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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-17

But will pen for your readers an in
cident, illustrating the economy and hu-
manity of this unequal Legislation, une-
quail protection of natural, inherent.
and aliena6le 90 rights
Mr.. b became involved in debt
to the rumseller, which he had no means
to liquidate, but the household furniture,
which was exempted from attachment.
He mortgaged this, without reservation,
and without the knowledge of his wife,
and shortly after died. Immediately
after his burial the rum-seller claimed
the furniture on his mortgage. The
poor, half distracted widow went to the
lawyers. and found that thellaws were
on his side-"her husband had legal
right to dispose of it." She then plead
with the creditor to spare her single
bed for her little ones. He was inexora-
BILE; and she, with her little ones, was
turned penniless upon the world. Was
the creditor hard man and cruel?
Mark, now, he could not have done this
if the law had not given him the power.
If men who profess to protect women,
had protected this woman with such pro-
lection as they have gathered around
themselves, the hard man and unfeeling
creditor would have been kept from in
fiicting such grievous wrong. If this
property had been exempted to both pa
rents, it could not have been mortgaged
without her consent, and would have re-
mained to her, as the surviving parent,
at the fathers death. = + One more
incident to the point.
Mr.. c. drank up all his earn
ings-sold the COW, pig and furniture.
piece by piece. and last of all the family
Bible. His wife, who had for years sap
ported her seven little ones and paid tie
rent, at last found it impossible to do SO
with his increasing levies upon her earn
ings.
She called upon the town, and its
agents, "put out" her older children,
while she went out to service, taking her
babe with her. Ina few weeks her hus-
band died of delirium tremens. Now
Mrs. G. gathered up her little ones, earn
ed them shelter, food and clothing, and
sent them TO school. Years have passed
the mother is gathered to her faith
ers, and those children are among the
most respectable members of society.
Who made Mrs. G. helpless and
dependent God, or mans laws ? "Wo-
men are not capable of legislation
they "eannot understand politics" Tell
US, gentlemen Legislators, sOas Mrs.
g. protected by her ieyGl represen-
totives2 To which condition of her life
was society most indebted-tbat in which
she was illegally dead ?" OF a live moth
er, controlling and applying her own
earnings for the discharge of her holiest
duties and highest responsibilities?
Governments are instituted for the
protection of the weak against the
strong''-a beautiful legal fiction. my
brothers. Oh! make it trae political
Gospel. Respectfully,
c. I. II. NICHOLS.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-17
Mr.. Douglas, Enabling RiIl.

1t would appear that the policy of the
administration respecting Kansas now is,
to press Douglas Enabling bill-which
''enables" the people of Kansas, when
they shall number 93, 420, 20 hold Q con
vention, and form State Constitution.
If the administration believed, what it
has stated, that the population of Kansas
in February last, one year and nine
months after it was open to settlement,
numbered only about $4,000 or 80, 900
persons, we should be at loss to know
why it provides aow for that very distant
period, when its population will amount
TO more than ninety thousand. Mr.
Douglas, in his report. gives no reason
for this inconsistency.
The fact is. that the population of Kan.
sas is now nearly sixty thousand; it is.
Of course, almost certain, that before
next winter il will have reached the num-
har Wific.- Ill optssla = ae - Statx 4<, <s1s
member of the House. The " Enabling
bill " is therefore prepared really for
what the public know is the truth, rather
thanfor what the government proclaimed
The bill is thrown out with the aspect
of fairness, sort of tub to whale. in the
pretence of bringing the Kansas question
to 8 solution by the popular voice. II
pressed In the Senate, it will doubtless
pass that body. We trust it will fail in
the House, for there is no reason why il
should command the vote of q single
friend of Kansas.
Il is true, that it pretends 10 leave the
Constitution of the State TO an election
where all the people of the State shall
vote. But it provides that this election
shall be held by those very judges el
election whom the invading Legislature
appointed. whose authority three-fourths
of the people disoEn. Il provides thai
the election shall be held under the laws
passed by that legislature. These laws
provide. that any person may vote who
is an inhabitant Of the territory, though
he have entered It the moment before.-il
at the moment he be willing to pay q ter,
| ritorial tax (one dollar in amouHt). L
provides also that any voter may be ehal
lenged at the polls. and compelled &
swear that he will support the '.fugitivt
slave law and the Kansas Nebraska bill. >
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-17
Political.
Meeting at osawasomiss


At large and enthusiastic meeting.
held at Ossawatomie, on the 10Th April,
1856, in pursuance Of call, signed by
twenty-three citizens, for the purpose OF
considering what measures should be
adopted in view of the attempt to assess
and collect taxes by the officers appoint
ed by the Border Rutfian Legislature, +"
a committee of6se men, appointed to
draft resolutions expressing the senti-
ment of the citizens of Osawatomie,
which committee having reported the fol-
lowing, were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Several invasions from the
border State have been made into this
Territory, to subjugate it and make it
subserviant to slavery; and,
Whereas, Said invasions were made
for, and resulted in the prostration of our
civil and political rights, and pollution of
the ballot box; and,
Whereas, Said invasions also forced
upon US set of pretended and tyrannical
Legislators, who unlawfully assembled
at the Shawnee Mission, on the Indian
reservation, and then attempted to impose
upon the settlers of Kansas Territory,
cruel and tyrannieal laws, and appointed
officers, contrary to the fundamental
principles of our Government, for the
term of six years; and,
Whereas, We are credibly informed
that attempts have been made, and are
still being made, to assess and collect
taxes of us, by men appointed for this
purpose, by the Territorial Legislature,
so called, therefore,
Resolved, That we utterly repudiate
the authority of that Legislature, as a
body emanating. not from the people of
Kansas, but elected and forced upon us
by foreign vote, and that the officers
appointed by the same have, therefore,
no legal right to act.
Resolved. That We pledge to one
another Dutual support and aid in for
cible resistance to any attempt to compel
US into obedience to those enactments,
let that attempt come from whatever
source it may; and that, if men appoint
ed by that Legislature, to the Office of as.
SCISSOR or sheriff shall hereafter attempt
to assess or collect taxes of us, they will
do 80 at the peril of such consequences
as shall be necessary toprevent the same.
Resolved, That committee of three
be appointed to inform such officers OF
the action of this meeting. by placing in
their hands copy of these resolutions.
Resolved. That copy of these reso-
lutions, with the proceedings of this
meeting, be furnished to the several pa
pers of Kansas.
RICHARD MEEDESHALL, Chm.
OSCAR V. DAYTON, Sec'y.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-17
Letter from Rev. Pardee Butler,

For tie Herald Of Freedom.
MR. EDITOR Dear Sir, The bar o.
public opinion seems to be the only tri-
bunsl to which the Free State men of Kan
sas can appeal for redress. must there
fore, second time, ask your indulgence,
while ! make statement of facts. One
year ago. I came to Kansas. and bought
a claim on Stranger Greek, Atchison Co
On the 10th of August. the Border Ruff
fans, of the town of AtchisoR, sent me
down the Missouri River, on q raft. We
parted under q mutual pledge. I, that
if my life was spared, I would return to
Atchison, and they, that if I did come
back, they would hang me. Faithful to
my promise, in November last, / return
ed to Kansas with my family, visited At
Gibson in open day, announced myself on
hand, and returned without molestation.
Kansas being yet sparsely settled, and
having few meeting houses. it was deter
mined that Mrs. Butler should live on
our claim, with her brother, and her
b rother's wife, while I should return to
Ass.a-- .szss rasusr No ,---- lel,-e - = s.'
er. have been for number of years
in the employ of churches in the coun'
ties of Brown and Adams, ILL.,, MAORI
ty of whose members were, ! suppose
born and reared in Kentucky.
April sOth, I returned to Kansas. snd
crossed the Missouri at Atchison.
spoke to no one, save with two merchant
with whom | have had business transac
tons, since nv first arrival in the Terri
tory. Having remained only few min
utes, ! went 70 my buggy to resume mi
journey, when was assaulted by Kelly
co-editor of the Sqaattsr .Sovsrsien. ans
others. I was dragged into grocery
and there surrounded by q company o
South Carolinians. who are reported te
have been sent out by . Southern Emi
grant Aid Society. In this last mob,
noticed only two who were citisens o
Atchison, or engaged in the former mob
Ii is not reported that these Emigrant
from the Palmetto State seek out claim
and labor to make for themselves home
Neither do they enter into any legitimat
business. They very expressiyely de
ser;he themselves as having :" come o.
to ace Kansas through" They yelled
Kill him kill him hang the d.
aboIitionist pc One of their number bus
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-17

may do among the field handsof South
Carolina rice plantation. it won't do here
at all. We, tn Ronsas, are not made Of
metal to Be soorked ia sack .ff.
Subscribing myself the friend and well
wisher of all good and civil men, whether
North or South, I am, very truly,
PARDEE BUTLER.
OcEANA P. o., Stranger Greek. Kan
sss, May 9th, 1856.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-17

{ We quote here Jrd se Douglass Report.
in which this act is spoken of as 8 biz.
BY some of its warnsest admirers. Ii
is evident that this oath to support two
laws, known to be unpopular to great
majority of the people of the territory,
was intended as measure to keep them
from the polls.
Now the country knows perfectly well
what sort of votes these Missouri-msds
Judges, or their predecessors, appointed
BY the same constituents, have received
at previous elections. No one knows
this better than Mr.. Dougsss. Some
FIVE thousand foreign votes, given at an
election of very little comparative ihpor-
lance, are an intimation of what could
be done in an election which was to de-
termine the character of the State.
The people of Kansas say, and they
have a right to say, that they viii 60
before no such Judges. They have cho-
sen their own legislature, under the con-
stitution which they have themselves
made. Their future elections viii be
conducted by the laws of this legislature.
And Mr.. Douglas does great disnonor to
the good sense of this country if he sup
poses that it will be satisfied. by law
which provides that the critical Ell, c.
ton in Kansas shall be held before judges
who will undoubtedly reject many of the
votes of the friends of freedom; before
whom most of the friends ST freedom will
refuse to appear; who ara willing also TO
receive an indefinite number of votes,
even if they exceed the whole population
of the precinct where they are polled, and
who, indeed, are best pleased if those
votes come from Missouri.
We see no reason to doubt that the
House will reject this blll.-BossoR
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-17
Selected Poetry.
From tAs Nes0 York Tribune.
The Song Of the Camp.

4 cRINKAN INCIDENT.
.'GIvx Us Song l'' the soldiers cried.
The outer trenches guarding,
When the heated guns Of the camps allied
6re" weary Of bombarding.
The dark Redsn, in silent scott.
Lay, grim and threatening, under;
And the tawny mound of the Maiakoff
No longer belched its thunder.
There was pause: A guardsman said:
1--WE storm the forts tomorrow:
Sing while we may, another .day
vii bring enough of sorisw."
They lay along the battery's side,
Below the smoking cannon
Brave hearts, from Severn and from CLYDE
And from the banks of Shannon.
They sang of love, and not of fame;
Forgot was Britain's glory;
Each heart recalled different name,
But all sang "Annie Laurie"
Voice after voice caught up the song,
Until its tender passion
Rose like an anthem, rich and strong
Their battle-eve confession.
Dear girl, her name he dared not speak,
Yet, As the song grew louder,
Someth ng upon the soldiers cheek
Washed off the stsins of powder.
Beyond the darkening ocean burned
The bloody sunsets eEbers,
While the Crimean valleys learned
How English love Remembers.
And once again fire Of hell
Rained on the Russian quarters
With scream of shot, and burst of shell,
And believing of the mortars.
And Irish Morals eyes are dim
For q singer, dumb and CORY;
And English Mary mourns for him
Who sang of Annie Laurie"
Alb. soldiers 10 yeur honored rest
Your truth nd valor bearing;
The brsvest are the tenderest-
TIL: loving are the daring.
BAYARD TAYLOR.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-17
A Southern Shareholder Sending to
N. z. for Sharps Rifle.

The following Is an extract from let
ter of citizen of the interior of Ken
lucky, dated Feb. 28th, and addressed
to an active and efficient friend of the
Free State men in Kansas, now in this
city. 1t shows that Mr.. Pierce's Kansas
policy is by no means SO universally pop
ular In the Slave States as he and his adj
visers suppose.
Dean S1R:-My object in wiring 10
you is to know how can procure
Sharp's rifle, or any other equally as
good. intend to emigrate next month
to Kansas, and will be on the side of
Freedom.
Although l am stakeholder, yet I
ana, IN the broadest sense. Anti-Slayery.
aud as proof OF my principles, intend
to take my slave to Kansas and liberate
him. 1t is a cruel, wicked and unjust
law of our State that prevents slayehold-
ers from liberating their slaves here. The
Free State men in Kansas have been
greatly outraged. There is man now
in this county who voted IN Kansas
whilst on trip to Missouri.
Mr.. -, who was the controlling
spirit of the Kansas Legislature. and
who emigrated from this county to Mis-
souri,, gathered up his voters in Missou-
ri, and went over to Kansas, and was
elected by them to seat in the Legisla-
ture.-Persons FROM Missouri have told
me that they went over and voted. But
you are we'll informed On this subject.
Although my religion requires me to
love law, yet when the law of God and
the law of man come in contact, we must
obey the law of God. Every man. gui-
ded by reason and an enlightned con-
science is to determine when the law OF
man and of God come in conflict.
have no patience with those who are
continually giorifyiug our Revolutionary
Fathers, for resisting the laws of Eng
land, "imposing upon the Colonies laws
of taxation without representation" and
yet insist that the people of Kansas must
submit to unjust, anti Oh ristian, and in
iquitous laws passed by Legislature
representing the people of anothers State.
Out upon such hypocracy!
would be glad to have one OF Sharp's
rifles sent to me here, and if were GER
tain this letter would reach you, / would
enclose the money, and let you send it by
Iexpress to Lexington. If you will send
q rife to some person in Cincinnati, ! can
pay for it there, or you can send It direct
to me, and ! will send the money BY
mail. or you can sand iE g kansas win nILh
ti tl:s. can pay Tor It
when receive it from the agent.
If it is known when the rifles pass
through Missouri, they may be takea
possession of by the ssLaw and Order
Party" Let me suggest that you do not
make public through tie newspapers any
aid that you may be rendering to the Free
State men in Kansas, for il will all be
copied into the Southern papers. and for
ali the aid rendeFd by the North, the
Slave Oiigarchy viii endeavor 10 render
twice as much to their supporters.
also want one or two pistols where
and how Can yeu get them?
Please let me hear from you immedi-
lately. ~. 7. Evssing Post.
/ ~in South Carollna paper, called
| fl,. losk.-
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-05-17

~In a South Carolina paper, called
the Southern Enterprise. appears letter
from o. b. 0'Neii. in which. speaking
of South Carolina College and the young
men who are educated there, be says:
81 graduated in the college forty three
years ago last December. / have hesa
q Trustee for thirty years. Ikac
that / have watched over its interes,
with all the care Of deep and abidin
love; and yet ! kaov tsat Of all lie st...
dents graduating from 1905 to 1856, for
ty-nias ysars. one JourtA Of tie sahe..i
axnsber kags died dra1kards, or are zss0
druHkards.
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