, 1863-08-22
TIE FATE OF La WRENCH.

We have not our Esop at hand, but had
not that ancient story teller, neat little
fable in which wolves, sheep and sheep
dogs were the dramatis personal, the
whole constituting short tragedy in three
acts In the first, Lupus, hungry for NUT
ton, perEuades the silly sheep that the dogs
are horrid rough fellows, barking all night
and keeping the little lambs awake, and
so in the second act every mothers son Of
co1ley is strung up by the neck stark
and stiff. All is quiet now about the
shecp-cotes, A11cs slumbers grandly, and
mother1y ewes ca4lm1y enjoy the silent
night. Then down came "the wolycs on
the fold" like the hosts Of 6ennacherib
{" the Assyrians'' have enjoyed precedence
in that simile long enough-) There was
tearing Of heeces, crunching Of bones,
sucking Of blood, and the names Of tho
dogs were appessed as if they cherished
revenge ut their own taking OF, for the
scheme was eeen to be born Of woldsh
wisdom, paving the way for wolfsh
ferocity.
A charee in names md the fable Is tnld
ns Konsos She WAS eerlv warned and al
.vavs armed in tbe cause Of Liberty. Her
defenders were muscularized in the earlier
scenes OF her tragic history, and had tenn
1,crod 41e;r t;nost etcc1 IN thc red fires that
por7or Duf71cn;s,n 1,r;,dea a1I ,bout their
--o,,-,,r corornn,;+;a. wh;,a all tho 1ood
1,-os 7.at ~ nocco ord O1a Rnchanan w.a
et,,1 bo,d;na tho nn1,l,c }oo omen tn o1tow
1a1fn.tchc5 eocoasion +o 1,c,, itse1f vopnr
Tonsas vaa strano1;np in her cradle thc
hvaro of slavery Ana shc fongbt wn1,
s. s,cror,. 1-oe >co.en 1act ocross The bf;s.
,:or-i fcr etout orns kern rifles and stern
ro,,rorc r;noe3 with a ramnart Of strength
10 honrce of Kansas settlers Frecdom
fonr;s,,ca 1ihcrtv struck her roots deem
Free 1a1,or hlooned and b1jchtened in n
now State +eem;nc with n}cntv and nros-
,,er;tr Notbinr 7,roncht this result Int
the valiant dcfence of the sons If frccdom
Eansos
The war found them ready. They re-
cocnjzed in their early struggle the pro
face ofthe contest which was to lock Slavery
in deadly strife with Liberty. They had
looked in the face the g1aring and besotted
nadnlcr TINT 1nan-sclling manufactures
from tlc lower white race. They had seen
burning homes, slaughtered citizens, and
Justice slain IN the streets. They Ind seen
across Their rat1e-slghts The backs OF their
assallants, and learned thnt wolves have
dread Of powder and shot IN the bands o.
brave men. 1hese were the defenders Of
kansas. ihcls exploits earlier in The WAT
will live lmperishably IN its annals. Blunt,
Jim Lane, Jenn'son, Anthony, all have
had memorable share in awing the rude
scccsh Of the border, in securing ont from
Western Missouri its buttcrnut hordes Of
bandits, in restoring order under the Union,
and in making disloyalty dangerous wher-
ever their bugles were heard. These, If
you please, were the sheep dogs Of the
fable.
But they were rough felo"s' and dealt
hard blows. slavery came 70 dread them
for liberty followed IN their track. The
wolves must get rid Of these sheep-dogs'
Missouri pro"slavery influence has accom-
p!ished it. The military administration
olhe Department has become exclusively
E'prcrhead, and its first assault was
made on the defenders Of Kansas. Stead
lly ard pcrslsten1ly, On one prctenco aud an
cihcr, they have been weakened, thwarted,
end dispersed, while blatant organs Of JEFF
Davis, like the Chicago Times have found
lull employment in Staging pnsns to the
comnandcr whose prime and sole efforts
were nut forth in this direction. General
Eclofcld llas done no act 50 sothoroush1y as
The snubbing and degrading of the defend.
crs Of Kansas, unless it is that other one Of
opening up everywhere free path to the
uegro-huntcrs, even through Federal
camps and within Federal colored mill
;s1y organizations. What little General
Blunt has been able to do, has been in
spite Of the persistent efforts Of the tool oi
the mau-stealers, briefly his superior Off.