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Jljc ifchiD of I.ceSoh).
G. W. BROWW, Editor,
J. H. GREENE, Associate Editor.
Lawrence, Saturday, May 10. 1856V
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JOIINC. FUEMOiST,
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5 AL REPUBLICAN CpXVXKTIOK . f :
Another War Tfcre atening Us !
Lot our friends" in the North Ee. ready!
Kansas is again invaded by armed ruf
fians Thy; are gathering5 in by tens,
and fifties,, and hundred ." Shannon
has regularly; enrolled them as Terri
torial Militia, ccrr.misfk r.ed tl eir pffi
cerscrAtnriioirent they may
commence the qrk, of devastation.
We have no time to remark further than
this : Gov. Shannon is aid to be desir
ous of. employing the U.' S. troops to
mak arrests, but the other official swtar
this shall not be.' If an armed horde of
these invaders attempt to , enforce tie
t)0gu8 lavvp, they will be resisted to' the
last extremity. ; :i ! ; ;; , ... .-
'. ' "Let Slip the" Dcgs of War." J
, Outrage follows outrage with frightful
rapidity. The list is swelling. Every
day some new crime i brought to light,
which equals in enormity its predoces
fcors. The Rn'gn of Terror has com-,
menced. TI.e bowie-knife and re
volver, the hatchet and hempen lopeV
are the instruments brought into requi
sition to awe, intimidate and crush
out the liberty-loving.porlion of our fellow-citizens.
Stealthy assassins roam
over the country, under cover of night,
dogging the footsteps5 of unsuspecting
citizens,and watching theopportune mo
ment to strike the cowardly blow. Men
known of men' to be murderers, walk
unabashed, uriwhipped of Justice, in
the very presence of the shameless offi
cers of misnamed , Law, boldly and
boastingly proclaiming their complicity
in crime. - No man's life is safe from one
day to another, if he lias declared, never
so mildly, his opposition -to the aggres
sions of Slavery. And if he has come
cut openly and manfully in the defence
of his inalienable rights, ho is hunted
down like a wild beast. He must flee
the land. No place here is sacred from
the intrusion of the blood-hounds. He
raus; run the gauntlet in Missouri before
he can reach a place of safety on soil free
from the curse and unsubdued by the
blighting rule of Oppression.
The hue and cry is now raised against
Gov. Robinson and Senator Reeder.
"Kill themi kilhhem!"isiu the throats of
every brawler who goes unhung in Kan
sas. Their movements are watched
their goings out and comings in careful
ly noted and they are forced to seek
a place of safety, in the Free States.
Thus it is tho people of Kansas are envi
roned by blood-thirsty foes and hostile
lands. As affairs are working now
no earthly power can prevent a
bloody collision. If it must come, the
sooner we have whipped out our ene
mies, the sooner will quiet be restored to
the country. Human patience cannot
long endure this system of terrorism and
persecution. If we can secure quietude
in no other way than by fighting for it,
surely 'twere infinitely better that we
pass through a sanguiuary struggle
than be made slaves!
Attempted Hignway Robbery.
, Last Thursday night, while a couple
of gendraen just from Wisconsin were
encamped on the Santa Fe Road, several
miles south of Lawrence, they were set
upon by a party of fifteen South Caro
linians, who drew their revolvers snd
made the demand usual with highway
men, " your money or your life !" Our
Wisconsin friends, not feeling very wil
ling to part with either on" such short no
tice, likewise drew their revolvers and
determined to fight as became men. Ac
cidentally (of course) ono of them
snapped a cap, whereupon the fifteen
highwaymen, who represented the boast
ed chivalric spirit cf the Carol inas, cried
out, "don't shoot, for God's rake, don't !"
and precipitately fled, "followed Cist
and followed faster." by. the" men of the
North, who by this time were in. for a
race. But inasmuch as the legs of the
pursued were considerably more elon
gated than the legs of the pursuers, the
space soon widened between them, and
the Carolinians made good their escape.
Southern chivalry! Southern fiddle
sticks! j3rS. N Wood, of Lawrence, passed
through our village on Wednesday last,
on his way to Ohio. He regrets exceed
ingly that business calls him away so
loon. Topela Tribune. , s ;
Hum! We would like to inquire, just
for curiosity, neighbor, if people en rents
to. Ohio from Xawncnce, have to pass
through Tcpcka? You need'nt answer
categorically.
- The Lecompton Union.4
We Lave received the first No. of a
paper . with die above title, published at
Lecompton, Kansas, by A. W. Jokes and
Cjjas, A. Fabis, It is pro-slavery.
The End.
Who can foresee the end of these
things ? Our men are arming them
selves and traiuing for war, Our women
are formed into military companies, and
are practising in the pistol-gallery. ' Our
boys are making it a part of their neces
sary learning Jo shoot with the rifle and
revolver.; What has so changed 'all our
practices and pursuits ? ; What danger
so omnipresent as to require unceasing
vigilance and watchfulness to prevent
surprise "and death ? . What power is
destroying our crops, burningour houses,
driving off, impriKning and murdering
our citizens ? "Who is instituting a reign
of tenor in Kansas, equalled only by the
reign of terror in France ? WTlii has de
stroyed the: ballot-box, taken away, the
elective franchise, and reduced the Free
State .tet tiers here to the condition 'l of
serfs and subjects ? ;
Slaveholders have done all this, and
are now doing more. They are sending
armed bodies of men to Kansas to fight,
to murder and destroy our people, to
burn' and pillage our towns, and to lay
waste the country. No longer ago thau
last week, 600 armed mendrom South
Carolina were landed on our borders, for
the openly avowed intention .of 'burning
Lawrence and killing the Free Sute men.
These men,"-whoye lives are sought; are
from neariy every Slate in the. Union.
They have broken no law.-' They have
simply loved liberty better than slavery.
For this, alone the slaveholders, require
them to be harassed, to . be driven out of
the country, or to be killed. Men, assas
sins, are hired, armed and sent here for
that purpose. Property is destroyed,
individuals are killed,; communities are
aroused, and the general facts are scat'
tered over 'the; country. Sympathizing
friends from afar, knowing their relatives
came hero unarmed and- unsuspecting,
speedily sent them guns and ammunition.
Do slaveholders ever think ? What
is to be die end of all this ? Are die
terms slaveholder and ruffian to be sy
nonymous ? Are our communities, our
families, our schools; all to be armed
agaiusr slaveholders ? Do they court
such a state of things ? Is safety to be
found ia a country without friends?
Areoiir future statesmen to grow up un
der this' influence Have slaveholders
no fear of consequences, when mothers
sleep with pistols or knives under their
pillows to protect themselves and their
offspring from slaveholdin'g violence or
death ? What effect must it have on
the rising generation to see all this? To
see their lathers dragged from their
homes to a prison, or exiled to "distant
and unkuowu parts, cut off from all com
munication with them. Or, listening to
these tales' as they fall , from "a mother's
lips, in their lonely and humble homes,
who knows what resolves of future re
venge, may th?n and there be "formed ?
For our part, we look upon the whole
scene with fearful forebodings.' We look
upon the slaveholdor as an infatuated
man. He has thrown away his only effi
cient safeguard. He has turned his hon
est friends into active and bitter enemies.
One year ago the majority of the people
of Kansas were decidedly friendly to
slaveholders, or indifferent to their claims.
Not one in twenty Could be found here,
who was reputed an' abolitionist in the
place from which he came. The people
were nearly unanimous in condemning
a man who was reputed an abolitionist.
The general aim seemed to be to make
Kansas a free, white, American r State,
and no sentiment was expressed against
hlave holders,' slave Suites, or slave hold
ing where it was legal. Now behold the
change I .
Quern Dcvs vull perdere,prius demen
tat was a heathen saying, and we fear it
may prove true here. Whom the Gods
wish to destroy, they first make mad.
What greater madness can the slavehold
ers show, than to arm themselves against
the free Sta'.es, to force slavery upon a
people who depue it, or to pull down a
political fabric that has supported tli3m
three quarters of a century, and under
which ihey have lived safely and pros
perously ?
What other form of government could
secure them so mauy blessings ? They
have had the safeguard of the General
Government aud the support of the indi
vidual States, and sympathy of both po
litical parties. What but downright
madness can induce the slaveholders to
saeritice all these. Why rush on, in so
insane a course, and madly force things
to a crisis ? Why seek a bloody issue
now on a question which has always been
amicably adjusted heretofore ? Are four
millions of black, and fifteen millions of
white enemies to be aroused aud let loose
upon our Southern country for the grati
fication of a few fanatical slaveholders
and ambitious demagogues ? The South
is living on a magazine, and they are
madly bent on tiring the train thai will
blow us to atoms. We warn them of
the end "before it is toe late. We are
not negroes. We cannot be subdued,
as your arch deceiver has threatened.
We are not slaves, aud you may be
sorry for beginning a war where there
may. be blows to lake as well as blows
to give. We are your equils, and we
ask for nothing but . what is legal and
right. , If you continue to deny us diese
as you J have done if you continue to
harass us with armed bands from abroad
if, you continue to embarrass our cit
izens by false arrests and imprisonment
if, you continue by,falsehoqa and mis
representation, to excite animosities and
hatred :, towards us among yourselves,
and distrust; and -enmity amongst us
toward jou, what earthly 1 power can
prevent a collis-ion h And if a collision
takes place," who brings it on ? And
what will r be' the tnd ? - We - counsel
forbearance and . patience on cur part.
Will some one on the other side, do tie
same ?
Attempt to Arrest Senator Reeder.
On Wednesday last, "the : 7th insi,
while with the Committee atTecumseh,
Gov. Reeder was summoned to appear
as a witness before the. Grand Jury at
Lecompton, which he; refused to do.
The next -day Thursday last, die Com
mittee having returned, to Lawrence in
the meantime, a deputy marshal came
into the room where they were in ses
sion, and served a writ of attachment
on Gov. Reeder for contempt of court.
He arose and informed the Committee of
the fact; 'stating that he had refused to
obey the summons to appear Js wit
ness,'-' .-for three reasons: informality; in
the writ, insecurity' of person; and con
stitutional privilege besides which, lie
could not possibly know anything about
the ; ase, . as the circumstances - upon
wVieh it ; was founded occurred while
he was in Washington! The' writ was
not addressed to any officer, , was not
properly sigued,- and i specified no; time J
The object was- to get him there as ; a
witness, and then trump up some charge
high treason, perhaps-upon which
toarrest him, and ; keep him.iimpris
oned or give him j over, o -the mob to
be butchered. He was privileged under
the ; constituiion. For these reasons he
refused to obey the summons. He
claimed the protection of the Committee.
- Messrs. Howard and Sherman said he
was privileged from arrest; but they
were not si ttrng as a court to decide up
on the matter ; they would leave.it en
tirely with him. Mr. Oliver thought
Reeder was not privileged from arrest-
that Gen. Whitfield was the sitting Del
egate, alone entitled to the privilege.--
Gov. Reedercontended that the privilege
extended to contestants that really'Jhe
was in Congress ; and the attempt to ar
rest him here, while attending to his
duties with the Committee, was the same
as If the attempt were made to arrest
him"while in the Halls of Congress.
However, if he coull be fully assured
his person wonld be perfectly secure if
it were rendered certain no violence would
be offered him, he woald waive his
constitutional privilege, and go to Le
compton. But this, he was. satisfied,
could not be done. He would be killed
as certainly as he placed himself in their
hands, as threats were continually made
by the mob in Lecompton to take his life
if they could get hold of him under any
pretext. He had formed the resolution
to stand on his privilege. If any , offi
cers, he said, in attempting to arrest a
privileged citizen, should be seriously
maimed, or killed, there would be no
redress. They were trespassers, and
the law would give them no protection.
If any man laid hands on him to : arrest
him he did so at his pepl!
He, was hot arrested. The Marshal,
with Messrs. Oliver and Whitfield, with
drew "In auiiuiuallOtr of a;' collision, and
left the city. The "law and order" par
ty have been scouring the country ever
since, raising and organizing tho "Ter
ritorial 'Militia." The newly imported
South Carolinians, Alabamians, Geor
gian's Missourians, &c., have been eu-
rolseJ, and olhcereu with commissions
from Shannon, and concentrated at Le
compton to await further orders.
Gov. Reeder addressed letters to Gov.
Shannon and Judge Le Compte, stating
that if they would afford him protection
he would waive his privilege and appear
before the Court. Shannon answered
that he could afford him no other pro
tection than that which any citizen had;
that he could not restrain men if .they
attempted violence. , Le Compte dis
dained to return an answer.
CcL Lane and Senator Douglas.
Our Senator elect, Col. Lane, bears
himself manfully in Washington. Una
voidably, as the chosen representative
of the people of Kansas, he became in
volved in a difficulty with Senator Dou
glas, and in getting out of it, not only
flayed the Little Giant tremendously, but
elevated the standard of his own man
hood, and placed his honor and integrity
above reproach. Whatever may have
been said heretofore of the Colonel in
other matters, in this it is evident he was
"A man uiore sinned against tban tinning.'
Douglas will never recover from the
effects of this severe castigation, admin
istered by the hand of a quondam
friend, whom he had maliciously
goaded on to a point where, not to have
turned and retaliated, would have been
arrant cowardice. As the. Chief of
those who betrayed Freedom in the last
Congress, by destroying the Missouri
Compact, it was eminently fitting that
one of his coadjutors, who has, however,
!ince worked like a yeoman to repair die
wrong, should expose his baseness, hold
him up to merited scorn, and leave him
no loop-hole of retreat. CoL .Lane has
done this, and more, too ; he has
branded and proved him ' a moral and
physical coward, a falsifier, and an un
grateful wretch, "whom it were base
flattery", to call demagogue.
It does a braggart good, sometimes, to
recieve chastisement, and we conceive
Lane would have been rendering essen
tial service to the country if he bad put
a bullet in' the miserable dog's hide.
How ever, it is : well ' enough as it is
Douglas will never be anything else diaa
an object of unmingled contempt. ; . ;
The card which Lane publishes cuts
to the quick every stroke ; and if shame
has not completely . fled from the mind
of Douglas, he ciust have a repugnance
to showing his face in intelligent society.
Manly indignation and a burning desire
tp defend private reputation from unjust
and - unpro voked: reproach, breathe . .in
every sentence of Col. L'a article. We
publish it in tiiis week's paper, as taken
from the New York Times.
x;. Rev. Pardee Butlef.; :
iOneof IhI plainest1 evidences of the
'warde-'ea'nness "of the Border
Ruffians is .tolbe found in the fact that
Tyuva-anJtiuajjiieu umu, or viiv vromd spring on every supie sapling in
clingVrtots.in.lifeye made him tjje WOods. Their chief business is to
noV ocly fanajiiar widi die use of der.r-harrass and persecute Free State settlers.
Iy:,weapons,consc3fentiously opposed , jhey : butchered Brown tarred t and
to dieitraiient of difficulties by the ' feathered Philips incarcerated McCrea,
emplomeupch :mean; ; falls into tia a closb and unhealthy prison; for do
their ,clu?ipt!ieu ing that which - he would have been a
with an avidity of cruelty which would "coward1 not to have done. Trhoy have
shame eTcir the Tiorlro press, driven fam-
inVtVeriselfes tobe sale : froeUlion j j jeg . fromVclaimsJand insulted and
JiJ!oIH5 iJttMaRIy. Jy,jlii?S
helpless victims. The old Inquisitorial
sytm never iad more finished adepts
in linman torture, to break its victims on
die ( wheel prebend ; them to the ; rack,
ihaq can he found how among the Bor
der Xnffiatis, in their hatcliet aud bowie
knife ciusade against fieedoin'
i Oui readers will remember : the cir-J
cumstiaices' which. called the:;Rev Mr, n
BcTLEBfs name; before ; the public last
s u mine rV He was .seized i by a gang, of,
miffi4qs;ieaded by I;Kellt, one of the
euitors en the aquamr sovereign, on j
w , .. n - t
the 16th of. August last, in the town of
Atcl
iison, ivanas, huu. Riier' lecei mg j
y . rouh treatment, was pnt,on:3j
pretty
raft aud sent down the: Missouri River.,
The mob and Mr. Butler parted "widi a
mutual pledge' he says in an article
which he has furnished us for publica
tion, whioQ will appear next week,
that if my lifelwas spared, I .would re
turn to Atchison, and they, that if I did
come back they would hang me." . He
did go back, last Novemberviaking his
family , with- him) but was not molested.
He then returned to the field of his la
bors in Illinois, where he remained until
this Spring. vThe 30th of last month he
came biick to Kansas, went to Atchison,
near which place his family was living,
and was seized by a mob of recently im
ported; South iCarolinians, headed by
the same Jve'iay who- had figured in the
former outrage:' They refused to hear
him speak in his own defence ; cried
" kill him ! kill him I" and attempted to
carry their threats into execution, but
were finally persuaded to adopt a differ
ent form cf ou trage." They voted to "tar
and feather, and to give him thirty-nine
lashes.' Some kindly disposed persons
prevailing upon them not to inflict this
last punishment, they abandoned it, but
proceeded to apply the coat of tar and
cotton-wool, as a substitute for feathers.
This done, they placed Mr. Butler in his
buggy, accompanied him to the suburbs
of the town, and with shrieksand blas
phemous yells, sent him on his journey.
He reached home in a few hours, it being
the first. time he had seen his family since
November last. Mr. Butler remarks that
there were but a very few residents of At
chison engaged in the proceeding the
mob was composed of the South Carolina
and Missouri Ruffians. "'";' -
The perpetrators of these acts" inay
yetoe brougnt to sutler the penalty which
Justice meets out to the violators of Law
and the disgracers of Humanity. .
Another Assassination.
On .Wednesday night, the 29th ult.,
an attempt was made to take the life of
Captain J, N. Mace, a Free State man,
who li ves a fe w miles west of Lawrence.
He had been in town during the day,
giving' in his testimony before the In
vestigating ' Committee, - touching die
memorable-3 Jth of .March election in
the , BloornjBoton precinct ; , and it is
supposed-it'jfas- on account of. his evi
dence, which exposed the baseness of
certain ruffians that the attempt was made
to assassinate r him. He was sitting in
his house about 8 o'clock the evening
mentioned, when, from the restlessness
of his dog, he was induced to step out
of doors. "He walked but a short dis
tance from the door, when several shots
were fired at him, one taking effect jn
his leg, near the top of his boot. The
shot paralyzed his leg, and so stunned
him that he fell to the ground. Two
persons, who were concealed in a gully
close at hand, hereupon made good their
escape, one -of them remarking, "there
is more abolition wolf-bait." It was
several hours before he could make his
way into the. Jiouse. The wound, is se
vere, but fsnotf considered; dangerous.
See proceedings of a public meeting in
another column in relation to this at
tempted assassination. V .
James Redpath, Esq. .
We were right well pleased to take this
"abolitioner" by the hand again,' in the
eld where he won'sb many laurels. He
still retains his connection with, the Mis
souri Democrat, as special correspond
ent. He arrived in "Lawrence this week, J
looking as if he and beefsteak had not
been strangers of late. The : border pa
pers will . now . surely set up a howl
against him, as they have done hereto
fore, but he is "armed so strong in hon
esty and resolution to do his duty, re
gardless ' - of - consequeuces,,that "dieir
threats wjU pass ; by him like the "idle
wind, which he respects not." Mr. Red
PATiiwai a Delegate' from" Missouri U
the Republican convention at Pittsburg,
and was appointed on the Committee to
prepare a call for the National Conven
tion to meet in J une' next. .-' We under
stand he contemplates publishing a paper
at Ivalamazoo, Michigan.
Still another Outrage.
Leavenworth City" and the country
thereabouts. is infested with agang ofout-
laWs,' who, if - they Jiacl their deserts,
abused women, Theyhave no merojv
no remorse, no magnanimity.'
The facts in the case ; we are about to
relate have been furnished us by a gen
tleman whose word 'is strictly reliable.
Last December, on the day the Consti
tution ; was-' voted for,: the Kickapoo
Rangers, aided by tne'desperadoes above
hientioned, . destroyed the ballot-box at
Leavenworth and attempted to, take the
life' of - one of: the1 judges- of electiohV
jn. juuujj ui tin, ui mo x ic vjuro X J i
whose,, name . e'': withhold, for JjgP.od
: i x T. T
rpason,. m compauy. w iu i. n.vi-vviu,-
rushed to the aid of .the judge whom the'
uj"v ,M:'0; ";( o , , , . ,
tiin. ""' "-" ' ' . ,
ipnoruy ..aiier. tms timeajiarg uuy
rn .1 r, it ?. iM "I't ' W'J-'
of the Ruffians were seen on the opposite
side bf the Missouri river, some miles
above Leavenworth, evidently anxious
to 'cross over s Jordan." Fortunately,
the Terry-boat ; was on the Kansas side ;
and by accident it was cut loose from its
moorings and sunk. ; The discomfited
Borderers on ;'tother side .retired to
their homes. The troubles on this side
ended with the massacre of Brown. . .
, . Last week the young gentieman, whom
we have not named, happening in Loay
enworth, was accosted by one of the
murderers of Brown, with
, "I understand Reeder is in the. Ter
ritoryI would like to see the d d
scoundrel."
"Yes, he is," was the answer ; "and
he is a perfect gentleman."
; Hereupon the Ruffian seized the
young, man's horse by the bridle, saying
"No doubt all such d d abolitionists as
you think he is a gentleman. ! You are a
d -d robber, and will catch h 11 ; you
stole the ferry-boat last winter, and I
now arrest you for it."
"By what authority do you arrest
me?" ; .' '
"By this authority 1" said the Ruf
fian, brandishing a large bowie-knife.
' Our friend drew his pistolrsaying, "I
don't recognize that authority, 'and; or
der you to let go my horse's bridle, or
I'll burn gun powder in your face." .
: The Ruffian gnashed his teeth, mutter
ed 'some threats and walked off. Our
friend finished his business in town, and
about dusk started on his way home in
tho eountry. He had proceeded but a
short distance, having just entered a ra
vine, through which the road led, when
he was overtaken by eight or ten men on
horseback, -led on by the Ruffian. They
made him halt, took his arms from him,
hit him with their whips, flourished their
hatchets over his head, and threatened
to hang him on the first tree they came
to. They finally concluded to put him
in jail and have him tried before the
Court for ; larceny. Accordingly, they
hurried off with him to a jail, situated
in an isolated place near Delaware.a pro
slavery, town on the Missouri river, and
arrived there about the middle of night.
Here he was locked up and left to him
self. The next day no one came near,
but some time during tho night follow
ing, he heard a key turn in his door,'and
footfalls outside tho house. He waited,
some fifteen minutes, and then went to
the. door, which he found openl Walk
ing out on the prairie, he heard his horse
neigh in a clump of trees some distance
off, and immediately went to him. He
found his horse, saddle-bags, and over
coat covered with . mud, and soaked
through and through. Wilhout waiting
for further explanation as to die motive
of those who :set him it liberty, he
mounted and rode home.
Man Missing.
-A young man by the name of Wm. S.
Bishop, formerly of Michigan, left Law
rence the latter part of last week to visit
an acquaintance on the south side of the
Wakarusa. He was last seen" about dark
on Friday evening near the ford, since
which nothing' has been heard of him.
The next day his horse was found with
saddle and bridle on. The stream was
considerably swollen and the saddle blan
ket showed that it had been in die water.
There are circumstances to awaken a
suspicion that there was foul play. A
party of Border Ruffians were encamped
abost that time in the woods near the
ford, and from threats previously made
by certain persons, Ubat he (Bishop)
was "spotted," it is feared he was mur
dered and thrown into the creek, or dis
posed of in some other way. - Search
was made for the body, but it was jiot
found. ;Mr. Bishop was a respectable
young man, strongly Free State, and his
supposed untimely , end creates the. most
sorrowful, feelings among his numerous
friends. He v was a member of the
"Stiibbs." . A ":" ' - - ' :
Robinson and Senator Reeder
" It if rumored these two gentlemen left
Lawrence for Washington Friday morn
ing, passing down the -Missouri river on
the Northern Staled' :'i.v,u.t'c3:': Z--i-i':
JSSrHon. Mr. Albright, II. of R. will
accept our thanks for public documents.
. On his way Home;
The senior editor, G. W. Brown,
Esq., we. learn is on his way home.
He will probably be here in time to re
late the result of his mission in nex1
week's paper, and to assume the post
of duty at the helm of the Hxbald of
Freedom, r His : readers will doubtless
be glad to hear this. " The HraJd is
Mr. Brown's favorite-7 work one to
which lie ; has .'devoted his abilities and
means for the two years last past, and it
were folly to suppose any one else could
take hold of, it and manage matters so
successfully as he. We yield up our
'nef authority' cTieerfullyi conscious
that in thiicase change: isreformF WTe
must net forget here to, 'thank onr ' good
farmer- friend, Augustus WIttles, !Esq.,
for i the valuable assistance xhe. has ren
dered in getting up the Herald. - What
he has given has been ' a 'free-will offer
ing to the good ' (MUMr;"
; In this connection we will be doing a
simple act of justice; to: MrJ.BrowniTby
noticing, what we have neglected to be
fore,, some invidious iayins of those who
by detraction an3 envy seet to create dis
trust anaruici reprutetion?u:iirrBrqwn;
has about the same number of enemies
that prominent public men' usually; have.'
They vent their spleen also in' the usual
way, by slander and detraction. : D unng
his absence they have, been firing in his
rear. But nobody is-hurt so :far. n- -That
business men consider Mr. Brown
competent, is evident from the fact that
he is. selected to arrange an extensive
system of - commerce between Kansas
and the East. - That he:is honest, is evi
dent from the manner in- which he1 con
ducted important public trusts during
this whole Free State movement. That
he is a man' of energy, is evident from
the fact that during this whole inclement
winter, and all through our hard times,
he has issued the only regular Free State
paper in the Territory, besides attending
to public and private business. .. That
people continue to have confidence in
him, and appreciate his labor as an edi
tor and a man, is evident from his week
ly supscription list. - r . .. -.
Wecanuottake any further notice of
his enemies, or their sayings and doings.
If, on his return, he sees it important to
bestow any attention to the subject or the
suhjv ts, they will hear from him.
Asserting their Independence.
We wish the South could send many
such parties as that brought here by Maj
Buford, of Alabama. The Free State
ranks have been recruited prodigiously
since his arrival. Not a day passes that
we do not see emigrants from the " sun
ny South," sent here by the aid of Slave
drivers' means to assist in the enslave
ment of the actual residents to the behests
of an imposed authority, who have since
their arrival in our beautiful country, re
linquished the bloody designs of their
leaders, quietly turned their coats, and
are fixing to settle down permanently and
aid in keeping Kansas a Free State.- In
nine cases out of ten, where individuals
emigrate from the Slave States on their
own hooks, they seek. out Free Stato set
tlements, and unite -heartily and cheer
fully in the Free State movement. ; :But
wo hardly expected ; die emigrants snt
out'y tho Southern Aid Companies,
would so soon see the error of their ways
and come over from the ranks of the en
emy to our side. : Ultimately, we were
sure that result would happen, but it has
taken place sooner than weanticipated.
Thirty of Biiford's men have left him
and joined us.. . There may be some ex
cuse for their doing this, in die treatment
they received from the doughty champi
on of Slavery. Several boxes of guns
were given to Buford's party at New Or
leans. They brought them as far as Lex
ington unopened. There Major Buford
commenced distributing them among his
party; requiring, however,a note of twenty-five
dollars from each individual, pay
able in one year, jn default of which the
rifle should be returned !; Numbers of
the party refused to give their notes, and
of course, received no shooting irons.
Buford next demanded that each man
should take an oath to hold himself in
readiness to do his bidding and be sub
servient to his purposes, for one year af
ter their arrival in Kansas I -I Many de
murred, but finally made the oath reluc
tantly. Thirty noble spirited lixir refus
ed to bind their future action in any such
manner, and asserted and maintained
their independence, in spite of remon
strances and threats. These thirty men,
who whilom served Slavery, now gi ve
themselves heart and hand to Freedom !
There's work for them.1
Matters at Hickory Point.'
( Shannon's Law and Order party have
beeu at work again "at Hickery Point.
Colejusn, the man who murdered, Dow,
is their leader, s ;On the evening of the
6th inst., they went to the house of Mr.
Riteh, a Free State man, destroyed his
furniture, and set fire to" his cabin, bum -ing
it to the ground," The next day
they destroyed a tent belonging to an
other -man.: , They , express their deter-
mination to stay iu the - neighborhood
and regulate matters according to their
notions of i propriety-; These facts have
been furnished us by a subscriber," who
lives ia the vicinity of Hickory Point,
. Generous Donations.
It has been our . good fortune, during
the last few weeks, to receive sereral do
nations from readers cf . the Hxrau cf
FREZDoa who had been regular readers
of its'coluninsi and in the main approved
its positions. ; One gentleman, of Salem,.
Massachusett'?, sends xls$50. AnotJier
who isknown the world over jbr his lib.
erali tywri te a approvingly and sends
6 19? This isan addition to $25; which
he had previously placed in 'our hands.
Sueh friends cannot be forgotten. Their
aid'eo'tnes ihf gpodHime, and h tfe more
apprec iated for Uie relief it affords
One of the donors suggests inertly
suggests--a .hinton pneJ rrfatter.; We
thankhim ibr that l suggestiou.Ij shalC
be taken advantage of, andgrpater care
shall be used for the future. Life iu
Kansas' begetsa different spirit.from life
in New England;-' WV feel differentlv
here from there, and show, it in actions
and words, and the pen" and press record
them. We' hope other- influences -will
surround us S(K)n ; for now it seems we
are only fitting.ourselvesfoi ' warriors
and the battle; field'i jmpiements of
death surrounding us in profaswn jjae
lost their terrors. The Ulk' of deadly
strife has been so frequent, we all imper
ceptibly feel a desire to draw; the. sword,
throw away the scabbard jandf conquer
a peace or find it in death. If occasion
ally, then, we", ha via, been caustic with
our pen, ascribe it to the times as much
as possible, wV He we guard :oarselTes
with greater, vigilance for the future.
Emigrants' Intelligence OSce.
We wish to call especial attention to
the card and circular of Messrs.-Whitman
'& Seahl, whose map of Kansas we
had occasion to notice a few weeks since.
If their plan is carried out, it cann it fail
to be of great advantage to the State
and convenience to the emigrant .The
knowledge acquired by them ia the con
struction of their map, their extensive
acquaintance in the State, and the
wide-spread correspondence which they
are establishing, must give them large
facilities for accomplishing what they
propose.
Emigrants, as they arrive, need not as
heretofore' strike out at random, out may
proceed understanding to the precise
point likely to suit them, by first consult
ing Messrs. W. kS.
We understand that they are takirg
measures to ascertain and keep the run of
all settlements and claims made in die
State, with such a record of; the same
that at any time they will 'be able to
point to any unoccupied land. Nothing
could prepare them better for doing a
successful business in real estate, and
in. the private entry of land ind location
of land warrants at the proper time. In
the transaction of a local and real estate
business they possess every advantage.
Mr. Searl laid out our city site and is die
only person who . can trace back all the
lots to their original holders, and show
the valid titles. Mr. Whitman is super
intending die erection of the new church,
and is making it the best and most sub
stantial building that lias been put up in
the place. Persons wishing to hare
their buildings well and faithfully done,
or their property judiciously cared for,
or in the purchase of city property to be
sure they are purchasing with a tide de
rived from the original claimant, will do
well to avail themselves of the services
of these gentlemen. While they arcrdohsg
by their enterprises much for the State,
they: cannot fail to be amply remunerated
by securing a large and lucrative busi
ness. . ' : ' . "'.
Sarveillancs Extraordinary. -Last
week a young man from Mass.,
on his way to Lawrence, being unwell,
was advised to stay in Westport, Mo., a
few days until he. could go to work. As
is usual in such cases, he walked about
when able. On the" arrival of Buford's
party from Alabama and Georgia, he was
seized as a ?py by them, and compelled
to open his trunk and allow it to be ex
amined, and to even take off his' clothing,
boots, &c, so that the chivalry might
search for concealed papers. None being
found, he was permitted to go, with many
curses and threats. He is wholly unac
quainted widi the nature or bearings of
the Slavery question, and had those who
seized him been at all acquainted with
human nature, they might have seen his
innocence in every word and look.
Driven to desperation, like a drowning
man, they, seize tit a straw, and every
grasp shows the hopelessness of their
case. The toleration of such outrages
by the people of Westport, will sink' that
place beyond the respect of every honor
able man in all sections of the country.
The time is at hand when- the merchants
and business men of , the border towns
will find it to their interest to deal out se
vere punishment to the lawless men who.
commit outrages on inoffensive visitors-
Our esteemed fellow-citizen Judge.
Wakefield, who has been on ; a kisit totfee
States of ilowa and Ulinois and the Ter
ritory of Minnesota,; fetuVned" to - Law
rence. last Friday Herepofts. VstrdnJ
sympathy with the Free State setds rs
of Kaasasamong everybody bat Douglas
democrats. ; A , large ejea rgratioa" ' frpm
those places will eome here this season.