
sir, what sort of things DO you take preachers
/ 10 be g Dumb idols. stocks, stones, slaves,
/ fools, or servants of the Devil
| Preacher or no preacher, sir, would cry out
against such iniquity, and spare not, though it
should cost me my life! Although always a
/ Jefferson and jackson Democrat. ,he first vote
nv father ever gave was for Jeiierson) l say
! down ,ciM tie deYotism AID tyranny of the party
now in power, or the liberties OF the nation are
| gone.
agree with YOU that it is beneath the dignity
of the ministerial Office to engage in politics
when the object is the elevation OF men, and mol
principles of truth ard justice. But any man
| who can keep silence when he kao,rs what is go.
ing on in Kansas and Washington city, must
| haze heart of stone.
IN conclusion, sir, beg leave to say that be-
cause lore liberty and hate oppression, dare 10
drnounce the government ar Washington as
4 seeking the suhiugation of an Industrious and
| free people. For the declarations | make in
public and private, | am alone responsible
| not my religious associates and friends; and
hide myself under no robes Of ministerial dig
nifty ask to be treated as a freeman and citi
zeN, That is all. S
Yours, in all kindness,
! .fAaf'a' JOuN GrPJEV