Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-10-20
KANsAs lsl,I.t;u'ION.

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Jehgpn hath ,triumIhed, his people are VREE."
| $deh was ejubilaAt slouLpf.sn oTs
Plesssd pepple pn their signal delIYerapce
aem be yole y grinding despotism. Al
Fft. at aelise.ance was srougbt out 81
tlispitr dsstrus,lionsof DER oppressarA.
And as n promise and n prophecy to tte
down-toddcn Of MI countries, has Il At de:
livcrance ever SINCE stood. Through all
The ages, nations lave struggled to main.
ttaih Their rights against their 'yrNnt rulers.
| IL has been nm inspiration. IL has nerved
the aim Of the patriot. II las fired tie
soul Of tie poot. II has so wrought i'self
into the common- sentiment tl.ai-is-l.as-b be-
come the faith ofi,the people. that ''God
has no, attribute that ian take sides wi h
the nppressor." Partaking Of this c.iib.
we are prepared to hail the d .,iiiiyeranre Of
apeople from lhrn'dc..,, however that de-
liyerance may :, achieved but doubly so
wheniit Is accomplished. rs in the case of
.,ansss, without b'ood she,. ' 6
The future historian will do justice to
as n"ble. q band of true, self-sc, aicing
men as ever found place in his pages.
when he records the suffeiings. and out
ages endured, and tie glorious triumph
achieved by the free State men of Kansas,
~ tleir wisdom aud prud+nce,--their
patient endurance, and a courage that
shrank from no danger, th'y Lave. in the
ace Of fraud and u>uiped power that
might well Lave appalled, and discouraged
The bfayest. won a victory the Importance
If which car not be esiima ed, but which
will bring to the h. mes Of the millions
wEo are 10 people our. vast territories, tie.
untold blessings that can be enjoyed only
in land Of freedom. se
We have not time to go into details but
will briefly slow tile cause. of the quiet
al las reigned there for the last few
weeks This we are able t. do on author
i y that is perfectly reliable. and it will
explain the singular fact that there has
been no murder Of free State men, nor
sacking oftowns, nor invlsions of the Ter
rismy by military Ja d Of" med rx6fans,.
.ocontol the elec. ion just past. 81
The free Sac men, althouyh number
ing mare than sixteen to one, were largely
Iisfranchised hy fraud, uint registry lisGs,
aud further DISTINGUISHED by the outra-
geous manner in which the Territory hal
been distrc:ed. All the machinery nf the
cleo ion was in the han IL of the .border
Iufians." The "Blue Lodges" Of Mis-,
souri, had been called upon ami had agreed
70 furnish the men to force the people in
Kansas into suhmissiDD. The whole
scheme of fraul. violence. Rnl vilainy
was barked up and sustained by the army
Of the United States, under the control of
Buchanan rnd Walker Wi the full
knowledge OF all tlis the free State men re-
solved 10 go.iRo the election and test the,
virue Of The ballot-box. even under these
disadvantages Experience had taught
tliem. hpwever. Ilat they could expect no
protection from bogus officers, acting un-
Ter bogus laws. And sothey determined
"pm all ru6fdnisna, including " ss"ar;,
under bonds to keeP the pence! 44nd they
dMW And hence tie quiet of Kansas,
aud tie success of tie free State men.
Il was done in this wise Having or
yanlzad banl Of TWEEN y-tive thousand
men all over the Terricor.: unler the COM
mand of Gen. Jim. Lane. they sent word
to the leaaing pro-SlaveIy men, that they
wonId not meet mobs with n,obs, -tiag
hey would not engage in any ats Of war
or violence. ButtIat for. eve y Tree State
man killed. they woul l hang ten pro-Sla-I
very men, without regard To WIN was the
murIerArs. For every house burned. ten
houses of the pro Slavery men shoull be
destroyed wi lloptryald 20 the incen lazy
That ioreyeIy yuwn sacked J y Missop ians,
ten towns in Missouri, shou j make bon
fl IS TO Il sht the messengers of destruc ion
iome again to Ktnsas la short, that for
every ou rage committed on free, Sta;e
men, Npgence as certain As fa:e shoul l.,
follow on he nearest pro Slavery mani
This was an argument, anl All appellthat
even border rulfins cpui,! not we'll resist,
aud coming As it did from Jim. Lane, the
logic was rresistable ;ani hence the quiet
OF Kan as. Tia. WAS putting them under
the eaviest kind Of bonds, and making
every -ruffian" of them responsible for the
good behavior Of eve y otIer. Who says
Jim. L:sne ain't genlous? a..
With the ruf6ans thus un Ter bnnls, the
election passed off quie y; anl although
f-fftI!s If lie free S,a men were dis
iiancl,iscd. AMI few thousanl tools Of the
: Blue Lodges" sneaked into tie Terri oiy
AM voted, yet the triumph of tie Repub-
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