The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-03-29

bring certain war. Arms and courage
will inevitably secure an unbroken peace.
Once, when England only asserted the
right to tax her colonies without repre-
sentation, the colonies rebelled and went
to war. But now foreign Legislature
has been imposed upon Kansas. That
Legislature has legalized slavery against
the known wishes of nine-tenths of the
actual settlers. It has been decreed that
no man shall enter the Territory who
will not take an oath of allegiance to this
spurious legislation. 1t has made it
death to give liberty to. men escaping
from oppression. It has muzzled the
press. asforbidden discussion. 1t has
made free speech penitentiary offence
The rights for which the old colonists
fought were superficial, compared with
these. These are rights which lie at lhe
very heart of personal freedom, wien
free speech, free press, free canvass
and discussion are penitentiary offences!
These are the laws that the President is
determined to enforce! Congress is to
be asked for money to sustain this gov
ernment in Kansas; and to pay for an
army to cut the throat of every free citi-
zen who will not yield to this infamy!
Already the Senate, controlled by the
slave interest, arrogantly offers to snatch
from the House its immemorial right of
originating Appropriation Bills. The
pretense is to save money. The reason
is to gain money for the Kansas butchery.
They fear that the House will not appro-
pirate for such a nefarious abomination
as that which broods the Plains: The
Senate knows that every dollar voted for
the army and for Kansas will, in the
hands of the Administration, be bullet
in the heart of every free settler. The
House ought to know it too, and act sc-
cordingly. The whole country ought to
know it.
New England has given to the land 3
President who is determined that Kansas
shall have slavery or blood. His second
proclamation is like the apocalyptic WIS.,
ion: "And the second angel sounded,
and as it were, a great mountain burn
ing with fire was cast into the sea and
the third part of the sea became blood" !"
So will armed slavery be cast into Kan
sas. But will not these rivers of blood
dash against the Alleghenies, and that
fire fash along between the North and
South?
Peace in Kansas will be peace every
where. War there will be ,sar all over
the land. Now it can be stopped. But
fear will not do it. A truculent peace
will not doit. Incidence and presumpt-
uous prayer will but hasten the mischief.
When tyrants are in arms, they who
cry peace become their confederates.
Manliness, action, courage, and ample
preparations for defence, will stop the
danger. The Providence that will help
US, is that Providence which We help.
God works for those who work for him.
When He answers prayer for harvests, He
inspires men to work-and petitions for
crops and haryests are answered through
plows and spades. And God will an
swer prayers for peace by inspiring men
with justice, with adherence of oppres-
sion, by making good men bold and ac-
tive, and bad men feeble and cowardE,
by stopping the ears of the community
to the counsels of towards and hypo-
critics. 'esI,ssi -.
Let every man in this awful crisis moi
fail to PRAY. And that they may pray
without hypocrisy. let them watch and
work. How shall We dare ask God to
save US from bloodshed, when we viii
not use the means which he has put in
our hands =? Faith, without works, and
prayer, without works. are dead, stone
dead. Let emigrants go thither by huns
dreds, and pray as they go. Let them
that have money now, pour it out, and
pray as they give. Let them that have
sons in Kansas send them arms, and prsy
that they may have no occasion to use
them, but if they must be used, that the
son may so WELD them that the mother
may not be ashamed of the son whom
she bore! Let men that have influence,
speak out. Let ministers and christian
freemen now, if ever. speak out against
barbarism, and uphold the whole retinue
of christian instisutions Let those
whose tongue has hitherto been palsied
By evil advisers, now loosen their tongue
and speak!
Of sckom ,ciU tie land take COUNSEL
There have been two sorts of counsellors
hitherto. One has pointed out for twen-I
ty years the nature Of slavery, its tenden-
cies, the dangers which it threatened !
and all the prophecies have come true.
The other kind of counsellors have pre-
dicted peace. dissuaded from action, urg-
ed compromise. and at each reluctant
step have promised the country peace.
In not single instance have they been
right. Events have overthFown every
one of their promises. They have led
us down deeper into trouble at every
step. We have been betrayed by kisses.
Excitements have deepened. ComPro-
misses have bred cockasrices.. We arc
spun over with webs. We are tanglsd
with sophistries. We have everything
but manliness. straightforwardness, cour-
age and decisive wisdom. Our capital
is not in ruins. and yet the prophecy
against the old oriental city has como
true foxes look out of the windows 4
owls hoot there. and satyrs dance their
orgies there. That internal dog Of Al
hundred heads-Slayery-sits st the gate
of eur government TO bite every one that
viii not give . sop to Cerebus. All this
We receive ct the hands OF the very men
whe are again abroad with piOus hor-
Tor of self-defence, aud treacherous eoun-