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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
A Kansas Dungeon.

Rev. Mr.. Mute, in letter to the Bos-
ton Transcript, gives this description OF
the dungeon in which he was confined
with other free Stale men in Kansas -
We were locked up with thirteen
Others in foul dungeon-a place which
deserves commemoFa,ion with the Bas-
til9and the Black Hole of Calcutta. For
iEss credit of the community by whom it
was built, it should have faithful de-
scription. lis walls are of stone, two
fees thick, inclosing space 10 feet by Is
and about 10 feet high. The door is of
solid iron. The light and ventilation
furnished by 4apertures near the top, 8
inches by Is, in which are set iron bars
so as to nil up about three quarters of the
space. The stone floor was covered with
rubbish and ofial of the flthiest kind
TIE ioulness of the air in such place
during one of the most sultry of dog
days may be conceived of without fur
tier description. On inquiry, We found
that most of our felloB-prisoners lad
been taken, ibe day before, from their
homes near town, without any charge or
prstext. Several were arrested On their
way from diasrnent parts of the Terrific
II, intending 70 60 down the river"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
A D;spuion Threat.

Governor G. Robinson writes
from Camp Sacket, Kansas, TO friend
in Fitchburg, that elf Fremont is not
elected, tbs union WiH not last four
gears i''-Boston Post.
Gov. Robinson $ opinion on that SUBJ
ieet is not sound. The American
Union is fixed institution, and is not
dependent on the caprice of politicians,
nor demagogues. Bully Brooks says
ii Fremont is elected the Union is dis
solved at once. The opinion OF these
men will Offset one against the other
and the Union viii stand for ages IS
evidence that neither Of them were
prophets.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
The Freedom of the Press.

"Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne,
The Truth is touched by Ridicule alone"
PoPE.
An unshackled Press is perhaps the
greatest improvement made upon En-
glish institutions by the American Rev
olution. A free Press, as understood
by British statesmen, has been long In
possession of the English people: but
a Press, entirely unshackled by the SUI
pervising eye of Government, in all the
departments of human thought, is the
heritage only of Americans.
In England the public expression of
opinion. is partially controlled by stat
uatory laws, and there are several sub
jects, which it is still criminal to dis
euss freely.
The penalty attached to Lese Majesty,
forbids an Englishman from assailing
too strongly the acts or motives of his
Sovereign. The absurdity of not being
permitted to plead the truth of the ac-
cusation, in cases of libel, closes the
lips against the most demoralizing acts
of the clergy and the nobility. The Ii
cense laws as applied to the publication
of some species of literature checks the
Indulgence of pungent wit, and brides
the tongue Of indignant satire.
In America, however, no subject is
too holy to touch nor too majestic to
handle. The President himself is but a
man, and his acts and motives can be
criticised just as freely as though he
were a beggar. No pompous nobility
holds the mind in awe, and no church
anathema, or parliamentary privilege,
dries the ink on the pen, aud dampens
the vigor of intrepid thought. There
is no treason in opinion, and change
in our Constitution of Government
may be advocated, without subjecting
monsrehist to persecution, or a Nor
mon to Indictment. 1t is this very
freedom which is the safety of all. 1t
lifts the responsibility from the shoul-
ders Of the State and places it where it
naturally belongs, upon those of the
individual. The Constitution of the
United States declares that 81 Congress
shall make nc law abridging the free
dom of speech. or of the Press"
In all free governments the censorial
power nsst be vested somewhere, Of
liberty itself soon languishes and dies
The magistrate who by popularity has
risen to power. could easily perpetuate
it, and subvert the institutions OF his
country, If there were no watchful eyes
to detect and EXPOSE him. III the Com
monweaithSof Eorne. the eensorial pow
avas vested In particular magistrates
chosen for the express purpose, TO OBJ
serve x.sh slesIiess vigilance the acts
Of public offers; aad aiontesquieu aud
Rousseau pass brilliant encomiums up
On the wisdom Of such measure. Sir
Thomas Moore has expressed similar
opinions, but be was 50 much opposed
to trusting this power with the great
mass Of the people, that n his Utopia
hs Furnishes ell those With death who
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
Star. an orchard to erowing.

Attention is invited to the advertise
ment of VIM. p. Ham & Co., who of.
fer large quantity of grated apple
trees and peach trees for sale. It is
universally conceded that autumn is the
best time for transplanting fruit trees,
hence all persons desiring to engage in
fruit growing should take measures to
start an orchard with as little delay as
possible. MIR. FL. is an old nurseryman,
and we can recommend him and his
trees to the favorable considerations g.
our patrons.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
Selections.
Heroes and Tyrants Of the south.

Heroes and Tyrants Of the Scuth.
There hiss bean no truer heroism in
our day than that which is exhibited by
men who stand up in the South, amidst
insult and contumely, and at the peril
of life, liberty, and estate, vindicate, in
their own persons, the right of free
speech, and dare to tell, even within
sight of the slave marts, and surround
ed by the fiercest propagandists of sla-
very, the plain truth in regard to the
moral, social, sand political effects of
that institution. There is far more dar-
ing, far greater courage In the course OF
Cassius M. Clay. standing up in the
city Of Louisville, amidst the yells OF
the Democrats and Fillmore men, and
advocating the election of Fremont,
than the same gallant man displayed
when he stood against the Mexican bull
lets. Nor is less courags shown by
Mr.. Bolts in Virginia, who does not,
indeed, advocate Fremont, but who
dares, only the next thing IN point of
peril, to advocate Fillmore, upon con-
stitutional, and not upon nullifying
grounds and to say In the city of Rich-
mond that the legal and constitutional
election Of no man, by TIE majority OF
the people, however offensive to the mi-
nority, would be cause for dissolving
the Union.
There never existed, In any age or
country more tyranical and fanatieal
public opinion than prevails In the slave
states. If 9 man is suspected of hos
tility to the existing institutions In the
despotisms of the old world, he is at
least entitled to some form Of trial, and
is punished according to some form of
law. He has hearing, and be has
some hopes of the reversal or the miti-
cation OF an unjust sentence. Its only
In this g land of the free - that q man
is taken By a mob, and without regard
TO the law, IN violation Of al the laws,
state or federal. that guaranty the lib
erty Of the citizens, is subjected to >
mock trial, IN which the same men are
accusers, witnesses, and Judges, and
executioners, Is banished, or perhaps
murdered, on charge of saying what
Washington said in bis viii, and what
Jefferson uttered In the most solemn
and impressive manner. The laws to
punish offences against slave property,
and TO suppress the discussion Of
slavery, ara severe almost beyond pree-
edent IN an enlightened country. The
laws themselves forbid man TO sas
whist the men who gave Virginia her
highest claims to consideration steadily
sid ell their lives. Under the Laws
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
Original Poetry.
For the Herald 0f Freedom.
z ow L o n q I?
sY RICHARD REALF.

How long. o God, how long
Must fettered FRxEDox writhe beneath her
chains.
And send the wailing of the captive's song
Across the purple plains
How long, o God, how long s
Shall slaverys blood-hcunds hold her BY the
throat,
OF Heli's Iscariotf
How long, God, how long
Shall she be hunted, homeless, thro' the Earth;
Nor thou-Just One-against the crimson
wrong,
Launch Thy broad lightnings forth7
O have thine eyes not seen
With what high trust she bore her bitter
sbames
Eormarked how calm and God-like and serene
She stood amid the flames Z
0 have Thine ears not heard
Her long low gasp Of inartieulate prayer,
When livid HATE, with rediy reeking sword,
Has clutched her By the hairf
o dids't Thou not look down
Upon her cruel buffetings Of seorn,
And watch her temples stream beneath the
crown,
Made of The mocking thorn?
And dost Thou not discern
How the fierce, pitiless rabble casteth lots
For her white robes-alasl so rent and torn,
And smeared with purple spots I
o when she held the cup
On those wild nights Of her Gethsemane -
Father in Heaven, did she not still look up,
Firm and unmoved-to Thee7
And when the bloody sweat
Oozed from the blue veins of her shuddering
limbs,
Vas not the burning clasp Of agony met
With calm triumphant hymns
o. if she be Thy child.
And Thou art God, burst now this dread eclipse,
And let her pass forth, free and undehled,
With Thy breath on her lips.
Laurence, X. r.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
Nal Arrangements

The mails are quite regular between
this city and st. Louis. We have the
full benefit of brass lock mail each way,
which is no longer subject to the surveil.
lance of the Postmaster at Independence,
Missouri. as has been the case hereto
fore. This viii insure the prompt and
regular arrival of the Herald Of Freedom
in the East, and will be q guaranty that
if the paper IS subscribed for, the money
win reach US if it is properly directed,
and our paper viii reach them.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

H Justice. though often seemingly
tardy and slow of foof, hiss been gene fai.
ly, in the long run. found more thaE .
match for those who have set her at de-
fiance. and outraged her eternal laws
The public voice is sure, sooner or later,
to pronounce in thunder tones against
the enemies of political order, and tbs
plotiers against sovereign popular right.
That reprobation, sooner than might hare
been anticipated, has been visited most
signally upon the man who has been.
along with Atchison, the chief agent Of
our border disturbances, who has fgur-
ed in most of the lawless transactions in
Kansas, and whose name has become
the synonym of political infamy through
out the nation. As viii be seen by news
which we publish elsewhere IN to-day's
paper, Gen. Stringiellow has. by the for.
NAL action of the people of Weston, been
expelled frem that place and from Platte
county, region the most strongly pro-
slavery in the State, five days being al
lowed him to make the necessary ar
rangements for his final departure and
perennial absence from that portion Of
Missouri. This action, as righteous as
il is creditable to our fellow citizens of
Weston, carries its own commentaries
along with il. It completely vindicatss
the people of Platte county from the
aspersions cast upon their good name,
through the fanaticism and violence of .
few of the hot-headed. influenced for the
most part by evil and designing counsel
lors, by which they were represented 10
be little else than community Of fill
busters and bandi.ti. We have con-
stantly protested against this view of The
case-have emphatically denied the alle-
CATION in its application to the great mass
of the population of our border counties
have continually claimed for them The
merit of being. in the main, men Of JUS
tice and fair dealing, though perhaps too
easily led by handful of audacious and
incendiary spirits, and We have attribut-
ed the culpability Of the Transactions
which have brought such discIsdil on
Missouri. to small band of desperado
chieftans, and shipwreeked and defgnct
politicians. who, like cataline, have scfu-
pied at no conspiracy against the public
welfare which seemed likely TO retrieve
their own lost fortunes. Let the fate Of
Stringtellow be a warning TO other reck-
less political gamblers among US. Let
them know that although their misdeeds9
may for time escape the unfa;ling pur-
suit of reiribuiive justice, they are sure
10 attain in the end that condemnation
and punishment which they deserved.
Atchison and Stringfellow have already.
been brought TO the block, and their
hsadless trunks exposed to the public
gaze, There are others who will have
their turn next.-lAo. Democrat.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
The prsa.aential rlsetor.

The Electors are chosen on the same
day in all the States, .'the first Tues.
day after the first Monday in Noyera-
ber." which this year falls on the 4th.
As soon as the result Is aseertained,
the Governor of each State notifies Il
Electors that they are chosen. and sum
mons them to the State Capitol On shs
first Wednesday OF December. This
year Ct viii be the Sd of the month";
On that day they assemble in the
Capitols of their respective States. II
any are absent from sickness, death or
resignation, those present proceed to I'll
their places by ballot.
They then vote for President, each
rising as his name is called and an
nouncing whom he votes for. 4 vote
for Fice-P President is then taken in ths
same way.
Thres certificates Of the result are
next drawn up. These are all signed
by each of the Electors in turn.
Then they elect by ballot Special
Messenger to carry one of these eertifi
Gates to the President of the u. S. Sen
ate. at Washington. Another is sent
to him by mail. The third is depssiteE.
in the hands of the q. 8. District Judge
of the District where they rueat-
On the second Wednesday IN f5Efzz
ary, the President of the q. 8. Senate.
at Washington, in the presence OF thl
House of Representatives, opens tk
certificates which he has received, sn..
counts the votes, of which there are ]
all 296. The persons having majo1s
ity of them are declared elected Presi
dent and Vice-Pasident OF The Unite
States.
If no person has 3 majority, Ii
House Of representatives. divide them
selves into Electoral Committees,
States, and vote for 9 President, eac
State having one vote only. Ths mem
bers from each State Efst ballot anon
themselves to determine for whom II 8
vote shall be cast. and then east Il as
cordingly. There are but thirsy-oz
votes. IN al, and IL the members [Foz
any State ara equally divided, its sos
Is not cast at all
Then. whoever gets the majority &
these 81 votes is declared elected Fzes
ident. II no one gets majority >
one Is elected Aad the balIotine d e
then go on, voting TIL ths zzh
March.
Meanwhile the Senate elects 3 Vic
4 = E
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
10 Capitalists.

Capitalists, and others. who desire
to. aid Kansas. can do SO most eifectu-
ally By making permanent improves
lnents. If you wish to bessow upon
the poor people of Kansas donation
Of $500, build house worth $1,000 ;
$500 Of this viii go for labos, and $500
for raw material. You viii have the
house let. ani they viii have the
money. Both parties VIII Be better of,
and better satisfied, than if they vera
bsggars. y.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
Change.

Henry Clay Pate. the notorious cor
respondent of the st. Louis Republicans.
and the captain of the Shawnee Sharp
Shooters, residing at Westport, who
has been associated with the various
forays into Kansas, has become con-
neeted with the office of the ..Border
Rufan, published at WeStport. The
title of the paper did not suit this prince
Of Rg6fans-it was changed to " The
Stor Of Empire." ;" We would suggest
thai be should look in another sdinsa:
ton than Kansas, for empire.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
unioa il Pennsylvania.


the friends of Fremont aud Fillmore,
in Pennsylvania, held a Convention at
Harrisburg or the 21st ult., and put
IN nomination a Uaion electoral ticket,
compoSe1 of equal numbers from each
party, on the following basis -
Twenty-six electors shall consist of
the same names; the twenty-seventh
elector on the Fillmore ticket shall con-
sist of a different name from the twenty
the Fremont ticket For ex-
ample. Millard Fillmore and twenty-six
other names selected from the several
Congressional districts, shall form one
ticket; and John G. Fremont and the
same twenty-six names, above referred
to, shall form the other ticket. The
twenty-six electors shall be pledged to
cast the electoral vote of the State for
Millard Fillmore and John G: Fremont,
respectively, precisely in proportion to
the popular votes cast for each, as indi-
Gated by the twenty seventh elector on
each ticket. For example. if Millard
Fillmore or the twenty-seventh eleclor
who represents him) receives an equal
number of votes with John G. Fremont,
of bis representative, then thirteen cleo
toral voters shall be given for Millard
Fillmore and thirteen for John C. FIRE.
mont.
tis ensures Cf half tie electoral vote
of Pennsylvania to Fremont beyond q
doubt.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
Treason in Virginia.

Mr. Roe Lockwood, treasurer of the
New York Tabernacle Kansas Aid
Committee, received lately contribu-
ton of 800 in aid of Free Kansas,
from Virginia. Evidently, Governor
Wise is becoming remiss in the dis
charge of his executive duties, or 80
reasonable contribution would never
emenate from the State of Virginia,
The mails that leave the Old Dominion
viii henceforth have to be searched as
rigidly as those that enter it.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
Ireasonabie Language.

= Bzaiei Webster, " the great expoundez
of the Constitution" would have been
imprisoned with the other State prisoners
for treason, had he been living in Kan
saslsst spring, and enuneiated the fol-
lowing sentiments of his -
Living, | shall assert the. right of
Free Discussion dying. shall assert
Sc; and, should leave no other inher-
ianceso my children, by the blessings
of GodI will leave them the Inheritance
of Free Principles and the example of a
manly and independent defence OF them. -
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
Zones of Reform alton

Among the evidences that the Border
Rufians have determined to let the Her.
aid of Freedom alone in the future, is the
factthat many of their prominent leaders
are subscribing for the paper, and pay
ing a years subscription in ADVANCE
Among this number we are happy to no
tices that of S. j. Jones, who writes
" Sheriff of Douglas County" after his
signature. II he reads the paper for the
ensuing year, there is hope of his refor-
nation. If there are others who are
willing to hear all sides before they
decide" it will afford us pleasure to en-
ter them as subscribers.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

R Cassius NJ. Clay, in speech at
Chicago few days since. declared, from
his own observation, that white men can
and do labor in the cotton fields, and that
in Texas there is a German settlement
where they produce one-third more from
an acre of cotton than the slaves do.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
70 settls1s.

A large amount of clothing, bedding
and -four viii be deposited in LaWrence
in a few days. for settlers who are In
want. 1t viii be distributed all over
the Territory. according to the necessi-
ties of the people.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

R We are happy to observe that
Col. SUMNER is on his way back to Kan
sas to take charge of his command. He
win supercede Col. Cook Col. Sums
ner has been East since the fourth of
July on leave OF absence.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

NEBRAsKA.-The census of Nebraska
has Just been taken, and it shows .
population of 1915. and 1900 votes.
The population has increased over two
and one-fourth fold in single year.
and the number of voters is nearly three
times greater than in 1856.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

H The price of slaves in the South
is on the decline. II the disorder in
Kansas is protracted much longer the
decline viii be greater than at any
other period.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

~ The Lisle Giant Corn and Cob
Mill took the iirss premium at the late
State FAIR IN Iowa, bang deemed by
competent iussss grszsly superior to
Ey sothsr mill on exhibition.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

REFUsDGSe THE MoNEY.-The New
Orleans Picayane states that the Kansas
Committee of that city have concluded
to refund the money to subscribers as
"the General Government had taken in
hand the settlement of Kansas Difficult
ties. and any interference on the part Of
individuals would be unwise.''
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

~ It is understood that 3 Land
Office viii be opened at Leeompton,
about the 10th of November next, for
the pre-emption of the public lands in
Kansas.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

@ Why does not some person
engage in quarrying coal and bringing
it to market? It would find quick
sale in Lawrence.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
To Mechanics.

We need all kinds of shops. We
do not know of a bedstead shop in
Kansas. The people sleep on pole
bedsteads, or ON the floor, or on the
ground. Locate soon in Lawrence, and
take the lead. Amy mechanical busi-
ness you may choose to start will be
found almost without opposition. w.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

H New subscribers, who specially
order it, can be supplied with files Of
the Herald Of Freedom to the commence
ment of the present volume.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08
l6--voLUME Q.

themselves, The Declaration of Tndepen-
dence, the Bill of Rights, and the Kew
Testament might be fairly condemned
as incendiary publications bat the Law
is neither quick enough In its exeeu-
ton nor severe enough IN its penalties.
An irresponsible, ungoyernabis power
must come in, the power Of the mob.
to make certain the security Of the sYs.
tenn, which, founded in wrong, is cniy
upheld by force. They who Oppose
such a system in its strongholds are the
moral heroes of these times, aud ss
such thay viii go down upon the rec
ord.-ProsdeBcs Joa,ae1.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-08

"safe from the bar. the pulpit, and the throne
The Truth is touched by Ridicule alone"
PoPE.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-05

Prof. John Crawford, one Of the editors OF the
Memphis, Tenn, Eagle And Enquirer, died on 'n0
9th ult. q
Mp Wickli6e, . prominent citizen OF Dssus'
town, KY, fell dead . few days since.
Nyer Myers, an old citizen OF Norfolk, Vs., WAS
ssrioudy iniuyed Saturday by fail.