Freeman's champion., 1857-08-20

". $500 " NNN'f, = SN,Y 80 wv I'iAN
plains of Kanzas.
From the Chicago Tribune.]
Resistance to him and all the pro-
cesseS and DEGREES of the Territorial
courts that he and his soldiers may
attempt to enforce, is not treason, is
not rebellion. Tho treason and re-
bellion are on the other side--not
treason to or rebellion against the
forms of law, but against the eter-
nal right upon which all law should
be founded. The treason commenced
long ago, when the Missourians in
vaded the Territory, took possession
OF the polls, drove away the settlers
and elected their Rufians to seats in
the Legislature that passed the acts
which Walker is invoking the sol.
diery to enforce at the bayonets point.
1t was continued, and has since been
accumulating additional guilt at every
successive move that The Border Ruf-
fan party has made, until now there
is not member Of that rebellious
gang, from Walker down to the dirt
lest tootpad Of them all, who does
not deserve halter for his ZEAL
There is no law in Kanzas the acts
of the felon-legislatme have 70 va
lidity; and their attempted enforce
ment by the courts is an outrage that
should not be submitted to for an
hour, no matter who comes to ensure
obedience and respect. Walker
knows this, as do his hirelipgs and
understrappers but they are parties
to the internal plot--accessories alter
the fact--and if they attempt what
they now seem to threaten, upon
their heads let the responsibility rest |!
The Free State men will fight, as,
before Heaven, they ought.
From the Chicago Democratic Press.l
Gov. Walker is said to have issued
a proclamation announcing his inten-
tion to enforce the laws enacted by
the bogus Missouri Legislature
Troops have been called out to march
against Lawrence for the purpose of
enforcing the collection Of taxes
The army intended for Utah, it is
said, will be retained for the purpose
olsubjugating the Free State citizens
of Kanzas. A few days will demon
Strate whether these things are so or
not. The people of Kanzas have
always yielded obedience to federal
authority, but they have refused and
they will continue to refuse to obey
the laws of the bogus Legislature
II Gov. Walker stakes the issue up.
on this point, the Free State people
Of KanzaS will doubtless meet him
on it with all the firmnOss and all The
resolution Of men who appreciate the
rights of American citizens and who
will not yield one jot or title of them,
The whole matter appears very
much like trick of the administra-
ton to prevent Southern detection
Walker has given offence to the
South, and the administration in q
half-and- half kind of way has en-
dorscd his action A rupture of the
party seems inevitable in the South
ern States. Is it not probable that
this war upon the Free State people
Of Kanzas has been got up expressly
to preventthat rupture? Would not
the employment of the Army of the
United States in the work of butch
ering Yankees appease Southern hos.
tility and unite the party there in
Suppost Of the administration ?--
Such q course, induced by such a
motive, would be q fitting finale to
the policy which has been pursued
by the federal government with re-
spect to Kanzas from the repeal Of
the Missouri compromise down thro'
all it's bloody history to the advent
of Walker. The next news from
Kanzas will probably give us a more
complete understanding Of the policy
Of, alker isiae.aio d 6t i'@
EV- PRENTICE, of the Louisville
Jouraah is responsible for the fol-
lowing +: -t- The Washington Union
says that the Democratic party is very
certain not to go TO sleep. Perhaps
it can't 60 to sleep for the same rea-
son that the woman's baby couldn't.
--it's face Is so dirty that ID can't
shut its eyes. tlI6QN laws,