The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-10

and said, I" When you have exhausted
tstrength and virtue by corruption-sup-
pressed freedom of speech and of the
press-taken away the key of knowledge
raised false issues, sti6ed : sense o
public and private justice, and divided
| men, you have done much but the peo-
!ple have instincts and dangerous sym.
lpathies, and TO awe these into subjeetior
is sound and essential policy; let US ther
array before the mind the terrors of the
i bowie knife, the revolver, the rifle and
the gahoWs-the executioner is the prime
minister of good, wise, and liberal gov
Iernment." And the response was loud
deep and unanimous. I" thou hast wisely
| spoken, let us oppress and punish .h'
executioner is the prime minister of
good government"
At that moment an oppressive and
painful pause succeeded; the lamplight
as if prophetic, scintillated more brightly
for an instant, and was then extinguished
all was involved in darkness dense the
mighty temple rocked and vibrated as q
leaf quivering in the wind, and then
silence and CONSERVATION succeeded, and
anon through the dark hall, and breaking
in upon the terrible silence inspired by
fear, thrilled voice of startling and pro-
phetic import-none knew whence the
voice proceeded-it was but whisper,
yet it penetrated every portion of that
vast edifce, and it said. Beware
When human oppression fastens one end
of chain to the ankle of slave, divine
Justice rivets the other end around the
neck of the tyrant. My..day approaches.
hope and fear not
And over that fair and far-off CLINE
that wild and witching cline of won
drous beauty-was suspended a cloud,
dark and lowering, like pail for the
dead flung over the form and the features
of Beauty.
And men hurried wildly to and fro
they looked upon each other with suspi-
cion. and armed themselves as if for NOR
tai combat.
And Fear went from man-to man and
whispered terrible things. Consterna-
ton sat upon the countenances Of many;
m:n spoke to each other with troubled
looks and with shuddering and nervous
gestures, while their hands grasped con-
vulsively the instruments of death. Grim
and blood stained Assassination stalked
with horrid aspect through the land, and
there was trembling, fearing, weeping
aud hoping for the habitations of the
people were curtained with affiiction, and
to lnany it seemed that the land was the
tomb of hope.
Lo thought thus men in olden time,
when their master, being crucifed, was
laid in a new tomb, wherein never man
was laid
| Who shall roll away the stone from
the mouth of the sepulchre?
| Have Truth, Justice, and Humanity
perished from the earth ?
Is the arm of Omnipotence paralyzed,
the eye of Omniscience dim?
Did not Life and Light, incorruptible,
rise in all the fadeless, pure and imper-
ishable glories of Immortality from the
dark, sad ruins of the tomb And shall
not the Great Spirit have regard for the
beautiful domain which lies as a daily
and living sacrifice before him, who is
of purer eyes than to behold iniquity ?
| Shall the fair, virgin soil of free and
unpolIuted country be debauched by the
old unrighteous form of servitude, pol
luted, loathsome, and fostering in its own
corruption !?
| Watchman what see'st thou see
a dark cloud lowering over beautiful
country-now lurid glare is reflected
upon the cloud, as from a wide expanse
of prairie on fire. see the heart of .
mighty nation throb and palpitate with
painful emotion, and its nerves all tremn
lous with intense excitement.
Watchman what see'st thou? see
mighty commotion among the people
the masses are moving-all is busy. bust
ling, excited, active life. The pastol
with his fock-the teacher with his pu.
pills, the law-man with his library-the
farmer, the mechanic, the artizan, eacl
with his implements of industry-age
youth, infancy, the family and the solitary
wanderer, and the planter with his man
servant and Uaid- servant. Railroad train!
are hurriedly multiplied and freighted,
and steamboats, groan beaeath the weigh
of their living burdens.
! Watchman what see'st thou I? | sex
a people ranging in an open country
dwelling in tents-living in turf anc
thatched cabins. / see numerous assem-
blages of the people--the stealthy assas
sin at his deadly work-the strong maj
convulsed and wallowing in his Owl
blood. see labor, enterprise, thrift
anarchy, armies, and the blood of limo
Ecence dripping from the hands of th,
slayer. | see wondrous tree rise lofti
lily in the land, and bird, with an DIV,
leaf Fly through the heavens, and percl
among its branches. It is well.
y
Stranger whittier goest thou "
, go to build 3 quiet home in a beautiful
! cline, and establish there the principle
of equity, justice and humanity"
: blessing on thine arms. young soldier !
i Stranger whittier goest thou?
Igo TO build q home under the blissfr
, foliage of the Tree of Liberty, guard
from unhallowed desecration, and esrab
lish there the principles of liberty equal