Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-02-28
KARzaa.


This already IAost notorious territory seems
continually uppsrmO't In the political eSuldrOn.
Iu our last We had barely room TO give the
proclamation sf the President relative to this
land Of blood and death. Already have the
6Ies Of civil war been tinded within its once
peaceful borders Already the blood Cf the
innOcen. slain, criOth out Of the earth into the
ears Of the King Of Heaven. Already thou
sands Of the engines Of death stand charged to
the ysEy nussle, vith life deVOuriDg missiles.
And yet the President, yes, she President Of
these States VhO nov SoilS the once unde6led
seat Of the Crest Washington. throws fuel up.
on the discordaAt arsS that sweep alternately
over that land Of trouble. True it iS. We have
always been willing 10 submit to the laws Of
the land, so long IS they remain such, but at
no time nor on any occasion has it been our
misfortune to be 90 fouily outraged as have
the settlers Of Kpnzas, In the passage OF an act
by Foreign Legislature containing the follow.
ing Liberty stlfiing clause. And IL We we're a
resident OF Kansas M We are OF Ohio. we sho'd
utterly disregard the section and the law, as do
that noble band OF patriots who resist il with
its thrice aecursed principles viz: death TO Life,
Liberty and the pursuit Of Happnessl" And
with renewed vigor, let the friends Of freedom
everywhere unite, and give aid and counten-
ance to the down trOdden, yes, down.trodden
white men Of KSnEas, our fathers and
brothers. and near blood kin, who have seen
6t to seek homes 10 that land Of sorrow. But
read, reflect, and ponder well, that we're you
in Kansas this day, you dare not open your
mouth 10 favor OF Freedom without the perils
Of violated laws being inflicted upon your de-
voted head by Imprisonment as felon for Two
yeIsl
That's the liberty the dastardly servile dog
who sits and attempts to reign in the Presden
iisl chair, would inAict upon our brethren,-
our white brethren in the land Of Kanzas.
Again we say, read the section Of the act to
which we refer, and following it we give the
views Of the Buckeye State, upon the action
Of The 'fainting' General, the dastasdy
coward President.
Section la, II any free person by speak
ing or writing, asserts or maintains, that per,
sors haye not the right 10 hold slaves in the
territory, or shall introduce into Kanxas, prn.
publish, write, circulate. or cause to be intro
duced into the territory, written. printed pub
l~hed or circulated in this territory, any book
paper. magazine, pamphlet or circular, con
tanning any denial Of the rights OF persons t
hold slaves In this territory, such person shal
be deemed guilt Of FELONY, and punished b
: IMPRISONMENT st hard labor for teri
not less than two years.
"NoW In all defiance 10 the will Of the Pre-
ident. !. is our determination to seud (intr
!dacel into KanEas few copies Of the pap
containing the article. and we defy the Pre-
dent with all the power lie possesses to touch
hair Of our head. No freeman from Oh
would submit To such tyranny as is contain
10 the foregoing act. and none but an inismc
demagogus would ever talk Of arraying I
power Of the Federal Government on the 81
ef such tyranny.
eFOr The sake Oflhe Nation ws hope Il
The political race Of Franklin Pierce is aim
ran. We care not how soon it ends. q
even tOpe that when be calls out the Army
he United States for the purpose Of enfOrci
saeh diabollOal Jaws as we're enacted by |
Border Ralians,' he vii command the fOrc
in person and pot faipt until Le approach
Sishin The range Of Shapes rifles where
may receive . lesson in relation to squat
sovereignty that wiz % Of infinite amount
Pens6t 70 bis successors. The fool killsr i
psf u visited Washington"