The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-01-26
ORIGINAL Correspondence
For TIE Herald If Freedom.

Letter nom the Green mountains.
WEsr-RASDoLPH, VT, Jan. 2, SO.
Mr.. ED1ToR Since the din of arms
has ceased, and the smoke of battle has.
vanished from around the fsr famed city
Of Lawrence, and the horizon has once.
more become clear. friends of freedom
throughout the whole country are turn
ing their attention towards Kansas. to
see how you stood the test. Have you
succumbed TO the arbitrary mandates of
a drunken band of ruffian invaders; or
have you nobly defended the right to
the last, and, like patriots, faced the
enemy until they, seeing your resolution
to die freemen rather than live slaves,
have become disguised with their own
meanness, and in disgrace left you alone
in your glory?
Perhaps the distance which separates
us here In Vermont from you is so great
that we can not Judge correctly of the
result of the contest. But if an obsery-
er, at so great a distance from the seat
of war, can see Alright, it is very evident
that the Border Rufians this time have
met what they dare not cope with. The
spirit of the Revolution has descended
from father to son, and found a resting
place in the bosom of the liberty loving
yeomanry of Kansas. And the pirate
band, although prompted by the hope of
plumber, and exasperated by frequent
draughts of whisky, yet paused and fell
back when they met such gallant men
as were congregated in Lawrence, ready
to shed their last blood for their Cypress
ed country. their homes and their fami-
lies. Happy, fortunate Lawrence the
threats and insolence of a hireling mob
cannot compel your patriots to surrender
their dearest rights your leading spirits
cannot be bribed by acorrupt Executive.
Welcome, noble Kansas, to the con-
,federacy of States! The older States
will hail with joy the advent of so bright
a star in the great constellation. And
woe the Potentate who shall set at def
ance your wishes and interests to serve
a political oligarchy. Under such wor-
thy patriots as the noble Robinson. and
gallant Lane, with God and Justice on
your side, you can defy "a hostof drunken
marauderS. And we shall ever expect
that all future attempts at outrages of a
similar nature will be met by the same
bold and Incorporating resistance, and
we hope end in the same escape from the
shedding of blood as in the recent inya-.
sion. But we dare not yet hope that
you have escaped all danger, although
YOU have been through the fiery
ordeal unscathed, and been weigh
ed in the balance and not found
wanting; still, more severe test may
be in reserve. The Border Ruffians,
baffled in all previous attempts to impose
upon free citizens, laws repugnant TO
every feeling of humanity, may yet in
vent some new method to accomplish
their hellish designs. But should the
sovereign people of Kansas ever conduct
themselves, 10 all their future movements
with the same prudence and wisdom
which has characterised them in their
recent struggle, / can assure them that
they will command the respect and adj
miration of every friend ofliberty thro'-
out the world and not only will you
have their admiration, but, unless APP
pearances greatly deceive. YOU can de-
pend upon mighty army of resolutc
men, who, when the occasion requires.
will leave their qniet homes, and rush to
assist their brethren to turn back the tide
of the barbarious invaders, and charge
home upon them. The Green Mountain
Boys will not be the last to enter the
field to do battle for the right while they
cherish the memory of the illustrious
Allen and Warner. Let Kansas remen-
Der that the eyes of the world are upon
her. "a