Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-07-25
The Border Rnffial Press


We have been favored by our towns-man,
Mr.. Bigelow, who has recently returned from
visit to Kansas, with copy Of the Sypqtter
Sorragn, the organ Of the Rufiens, OF re-
cent date. We copy several pieces from its
columns, not because they contain anything
very new but because they illustrate SO clear
ly the spirit with which the contest is carried
on by the pro-slavery party on the border
The desperate determination of these men
should but nerve the North to a more ener-
getic effort. The following is the leading ar
ticle of the Squatter Sovereign of July l
Is TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR. Vow
that the territory is comparatively quiet, the
Law and Order party should not be led to
think that this ate of fairs will be permit
ted to last any length of time. Already ru-
mors are current and said to he well found
ed, that large bodies of abolitionists, from
Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan, are con-
gregating in the upper part of the Territory,
under the lead of the traitor Lane. Their
Object is openly proclaimed to be the os
tabishment Of a new government in Kansas,
and the punishment of all citizens who have
heretofore assisted in enforcing the Terri
torial laws. How soon this revolutionary
movement will again be set on foot we are
not able to say. but it does seem to us, in
view of the existing state of affairs in the
Territory, that we should be prepared to take
up our arms in defence Of the laws at mo-
ment's notice. We should have our horses
saddled and bridlcd, our guns in good trim
with ammunition in our cartridges boxes, and
the determination in our minds to SvBDuE
THE FOE THAT THREATENS Is. OR DIE IN THE
ATTEMPT We hope each individual citi-
zen will heed our advice, and be ready, il
necessary, TO start tomorrow to drive these
outlaws out Of Kansas. 1t is evident that
two governments cannot exist at one time
Anarchy and confusion will be the rule of
the day, so long as such an experiment is
being attempted, and all those who desire
speedy and permanent peace in Kansas. must
themselves take the field against these out
laws, who have caused this state of affairs in
the Territory. The Law and Order party Of
Kansas must submit to he made vassals and
| crouch to the dictatOrs of the North OF take
up arms and fight for their rights The time
| to choose between two alternatives is at
hand Do We hesitate No with the
consciousness that We are in the right, we
enter into this war, however bloody it NAV
be, and strike at our oppressors until the
| last yestige of abolitonism is wiped out Of
ansas. We now give the order to :" Should-
arms "
We extract the following from anotbor Oh.
r;.,a.,;a,o
| If the people Of the North who cInigra te
| to this Territory for the purpose of bringing
about civil war, expect to meet with no
resistance, they will be wofully mistaken.
We know the southern people well enough
to assure them, that they will not Gnd it an
! easy matter to carry out their damnable de
signs. If it is their desire 10 engage in
bloody war, unequalel in the annals Of his
tory, let them continue the course they are
now pursuing. We are determined to renel
this Northern invasion. Though our rivers
should be coorcd with the blood or the vic
TINS, and the carcasses Of dead aholitiouists
should be so numerous in the Territory as TO
breed disease and sickness, we will not be de-
tered in our purpose. Let those who desire
graves in Kansas, engage in this unholv and
unjust war that is now being waged against
the South by the fanatics of the North. e
regret this issue that is forced upon us, but
rather than submit to Northern dictation. we
will willingly sacrifice our lives in defence of
our constitutional rights.
1Lru.
i"o 'u''o"'ns "io '"'o"S ''e N''' "-H
items OF news
MoRr ARus CAPTURED Tpr Flown of
ruE ABo1IrloS Army TAKEN 4 Bloonrrss
Nc11RY The Steamer of West. having on
board seventv-eight Chicago abolitionists.
said TO be a picked compsnv from tba army nr
eight hundred then c6ngrerated there was
oyerbsuled At LEXINGTON Mo and ths cow.
and pistols were taken at Lexington. and a