The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-11
No Use for Croakers.

thankful Tor even the smallest fayors.
No Use for Croakers.
A gentleman writes US from Con-
necticut that we are deceiving ourselves
and the public in representing that we
shall have quiet in Kansas from this
time. He thinks it is the voice of the
Siren which whispers peace, when the
intention of the pro-slavery party is to
deceive and destroy. We have con-
sidefed the position of our friend with
deep interest, and we can only re-
peat what we have often done in the
past that neither party are equal to
the task of getting up another broil.
The Free State party don't desire dis
turbance now. any more than they did
last year. They came here to build
towns, improve claims, and to sur
round themselves with the refnements
of eastern life. They kave only learn
ed the art of war as a necessity, and
abandoned it as soon as that urgent
necessity ceased. They have resumed
their farming labors, and will never
be diverted from this line of duty un-
less their homes are again invaded,
and they are surrounded, as they were
last season, by an invading army in
lest on the usurpstion of our rights,
While these remarks are true OF
Free State men, we think we can
speak with equal confidence of the pro-
slavery party.
The members of that party who
have furnished the "sinews of war, I"
whose business has been sacrificed to
crafty the ASPIRATIONS of few design
ing demagogues-have resolved to no
longer serve as the cat's-paw of their
party. The quiet agriculturist, and
the buiness man of Missouri have been
taxed to keep up the expenses of these
inyasions until he can be taxed no
longer. While the system of deple-
ton was going on, all the means OF
acquiring property were cut off, and
though peace has returned, yet an
esrty purse. and ruined credit is all
that is left them.
During the last few weeks it has
been our pleasure to mingle largely
with pro-slavery men. We heard
from their own lips detailed accounts
of the way that the winds were gotten
up in Missouri, with all the secret
workings. All have eoncurred in
opinion that those base men who were
so successful in falsehood, and in fam
ming the fame Of discord could do sc
no more. All parties who have per-
minent interest in Kansas. as well in
Missouri, are determined to frown
down and fight down further attempts
at political commotions. They are
determined to expel from tho Terrific
ry, and the borders, every fermenteI
of strife.
But our friend thinks that our effort:
to preserve peace Will only tend to
our enslavement Never We tcI
not be enslaved We Will not submit
to any invasion of our rights, on the
contrary we will do, as in the past, in
regard to every infringement of oul
rights. We know our rights, and
knowing maintain them. The party
! in power know, too, that we have not
will not yield a single position. We
are planted on the Constitution and
laws, and with these we defy the whole
catalogue of bogus enactments from
that imposing death on those who
conspire to resist these laws, down tc
the most paltry offence which they
have designated under the head o
| misdemeanors. They know, as we do
that before a legal tribunal. which
dares remove the cobweb behind whicl
they have entrenched themselves. eve
ry yestage of their statute books would
be swept away. Knowing this. they
nor any body supporting them, vii
not attempt to enforce these laws
which the people have resolved to re
sist. such as those imposing taxes up
on the people. &e.