The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-22
An Englishman in Kansas.

va u 'OACi1 PfOoto Al SUS A4Vh
don Tines, of the 11th ult., describing
a Border RutFan Mob, as he saw it re.
turning from the sack of Lawrence, on
the 22d, 2sd and 9th of May last.
We were prisoner with portion oi
that mob, and accompanied a branch oi
it past Lawrence, on the 10Th of May;
and was eneamped with regiment un-
der IStrinatelloU and Titus on the Goth,
and can bear evidence of the general
truthfulncss of Mr. G's picture. Mr..
Gladstone saw them after they had de-
mOlished Lawrence; after they were COW
cred with the smoke, and SCOT, and ash
es of the Hotel; after they had pillaged
the principal houses and demolished
the printing Offices when they were yet
covered with the printing ink which
they had destroyed, and with the mum
berless trophies of books and type which
they had borne away, still upon their
persons. He saw them flushed with
victory, and filed with passion and bad
uhisky, and he describes them in his
own foreible. graphic style. And what
description to give of the descendants
of the heroes of the Revolution What
character for Americans to bear across
the Atlantic 1.-The land of the free
and the home of the brave truly
Free to rob, and murder, and piIlage at
will ! Free to wrap towns in flames.
and lay waste a country! Free to COM
nit every crime which passion or lust
demands |! o, what mockery is Liberty
if the experience and observation of the
residents of Kansas, for the last two
years, is christencd by that cherished
word Give us back the feudaI ages
Give us back the trials by battle, and
ordeal, and wager of law. Give us back
the times of Nero, of Caligula, of any
age, so we are released from the worst
tyranny to whieh-any free people have
been subjected for the last eighteen
hundred years!
We regret we have not room to copy
at length Mr. Gladstone's letter, so con-
tent ourself with few extracts -
Description Of lKo5 1t was fear
iul night which followed the attack on
Lawrence. was in Kansas city, and
shall never forget the appearance of the
lawless mob that poured into the place,
iafiamed with drink, glutted with the
indulgence of the viIest passions, dis
playing with loud boasts the "plunder'
they had taken from the inha bitants,
and thirsting for the opportunity to re-
peat the sack of Lawrence in some other
offending place men of large frame for
the most part, with red flannel shirts,
and immense boots worn outside their
trowsers, their faces unwashed and uu
shaven, still reeking with the dust and
smoke and bloodshed of Lawrence, wear
ing the most savage looks, and giving
utterance to the most horrible impreca-
tions and blasphcmies; armed, moreover,
to the teeth with rifles and revolvers,
cutlasses and bowie knives felt that
all my former experience among border
men and Missourians was as nothing
compared with this wretched crew, who
appeared only the more terrifying from
the darkness of surrounding night.
A number of men like the above, Mr..
GLADSTONE, states, were his companions
on one of the Missouri steamboats, from
Kansas to Leavenworth city, and he
describes as follows the
Border Ragfan atthe Bar:-A gen
eral rush to the bar ensued. Already
maddened with whisky. each would
treat his fellow in arms
Step up and liquor here you Sir. A
heap finer this stuff than that there rot
gut ashore. Here. you Sir: don't be
askeard. One of our boys / reckon
All right on the goose. en- 4? No high
falutin' airs here, you know. Keep that
for them Yankee blue-bellies down East.
If there's any of that sort here reckon
they'd better make off mighty quick,
and that's fact, while Use on board.
unless they want to make a quicker
road out than they came in. Yes Sir,
this here tool Handling pistol J, it isn't
the first time it has seen blue belly.
If there's any of that ere sort aboard, |
say they'd better take Of, that's sartain.
We amt agoing to stand them comm
here, we amt. Isn't there own place
down East big enough for them, | should
like to know We amt agoin' to
stand there comm and dictatin' to us with
their id nigger-worshipping. We amt
1reckon we'll make the place hot enough
for them soon, that's fact. Here, boys,
drink. Step up this way. old hoss, and
liquor
And thus, says Mr.. GLADSTONE, the
midnight talk went on. characterized
by the most fearful explosives of bias
phemx which interrupted mot every
sentence merely. bnt every word or two
OF the dialogue Some sat down to
cards, some threw themselves on the
cabin floor to rest, and Mr. GLADSTONE
himself sought his berth for relief from
the distracting noise. In the morning
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