The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-03-22
Original Correspondents,
A War with England.
PRAIRIE CITT, KANSAS, D
March IA, 1856. {


| March IA, 1856.
To THE FREENEN or THE UNITED
STATES The almost unparalleled OPP
preston of the inhabitants of Kansas
Territory. by the minious of President
Pierce, and the continued ruthless attacks
of the slaveholding States on the sacred
cause of Freedom, and their well-known
degenerate and demoralized condition,
have of late, more impressively than
ever, forced upon my alteasion the SUBJ
ject of universal Freedom, and impeiled
me, in the name of humanity. to indite
the following:
My actuating motives are, an earnest
desire to stay the effusion of human
blood, respect for the free and upright
citizens of these United States-among
whom number many dear and valued
friends-and never-dying love for Free
dom, without respect to color, race, reli-
gion or cline. It is with me as well as
with millions of others, well-settled
truism, that as long as the States are
tainted with the curse of slavery. so will
their condition be, in all respects, the
same as that of human body with q
limb full of purifying sores. That an-
arehy will at length assail them from
within, and, in the course of probable
events, from without, that the united
forces of the civilized world will be
forced into coercive measures, in order
to protect the violated rights of their own
citizens.
The last act of the tyrant and traitor
who presides over the governing clique
of this country, is to foment war with
Great Britain, for the double purpose of
drawing the attention of freemen from
the affairs of Kansas. and enslaving an
independent colony, of q mixed African
race, in Central America, and which,
like the Liberisn Colony, is under the
protection of the British Government.
The moving principle of such war is
clearly seen. 1t will not bea warinvolv-
ing national rights or points of honor,
but simply one of Freedom and Slavery
whether the African race shall be enslsy-
ed and degraded elsewhere IS well as
herein fact, whether Slavery or Free
dom shall prevail over the length and
breadth of this vast continent. The
curse is not to be kept within its present
bounds, but unlimited scope is to be CIV
en- for its further paralyzing influence.
There are now indications of such an
unnatural war appearing on every side;
and at such crisis, l do not hesitate to
enter my solemn protest against it, and to
declare that every citizen of these States
be he native born or of foreign birth
who, in such a cause, strikes a blow
against Great Britain, strikes for the per-
petuation of slavery, binding his country
with chains and rivetting letters, under
which future generations will writhe in
vain. Americans We who really love
your country, think of these things!
There is no war in the annals of your
country that will compare, in point of
slaughter, bankruptcy, and general ruin,
with such conflict as your President is
now endeavoring to arouse? Against
the veteran soldiers of France, and the
powerful fleets of England ? But com
paratively small navy-chiehy manned
by foreigners mere handful of regu-
lar soldiers, scattered over an immense
tract of country, numerous and we'll
armed militia, and though brave as nu-
merous. yet containing within them
selves such discordant elements as Ma
tivism, Know Nothingism, Catholicism,
Mormonism, Abolitionlsm, Slayeryism
ad tfnitum; all of which have engen-
dered such undying strife and hatred be-
tween the descendants OF tie old emf
grants, and the more recent settlers, as
will be remembered even TO the second
and third generations.
But let us turn our attention for a few
moments to the most favorable termina-
ton of such war, which, in reason, the
most ardent American could desire. Sup
pose after years of bloody and exhaust
ing strife-for remember, there is but
little probability of its being a war of but
few months-your small navy should
conquer, sink, or drive away the united
nayies of England. France and Spain ;
that by the indomitable energy OF your
army Of regulars and militia you are en-
abled to overpower and finally destroy
the hardy soldiers of France and Eng
land, and become Injured to war by one
| of the bIoediest struggles on human re-
cord, excited by recent triumphs, led on
under the banner of Freedom, imagine
your armies and nayies irresistible and
victorious, the black mans letters more
firmly rivetted, and his race forever
doomed to the lowest and most horrible
form of human slavery. Pause one mo-
ment with me, and at the end Of such 3
var, behold the wreck presented your
vie y by your once smiling and prosper
ous country Hark! the very air is fll-
ed with the cries and lamentations ci
countless widows and orphans ] Look
on your ssa-boafd-vhere the elements
of war would naturaily rage most fuFi-
Iously-at your halfFainsd tewns. your
commerce crippled, internal trade baAk.
rupt,, tie rsvenns annihilsssd, oppressed
Iby heavy and unavoidable taxes % meel
present expenses IS well IS 70 dischargt