The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-01
watcbman What of the Night

night. has sat upon Kansas Ihe
energies of her people have been para
lived. The plow was left standing in
the furow; the fields prepared for the
seed were left unsown ; the walls of
dwellings and places Of business, in the
process OF construction, were left un-
/ finished, and the owners have either
been compelled to fly from the Terri
tory for the security of their persons
and their families, or to obtain for them
the means Of snstenanee War, In its
worst for1n--a guerrilla war-has been
raging. and laying waste whatever was
left by the hand of violence in May last.
Hardly person with property in the
Territory but has suffered from the eff
fects OF the war. He has seen his cattle
and horses driven off in open day, to
supply food for his enemies. who were
oyerrunning the country. Many have
seen their dwellings, with all then
household goods, in flames, and have
only secured protection to their own
persons by flight; while Others have
become prey to the bloodthirSty
wretehes who soughtthe extermination
of all who differed with them in opin-
ion, and have become martyrs to theii
principles. leaving disconsolate fami-
lilies, surrounded with poverty. to mourn
their untimely fate.
Those only who have been in Kan
sas during the period of our enslave-
ment, and who have been familiar from
day to day with the cruel transactions
of our oppressors. can form any esti-
mate aproximating to the truth, of
the wretchcdness prevailing among Us.
To portray in true colors the murders,
arsons, rapes, thefts, and all the innu-
merable crimes which have been perpe.
trated by ruffian hands, upon the people
of this infant State, would require vol
umes. The Congressional Investiga-
ting Committee last spring spent q
long time in inquiring into the history
of our past troubles, but those of the
present season exceed them all in
lloathsome details, which future Com
mittee, we trust, clothed with ample
authority, viii lay before an interested
public.
With Col. Fremont in the Presiden
tial chair from the fourth of March
next. new order of things will be In
augurated. Instead of all of the Fed
eral officers in the Territory being
Border Ruffians, or their aiders and
abettors, we shall have true men who
will do justice to all parties, and who
will not be restrained by code of en-.
actments, the most yillainous that ever
saw the light of heaven in any age Of
the world. So sanguine are we of thc
right action of the people at the ballo
box on the 4th of November next, tha
we have not hesitated to go forward, re-
fitting our Office, and making all necessay
arrangements for the successful prose
Ecution of our business, and we shall con
tinue to make improvements until oul
establishment is complete. This actor
Of ours is the best guaranty we cal
i give of our confidence in the certaint,
of peace which is now dawning upol
this Territory.
But it is not our purpose in this ar
tielc to inquire of the past, but t
speak words of hope for the future
While tomorrow is shrouded in un
: certainty it cannot be expected tha
men will labor to make improvements
even at their own doors. for. ere nigh
comes, another guerrilla party ma
burst in upon them, and wrest the lit
tie away which has already escape
some previous predatory party.
, As resident of Kansas, since it
first settlement, and constant obser
yer of the movements of the borde
!, savages-ruffians is too tame-w
think we discern indications of tran
quillity for the present and reason fo
hope in the future. The marauder
are too busy in their efforts to max
another, who sympathises in all thei
movements, President of the Unite
! States, to stop for lesser motives now
Their hope, and ne think well founde
for perpetuating their outrages, an
for the final subjugation of Kansas, lie
in the election of James Buchanan
To this work they now bend all thei
energies with the same zeal which ha
, characterized their forays in the pas
upon Kansas. The .Sgaatter Sosereigz
Learen,rortk Herald, Kansas City En-
terprise, and Border Ru6faa, most o
which have been exceedingly strenuou
to bring about dissolution of tn
Union, without regard to consequences
now make that event contingent on tn
election of Col. Fremont. Ii Buchan
: an is elected they are confident the
can run riot as they choose, and Ia
waste and pillage the country to thei
hearts content. We hope the Ameri
can people who are clothed with th
elective franchise will see that they ar
fooled intheir wish. and that Fremont
elected and the Union preserved agains
1.-THE Vaccinations of the base men VIII
seek its overthrow.
: The ruflians who lave invaded !
La.-. .,ffarad aS u-alf &c their retail