The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-08-29


claration of Independence, and the era of
the alien and sedition laws; that we should
take each step carefully, so that each be a
step Of progress, and so that no violence
be done to the tie which binds the Amer
lean people together. Heaiiuded to the
unprecedented tyranny under which we
are and have been; and said that if any
one supposed that institutions were to be
imposed by force upon free and enlight-
eped people, they never knew, or had for
&ttep, the history of our fathers. Ameri-
can citizens bear in their breasts too
much of the spirit of other and trying days.
and have lived too long amid the blessings
of liberty, to submit to oppression from
any quarter, and the man who, having
once been free, could tamely submit to
tyranny, was fit to be slave.
He urged the Free State men of Kansas
to forget all minor issues, and pursue de-
terminedly the one great object, never
swerving, but steadily pressing on, as did
the Wise Men of the East towards
the manger, looking back only for fresh
encouragement. He counseled that peace
full resistance be made to the tyrannical
and unjust laws of the spurious Legisls-
ture; that appeals to Courts, to the ballot
box, and to Congress be made for relief
from this oppressive load; that violence
should be deprecated as long as single
hope of peaceable redress remained; but
if at last all these should fail-if in the
proper tribunals there is no hope for our
dearest rights, outraged and profaned-if
we are still to suffer that corrupt men may
reap harvests watered by our tears, then
there is one more chance for Justice
God has provided, in the eternal frame
of things, redress for every wrong; and
there remains to us still the steady eye,
and the strong arm; and we must con-
quer, or mingle the bodies of the oppress-
ors with those of the oppressed upon the
soil which the Declaration of Independ-
ence no longer protects. But he was not
at all apprehensive that such crisis
would ever arrive. He believed that jus
tice might be found far short of so dread
full an extremity, and even should an ap-
peal to arms come, it was his opinion that
if we are we'll prepared, that moment the
victory is won. Our invaders will never
strike blow in so unjust cause.
Thrice armed is he who hath his quarrel just
He then entered into the plan of con-
ducting the campaign, and advised that
the proclamation from the people, calling
the election, Designed by every voter
Let the legal requirements of an election
be strictly observed. Our position is one
of asking only that the law be carried
out When Col. Allen was asked at tt
condsroga by whose authority he de-
manded the fort, he replied, ain .he name
of the great Jehovah and the Continents
Congress" 1 expect of you, that you Sc
prepare me, that to similar question
may boldly answer, ''The great Jehovat
and the Sovereign Squatters of Kansas
He spoke long and earnestly upon th'
import anee that no rashness should en-
danger the Union which we all love and
cleave to. He did not consider the cor.
rect public sentiment of the South as en-
dorsing the violent wrongs which haC
been perpetrated by Missourians in on
Territory, and that being so, he waited t.
hear their rebuke. Should it not come
and all hope of moral influence to correc
these evils be cut off, and the tribunals o
onr country fail us, while our wrongs still
continue, what then? Will they hay
grown easier to bear by long custom?-
God forbid that any lapse of time shoul'
accustom freemen to the duties of slaves
and when such fatal danger as that men
aced, then is the time to
Strike for our affairs and our fires,
Strike for the green graves of our sires,
4 God, and our native land
As he paused, there was for an instan
deep silence as when question of lif
or death is being considered-cvery ma
drew long breath, but the next instan
the air was rent with cries: eyes, we Wi
strikeD-@Whit men never can be slaves
-"Reeder'-s.Reede Nine cheers fc
} Reeder and Right" During his speec
he had been constantly interrupted b
shouts and shaking of hands, but now tn
enthusiasm was uBgovernable, the crow
gathering around him with the warmes
!. greetings.
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