Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1856-07-30
"From Dublin town, the other night,
A courier came with all his might
To tell us of jovial fight,

At the wake of Teddy, the Tyler"
The fusion press throughout the country
have sung SO many different changes on the
Kansas troubles that we supposed the subject
nearly exhausted. But in this we were Gen
gulfed," phoenix says this is better express
sion than that of being "sucked in,") for a
late article in the Grand Rapids Eagle has
shown that Kansas is "A harp of thou
sand strings" and Notwithstanding the length
of time 1t has been kept in tune, it is yet like
the flute Hamlet offered to Guildenstern, as
easy as lying to play on. In an Article in
that paper, headed "Free Speech" the inge-
NOUS editor contrived to lug in most of the
fights that have taken place there; and that
same article with slight transposition will
serve as leader for the editor some dozen or
more times yet. The next caption will prob
ably be Free Soil-followed by an account
of the fights. The next heading Free Press
followed by an account of the fights The
fourth leader, Fremont-followed by an ac-
count of the fights; and so on ad infnitum.
Wherever you see two or three aboltionists
gathered together, there follows an account
of the fights. Billy Seward opened the cam
paign in the Senate by giving an account of
the fights, and was followed by Massachu-
sett's unfortunate orator who got into fight
himself by giving an account of the fights.
Messrs. Seward and Sumner were assisted by
Messrs Hale, Wilson and Wade, in giving an
account of the fights. Horace Greeley, an
editor of paper somewhat larger than the
Eagle, containing more articles under differ
ent headings, contrives, under almost all
headings and in each article, to give an &C
count of the fights. 1t makes no difference
what the subject may be upon which he is
writing, the account of the fights hits to
dot. Tell fusionist Congress has no power
to legislate for the Territories, and he will
give an account of the fights. Tell him our
treaty with Texas binds us to admit four slave
States, if the citizens SO elect, from her Ter
ritory, and he will give you an account of the
fights. Present to him any of the real ques-
tions, the true issues between the parties, and
he will give you an account of the fights.
All their members of both branches of Con-
gress are busy sending off speeches by car
loads giving an account of the fights. A
large portion of the clergymen in our North
ern States, after taking their text on the Sab
bath-it makes no difference what the text is
proceed to give an account of the fights.
To be sure it has been proven again and again
that great many Of these fights never "come
off," But what of that, they might have
come off, and an account of them should be
given. Are the editors of fusion papers re-
sponsible for their not coming off? Pshaw
1t has been proven that at the aacfm sackipg
of Lawrence instead of two hundred build
ings being burned down, only two were des-
troyed. But that doesn't make straws diff
ference. Was not sheriff Jones and his posse
in town? and couldn't they have burned them
OH anu WdSu Jlloy IIlcCIdDlc otG vi DlOOu-
thirsty dis? and did not Redpath send an
account of the destruction of Lawrence did
not four men ride out of town, after dark,
and look back after they had gone eight
miles, and see big smoke-not blaze, but
smoke so large that they could see it eight
miles, in pitch dark nighta and did they
not
All then and there
Solemnly swear
it to be their CONNECTION that Lawrence was
destroyed9 Is there person dare say there
is any such place nowe
How unfortunate it is for our fusion friends
that Col. Sumner is restoring order and quiet
ness in that Territory, and that they are oblig-
ed to play the same old tune with variations
on the same old fiddle, over, and over again,
month after month. They can not now get
any new fights and the old ones are becom-
ing stale. Their anxiety is akin to the Irish
mans, at the evening party, where good or