Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-06-03


The startling intelligence that has come TO us
/ during the past week, from Washington and Kan"
zas, has produced sensation stronger and deeper
than has been wItnt ssed before for forty years
| Men look at each other with astonishment, as
though some strange event had happened, and
wonder what will come next Threats to 'subdue'
freemen and free speech, and "subJugate" free
States to the present dominion OF slavery, are IN
a state of terrible execution. For one, am in
no degree surprised at what has occurred so far
| The will of the slave power has always been law.
\ What they cannot readily do by caiolery, they
| will accomplish by buster and threats, or If
threats of dissolution fail. as Of late they have
failed then comes the bludgeon, the bowie knife
or revolver. The reign of terror is fully inaugur-
ated. In Kanzas, robbery, murder, and rapine,
the order of the day Peaceable residents
are shot down with cannon and rife, by wholesale,
and chopped up by detail. Missouri Algerines
under pay of the United States, with license to
sack, burn, and destroy, are swee ing through
settlements and towns of Free State men like
Llbyan siroceo; and there is none to deiiUer At
Washington, the threatened war against Free
dom. is opened by murderous onslaught upon
senator Sumner. with assurances of more anon
1t is for the men OF the North or rather lovers of
freedom at the North to determine whether the
days of terror be shortened. or indefinitely pro-
longed through of blood
/ have conned over with anxious solicitude. the
sayings and doings of our good and wise men, at
each OF tie indignation meetings since BrOoks's
brutal assault on Mr.. Sumner. to see what meas
ures would be adopted to stop the bloody out.
RACES we have good reason to fear at the seat of
government Patriotic sentiments are uttered,
hne speeches made, and brave resolutions passed.
But what care IoombS and Brooks for your reso-
lutions What effect will they have, or have
they had The same effect, and no more that
the calm reasonings of Necker and Lafayette had
with Danton and Robesperre, at the commence
ment of the French Revolution. Let us not close
our eyes against the actual state of affairs. A
fearful crisis exists. We have deadly enemy.
sworn to strangle freedom on this continent to
encounter. Are the men occupying high seats at
Washington at this day, better men than the
bloody assassins at Paris sixty years ago? Not
whit
But to be brief, and to the point, what is the
True Remedy? just what all are agreed in-re-
sist brute force with brute fotce and go about it
as we would any other proper wo,k. We must
not expect our Senators and r. Representatives in
Congress, will change themselves into bullies,
and place themselves on level with Southt IN
ruthans. They were not selected and elected for
that service. If they choose to fight, and return
blow for blow, very we'll; but we should not ask
such service We would not pit Sumner against
Brooks, nor Wilson against Toombs. We must
sustain, at Washington, an Independent Police
private watch-composed of gentlemen of the
ring, shoulder hitters we'll dressed bullies, scien
tifc butchers. They may be found in any guam
tity in all large cities Mr. Matsell or Watson
Freeman, could whistle them in by the score, and
such would be the equals and compeers of South
ern rufHans, sent to Congress to represents slave
holding constituency; and such are the proper
men to dog their tracks at every turn. They
| might be employed by Mr.. John Doe, at Boston.
| and paid by Richard Roe, at the other end And
/ we should expect Mr. Brooks would catch ii the
first day. Rush the Rufhans on.