The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-07
Hnna ue:zss

TO De heid at Dlantons brdSe on catur-
day of this week. We respectfully SUBJ
nit the letter of Sheriff ROBERTS, of Bour-
hon County, to their consideration. It is
time the people were taking active meas
ures to break W these organized bands Of
outlaws, who have fastened themselves,
like gangrenous excresences upon the body
polite of Kansas. Unpalatable as the
truth may be, and however anxious we are
TO perserye the fair fame of our popula-
tion, we cannot conceal the fact that
state of society exists here which requires
radical measures to reforra. The axe
must be laid at the root of the tree Pal
;tives only prolong the evil, but does
not cure it.
During the last week, information has
been communicated to Us of an extensive
organization, extending all over Kansas,
and into Iowa, the ostensible object of
which il to retort upon the people of Mis-
souri, for past interference in Kansas af-
fairs, but the real object of which is to
,ob and plunder without discrimination.
All last summer these wretches swarmed
uOund Lawrence, hoping for the renewal
Of disturbances, that they might enrich
themselves at other peoples expense. We
saw them, and knew them. They were
professedly radical in their anti-slayery
views, and towards conservatives were ex-
tremely bitter and denunciatory. These
men served as tools of certain politicians,
and always visited any part of the Terri
tory, as they were bidden, frequently 60
ing out on foot, and returning on fine
horse. These things were seen and re-
marked a year ago, and because Se stated
he fact through our journal, the demons
Of the Internal regions could not have been
more violent than were some these men.
We were threatened with assassination,
md every speices of violence. and news
,aper Journalists in Kansas, and IN the
States, took pleasure in waging war of
determination upon Us.
The people are now waking up to the
importance of this matter, and instead of
standing alone we are now sustained by
thousands of strong hearts who have
been sufferers bynot listening to our ap-
peals in their favor in the past.
Wesaid that there was a powerful Or
,anization of horse t.eires in this Terrific
~, aud we repeat it. They are bound to-
sether by solemn obligations. and by
signs and passwords. They are pledged
to protect each other in peril, and fly to
he relief of brother if arrested by law.
No crime is too great for them TO COM
nit, to shield the brotherhood from inju-
~. To repeat all we have learned ofthis
matter would bring a storm of vengeance
upon US, which we could hardly endure.
The Augean stables must be cleansed,
else years will pass on, and it will still be
sccumulating filth from day to day. We
are not writing at random, but we know
what we write, and write what we mean.
! Prisons and laws are of no account.
The one will be broken open, and perjury
will prevent conviction in courts of JUS
tice. The renegades of society with which
all communities are more or less infested,
are here, only in aggregated numbers.
We have no advice to offer the public
in the premises. as We are content to put
the people on their gaurd I; and to pledge
them, let the blow strike where it will,
or the consequences be to us what they
may personally, the Herald Of Freedom
shall stand by the right, and denounce
the wrong. through any and every contin-
5ency. If an enlightened public opinion
approve our course, they viii signify it by
their acts. If fotherwise, it will not change
our course. Last Monday terminated the
political struggle in this Territory. The
pro-slavery party is efecsually entombed
beyond the possibility of q resurrection.
Let US now direct our energies to the ex-
pulsion, from the social circles of Kansas,
the Ishmaelites of the Free State party,
who have taken place in it, merely to
cover their own personal deformities.