The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-09-13

WHt CIVIL WAR.--In a letter recently
written by the Hon. Humphrey Marshall he
thus refers to the civil war in Kansas:
ALREADY are bands of mcd men rushing to
conflict Ia maintain or overthrow system of social
and domestic policy hereafter to obtain in the
State of Kansas when organized Think You this
state of things is to continue and yet the Union is
to survive
Texas has Already voted men and money to sus-
tain side of the cause. othcr States may soon
initiate h,r example. and when Ma, sachusctiS and
south Carolina have done 80, and others follow
how long d" you suppose it will BE- before the
bonds OF the Mon will melt in the hot furnace of
excited contests that VIII Supcrvene here in the
halls of the National Legislature. If Mr.. picrcc's
administration cannot manage the people of Kan
S;IS now, when the opposing forces do not number
tw" thousand. what 10 hope from Mr.
buchanan sor Mr. Fremont administrations when
States shall have become partizans. and The flags
Of heavy forces shall have gone down in the
contest
1t would seem as if Mr.. Marshall had been
gifted with Il prophets vision when he thus
wrote, for on Tuesday last, only two weeks
after the date of his letter, the following
Geographic dispatches appeared in tho daily
papers:
MILWAUKEE,. Sept 5.-An extra session of the
on Wednesday. Among other things Governor
Bashiorti S message recommends the consd ration
of measures for the protection Of citizens OF Wis.
conSin in the Territory CT Kansas. lie says that
since the adjourn ncnt Of the Legislature intcli-
gencc has Reached him from reliable sources that
many citizens Of Wisconsin. who had NOT cxpa-
tilAicd themselves, but who had gone to Kansas
for lawful PURPOSES had been SEIZED, robbed and
imprisoned and their lives jcopardiz"i by the
people "i Missouri. Gov Bashord aidj
b 4 t,.fIIr h.,,,, h,.,
4ucnt that deem it my duty To call your altcn-
'ention to them, that yon may devise legal mca-
snrcS TO protect the citizens OF W scons.u and 10
redress their grievances the General Goyern-
ment being either inpotent or wiifully ncgIccliu
to do SO >
BosToy. Sept S.--A petition is at the Reading
Rooms OF the Merchants Exchange for he rcccp
non OF signatures. urging the Governor to call Il
special session of the Legislatures 10 take into
consideration the endangered safety of the lives
and property of tho SOUS and daughters of Massa-
clnSetts in Kansas and to devise some means for
their relief and defence.
The crisis, so much dreaded is already
come. Great States are in the field
Texas has already voted men and money;
Wisconsin is eager for the battle, and Massa-
chuSctts waits but the certain action of hcl
Legislature to engage in this inluman war
fare The contest is no longer confined to a
lew scattering settlers, who wage sort of
guerrilla skirnish, but mighty armies, with
all the paiaphanalia of war, Will write the
damlahlc iniqutics of this Administration in
the blood Of the men of our common Union
And yet this very party who has caused all
this, dares to call upon the American people
to return them again to power. Verify, one
would think Il more becoming position would
be wrapped in sackcloth and ashes, praying
that the mciitcd judgments of righteous
God might not suddenly sweep them from
the ca rll with all their crimes unpardoned.