Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-02-09

carried to his own home, three-fourths If a mil(
distant. aud given in charge Of his wife.
She intcrrogated him rs to how lc had received
the injuries. ard lac responded family, though aud
IDLY, Il have been murdered by n gang of 60 ards
in cold blood, without any cousc u Immediately
after lac gaspcd, and poor Brown, a NAN, one d
Natures nohlcmen, expired.
The Horald adds
1t seems to be the determination of the Rufiahs
to Stay one after another Of our prominent citizens
hoping by so doing to iniimidnte us from exercising
our rights as froemen. How long will Congress
leave us thus exposed to barbarous inroads, with
out either vesting us with tho power to defend our
selves, or sending us relief? Have they determin-
ed to wait until a civil war bu SITS upon the coun-
try in all its fury, and fire and sword commence
their work of devastation and death We cannot
remain inactive much longer The President re-
fuses us aid The Governor has joined with the
mob from Missouri, and we are without protec-
ton
Had n citizen been thus slain by q party of Kaw
Indians the tribe would have been exterminated.
Millions of dollars would have been ready in a
trice and thousands of armed men, If need be, to
redress the outrage but one after another, guilty
Of no crime can be thus murdered, and the Presi-
dent and his officials silently winks at the circum-
stance, and calls it one Of "those unhappy coils
ions, among borderers, growing out Of conflicting
interests" But we say to the President, to Con
gross, and the country. that a civil war is haste
ming upon us with railroad speed. The Border
Ruliians are again arming themselves, and have
resolved upon our extinction. We ask for the in
rerposition of the General government, and that
without an hoay's deiay.
TIE END NOT YET.
The barbarous feeling entertained by many Of
the people of Missouri towards the Free State set
tiers in Kansas, is cxempliiicd in the statement of
a gentleman Of unimpeachable veracity who came
through Missouri willie the excitement was at its
height, and says every effort was made to get vol
unteers to come to Kansas to put down the yam
kee Abolitionist." lie was present at a public
meeting held in Lexington, and heard the rant OF
tile speakers who were boiling over with fury. One
man came forward and was DESTROYS Of cnlisting,
Tut would do 50 only on condition the party would
s~olch!nly pledge themselves, publicly, that they
would not return until every ID abUlitionist
and thicyins Yankee in the Territory. including
women and CHILDREN, were slain" lie had no
sympathy,n0 feeling in common with the people OF
the Territo"y--no moe regard for them than for
hyenas, and he would xii. them as readily, with as
little conjunction of conscience. =.
Others were not willing to 20 as far, hut would
JOIN in a pledge to slay every man IN the territory
and drive the women and children out at the point
of their muskets. \ compromise was agreed upon,
Il company was enlisted of drunken rowdies who
infest the river during the season of navigation,
and witt the approval of the citizens they marched
to Kansas with banners flying, breathing the most
i'AN lh uSb'hot Wv Nth tti'' ~
solved that none should be left to tell the tale of
their wrongs.
Contributions were taken up there, and all along
the river towns, to defray the expenses of the war,
In independence a quantity of flour was collected
beyond the wants Of the marauders, and this was
retained for future use.
Unless Congress i~nterferes immediately and puts
a stop to the gathering storm, so true as Il God of
infinite justice rules the world, so true Il war such
as never was dreamed Of upon the American cor
tlnent will upon US with all its hororrs. The
people of sixteen States, and embracing three
touiths of the free population are never to remain
quiet lookers-on and see their sons and brothers
slain in cold blood on the plains of Kansas. The
blow once struck the shock will recoil upon Mis-
souri,, and the end, who can tell ?
We, in Kansas, feel perfectly cool and collected
upon the question. We have no gloomy apprehen-
sions as to the result. We may die, but the prin-
ciples we contend for never. Every man slain in
defence of freedom will be like the tabled teeth
which sprung up armed soldiers. Our cause will
but the Union planted by the toll and
care of tho worthless of the Revolution, and water
ed by their blood, will lie a heap of smouldering
ruins. The temple of Liberty will DO shut, and
the last feeble ray of national freedom will be ex-
in blood.