Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-09-25
Kansas Affairs.

We are almost daily called upon to pub
fish accounts of collisions between the Free
State men of Kansas and the pro-slavery
men of that Territory and Missouri, result
ing, frequently, in the death of numbers on
both sides There is one fact connected
with these collisions and their consequent
ces which it would be well for every one to
bear III mind, and that is that they were
brought Oh by the Free State men them
selves. For long time previous to the
middle Of August everything had been
quiet in Kansas The military had driven
the Missourians out of the Territory and
dispersed the armed bands of AboItionists
The people were enjoying peace and quie-
tudc, attending to their regular occupations.
But the moment it was supposed that Con
gress had adjourned, or would speedily ad
journ, without making appropriations for
the support of the army, detachment of
Lanes gang of miscreants made all irrup-
ton into the Territory attacked the pro-
slavery settlements at Franklin and other
points, numbering the inhabitants, burning
the houses, and driving of the stock. The
first excuses given for these damnabe out
RACES were that the pro-slayery party were
making preparations to attack the Free
State party, and that vast quantities ofalms
and ammunition were concealed ut the
places attacked The result however
showing hat there were no such arms o b.
found at these places, they then gave rs
reason hat tie people at Franklin were a
gang of horse thieves and callle s.ealers.
who had robbed the Free SAFE Settlers
No evidence whatever of the truth of dis
accusation is given, and we do not believe
any can be found
The truth is, we have no doubt. that Die
whole thing was precoucericd bv he Black
Republican party of he North, for lie pur-
pose Of raising hue and a cry and getting
up an excitement to operate upon the eicc
tons. The peace and quieiude which
reignel in Kansas were lily calculated TO
advance the prospects Of Mr. Fremont and
his partizans. Something mus. be done to
raise an excitement and blind Northern
eyes to the true issues involved in tie can
yass. The Rev Mr. Iiigginson, bright
and shining light of Black Repubicanism,
wrote from ST. Louis to the New York Tri-
bune that he "lelt almost like praying to
God that his Free State brethren in Kansas
might be murdered, for it seemed as if that
only would awake the people Of the North
ern States, 10 a true sense of their duty
tina; is, to the duty of electing an abolition
President. The n Y. Tribune, n York
Independent, and papers of that class,
have gloated over every act of atrocity
perpetrated by the pro-slavery party and
magni6ed It's fourfolds, SO as to excite the
worst passions of their readers, while every
sirniIIa; act of tie Free State meH mas been
excused pallia,ed, smoothod over, and re-
presented only as an act Of retribuiive JUS
tee
The Black Republican leaders have
shown during the tendency of these Kan
sas difficulties that they place no value on
the peace of the country--no value on hui
man life, even that of their own partizans;
no value on truth or consistency; 50 they
can carry out their schemes of placing lii
the Presidential chair and in the State and
Federal Offices creatures of their own,
pledged to hostility to the South and its In
slitulions. Whil the. people of Kansas
were peaceaby pursuing their vocations,
Unconscious of danger, gang of outlaws,
recruited f ON the puricus of Northern CT
ties, were precipitaled upon them. to MUIR
der and burn and destroy. The planners
of these outrages knew that they would
provoke countermovements on the part Of
the pro slavery party, and that the inno-
cent Free State settlers would be made to
suffer for the atrocities of Lime and his
gang But what care Greedy and Beecher
and their like for that? They are far away
from the scene of danger and of difficulty.
There is no probability of any Border
Rullian" army ever making IN attack ON
the Tribune Buildings or on Plymouth
Church. Their persons and property are
safe, and from the distance they hiss on
their poor deluded parizaas to Iher own
destruction.
The people, we hope, will consider this
subject well. before permitting themselves
to be carried away by the Kansas excite
ment inaguratcd by the outragcs of Lanes
outlaws and instigated by the Black Re
publican leaders in the States A parry
who can thus deliberately plan murder and
outrage for the purpose of advancing their
prospects certainly should not be entrusted
with the reins of Federal or SAFE govern
ment.-N Il. Ledger.
1.-The federal Union, it must be preserv
ed. -1ndrcw jackson.
"Disunion is word which ought not to