The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume], January 19, 1856, Image 2

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LawrcBCtv Saturday, Jan. 19, 1858.
G. W. EltQWIT, Editor.
Tho War Renewed. -' .'-
Two expresses arrived here last higlit
from Leavenworth, bringing the intelli
gence that WAR had broken oat in that
Ticinity. From what we can gather it
seems that the Council of Leavenworth
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
Arnmrv rf vlt in fViA itv frw trio a
tion oH StatoTo&cer on the ISA ; iosi.,
unuer tue new vuusuiuuuu.
CTKTlhe'Free StateTmay or jTeUheFliad
or'didTignid a 'pnsIaTtfry mayor
: was;;snbstttnted . or, the uouncii.; me
new xnavor issued a Droclxmation in ac
cordance: with the direction of the Coun
"j cil forbidding an election. ' The judges,
as provided for in the Constitution; ad-
ournea ine eiecuoa u iqo couseoi i.
A. Mixjlrd. in Easton.-seme 12 miles
i iiwj iuT m j.uvut,; uwiv n vi hi, vu- uv
were opened on Thursday last, and the
; cise their rizhts as- citizens. ' - ;,-?
. i . The night previous in; attempt was
' made to gel possession of 7 the -house.
' to control the election as. on former occa-
inna Knt flior ro Trotronforl fprtm 1a.
.JW M " , fV fW9 VUfeVU . W w.
ing this ; they then i attempted to take
; the principal Free State men in the vicin
ity, and blocked up the highway leading
"to the place' of election., ' in all these
movements they, were frustrated by the
freedom, AH day Thursday , parties of
pro:slavery men were seen fly ing through,
the' country,., and s watching apparently
mVmanfg nf ProV fittfa man' i--
.w Thp. nnlls werA f lnswl iuxt &t Hart. nd
the ballot-box was sent away under an
escort several miles distant.' In the edge
. . of; the evening & charge was made upon
taKQ tne Miiot-ooxej at whatever sacn- J
nee ; dui tney,, were reputsea, ana re
. treated under ; the influence of superior
iuumocrs wuowcre convenea in we no use
for its protection .' ; 't s ' " j'; "
1 'Anticipating' that , the .difiacdUie.s; were
. over, our friends disbanded .and started
for home about one o'clock on Friday
morning.' Stephck Sparks, formerly
vi ivusu o., xauiaoa, a caBaiuaie ior
; the legislature, while on his way home
with his son and nephew, were pursued,
and finally surrounded by a party of a
- dozen or more brigands,' who demanded ! &fter releasing the others for the pur
" 'their ; cnco'nditionall;' surrender. This ''P hanging him, having their ropes
Ithey esutelylfus
. three backed up against the ; fence, and
x. held the enemv at bar. who; with cocked
I revolvers; threatened them : constantly
s with instant destnwtion: - . '
miormauon caving Deen conveyea to
vEastin, Mr.S P. Browx, of Leaven-'
worth a gentleman who sijrnalixed
self for. his i courage in the late war at"
i awToneft. and who rmalnAr? th s t'& numerous other injuries, any of
its close,' a member of Col. flood's reri-
mentof cavalry came to the aid of our
'-three friends and rescued them. Imme
1 diately after, firing commenced between
. theparties, the pro-slavery party.in the'
meantime . having been augmented ; to
about thirty ; and there were about fif
teen ,with - Mr. Brown.: The fire was
kept up for several minutes, each party
' finally taking their posi tion behind build
s fngs in the, yicinity. One Free State
. man, with a Sharp's rifle, dropped be
hind a snow drift, and from this breast
work fired upon the enemy as they ex
posed themselves. 1 One "of the enemy
. was Eoortaliy wounded, and another se
.. Terely injured. - : T. :
f Mr. SpaTks son received two balls,
" one severely cutting his scalp; and the
other in "his ana. , He was stunned at
.' first, and fell to the earth, but , immedi
, ate! ' regained his feet and continued
the firing. Y The combatants finally part
ed, in consequence, the Free ' State men
say, of no longer seeing any person to
rahootat.:r , ; : n ,
: I Mr. Mttisn.also'a. candidate for the
Legislature, -as was Mr. Baowar, was
taken by a patrolling party near his own
house, and was held as a prisoner at last
advices. Mr. Brown was gcbg towards
his home at Leaven worth', and was also,
taken and carried back5 to Easton, where
the mob wWasseiabledi They; hadre
aolyed on hanging Messrs., Uinard and
Brown last eight, :and our inrmani . is
oosSdent it was dene, unless they . were
prevented by superior num&rs. ' ; ; "
eacarinfo
ithe'dihancesebout 4 p'cloci on
Fridayaftenioonrejpressea on each side
.were scouring the country, and men were
eea in etery direction witfr. guns, npoa
ifhodewxna'toia"? teene of
laager. What ths end will Imj no per
son caa dituie.; ! V- ? ' ' -"
H Oufprincipal - citkess were - arocsed
"lromf&tr'aittini about xaidnight::a
Councilpf ty W eM aad Gens.
Bobinscn end. lass: dispatched tzzzzzn
jgera to feara farmer riirticnlars.;
alr sragj' end wSl itirtin jt&& tab;
C8s& to ,fC9 $sX' Ka dos, for tha
relief of tejzz2.z is ixi.tt :
e rs are again puttering into service,' ad
every pound of lead in the vicinity is
being manufactured into cartridges.
The weather is cold and blustering.
Couriers bare been dispatched thro
the Territory giving a statement of the
f3cts,and requesting, all to bold them-.
selves in readiness to march to the scene
of difficulties at a moment's notice.
We had the above statement ia type
on Saturday noon. In putting our forms
on the press one of them was pied, by
which we were thrown back to Monday
morning, and are enabled to give further
particulars of the 2d war, and record a
murdernnparalleled iaatrocity even
among savages. '-""' n r "
: We have our statement from several
prominent actors in the disturbances,
residents of Easton and vicinity, and from
our expresses who have visited the scene
of the late outrages, and have returned,
as also from' Col. Blood's company of
cavalry who returned on Sunday, after
noon;.,'. ,.; ;. a . :
The statement that' Mr.-MixAED was
taken a prisoner proves incorrect. He is
now in town, having made his escape, at
the time he was ' supposed to have been
taken. The stumbling of . one of the
horses of his pursuers,: and the falling
of the rider was mistaken by those look
ing on as the arrest of Jlr.'M.V He was
pursued about two miles, and fired upon
several times, but escaped iuninjured.-
Mr. Sparks is also in town; and confirms
the truthfulness of the above report, so
far ,as H came under his observation.
We are also glad to learn that an elec
tion teas held at Leavenworth on the 1 5th
inst., and upwards of two hundred legal
votes were given for the regular State
ticket At .Easton, in consequence of
threatened disturbances, the election was
adjourned to Thursday, as detailed above.
Contemplating difficulty they had sent
to Leat enworth ' for assistancevTand
eight persons," headed ., by Mr. P.
Brown, went to their assistance. :A :V
Mr Brown was taken by the mob as
narrated above , while on his way home
with several others. He objected to be
ing taken, and. thought, it better to sell
his life as dearly as possible on die spot ;
but his associates urged him ' to sur
render, claiming 'that they 'would all be
slain, y This he finally,' but very reluc
tantly consented to do, in consideration
of saving . the lives of his companions
who seemed so unwilling- to defendthem
selfes. He and seven others were taken
back to Easton,, and guarded through
Friday. ; At night they took Mr. B. out
j rae proposea a compromise tuat mey
! JQclx him, and let him go. This was
! when' several persons1 sprung
upon him with hatchets and bowie knives,
; "rn, r"r-..ur?6--:-yrvtrlu&
heating and kicking, him until he was
him-!felled to:th carth after receiving three
moi?! wounds in uis head with hatchets,
wi"cl1 would probably have caused his
death. After lay in? upon the cold earth
for a. while, consciousness seemed to re
turji, when he rose and attempted to es
w t -
cape, but, he was again taken, beaten,
kicked and dragged to a wagon, which
he - was thrown into like a dead brute,
and in . this condition was carried ten
miles to Dunn's groggery, in Salt Creek
valley,' where the demons went through
the farce of attempting to dress his
wounds. Finding that he must die, and
human ' nature beginning fcvget the as
cendency,' he was icarried to his own
home, three-fourths of a mile distant,
and given in charge of his wife. . .: .
She interrogated him as to how he
had received the injuries 'arid he 're
sponded' ' faintly, though audibly,' "I
nave ueen mnraerea a gang ot cow
ards, in cold blood, without any cause!
Immediately after he gasped, and poor
Brows, a majt, one of Natures noble
men expired. s" i ' -l 1 . '. .' ;
.; Thus has fallen another victim to the
damning sin of slavery!- The blood al
most congeals in the veins of every true
American as he reads this truthful, un
varnished narrative of the - termination
for the present, of another of the hellish
deeds of the Border Ruffians. It "is of
the same character with' numberless oth
er outrages which they ' have practiced
in .ansa3? and which the pro-slavery
journals are constantly inciting to. u
It seems to; be -the determination of
the Ruffians to slay one after another of
our, prominent citizens, - huping by so
doing to intimidate us from exercising
our rights ' as' freemen.
How Ions will
Congress leaye us thus exposed to bar
barous inroads, without either resting
us with the. power to defend ourselves,
or sending ns relief? Have they deter
znineo! to wait until a civil war bursts up
on the country in aD Its fury, and fire
and sword commence their work of de
rastation and death ! We cannot re
main inactive much longer ! ; The Pres
ident refuses cs aid I , The Governor
has joined sritk the cob frcssinssoQr
and wae; without prctectioa Vi l b a
f Had a citifen been t$t r slam by
rxjbf'KaVJndtaisthetribe 4 would
da!.FtftU.hsv tesicsiytlaa tibst
and thousands of armed men, if need be.
- hJmm tli n, nnmrM . Vnt irta 1 f tar on -
other, guilty of no crime can be thus
murdered. and the President and his
officials silently winces at the circum-
stance; and calls it one of "those un
happy collisions, among borderers, grow
ing out of conflicting interests." ; But
we say to tho President, to Congress,
and the country, that a civil war is hastr
enmg upon :us witn raiiroaa speea. xne
Border Rumans are again arming them
selves, and have resolved upon cour ex
tinction. We ask for the interposition of
the General government, arid tliat
out an hour m delay ' '
'If Congress is "not organized as fa
Pennsylvanian,'- : we beg the members
from the Keystone State to delay the
organization of the HouKi not a moment
longer, but quietly retire let Mr. Banks
or any other m ak be elected Speaker, and
take up Kansas matters ' at once. Let
them give the sanction of law to our State
Cgnstitdtion, and if they are not dis-
posea to lena us assistance, we will men
protect ourlves but any thing short
of this, any temporary interposition, any
halfway work will not answer the pur-
pose, WILLBE ENTIRELY FUTILE.
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1110 End not eL.
1 lie bar Parous leelmg entertained Dy
many oi tne people 01 Missouri lowarus
the Free State settlers in. Kansas, is. ex-''
emplifiedin the statement of a gentleman'"
oi unimpeacnaDie veracity wno came j,smsof the South cannot live here. -Law-througlKMissouii
while the excitement ' renCe is a political pool of Bethesda, into
wasatits i height, ,and says every ettort was
made to get volunteers tocome to Kansas
to put down the "Yankee Aboliiionisu"
He was present at a public meeting held
m ixmgion, ana neara uie rani oi ine
speaters wno were Doinng over :,wjwi
fury. One man came forward and was
desirous of enlisting, but would do so
only on condition tlie party would sol
emnly pledge themselves, publicly, that
they would not return until "every ;dd recoVery by' admitting what he ha
hitherto denied that he'was deceived in
Territory including women and children, , imaginifigthatsquatJei-ophobiaisasymp-were,
slam' He had no sympathy, ; noi torn of good health". We have no doubt.'
teeling in common with the people of the
lerritory no more regard , for them ja iesS than a yer he may be pronounc
than for hyenas, and he would kill them politically convalescent,
as readily, with as Iitile compunction of j jf Col. Lan adopts the Republican
conscience. . , . ,. 'creed, he will be a valuable accession to
. O thers were not . willing to go as far, the party. . As yet, he has not done so ;
but would join iu a pledge to lay every but he must do so ere long, if he wishes
man in the Territory,' and drive ihe wo- to preserve a character for consistency,
men and children out at thepoint of their He admits the rk'ht of Congress to in
muskets. A compromise was agreed terfere with slavery. This right the
upon, a company was enlisted of drunk- South has always denied-r-except when
en rowdies who infest the river during it suited the purpose of the slave power
the season of navigation, and with the to admit it. . Let usvhow how far this
approval of the citizens they marched doctrine can be made" available in rid
to Kansas with banners flying .breathing ding our country of tie curso and di
tlie most bitter imprecations against the grace of slavery.
actual settlers, resolved that none should If Congress has tb risht to legislate
be left to tell the tale of their wrongs. ; on the subject of slaitry, it derived that
Contributions were taken up there, power from the Caistitution. If the
and all along the river towns, to ; defray Constitution gives (ingress the power
the expenses of the war. In' Indepen- to prohibit shivery in the Territories now,
dence a quantity of flour was collected it gave the same powir to previous Con-
beyond the wants of the marauders, and
this was retained for future use.
.This is the character of the 'soldiers"
Gov. Shannon enlisted into his army ;
this the posse "Sherif f Jons called to
aid him in serving a process in "Douglas
County," and these are the backers he
relies upon on future occasions. We are
positively assured tliat it has been deter-
mined upon to arrest every 'member of j
the i State Jovemment when it goes into i
operation oa the 4th of, March next; and
that Jones is alreadv making arrange
ments for his posse again in advance from
Missouri.-- If another party from that
State comes here on such an expedition,
we hope to Heaven not a person will be
allowed to return to tell the tale of their
extinction. They should be shot down
iike wild beasts, and their bones allowed
to Dieacn in . me sun ior centuries, a
warning to future invaders. We hope U
fllTthtiT t hot if t ha ritwamnw rf At i.-o..!
. . . a
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will allow a foray of vagabonds from that .
S.'fttA In mat: a inrnarf nrwm 'a rvaoiafnl '
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unoffending neighbor, that the citizens of ,'
adjoining States will come to tlie rescue, I
and teach them that both parties can
play at the game of war.
St Louis holds the key of . Missouri in
her hands. It is her. duty to stop this
interference, or imprison every citizen
who violates the Constitution of the
country, and disregards all the amenities
of social life. We have been harrassed,
and put to tlie expense of thousands on
thousands of dollars to protect our peo
ple from outrage; and still they are' shot
uv; rv u iu wau viwu n tiuvsuto au 1 uiicujc. '
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save diffenng in opinion on a political
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question. .. Unless : Congress interferes ;
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unmedutely, and puts a stop to the gain-
ering storm, so true as' a God of infinite !
jusUce rules the world, so true a war :
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such as never, was dreamed of upon the I
American continent will open upon us
with all its horrors; The people of six- j
teen States, and embracing three-fourths
of the free popubtion of the Union are
never to . remain quiet lookers-on and see
their r ons and brothers slain ' in cold
blood on the plains of Kansas.: The blow
once struck the shock wiQ recoil upon
Missouri, and the end, who can tell?
We, in Kansas, feel perfectly cool and
celled oponjthe; quesuonj;;ye
cTays'appreheneas. ks ta the re:
we contend lor never, ivery man slain
in defence; ot freedom will be like the
".w.111.011. spruog up anneu
soldiers, uur cause will triumpn, tm
h Union planted by the toil and care of
the worthies of the Revolution, and wa
tered by tJieir blood,wiIl lie a heap of
smouldering ruins, -The temple of Lib
erty will o shut, and the last feeble ray
of national freedom will be extinguished
in blood.
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j nepubUcasisa ia Eanas.
- The great a Republican party of the
xortn, wnose cattle ,cry is "2io more
with-rSlT States," witli whose political sue-
cess the material " welfare of Kansas arid
aH burliopes forari Trnmediate admission
are inseparably united, was organized in
this cis y on Saturday evening last,: at a
Large and enthusiastic mass
u which was composed of. members of
every existing political party.
' ; A platform of principles was reported
by Col. Lane which reognises the right
of Congress to interfere with slavery in
me j.ernwries, ana pieages . us to ae
mand that it shall hereafter be confined
to the States where it already exists.
iane, Mr. Lowrey, Mr. Conway,
Mr- Legate and Mr., ilallory all Na
. tional . Democrat endorsed the plat
-form as reported, and thus repudiated
Squatter Sovereignty the cardinal doc
trine of the "Naiional" Dpmopr.v !
Kansas evidently is a tiealthy clima e for
the m'ind as well as , Tie ph-
which if the life-long invalid step, he! is
straightway : made, whole. Col. Lane,
. for exampief wllo came iiere with the
squatterophobia, bfwhich' he had been
Iong and dangerously sick having been
bitten in Congress by; Nebraska 15.11
by Nebraska
itself and whose, unfortunate constitu
tion withstood every effort of Eastern
political physicians to cure him, is now
reginnnig to give evidences of a speedy
if our people take good care of him, that
gresses. Every act of Congress can be
repealed by Congt ess4
At the time of thft adoDtion of the
Federal Constitution, lorida, Akbama,
Louu-iana, Texas, Tecnessee, Kentucky,
i
Mississippi and Missouri were not S ates
some of them were foreign territories,
Congress admitted ihem as slave States,
thereby, iu point of f;tot, establishing
slavery. It has the riglit to repeal those
clauses establishing s.iiery just as
much light, at leata? it had to repeal
the antiIavery clause- of tlie Missouri
Compromise. ... ,
Dr. Robinson male a masterly speech
on the Nebraska Iniquity.-'
- Unfurl the new banner, . squatters of
Kansas, and inscribe thereon
No More Slave States.
City Matters.
Uur citizens are making preparations
emigrants who will be here in the spring,
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al Assembly will adjourn from Topeka
T . ,
J to Lawrence, as there are few accommp
dations there, and in case of an invasion,
; no fortifications to arrest the progress of
I the Ruffians. The Free State Hotel will
be finished and furnished on the 15th
pf February. A splendid livery stable
i is in course of erection Houses' are
being built as fast as lumber can be pro
cured. In the spring there will be em
ployment for persons iii ihe various me-'
chanical trades ; , day-laborers, too, will
be in good demand- - The Free State
Hotel is U.e largest in Kansas, and unri
. , - w ' - -w
vaieu west ot t. iuis. Lawrence i
. , , . ' ' . e - r.
bound 10 be the Queen city of. our.m
pire Territory. : . ...
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;The best place in' the world for
e ' .t J
men 01 f4 capiiai Lawrence ana up
vicinity, liots and claims may be bought
at a ,0 ever7 dayrwiicb in two
or Jear? wfll at D Ume5 lheir
Men who have from S500 to 85.:
000 should come to La wrence immedi
ately if they wish to harry up" an
independent fortune in five years. Men
who have ntf had better coma
along too ; ior they can earn it sooner
here than in any other healthy : country.
Be v.. S. Y. Lu. will lecture before
Aea Dex; Mouday vening
21st ins ; at 7 1 r ? Vclock, at tut
AKecxeaat Free State slaa.
, A few weeks ago a party of persons
broke into the Tailor shop of Mr. Ad di$
and carried away a?quantity of finished
.uu nuuv m, - umuuHiiuj wu
aggregate to a couple hundred of dollars
or more,' alleging that they were taking
tlie goods as a reprisal, for some real or
nretended claim one of thcs rartv had
r-r-- ; r
against Mr. Annis. -WLatever the cause
ot onenaiag on Uie part oi irr. A ,
iWaotn nA t'nciiUfinn.r.oioli
l t i j j i f t .
rh-handed procedure for obtaining re -
n mi . -I- i
jss. Had Mr. A. been m his shop at
t time he would have been legally jus-
dress
the
tifiable in shooting down every person
connected wiUi tlie affair. - The act was
burglarious, and as sueb; in a .country
under. the influence of law, would" have
been punished with severe penalties.
We understand that Mr. Addis at-
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jourts,ana uirougn uiesesougmrearess.
We chronicle tlie fact with pain that any
professed free Sute citizen hhould have'
Loo ':;iiw r,u,.a . n, vl'A
occaion, in the nrst place ; and, second-
m . I .1 1 .1 1.1
ly, that he should apply for redress in
those Courts. It is an outrage upon tlie
Free State settlers of the Territory
mi:,. 1. i.,u J.rtf t'ciiVniiMAM w
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ie-knife and revolver called into requisi
tion for the adjustment of differences
than fo see Courts, imposed upon us by
armed men from
ed to for redress.
a foreign
State annual
No person, however
great his provocation, who has joined
with us as heartily as Mr. A. has in de-
nouuemg'the baronial Legislature, has
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any business to appeal to a body of men
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d jriving its authority from sueh a Hiurce.
for a redress of either public or private
wrongs. If the public cannot be suffi -
ciently enlisted in aiding to bringoffenJ-
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would thenceforth enjoy complete 111 ae
ailow a precedent to be esUblished which J pendence. and that hoth the contnu-tinr
would invalidate the whole law of meum
and team, ho should
uhce tlie artificial aid w
other, meritorious gentlemen have de -
.
viseu, anu seme uie question as to rigns
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shall belong.1
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nut be devised for the protection of so -
ciety. We concede that in the absence
of proper legal legislation the strong will
give law to tlie weak, unless the weak
avail themselves of the protection which
art has generously placed within their
reach. - ' -
To the eastern reader, surrounded
with refinement, and who is shielded on
every side with the guardianship of I iw,
such advice as is given above seems
harsh, and uncalled for, and as indicating
a bad tpirit in one who so sugetg, but
let him remove to Kansas, where for two
years there has been no law, save that
which a benificent Fatiier has implanted
in the breasts of all men, and which, if
properly observed, would dispesne with
every form of human legisla.ion,and he
will lake a different view of things from
what he now does.
While we remain in ourpresent condi
tion, every man should be a law unto
himself, adopting as his guiding star the
'golden rule,'! as promulgated by the
Redeemer. Every man will then square
his conduct by that rule, and require his
neighbor to observe the same as far as
practicable.. ;
As a puuishment for those Free State
men who appeal to the legislation of a
mob from Missouri for protection, we
propose that every man withdraw his
patronage and influence from him, and
that he be left for the future to the mer
cy of the pro-slavery men for his nupport.
Those pro-slavery men who wish to be
governed by a mob from another State
occupy an entirely differeut position, and
should receive the same toleration and
kindness as other men ; but let those
who desert us in this cri-is feel the weight
of public opinion in such a manner that
it will be life-lasting. : -t
, New Name for the Presidency. -I
The name of Col. John C. Fbemoxt
has been pfopt sed by several respectable
journals in the Eit as 'a candidate for
the Presidency. Mr. Fremont has been
IongauJ favorably bafore the Am-ricm,
people, and has always commanded re
sDHctMti every circle' of society. His
connection with the , topographical -ur-vey
of that vast and previously unex
plored region lying between the Missouri
and the Pacific, and his faithful narrative
of his adventures and his explorations.
wmcn nas oeen reau Dy every American j Uie United 6uus has been not "to inter-! governraen: are adminl-tered strictly ac
wilj draw a host of true men by his side, j fere with belligerents. ; No solicitude . cording 10 the ' spirit and letter of the
and may elevate him to the ' important j was felt until Parliament passed an act Constiiu ion, as interpreted'by iu fram
pest with which his name has bien asso-1 provide for a foreign legion. U be-' era, and in full consonance with Uie
dated as suggested above. We believe !Came ajauer of surprise to find persons j teaching of the Fathers of the Repub
, - n-i , 1 engaged in tlie United States in this busi- ! But the moment a Northern mem-
there are other men equally devoted toWssi Ordinary steps Were immediacy ' ber haaword to say, ; in Congress or
the cause of freedom on whom the pw- uken to arrest and banish the parties ' away down in the State of Maine, against
pie could unite.'
fer to see such persons occupy
ll. f T Li. ..Li i t L;u . . .
sua vci wu siiuma im: hiiihi' u nvK our
v ; . '. 1 - wpon a plan devised by.otncial auuiority. the whole pack vi boauiern coonus w
support to Mr. Iremont "he was prop-After stating thatarecruiungreudezvous jet louse npoa him. ;If all theRcpresen
erly before the people. . :.; r: r j liad been established in the United States fcUives of a free constituency were mada
" : ... .i't;:v;; j j by the the complicity of British civil and jof uch tuff as Giddings, we should.
.i.-r3rJ udge Schuyler was in Chicago 1 military officers; he says these considera- J nH hear of any more such demontia
the other evening, and spoke to a crowd- liuns and the lact that the cause ocom- "tionilVocx the Southern -' quarter, as Mr.
ed house for two hours to the most prom- P11"-was no a mere casual occurreu, . urqw aiiuaes lo.Xa?$. pf$
: . 1.;-- . : buta deliberate design cooducted by re-j -'
mentneasmeaof; best (riends have a
was raised on U:e spot to aid the cause of ;lue to preseat the case to the British gov tincture of jealousy even in tl.elr Iriend
Freedoa in Kansas. - 7 - ernment. ; The subject is still under dis. ship ; and when tney hear us praised by
:'v:-Vi-
f Presiaenta Uessase. Syrtopstt. .
- Wasuisgton Crrr, Dec. 31.
Tlie President's Message was read,
to-day, in the Senate. Restates that he
utiaj tu uutli w I J VilUKJ iiUUIiai
communication to the two Houses in
consequence -of , the pon-organiaation of
"ther House, but his r convictions of duty
will not nermit him to delav it anv lonr-
f j ry
;er going to Congre, for information
; tne state ..or the Union and' for reeom
mending sucli measures as he mdies ne
i vciNtry ur caucuicui.
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He commences by going into the his
. tory of Centrai 'Am'encan afiairs, in par-
ticular. The President refers to the re
J
i cent troubles in Kansas, and says that
her people must be.protected in the ex.--i)X.JSJW.ta.ndf np in .Cwigress. iade
ercise of their rights without interfer- If n"ent and bids defiance, to all thd
ence on'the part of the people of any oth- 'Jj1?, f the slave-drivers;j we find
er State, commending the subject to the lhem sddenly cooling "down to temper
early attendon of Congress. He eulo- at0 he.it. It is just such talk as these
gises the popular sovereignty and "gives n?en.gve them, that brings them to their
a histnnrnf th fnrmafion of tliA Union. senses.' -. t
expatiating on State rights with particu
I . . . ...-.... ......
siAVe law. lie regards the agitation, of
the subject of slavery a3 dangerous to
the durability of the Union ; regrets to
States disregard their conssitutional
... . , & . 4 , .11
0f: Congress. He denies ''that the Smtli
j has obtaii
in the
to refer
f the acquisition of Louisiana to illustrate.
The balance of power between freedom
and slaverv comes Hnwn tn rhA annor i.
tion of Texas, the repeal of the Missouri
! Compromise, etc., and argues that the
has got no more than belongs to
lliAr - mva n J.kfo Aat,J. k
! Drincinles of the Nebraska hill: m! i
' dignantly denies that it was a breach of;
faith. -
! : Several grave questions are pending
with reg:ird to some of the foreign how-
.u 0 4 1 " . p . r"w
jers, the most important of which is that
: with Great Britain arising out of the
i Nicaragua question. It was the under -
! standing of the United States in making
Je Jreat7 that all the present Suites of
1 1 ' iwiuici va: until Auicriuan xvepuoiic
powers encaged equally and to the same
i trninii Ampripa. sunn r aim wj unra
1 servedly relinquished by the stinulatious
.1 , . . .
01 me convention, and that no dominion
should exist in any part of Central
America by Great Britain or the United
S States. This government consented to
1 restrictions in regard to a remon of coun-
try wherein we had specific and -peculiar
interests only upon the conviction that
like restrictions were in the same sense
obligatory on Great Britain. But for this
understanding it would never have been
concluded by us. Great Britain o con
strues the convention as to maintain un
changed all her previous pretensions oyer
the Mosquito coast, etc. These preten
sions are founded on assumptions of po
litical relations between Great1 Britain
and the remnant of Indians'bn thatcoast,
entered into at a time when the whole
country was in the colonLU posesionof
Spain. It cannot be successfully con
troverted that by public law of Europe
and America, no possible act of such In
dians or their predecessors confer on
Great Britain any political rights. It,
however, became apparent that Great
Britain still continued in the exercise of
large authority in all that part of Cen
tral America, commonly called the Mos
quito coast, and covering the entire length
of Nicaragua and part of Costa Rica. -This
act of Great Britain being contrary
to the rights of the States of Central
America as understood by this govern
ment, "has been made the subject of ne
gotiation through the American minister
in London. Great Britain has by re-i
peated and successive treaties renounced ;
all pretensions of her own and recbg-!
nized the full and sovereign rights of 4
fepam in the most unequivocal terras. f
Great Britain now re-asserts her right to
this extent of the
gulf coast. In the '
eastern coast ot
Nicaragua
the interfer- '
ence of Great Britain, although ouce ex
cried in the form of the militar
pation of the port of San Juan de
cried in the form of the military occu-:
i Norte,
she now presents claims of the right of a
protectorate over -the Mosquito ludians.
led advantages over the North : 07 "at veteran champion of freedom.
Federal Government, and proceeds iJosnua R- biddings, in the following
to the ordinance of 1787 and i VMnw Mjle
call to his assis-1 tent tor tne present and future, that if , w ,a,lu D7 ,u,e yonsuiuuon. Ana let
hich Colt and rA 'r,tucm. ajanJ f r,6r11 i v S Ju V M"CUJUI " .w,
The President add that this government 'a speech in Maine, lastAutumn, that
steadily denies that at the date of the ra her than have all the functions of a
treaty, Great Britain had any possession ! Govemraent so far pervertfd as to be
on that coast, other than the limited es- j used for the extension of slavery over all
tablishment at Balize. ' - 1 the national territory, and for the eternal
The President states that the British ' perp'tuity1 of the rule of the slave jxjw
government sees'no reason lor the iuter- er in the Republic; he would be willing
ruption of peaceful intercourse on ao- the Union should slide. Mr. Grow, of
count of: this difference of opinion, and Pennsylvania, the worthy successor of
hopes for an amicable solution of this Wilmot, well said: The Congressional
controversy. He adds that there is, how-
ever, reason to apprehend that with Great
T .1 - i
u n aim in actual . occupation 01 me uis-
puted territories, this international dihi-
culty cannot long remain undetermined
f I ! !
without, involving in serious uanger (ne
friendly relations which it is the interest
as well as the duty, of both countries to
cherish and preserve.' It will afford me
Lhiucere gratification, says the President,
ii iutureeaorts shall result in the buccess
anticipated heretofore with more cunfi-i
dence than the aspect of the case per-
mitted me now to entertain.
In regard to recruiting by Great Brit-
. . . . . .
v-'v'-cusKin the retiult of which, will be cost-'
i Dissolntim r rr-V
j Of all weak and frivojqss preteTws
and bug-bear stories ever col
brighten children, and timid mea ii
-UilCtillVJ Hty SOOUt the danr of th H
solution of Uie Union, is Ui? most absurd
and contemptible. TheSouth know that,
its dissolution would produce immed'
ruin tr th teUrJ .i.Arli.
v.- r. . uiaojai0g interest t
of and hence they allow ih ' I
- vCeed no farther in their threats l- r
- tl ' . . -ir
cow down the doa'hfasa r i ? i
- . . uvu0niaces of the North
luto submission to their "demands. The
- moment one true, firm, sUif-backed man
MV .r18 onn ilKe: tiiddgs, Samner
TTTY IhA Kl. l.'l ....
- , 11 mQ sPlLT debate which came oflf i
in tho
lit
.Waal ! 1 ' . "
pT as usual, about the disso-
,re "6ni by the slavelwlders
2?": Vlh e intent of fright-
f n !o f;or" into obedie'neo to the
behests of &mrlir a. . A7
!et was kenup,in right good eJmest.
I .. rereuce to this talk abbnt the
dssoIutioiivof tlie Union, about which
swe ,,;iV0 heard considerable this mom-
j '"o lel rae. 7 my friends, don't lie
aWiKe oimgiite for fearof the safety of the
j'Villwn; , y' do n gentlemen know
that of late, the leading Dpmru.
J U.e Southern portion of the Union.
lne R'hmoud Enquirer, for some months
pat has never c-ea-ed to proclaim the
! coming dissolution i of the Union. Day
j aIr day it lias called upon the Souih to
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PrePare 'r the dissolution of the Union,
j Buta11 this come.s the South. We
! never hear the dissolution of tlie Union
advocated at the North. No Northern
ma. iih any reputaUon as a politician
, . ...
A voice Did not Sumner?
Mr. Giddings "No, never. We at
! tne r,,rth will stand ' by the Union we
W do not intend to dissolve the Union.
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; tt,ia wo uu mwna 10 lei you ao 11.
: ; laughter.) understand that We
mean what we say : we will not only
maintain the Uuion, but we will tell
Southern trairors who threaten it "that
they shall not dissolve it. Threaten i;s
dissolutionreiterate, and threaten as
often as you please, and we meet you
with a stern front and unwavering reso
lution that such' a traitorous object shall
not be reached. , I speak in all kindness.
We have already got this house ; next
year, with God's blessing, we shall have
the President, and in two more years we
shall have the Senate. Then the Exec
u.ive and Legislative branches of the
Government will be in our power. Then
those who'threa.en 'dissolution ' had bet
ter look out.'! : , , :
A' Voice You do not mean to hang
us?
Mr. Giddings "I do not think you are
fit for hanging.' (Laughter.) I would not
hang one of you not one of those who
threaten a dissolution of the Union. I
will sell you what we will do. If the
threat bo reiterated we will dig up the
bones of Old Hickory, and republish his
proclamation of 1832, in which he swore
'by the Liemul! that he would hanr
every man who'attempted a dissolution
of the Union." ' That will be quite suf
ficient. (Laughter.) That will do the
work. It did it then, and it will do it
again. Now, my friends, let me tell you
out of the sincerity of my heart, ' that
this story of the dissolution of the
Union has grown stale. It is no longer
current; we hold it in ineffable contempt.
r or one word 111 favor of a dissolution
of
the Union, lisped by a Northern man.
a thousand are uuered by Southern pjli-
ticians. Y itness the debate of ' last
Mouday, in which a - Siuth Carolina
member boldly and openly declared hirn-
self 111 favor ot "letting the Union lide
And yet great horror was affected by the
' slavedrivers because Mr. Banks stated in
records show that members who are now
voting Cor Mr.' Richardson,' and those
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with wnom meyare associaiea hi mo
South, have been declaring for year,
over and over again, thatr under certain
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circumsiances, ine union oagnt w 09
dissolved, and they are ready to doit.
Declarations to that effect were made a
day or two since, by gentlemen from Vir-
gin It and South Carolina; and have been .
repea ed by others. ' '
And what are tlie "contingencies" on
which these Sou hern members declare
their readiness and 1 wish to ; have the
Union dissolved?. They are,"merely, on
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. 1 iiuini, uv uui aiiAiuun unuui ine union.
aaoUier.'will asenbe it to sinUr and in-
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