The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-03-29
The ltefaio o} EreseoR.
saAtenee, Saturday, :Mar.2gs 1885.
Err M 8:
600 PER ANNUM, III ADVANCE.
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steamer coming up the river dsoEerlRsul-
ed aud examined. TO see. whether there
are not articles on board which have been
eontraband. Boxes sufficient
ly large to contain gun are broken open
and inspected bythese examiners. Per
sons making their way up the river, un-
less backed by large party. or yell pro
vided with arms, are insulted and fire.
quently maltreated.. No indignity is too
great for pro-slayery men, when greatly
in the ascendency, to heap upon molten
sive Free State men, Those who are
perfectly quiet; who resolve not to speak
sa any of tie great issues Of the day, are
sssailed by bulIies. and interrogated as
to their views on Kansas matters. Ifthey
are not frank in expressing themselves
in favor of making Kansas slave State,
is fastened upon them, and in
suit and violence follow. Cases of this
description are not isolated, but are fire.
quent, as we have abundant proof.
We published, a few weeks ago, the
fact ofs gentleman destined to this place,
with hundred Sharp's Rifles and tao
cannon. being robbed at Lexington. 1t
as fair case of ro5Jery as was ever
committed, and If on the high seas, would
have been piracy. The purpose for
which these guns were being brought in
to Kansas, was no mans business. We
have. right to send to the States for
arms for our nse: "The right Of the
people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed," says the federal Constitution,
Congress has not the power to take from
us our weapons for. selfdeieuce.s Ii
makes no difference whether ws buy
those arms. or whether they are furnish
ed US by onr friends. It is all the same.
Wilson Shannon Knew. this. and dared
40. attempt to enforce che demand of our
Invaders In December, to give up our
rifles; for he well knew we were sustain
ed by the Constitution and laws of the
country. But it is not our intention to
speak of the rights of individuals to bring
arms 70 Kansss--onlg to sllude to their
robbery as one of the numberless outrsge
which are being practiced upon Western
In another column we give state
ment from an eyewitness, of the break
ing open of a box containing a piano
forte, suspicioned by these desperadoes TO
be some bellicose instrument, as it was
something they had never seen before
The Marshal of the city of Kansas, al.
though urgently solicited to interfere and
save the credit of the city, actually said
the box looked suspicious, aud conclud
ed it would do no harm to open it.
We are happy to state that we have 8
communication from the business mer
of Kansas City, in which they deny al
.eonnexion or sympathy with the above
affair. We are glad to place them right
on the record.
The.question comes home with great
force What can be done to put an enc
to these things; and, besides the lega
penalties. how can We make persons who
are responsible for those outrages suffer
the most for their villainies?
1t is evident that the punishment of 8
few individuals will accomplish nothing
Suppose person, or a number of per.
sons. should be convicted of robbery fol
the taking of those arms. Public opin.
ion, instead of enforcing the penalty Of
death, which the statutes of Missouri re.
quire, would demand their uncondition.
al pardon and Gov. Price, who is known
to sympathize with every outrage com.
mitted on anti-slarery men, would find
islmpossible to resist the opportunities
of the populace so crime cannot be
punished in the ordinary way. -
st. Louis has been appealed to with q
request TO stop these outrages. She has
the power. The steamers which ply on
the river are owned in that city. They
are iadened there and there is done all
the business pertaining to them. Had
the CHAMBER Of CoNNERcE responded
in proper spirit 70 the memorial of our
merchants. published on our fourth page
this week, the Captain of Tie rabis
would never have permi.tedboxes on board
ihatvessef to have been searched : Meth.
er would he hare allowed passenger
70 have been threatened with violence.
Had they properly spoken out. all those
late iacidenssoa the Missouri would have
been svoidsd. and quiet might have been
restored % me country. By. they looE..
ed upon che Freq Stsrs .seI1fers of Kansas
I As q Snail momeat and. the memorial
.af some of her prominent business men
s.siiAfncre-i -iasigni6cant. : Tiis resuiris;;
they hass become Identified with, and
ass sssars6ly > resnansibls fot what has