Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-05-16
CONQUERED PEOPLE.

| We mspeak Tor the unhappy and "p-
pressed p-"pIe ri Kansas the s,mp ,thy
aud a -s,>,ance ot their brethren III o,hr,
c~rnn,onw nw-al,hs. The homes, and sturdy
-n,,gran,s, wh" Went mt" ,ha, wilderness
establish homes and to found State u,
wh,c,, trerd..m should be sis, aineh and
! freeman projected. have ne+n subluyatt, d
b, the Missouri invaGrr-, aud b, the
troops oi The Federal Gnver,n,en,. The,
are a C ,nq 'er.d people. They are nsi as
much slaves as the negroes np.u, a pl,n-
tu,on. " ih,s nome II there is u" such
thing a, f e-d.nn IN Kmsa>. Military
fnc- always the ready r-Sor, OF deSpoI.
ism, Is now r"'pl"yrd by the q 'vrrnnenr
of ,hls Country 10 nnptl obedience to IA
code too barb,'ous f.r a savage p-n, ,l-.
and utterly unworth, If the respect nf d
cnii,z d renmuniIy. |, is well tor ns I"
uud. s>tand the barbsri>m into which we
are p;nng,ns. There are tunes Ia which
only the paInes' And mos, uaml>takahIe
language Is the mos, becoming. The
people OF thus Country ought tr runders; aud
the business III which thar Dragons are
emp'o,ed. These merc-narIts are en-
I rcihs laws which 1t Is ever, mans dun
TO re|lSt laws IN COMPARISON with which
The statutes OF s.. Petersburg aud Vienna
appear righteous laws which are uIterl,
imc",npa'i6r with either the letter nr
>pirit OF the Con>rllui,"n of the U,iied
States Unless We, the pe"pI. in whom
l. the s"ie political power, utter "A s,e:u
rebnke uf the ttif,nu> business ~ winch
the G"vtrn,nen, Is engaged we "nght to
be and we shall he .n-errd at through ,ut
the world, as the most da>,ardly Traitors
4" freedom. as the assaSsinatuIs o. that
liberty tn whlch we have prottssed de.
vuttou.
Mr.. Sher'f J"nes, as he styled himself.
although he was no n,,re Sheriff ~ Doug.
la> County han of Suf TX County. M
-achn>eti-, has been shot in the back
) "neb"dy, g"aded I" dp>peraslnn by we
de- not know VIVA, uutrayes has gwen
t,.- h..H. MS quntu> f"r a time. The
1T is n.i b. br and "a mot he defended
aud VT are glad t. see that tue hn,.es,
nrn 1t L.wrence have already dt>av"wt d
I. But It Will not d,, It would bt nelthel
tnr. nor generous nor manly to jud u e."
arshly any action mt which t,e people
I kahs,s may he driven. The si,nple
nta IS md It may just is well as MT he
I ted thar ,lil> uni"rIunat. people have
,c-n 80 p->tered. t-az-d aud badgered. $,
'nras>rd hy d.y and by nlgnt, th,ttury /,
the most natur,l thug III tine world. am.
- are the trn.t. of Jury. fh,s Jones
vent t. Lawrence expressly to make
{ onble. Men were arrested upon IL.
n,'-t TRIVIAL pr,t Its houses were. >rarhed;
II system of eSp'"n ,gr the most repulsIve
t. IN \ nerican cttizrnS was e>tirli>h-d
A f How W undertakes to indulge in
these amuscm, nt>, in the midst of :. free
people ID at the expense OF an in.elli
gent community usually gets his quictu.
before all is over.
Submission to the territorial laws is ou
of the question Congress must interior,
to protect Lawrence from military dcs
pot,Sm. Let there be lmmediute and pos
itive action. Let US save ourselves iron
the sc'n lal of being tyrants and Cypress
ors. Let us remember that this is sup
, posed to b" a Republic. Kansas at thi
nom mt has better and more ri5htcou
reasons for volution than CUR bclove
fnref theirs ev r hal or pretended. To hav,
I comp irison with the Baronial code tn
Stamp Act was the merest ba5atellc. Blu
! for their love of the country, these haraSs
ed settlers would long ago have bee, i
. open revolt " God S name. let US hav
! an end of this wretch,d m,smanas cement
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