The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-07-17
For TIE Herald Of Freedom.
Letter from Missouri
ST. LOUIS, July IL, 1858

Letter from Missouri
ST. LOUIS, July IL, 1858.
DEAR HERALD:-Right heartily do we
approve of your open, manly course. /
have lived in Missouri during twenty
years, and believe that my opportunities
to become personally acquainted with her
political leaders at their fireside, and to
know the secrets of the peculiar hold that
slavery has upon her, have been as good as
the best. The most casual reader could
not fail to observe the inSidious efforts
of the Constitutional party" SO called,
TO engraft itself upon the people. Acting
UP to the old Jesuit doctrine" The end
iustifies the means"-no stone has been
left unturned, no trickery too under
handed, no fraud too daring, as you have
had abundant proof in the Border Ruffian-
isms of Kansas But "change has come
DER the spirit of our dream" ga little
leaven leaveneth the whole lump;" the
last year has told tale, such as an un-
trammeled ballot-box only can tell, that
has been repeated at every fre-side from
Maine to Georgia Many of us regarded
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise as
a great evil, calculated to, more than any
thing else, revive the old feuds of sla-
very agitation, and give new impetus to
the piston of the engine whose wheels it
was intended should, like the car of Jug
gernaut, rush on, crushing all opposition,
carrying slavery propagandism to every
portion OF our country. thus establishing
slave Oligarchy. 1t did, indeed, open the
old wound, but the impetuosity of the
advocates of that most inhuman doctrine,
as might have been expected, has thrown
the engine off the track, and crippled the
engineer, conductor, fireman and ALL
The attempt to foist upon free people
laws which, if carried into effect, would
wrest the sovereign right of franchise from
every man not Shareholder, since the
number of slaves owned in a State gives
it numerical advantage of "three- ffths"
in representation, it is plain that the vote
of the non-slave-holder is cancelled, and
his citizenship virtually annulled-taken
from him. We are not all Border Ruff
fans" however," far from it. The
"rutians'' are only found in the once domi-
nant minority party whose tyranny Is
now inert; it has little or no claim to re-
speetability. We are now on the eve of
an election for Representatives and minor
county officers. The candidates are in
the field, and as far as heard from, the
cause of freedom triumpbs This | had
anticipated, as, indeed, You must also,
from the peculiar tone of our political pa
pers. "a house divided against itself
must fall" The slavery party is national,
anti-national, Benton, anti-Benton-in-
deed, anything but Republican. 1t is
clearly evident, from so much dissention,
| that the rank and file must soon muster
under more patriotic captain. We have
hoisted the Republican standard, and the
Black Republican party is to be the party
in Missouri. Patriotism isin vogue withus.
| Few States, perhaps, have made a
greater demonstration than did Missouri,
/ in celebrating the HGlorious Fourth. p
Thousands of military, with their best
sojer rig, We'd with each other, and the
numerous fire companies. benevolent soci-
cites, schools and private citizens. all
was life and gayety. Happy faces met Us
on every hand those of our acquaintance
and those who came from adjoining towns
and counties, to see the Fourth, which our
good folks celebrated on the fifth. We
anticipate spirit of '76 display fer Kan
sas, and a full account thereof il the
Herald IF Freedom. Not mail arrives but
evinces the RerolPs increasing power and
popularity. It is much talked of among
editors in st. Louis, and have no doubt
its subscription listwill be greatly incIeas-
ed within the nexg six months. Go on !;
proclaim the only true political doctrine,
as boldly as heretofore. and success as a
journalist must be yours. with the iRereas-
ed satisfaction of having proclaimed the
TRUTH, which, though crashed to earth,
Will. RrsE AGAIN TOBY TRIMM.
OF Mr. BR1vKLr, residing near Blue
Mound, lost valuable horss some two
weeks ago. The thief is known. A large
number of other horses have also been
stolen from the vicinity
9 JoHS 0. wArTLgs, Esq, of Mons-
ka. writes US that hs is just recovering
from-s case of corp de solea, or sun stroke,
which came near dsRIving himof life.