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few days, to wipe out the d——d abolition city, and to kill or 
drive off 3 very one of the inhabitants,” was the finale of all their 
threats. All the prisoners except a Mr. S., of Worcester, Mass., 
were soon released. He had answered them like a man, and was 
reserved for further punishment. The following is the speech of 
Major Herbert, the leader of the ruffians: 
“ Gentlemen : The cause of our being together to-day is of a 
peculiar character. The condition of things at this time, and 
things that have been said and done, you are better acquainted 
with than I am. I have been here but a short time. What you 
know are facts; what I know is hearsay, but my information is 
such that it becomes facts. 
“ I now want to give you a piece of advice. You are in a state 
of rebellion . You have been aiding designing men in carrying 
out their point , which has brought this Union almost or quite 
into a state of dissolution. You have been offering resistance to 
the laws of the territorial Legislature, which was no doubt a legal 
one. The President has declared it legal; Congress has declared 
it legal; and resistance to those laws is Treason ! 
“ What did you come here for? Why did you not go to Min¬ 
nesota, or Nebraska? It is not half settled, and is as good country 
as this. But, no; you must come here. You want to get the 
whole of the territory. That belongs to the South. 
“We are going to drive you all out. W r e are going to Law¬ 
rence to take their arms. We are going to take every d-d 
thing they have got. The South asks nothing of the North. Now 
my advice to you is this : keep on at your work here, stay at home, 
have nothing to do with elections or voting. If you do you will 
be liable to be hanged on the first tree you come to. 
“ Every man has a right to his opinions, and a right to express 
them openly. Do you suppose I would go into a free-state camp 
and tell them that I was a free-state man? No, by G—d! I 
should hope I had more respect for myself or country. I told 
my people, before I left home, that I would see that this was 
made a slave-state , or die , and, by G-—d, it shall be done, or every 
pro-shivery man in the territory will die in the attempt. It will 
