Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-17
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rur D,STrxxxcx. Northern settlers for Kar
:. have many hardships TO encounter and man
ASculties 10 deter them from going there
ne Buch.nan party il ready TO abuse, villif
..d. We had almost said, cut the threats Of ever,
yor,hern freeman who emigrates 70 that terri
.ory The Missouri river is closed against them
"a man can travel on the Missouri that Is know,
70 be from free state. An attempt Is nov
,,.kinr % close the Northern route by placing
armed bands Of cut-throats all along the North
an line Of Kansas. Men that go unarmed arr
murdered or sent ont ofthe territory whenever
,bey fall into the hands Of the Ruffians. In
f.c there is no security TO any free state settler
except in the ability Of himself and associates
10 defend their persons and property. Hence
The imperative necessity that they should So
prepared 70 do for themselves what the govern.
men. has not only failed but utterly refused to
do for them--to defend their homes and per.
sons. But II they go as they arc compelled to
Or not 70 At all, armed and prepared to main.
tain their rights. they are denounced as armed
invaders, and the dogs of war let slip upon
them.
How is Il with Southern settlers? They are
permitted to enter Kansas by the Missouri river.
They can go as they wish, armed or unarmed,
with or without scrip. The moment they set
foo. on the territory they arc mustered into the
militia Of the territory, provisioned, armed and
paid, aud employed to levy war upon Free State
settlers. Thus under the pay and patronage Of
,he general government, pro-slavery settlers are
employed TO drive out those from the free states.
When this force proves incompetent to the job,
Missouri borderers are called in. And when
both together fail, as has recently been the case,
the United States troops are employed, as We
presume they soon will he again.
Harriet Isccclscr stoswe's New Novel.
We have received from the publishers, Phil
lips, Sampson Co., of Boston, through Messrs.
Corse & Son, Of this city, IN early copy Of Mrs.
Stoves new novel, "DRKD; a tale Of the Great
Dismai ,Spamp." This long expected anti-slav.
cry novel has been anxiously looked for by the
public, and is expected by many to create as
great Juror as "Uncle Toms Cabin" and has
been pronounced a better production by compe-
tent critics.
We extract the following from the preface,
which will give our readers an idea Of the scope
and design Of the work, postponing to some fu-
.are day, any remarks We might feel disposed to
make, after its pcrusal, upon It as literary pro.
duction:
The writer OF this book has chosen. once more,
subject from tho scenes and incidents OF the
slaveholdng states.
The reason for such choice is two.fold. First,
in merely artistic point of view, there is no
ground, ancient or modern, whose vivid lights,
gloomy shadows, and grOtesque groupings, afford
70 the novelist SO wide scope for the exercise
afhis powers. In the near vicinity of modern
civilization Of the most matter of-iact kind, exist
institutions which carry US back to the twilight
Of the feudal ages, with all their exciting posi-.
bilities of incident. Two nations, the types OF
two exactly opposite styles ofexistence, are here
s,ruggling; and from the intermingling Of these
two third race has arisen, and the three are
interlockcd in wild and singular relations, that
evolve every possible combination OF romance.
III What sensible man cares what the Dem
ocratic party has declared, or failed to declare,
in reference to the matter Of carrying Slavery
into Kansas? When was burglar taken in fa-
grants deiicto, allowed TO mock the Court by
pleading that no body ever heard him say n
word in favor of burglary 1t is enough that
the burglar has committed the act. And 1t is
enough, in this case Of Kansas, that the bogus
Democracy broke through the walls built by
Northern and Southern patriots to shut Slavery
out; and that the whole party has since been
engaged outside aud inside in helping Slavery
tes complete possession Of the Territory. There
never was compicter connection between prin-
cipal and accomplicc than has existed and still
exists between the border.ruffians Of Western
Missouri, and the present Democratic Admins
aaton with its supporters in Congress. II the
riiaas invaded the Territory, the bogus Dcmoc
ney have stood behind to protect and aid them
in every solitary act they have committed. Not
arobbery, or Nh arson, or murder has yet beer
perpe,ratcd upon Free State man, which the
judges and the prosecuting attorneys, kept in OF
zee BY this Administration, have not allowed te
pass without legal punishment Clarke, the In
dian agent, murdered the Free State man Brown
more than year ago, andis yet in Office. Don
alison, the Federal Marshal, marched upon thu
Fre Stale town of Lawrence, with his burning
and sacking posse eomitatus, and is yet in Office
Chief Justice Lecomp,e proclaimed upon thu
bench the very doctrines ofconstructive treason
which consigned Jeffreys to everlasting infaE,y
and put them in practice against the Free Stat
refused to cooperate with the Slavery propa
gandists, and wasput out Of office. Col Sumne
used his military force to dispense the Free Stat
Topeka legislature, under express instructions q
the Administration, given without a shadow Q
constitutional right. The bogus Pro-Sidser
Legislature was forced upon the territory b
MODS from Missouri, in spite ofall law and agains
the clearest will Of the people Of the territor,
as has been legally and most conclusively pro,
ed, and yet the Administration persists to thi
day in backing up, with its whole strength, Il
Infamous doings Of that body. Whitfield Wi
sent BY the same violent means to be the Pr
Slavery delegate Of the territory in Congress
and the whole Democratic party in the Hou
combined to keep him in his seat. The Dem
cratic Senate has steadily refused to pass apr
priasions necessary to the maintenance OF 9
army, unless the bill be FREQ from all restricts
against the use Of tho army to enforce the bog
laws, and carry out the schemes for making Ii
as Sars State.
For the Hawk-Eye
sanitary.
The question Of swine running At large in I
streets Of cities and villages, being promotive
cleanliness or health, had supposed was 10
sasr settled; and in most places it is, and tn