The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-12-13

SOuil ofSuAcut, eHu TIC laCec <aIyuS,
of Weston, has the credit of first Civ
ing it to the public. In the spring of
1854, before any Eastern emigrants
had arrived, we find the following, in
regard to them
"7Hey mustbe met, If need BE. Nth tie
RIFLE. We must meet them at the very
threshold, and scourge them back to
their regions of darkness. They have
made the issue, and it is for US to meet
and repe! them, even AT THE POINT OF
THE BAYoEET."
This was the tone of the ultra pro-
slavery press, long before any Free
State settlers arrived in the Territory.
After the arrival of these settlers, it
continued in the same strain-the
Squatter Sovereign taking the lead and
urging the party to do, what they had
resolved to do.
The Free State men came, a little band,
and settled in Lawrence. From that
day to the present, nothing has been
heard about Lawrence, in Missouri,
but threatnings and slaughter. From
that day to the present, the inhabi-
tants of Lawrence have been compelled
to go armed, for self-defence. Dur
ing the whole of last season, the work
men engaged in erecting buildings
were obliged to carry pistols in their
he.ts. or Sharp's rifles within reach. The
threats which had been made by lead
ing pro-slavery men in Missouri, were
found to be no idle words; but were
reiterated by the border press, from
week to week, till the whole country
was aroused, and they were taken for
the words of earnest resolve.
We could fill a page with extracts
of similar character to the above,
from pro-slavery papers. In answer
to all this, not word was said, in the
Free State papers, about killing the
pro-slavery men. All that was done,
and all that was said, by them, simply
indicated that we would neither run,
or be killed, five could help it.
We think any candid man will see
at a glance, that the pro-slavery party
began, and kept up, the system of in
timidation and murder which has been
going on here for the last two years,
for the express purpose of driving out
Free State settlers, and getting posses
sion ofthe country.
One more extract, from B. F. String
fellow, which was printed before the
arrival of the emigrants:-
"He was, like DR.. Baylis, for going
over into Kansas when the first emf
grant should come-not waiting till
the whole Territory should be overrun
by these Northern serfs. AS DIR. Bay
lis had offered his medical services, so
he would give them counsel and lac.
He would go with them as a leader,
if none better appeared, or even as a
private, under one more skilled in
stratagem and war. He would 90
with them, and felt justified at the
point of the 6ayo'aet, and to the deah,
to drive them out"
On the 4th of July. 1854, before
any Free State emigrants had arrived.
Stringfellow's law partner, in Wes-
ton, spoke as follows
"I am ready to go, the first bour that
It shall be announced that the eDsigrGnts
have come, and, scitk nsy oarn hands, sciu
help to hang every one Of them on the first
tree
Here is the programme laid out be-
fore the settlers arrived, and it has
been carried out, to the letter. Free
State men have been imprisoned
expelled-shot-and hung. as the pro-
slavery party decreed, and the admin
istration of Frank Pierce has protect
ed them in it, by throwing around
them the arm of the Federal Govern
ment, and placing at their disposal
the whole available military power of
the country.