Freeman's champion., 1858-02-25
The Sentiment in Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee (Wis) Free DEM
ocrat, in discussing upon tho Presi-
dents Lecompton Message, points off
its article in the following pungent.
style: t8
"We tell the President IL this nsur-
patton succeeds, he will need more
troops in Kanzas to put the Lecomp-
ton Constitution into operation. We
do not know what the Free State men
ofKanzas will do, but we hope they
willresist the Lecompton 9 Constitution 4
unto death. We hope they will treat
all who try to put in force, as our fore
fathers did the officers under the
stamp Act, and as Grow did the =
ruffian Keitt in the House Of Repre-
sentatives last week. Ifthe President,
under takes TO play the part of King
George, we hope enough ofthe spirit
Of rs is left in the hearts of the peo-
pie, to create new revolution which
shall overthrow the tyrannical slave
oligarchy. If such usurpation as
this is successful, and the people sub
NIT to it, our liberties are lost, and
our government becomes a slave deS.
potism. The people must prepare to
fight, for the ballot box is no longer
protection. Federal bayonets bris-
tie at the polls, and the right ofsuf- :
frage has become farce. Well said
Hale in the Senate, the other day, not
man nor dollar would he vote to
give the President more troops till
the rights of the freemen Of Kanzas ,
we're acknowledged and protected.
"We repeat our hope then, that
the people of Kanzas will fight rather
than submit to this usurpation. 9 If
it must come to the arbitrament of /
the sword, it may as we'll be settled
now. Let the Free State men of Kan :
zas then, assert their rights, and call!
upon the freemen of the North to,
stand by them. The voices Of thous- -.
ands from hilltop and valley, from !,
prairie and plain, will answer their
call. The insolence of the slavehold-
ers, in Congress and out oft, is past
endurance. 1t may be met and chas-
tised as il deserves to be. Let every
Southern bully be served as Keitt was
when he assaulted Grow. Let North
ern men stand their ground every
where, and let tho claret run. The
gospel of death to slavery must be
preached in earnest, and If leaden hail
and will-twisted hemp will enforce
such gospel, and all other means
fail, we are for using them vigorous
ly. And now is good time to be-
gin the reformatory work. If Con-
greSs endorses Lecompton, we hope
every Border Rufian will either be
driven out Of Kanzas, shot or hung.
Amen."
With such sentiments emanating
from the hearts of our friends in the
North, are those people of Kanzas
whose connection and corporations
withtho Free State party are impelled
by nobler and higher motives than
that of pecuniary gain, going to sub
nit to the process of being cajoled,
bomboozlcd, defrauded and misled by
a few INSCRIPTIONS, treacherouS and
avaricious demagogues, who have
crept into their folds like wolves in
sleeps clothing" and who by their
sycophancies, canting admonishingS
and double-faced maneuverings, have
attained influential positions in our
party Are The people willing to be
used as unsophisticated tools, at their
own pecuniary expense and at the
sacrifice of their principles, to carve
out positions Of wealth, power and
eminence for these men =? With such
emphatic assurances that, by simply
acting like men, they will be strongly
maintained in such endeavors by their
Northern friends, do they not feel
competent to act independently for
themselves, irrespective of the prof
fered advice Of mammon.worshiping
and hattery-seeling mock leaders,
and work according to the prompt
ings Of their hearts ? Are the Free
men Of Kanzas afraid of mock
leaders +? gI1w ih'Wdl3 s9nnl