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KANSAS. 
siege upon Lawrence, — the Washington Union is out, with the 
bloodthirstiness of the border papers, for the extermination of the 
free-state men in Kansas. It expresses its hopes “ that an exam¬ 
ple will be made of some of the ringleaders,” and says, “ It is 
high time that rebellion and treason should be brought to the bar 
of justice.” Yfhat could better express the purposes of this 
administration, whose real head is Jefferson Davis and Caleb 
Cushing & Co.? 
White servitude is the order in Kansas; but the more galling 
the bondage, the sooner will its reign be over, and the chains 
which bind us will drag down eternally, deeper than plummet hath 
ever sounded, our infamous oppressors. Let the Union talk of 
“ treason and rebellion ” to a tyrannical usurpation being brought 
to justice. There is no justice in Kansas. Let Douglas say, “ I 
will subdue you,” and let this subjugation be accomplished by 
President Pierce’s “ army and navy ” at the point of the bayonet 
and the murderous rifle. Death, too, may come at his hands; but 
with it the soul wins immortality. The “ traitor ” may expiate 
his love of freedom on the scaffold of his building; but the world 
will see in it the pedestal of honor. 
“ For humanity sweeps onward ; where to-day the martyr stands, 
To-morrow crouches Judas, with his silver in his hands ; 
While the howling mob of yesterday in silent awe return, 
To glean the scattered ashes into History’s golden urn.” 
