The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-12-06
HILLSDALE, MICH, TUESDAY, DEC 6, 1859.

the league into whIcn tney had formerly
caiolnd he servile 'repre enta;ives of our
blinded people, by which all the territory
Of the United Stat S south Of "36 ; 80"
WAS guaranteed to Sl'very. and all north Of
il 70 Freedom. Thus Kansas hecamo the
battle ground of the antagon-iic elements
in eur Government Rnllinns hired By the
Slave Power were sent thi,hcr temporarily,
to 90 the voting and drive f. m the polls
the legal voters, who were often murdered
in the process. Names copied fom tho
dircclor- of cities in othcr States were re
turned by thousands as leg Il voters III Kan
sas, in order to establish Constitution alb
hored by her p"ople. This was their cx
cmpllication OF Squattcr Spye'eigntv. A
Massachusetts Srnalo". distinguish ell for
caudor, courtesy, aud stainless integrity,
was hall murdered ly shareholders, merely
for having the manlincsS to state these facts
to the assembled Congress of the nation -
Peaceful emiglants from the North, who
went - Kansas for no other purpose than
10 ill the soil. erect mills. and establish
manufactures sch ols aud churches, were
robbed, outraged, and murdered. For
many months a war more ferocious than
the warfare o. will Indians was carried on
az ,inst people almost unresis,ng, because
they relied upon the Contra, Government
for all. And all this while, the power Of
the United States, welded by the Slave
Oligarchy. vas OH the side of the aegres
sors. They lit rally tied tho stones and
let /, osc The mad dogs. This was the state
of things when the hero Of O>awatomic and
his brave sons wrn' to the rescue. 1t was
he who first turned IN tide Of Border
Ruflian triumph, by showing thorn that
blows We're to be taken as well n given.
You may b icve it or not. Gov. Wise,
but it is certainly the truth tha', because
Shareholders so rccklossly sownd the wind
in Kansas, they reapcd tho whirwind at
llarprr'~ Ferry.
The people of the North had very
strong attachment 10 ,hv Union; bat, By
Your desperate measure, YOU have WEI kon.
cd It. beyond all power Of restoration. -
They are not Your enemies. a. you suppose,
hul they can ut cons nl to be your tools
for any igroblr talk yun may choose To
propose. lou must not jndt. of US BY
thu c,awling siru9>i' cs Of a. Everett; or
b. onr magn.f'"pI mound. whom you train
d 10 hunt soor poor crippIcs, and then
sent bin suoai,iug juloa curuci 10 di,-nn;
with shame Cor tn, base fnr. ."o., 60 which
hi' strength had boon applied, but with
veXs jou b can,e YOU withheld from him
tn promised bour. Not bv sue US these
masi yor judge the free, enlightened yeo
manrt # New England \ majority oi
fhon woad rrioc, to have the Sl,v, States
fulfill their of repeated lhrra; Of withraw
al from lhn Union. 1t lqs ceased t. be a
boLocar, r,r we begin to despair Of being
able, hy any other proc s., to give the
" ri 'ho example Of y rcal rcpublic The
mora sens" of these Stat, i, outraged by
b'irg ac,omr'ccs in sustaining AN ins,itu.
ton vicious in rl its aspects; and it is now
generally an ier>tood that we purchase our
dj>grac" at great pccuoiary expense. II
you would only make tho olF,r Of sopara
ii n in serious canos', you wou,d bear the
hearty rep s. Of millions, $50 gontlcmon
"Stan1 net "P'n tho order Of yarr going
Rat 90 ;t once :"
Yours. with aI due respect.
l.. MARIA CHILD.