The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1863-06-20
Review.

Seecssionaiiy and gather up the ends
Of events. that We may see where Ne
ssand and whs, progress We are making.
AT this juncture it is particularly need
fal to 'stir up the pure minds" Of the
faithful "by way Of remembrance.
that all loyal men may be constantly
furnished with good reasons for the
hope that is within Them" d
Just now the Copperheads are rails
ing a long and loud wail-a rrsl and
bois,erous "whang-doodle lament" on
the ''mountains Of Hepeidam
the outrages" on free speech aud free
press 'perpeuated." as they say by
che "tyran, Lincoln and his mnions."
Nov these same hypocritical advocates
ef freedom of speech aud the press up,
SQh the Soulh in shutting ou, all north
ssh papers from the Slave Sta,es Tex
Sept their own) in a. time of profound
$eace-if such state of society. ever
exists in slave county. 1t was all
right TO exclude the political and reli
gious papers Of the North from being
read in the South. because some poor
devil of a postmaster, who had to make
his marx. it may BE-. chose TO call them
''incendiary. in their character. This
was ali right. We have heard men
say it.such men AS Sam. .Medary, c. L.
Vallandisham. Geo E. Pugh. and others
Of the same ILL. But now, oh. terrible!
tyranny extreme and iniolerable! a poll
cy 10 be de6ed aud orders to be spi,
upon are the measures 10 stop the
mouth of open treason in time OF war!
bell Itself contains honester men than
these gres, swelling demsyoeues. ever,
ons of whom. is q traitor as black a,
heart as Benedict Arnold ar JEFF. Davis.
These same wreiches gave counte-
nance aud aid to the demolition of anti
Slavery presses. a few years ago. Geo.
E Pugh. tie loud moul, he'd rebel. ap-
proved the destruction of The Office OF
his cousin. Achilles Pugh. when the
6rst anti Slavery paper was started in
Cincinnati. Now he has the brazen
impudence to denouuce the jusifable
acts Of the government in siencing
traitors. The hypocritical traitor de-
series hanging as high as Haman this
day.
These same miscreants upheld the
border ruff aus in their hellish worl
here in Kansas at the tune this scar began
| II was all right for he howiirg 6ends o
y Slavery to kill. dive out and plunie
Free State men rithoat ony provocatiol
whatever. except the simple fact ,ha
they were favorable 10 Freedom as CD
posed TO Slavery. And when the,
could do nothing more in the way @
defending the inhuman and deviiisI
work Of The rufians. they rails, d tn
cry Of kansas Lies" and mockinyl,
echoed the words bleeding Kansas J.
On these points 1--WE speak wls, ",
do know" But it was necessary 1,
apologize for and then to deny tn.
facts. because a Democratic admins
tration was in power and upheld The
Slave Power, in its ruffian attempts Il
overrun and subdue Kansas. But if q
man iavOrs treason and endeavors te
destroy the government now, it is .
most horrible thing % interfere with the
rights Of tie citizen" We'll msy ;he
language OF the Saviour be app led Il
them. eye hypocrits ye white sepul
cheis! and The language Of the Baptist,
'.ye generation OF sipers, how shall ye
escape the damnasion Of he'll g.
We well remember when these same
traitors used to harp on the old saying
Of "Biue Light Federalis,s:" il was a
hsori.e phrase with them. But we tell
them now tina; lLe time will come wLe n
their names will be a stencil in The
nosrrils Of The nation far more odious
than that which exiiales from the ..bIuc-
light Frderxlisis;;' aud that the dis
grace of their treason. will mantle with
che blush of shame their ..children and
chlldren's children to the third and
fourth generations. 81
Mark item. loyal men: Les none es-
cape. and I'LL their treason TO your child.
ren. Heap mp the righ,eous wrath
ag~ins, Them. and prepare to send them
forth in the world with the brand of Cain
upon their foreh-ads. the Disgrace Of
Arnold on their names. to become ..fugi
tires and vagabonds in the earth" and
then go down to dishonored graves
With the incubus OF eternal obloquy
upon their memory.