The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-07-05
KnDsas Affairs.

h1n1nS AMatr6s
The news from Kansas is in great meas
ure smolhered by the friends of the Admin
istration, but enough reaches us, even through
this source, to excite our worst fears for the
fate of the free state men 10 Kansas, and TO
arouse every friend Of freedom to full sense
Of his duty to his friends, TO himself, and to
his country.
1t ia reported that Brown, Editor Of the
Herlld of Freedom, who was arrested with
Robinson, has been murdered by the ruffians.
Should this report prove true, the north lave
duty to perform which, though painful,
is nevertheless incumbent upon them. Muir
ders committed in the excitement of the mo-
ment, may be passed with but little notice,
but where man is arrested for treason on a
charge Of having advocated freedom in free
country, and kept for more than month,
giving ample time for delibera!ion, and then
decisive action on the part of the people. The
Administration has had ample time to wrest
those prisoners from the violent mob into
whose hands they fell. 1t has not only re-
fused to do this, but has paid and encouraged
the mobocrats to repeated acts of outrage and
violence to person and property. Therefore,
we must either tamely submit TO the murder
Of our friends and the destruction of their
property, or swearupon the altar of our hearts
that these outrages shall cease, that our
friends shall be restored TO liberty, or violence
will be opposed to violence, even if The entire
government is converted into scene Of war
and bloodshed Our fathers fought because
taxes were imposed upon them without rep
resentalion Shall We submit to the over
throw Unpopular sovereignty by being violent
" disfranchised? ? s all we submit to laws
the most unnatural, tyranncsl, and unjust,
enacted by legislature proven to have be-n
elected by mob? Shall we submit to the
seizure, imprisonment and murder Of those
who resist the imposition thus sought to be
forced upon them Saall we acknowledge
the authority, or heed the commands of a
tyrsnnical administration which seeks to es-
tsblish injustice, oppression, and murder for
opinions sake d? God forbid Rather let
the government DO shattered into atoms, and
trust to the purity. of the collected fragments on
the approach of calm.
Since penning the above, we learn that the
company recently organized at Chicago, while
on their way to Kansas, had their arms takes
from them at Lexington, Missouri They
offered the captain Of the boat 8 900 not to
land at Lexington, but he refused to accept,
and large force having collected, they were
disarmod, Jones company Of 30 south Car
o1inians got aboard, and farther up the river
Atchison, Suingfelow, and Russel we're taken
aboard. When the boat touched at Latter 5
Point, large crowd had ga'hered on shore,
but on being informed that the Chicago com
papY had been disarmed at Lexington, they
dispersed. The entire company was finally
compelled to return.
Col Sumner has issued orders to the effect
lhat no more emigrants will be permitted to
enter Kansas without-they pass over his dead
body. Thus free state men are to be kept
GU! of the territory, and those already in are
being driven out.
The object of this is evident. Mr.. Toomb,
has introduced bill into the U. S Senate
providing for The taking of the census of Kan
sas, and allowing only those within the terri
tory at that time to vote-the election to take
place in November This the pro-slavery
men could well afford to do after they have
driven away, imprisoned, or murdered the
fsec state men.