The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-07-12
Free Statc Men Enaor.ed.


The friends Of Free Kansas has been ridi-
culed, denounced, abused, for the positions
they have maintained with reference to af-
fairs in that Territory. Expressions of sym
pathy and encouragement have been stigma
tized as /" shrieks for freedoms" as if it
were a sckly sentimentality and hollow
pressnce to deplore tho reign Of anarchy and
violence, Of robbery and murder, the appli-
cation Of test oaths unknown to the consti-
tuition and unsanctionel BY it, of outrages
upon the hallot-box, Of the prostitution Of
the courts and Judicial authority TO inquisi
torial and tyrannical purposes, of persecu-
ton BY FIRE and sword by maddensd and in
furiated conquerors. If we have quoted
them the barbarous cnactments of the
Bloody Code" Of Kansas, they have stout
ly denied them or retorted that the people
Il. 9. the Missouri invaders) have the right to
make their own laws, and Congress nor any
body else is responsible or has the right to
interfere. Now the Senate Of the United
States, BY every vote but three, Giro wn,
Fitzpatrick, and Mason,) in the bill just
passed have provided that test oaths shall
not be prescribed; that free speech and
freedom Of the press shall not be infringed !;
that residence of three months and reg
istry of nsme, with the Affirmation that the
citizen is q bona-fde resident, shall be ne
cessary qualifications of an elector, etc., cto.
The regulations Of the bill are an admis sion
OF every charge mlde; they are nm assertion
Of the wrongfulness and enormity Of the
acts committed; they imply a corruption Of
the ballot-box, the ovorpowcring influence
Of aliens in political affairs, the suppression
Of free speech, the destruction OF FREQ
presses, the reign of anarchy and lawless
violence; and retreating from their own
position and the position Of their friends,
they say they have the right, they confess it
IS an imperative duty, to interfere in the
affairs Of the Territory, to annul the laws,
to shield the people against their provisions,
to drive out the oppressor and guard the
peoples lives and liberties. The bill is o
cheat and delusion, but the objects which
Jssses, the implications which We have men
toned are necessary and unquestionable.
Ii is full and entire admission of nearly
every complaint Of the Free State men, it 10
aconfession of the rightfulness and duty Of
interfering with the enactment, administra-
ton aud, execution Of Border Ruiian laws,
and the practices Of searching and malig-
nnnt tyranny cloaked with the name Of " law
and order"
The North is awaking, and paltercrs and
denagogues and tyrants begin to trcmbc.--
The reused spirit Of the people is bringi ny
political miscreants to their senses. They
see the mysterious hand, they read the
writing on the walls, and like the limbs OF
Beltshaasar their knees smite together. There
is q point where the impudence Of Doug
lass, the inanities Of Cass, the ferocious de-
nunciations Of Butler, and the naughty
demands of n Toombs, sink into puerilities
and senseless rawlings. There comes time
Hhaa the eiee "a HE power Of IA. .i4e people
bushes and overwhelms them, rs the roaring
tempest browns alike the hum Of insects and
the Kissing Of serpenss. They are mad, but
they are not fools. They discern the storm,
but cannot avert it. Shams and fents and
expedients are Of no more effect, and they
will ply them IN vain. Arts will not delu lie,
lies will not deceive, repentant professions
will be scoffed at. A hand that never hes-
tstes will sweep away their refugees Of lies; u
power that never palters, will overcome and
scatter them, as the whrlwind scattsrs the
leaves Of autumn. And Peace shall come /;
and Civil Liberty shall be restored; and Con-
stituti0nal kErUsLlcAsiss shall give law to
the Lard onos nors
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