The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-09-12

pecLed, because great LnlnSS mad beer
promised and paid for. Some mean
must be taken to bring on the issue. Al
excuse must be had for expelling the Ere,
State men from the Territory. This wa
furnished in the murder of Dow.
tTo BE CONTINUED
Abolish the Army.
Year after year seems to prove the ut
ter uselessness of a standing army il
America. The superiority of the volun
teer forces in the war with Mexico ha:
been admitted by the officers of the reg.
ular army, and certainly the economy oi
/. the service, when troops are necessary
upon the frontier, or for any other service
is palpably manifest by reference to the
army statistics which every annual report
made by theWarDepartment fully proves
but these are not the paramount reasons
(when our treasury is groaning with the
weight of bullion there are to be found
in other known causes, such as the fire.
quent ordering out large numbers of dra.
gOOns in time of peace, by partizan ex.
ecutiveS, as has been the case frequently
in Kansas, We care not by whom it is
done, if no sufficient good reason can be
found for it. We are not content that the
officer who causes the military turnout to
take place againstAmerican citizens should
lose his influence and character therefor;
that is inadequate-it is in its certain ten
deney leading the American people into
settled dislike for the government under
which they live. 1t is source of disgust
to see such frequent pomp and warlike
movement against our own citizens, who
are part of the government. If our peo.
pie have no right to enjoy peace at home
by their own fresides, give us at once g
despotism; it is the better government Of
the two. The latter lays no claim to be
the government of the people, while oul
government does. And at the same time
our people are liable to legalized military
oppression upon the most fiimsy pretence
of a rebellion at Lawrence, when in fact
the great body of the people at Lawrence
as well as elsewhere, are devoted to theil
legitimate pursuits-and yet they are al
at once startled by the sound of Fedora
cavalry in near approach; they behold the
white lace of trained men, and see tht
dazzling brass buttons glittering i'll the
rays of July sun, with steady training
for fatal charge upon their own kindred
and friends for an imaginary offence-ar
offence which, for the want of bette
name, is called rebellion,
We say it is becoming too common in
Kansas to order out the troops against tn,
Free State men for imaginary causes
The question recurs, have we any court
in Kansas? and if we have, do they af
ford any legal remedy? If franchise il
exercised wrongfully in Kansas, why moi
first resort to the judicial tribunals, and try
the civil power of the government? VIII,
not issue against those who have beer
charged with usurpation of Office, the gu
uaiTG1,tO writ, the same as in the case of
corporation that assumes to exercise cor
porate functions illegally and withou
warrant or authority of law? We thinl
it would be far better, and equally effect
/ i've as the ordering out of troops; for Gov
| Walker does not dare make demonstra
ton against any class cf our citizens, un
less they commit some overt act
some tangible wrong, some substantial
outrage. Then why march the troop
upon the hill of Lawrence, and the
march them down again? The folly O
this farce on the part of our distinguishe
Executive must be apparent ere this, an
sound humiliation must have succeede
the excitement that led His Exeellenc
into SO fatal an error. We admire Eli
Excellency for many things we have sec
in him; bnt as faithful journalist, W
can't praise his folly. We have said, an
now repeat, that Gov Walker seems to b
actuated by the honest conviction ths
the Constitution should be fairly submit
ted to the people of Kansas; but he hs
no power to control the Convention, an
the Convention will do as those who al
abusing Gov. Walker in the South ma
wish or dictate. He therefore does nc
know his party in Kansas-he does ne
know them in the past; hence he will rt
member our admonition, that they nevt
intended from the first to do anything {
the kind. And to-day, notwithstandin
he is at the head of the forces now sui
rounding Lawrence, he can safely ent'
Lawrence at night and walk her stree
unframed and in safety; and the Marsh
of Kansas can by himself, without leg;
process, arrest every man in Lawrenc
unaided by a posse.
Then we say give us a despotism
once, rather than continue to harrass an
annoy our people with military exped
tions, for imaginary causes. Then "
say abolish the army, if it is for the il
, timidation of our own true native son
who have asked only equal rights under
republican form of government; and wht
we look back on the past, a just goverl
ment, it seems to us, should not becon
erasable for a digression from stri
line of duty, by those who have suffere
everything but death, and who have bee
totally deprived of all legal rights
Kansas, and who have been ruled |
. ohtside influences which were oppressi,
in terms, and humiliating to their spirit
high degree.-Ryandott Register.