The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-05-14
LAWRENCE, KANSAS. MAY IA. 1859.

work. His father has laid him out on
the floor, and covered him with shawl.
One of the crowd speaks: 'Is he dead
yet ?" Another replies-"No he amt
dead" Another-"Well, d-n him, if a
ball amt enough here is plenty of rope"
See, they dance around the dying man
and hark hear those more than saw
age shouts and yells, from those fiends in
human form. Look again-one man
takes off the belt of the dying man
another takes the shawl that is spread
over him. "a
Poor man-robbed, murdered, insu,sed'
by vile, fiend language, by yells and dane
ing-plundered in thy dying hour, and
yet no compassion is felt for thee. Thy
murderers are held, not in durance to an
swer for their crimes, but in high estima-
ton. News Of their exploits is borne
abroad upon the wings of the wind, and
a Responses kindly greeting comes back
in thunder tones from the Kaw river; it
swells upon the breeze; it reverberates
among the bluffs; it whispers in the
glens it sweeps on over the face of the
country, till it dies away upon the ear at
last; but it says plainly, distinctly, aye
are not felons, but heroes"
See; "Old man Little" lights his pipe
and walks into the store, and gets upon
the counter. He has gun in his hand,
and there, within his reach, is can of
powder. Heis determined to ignite the
powder, but is prevailed on by friend to
desist.
His safe is now discovered, and rush
is made for it. He raises his gun and
threatens to kill the first man who
touches it.
Corvus speaks: Boys, you have
enough-let the safe alone" He now
turns to Little and says-"This shows you
what freemen can do"
A large amount of plumber is taken.-
Every kind of article which can be car
ried away, are packed closely together.
and horses and men return to their res
pective places of deposit, loaded down
with as much as they can carry.
There is a man who has taken two new
saddles, turned their backs together,
! filled and packed around them quantities
of dry goods and other articles; he straps
the whole firmly together, places it upon
his shoulder, and there he goes stagger-
ing and reeling along under his enormous
load.
There goes another, staggering along
under the enormous burden of sack of
meal. He has been to the Jay Hawk
mill, and the name of the firm, Corvus &
Co., is conspicuous upon the sack. He is
now within few yards of his own door.
He is anxious to get home, so he can re-
lieve his shoulders of the burden. His
wife is anxious for his return, and is con-
stantly on the watch. She sees him ap-
proach; takes notice of his load under
stands the whole matter at once, and
steps to the door to meet him.
"Well, wife, have brought you some
meal"
II see you have brought meal-you
have jay hawked it somewhere"
"Well, what Of It; if / hadn't taken il
somebody else would; may as wei
have it as anybody"
'1t is poor excuse, husband we arr
poor, but we won't get rich on jay-hawk
ed meal-nary time"
"Well, just stand out of the door, ant
let me come in. I'll be d-d if my bacl
don't ache carrying this load"
"Put down your meal then, and com
in, but you cannot bring that meal into
house where l live.'
"Wife, what the devil do you mean
talking in this way. Amt you glad t
, sec me ?''
"Not with jay-hawked meal; retur
that, and all will be passed over"
81 tell you, get out of the way, and lie
, me come ih."
"Not with that meal. 1t shall nevs
E come into house where live /; lift doe
' when it comes in, shall go out and sta
: out-take your choice; if you bring
!, that meal shall leave forever"
"If she will. she will you may depend ont;
An if she won't, she won't, so there's an on
o ont.
We will leave the Jay -Hawker thel
in sad quandary, sweating and achir
under an enormous load his eyes ca
down; his head dropping. and the fnge
! of his dexter hand very busily passir
through his hair and digging hard ov
Il the organs of his puzzled brain. Al
yet these men are called heroes; such &C
!. of rapine and blood are called right-ar
!. their perpetrators. The world know
q that the idle, the dissolute, the vicious
II those who wish immunity for the cor
mission of crime-who are eager to e
r. cape from the. wholesome restraints
!. we'll regulated communities-will rui
" with alscrity to such standard as tn
especially when they know that in pa
~ ticular localities, hundreds of citizens q
u ready to huzza in their behalf, and q
5 equally ready to tear in pieces the M
,e who should speak in open condemnati
Al of such acts, and call them by their rig
J. names. II such things are right, what
= wrong? If such is freedom, what
i slavery? If such are freemen and hero
!, who are slaves, tyrants. despots, devils
The Nan, tie Cat, and the Jay Ha,ahsr.