Freeman's champion., 1857-07-09

ing our citizens, plundering our prop
erty, burning our houseV, outraging
epe 5smsh'y, ittpgIeveES man
her efdePredation 9poHthe dew otses,
Of freedom hoping That ny thus aop-
stantly hSrassihg themSthey would
retire and give up the field&to the
Ruflianites. No! But they could
hear Of enisaries,= miscreantsj pau
pers and niggcr-thievos being sent out
here under the auspices of the Emf
grant Aid Society to vote and estabf
fish a republic 81, Aboliti dom; tbey
could hear Of these oHabolition pau
pers'' making loud boasts andthreats
as they proceeded up the Missouri,
and Of their repeated attempts to
steal human chattels; they could hear
b.
of abolition scum rising from the
la2ar-houses aand pest-holes Of the
nigger.loving and wench-hugging
North and settling in Kanzas, to there
riot and wallow in their iniquities ;
they eoald hear these things, Every
thing imaginable that could be done
to further the interests of the Pro-
slavery party and to crush the liber-
ties of people tainted with Free State
-proclivitics, was done by the Ad-
ministation and p the Democratic
party.
The dearest constitutional rights OF
"a majority Of the people of Kanzas
having been thus fraudulently and
violently taken from them, they re-
solved to institute some course OF
action which you'd secure them their
Liberties. Accordingly they. assem-
bled in mass convention at Lawrence,
April l4tb, 1855, when they rcpudi-
ated the bogus Legislature and per-
lected arrangements for a delegate
convention at Big Springs. This
movement was followed up until the
Topeka Constitution was framed
That Constitution emanated from the
people of Kan4as-not Missouri
and was the true embodiment of Their
sentiments and principles. The
process Of originating this Constitu-
tion was legal. 1t was presented to
Congress, and the Democratic party
spurnodi it with contempt. The pop
ular branch of Congress accepted it
The National administration and the
Democratic party opposed it because
it would afford justice to the people
of the Territory, and that justice
would be detrimental to the interests
Of the Pro-slavery party.
The bogus authorities endeavore(
to enforce their tyrannical laws. bu
the people rose up in their might anc
opposed them. A war ensued. Ar
oppressed people were arrayed agains'
q powerful government; govern
ment that eighty years before was il
a condition similar to that Of these
people. The people Of KanSas, like
the patriots Of rs, knew they were
in the right, and that knowledge
nerved them to defend their caus,
with resolute will and iron determin
alton. BY enduring such hardship
and privations, aud by exhibiting
such yalor, independence and true pat
riotism as was equalled only by OH
revolutionary sires, Freedom tri
umphed in Kanzas, and the army 0
Of a despotic administration retire.
from the field in disgust. lgis 4
The efforts Of tho Democratic part,
to plant slavery in Kanzas have prov
cd futile. Their nefarious scheme
have been frustrated by the strong re
siStcnce Of freodom-loving people
When the Administration saw tha
| Freedom would win and that thei
! pet claw and order" army would b
crushed and annihilated, they sen
out Governor to establish peace;
peace which the sons Of Freedom
would soon have Effected themselves
1Tho Dem ocratic Administration CLAIM
1.-The honor of making peace for tn