Demoine courier., 1856-12-04
From the Lawrence Herald Of Freedom.
MISS0UTI.

The ou'rages ?erpe.ra'e1 upon Kan
sss BY Missouri are unparalled in the
annals Of crime. When We consider
tia, We are all A nericsns. claiming equal
rish" snd equal privileges. living under
The Constitution guaranteeing our safety
when travelling in all parts Of the Union
ana our protection ard happ'ness when
living ~ home. in any part Of this wide.
| spread country; and when We consider
that this always has been accomplished
by u nil within . few shor. mon,hs,
what words can we 6nd 10 express the
crime which we are con,empla,ing!-a
crime no, simply sgains, Kansas. bu, y
gsinst the United States aot only
gsin.t the United S,s,es. but sgaios, the
The world. Humanity blsecs. and every
natIon suffers by her reckless and un
principle course. Taken ~ . whole.
her deeds comprise ar abomina,ion with
on, name. Individually they are po-
li,ical rer6dy. treason. murder. arson.
robbery, &c. Every provision Of the
Cons,i,u,ion has been broken. Every
command of the dees.ogus violated. and
oil the rights Of man stricken to The
ground; and that too, on q people who
have done no harm, bu. rather good; and
who have violated no law either Of the
United States or Of Missoari. The sdi
tor Of The Herald Of Freedom came 10
K.nsas bringing with him one Of The
peculiar instifutions oi Peunsyl,ania,
vne which he had long been in The en-
ljeymtn, Of thers-a Free Pyess. This
pfess he brought with him 10 KanaaI.
i and for long time was with many others
in the enjoy mer' Of j, here. In the mean
line Missouri sent over her armed men
BY thousands on election day, destroyed
the elective fraEchise Of The Territory.
forced upon u legislators and laws =
gainss our will. iorb,dding both freedom
Of speech and freedom Of The press
rights guaranteed expressly by word in
the Constitution. Because The editor oi
this paper stood by The peculiar inst,tu
fions Of the Free Sls,ss-Free Speech
and q Free Press--ne was Illegally
siezed BY mob in Missouri and kept a
prisoner for many months. charged with
no crime but treason against Slavery
Then his printing press was broken up
and HE property destroyed amounting to
may ,hnusand dollars. and all for ro
crime Many Of Gus mos. ss,imable Gil
izens were arrested and imprlsoned foi
deeds which have been esun,ed virtues
in al ages of the world. and some no
even accused Of any crime. Not satisfied
with this, Missouri waylsid The public
highways and commenced ropping mer-
chants. and travellers. and enigranis.-
Up 10 this date her Fobberies. and arsons
in The Territory and out. are supposed Il.
amount 10 over q million OF dolIars.-
Nor has this all fallen upoa Free-S,a,e
men, for some Of her own ci,izens. who
are msrchan,s ip Kansas. ara large losers
One 6rm, native Missourlans, who are
msrchan,s ia Lawrence. showed 10 bulls
Of dry eaods. closhing. 30. amounting Ia
$l7.00O. which was al s,olens 81 Lsav-
enwos!h by the invaders. supposed tn bs
Missousians. One other 6sm had $4,000
worth Of goods taken. All these 'hinss
J did not in,imida,s the inhahi,au,s Of en-
sas. nor swervs them from the purpose
Of maintaining their rights. So ano,hel
tragedy muss DO eommi,,sd. Unsus.
pecung trav.lsrs are murdered and rob-
bed upon The highway. Peaceab.s si,i.
gene sre shos dawn as their own door.,
and their houses pillaged and bornk-
vupu ~ uu'sOAssuou VusA8S - Svsssnss
ted asa stranger sho, down and ssalped in
mere wan,onsss. on bc,--,he suhjec. 10
talked Of BY our enemies. l.sghed 1t,
and though. 10 be capital thing. Al,
,hese ,hirgs, and many more. ssand
charged on ihs annals Of crime in Kan
sas. againss Missouri. We allude to
these ,hirgs now TO ask Missouri whs,h.
or she intends 10 continue them or TO pu'
stop 10 them! Shall We live 10 frend-
ship and peace. - our fathers did. or
shall We live in strife and war! We are
an xioas to know. ksnsas il already .
Free State. Four iiilhs Of the actual
residens Of Kansss are in favor of ma.
king j. Free State. ard il II were TO,
Cor tho Uai,ed States Dragons there
would no, 90 ,hs leas, sho~ Of enforcing
The bogus Missouri laws in this Territory
fos ons month. The whols thing would
bs dropped. n ,his 10 % thea Missopfi
1 mnaa m>ka Nm hsr mis- a IN have Kaneao