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untiring malice, it has endeavored to effect this by the aid of a 
corrupt judiciary, packed juries, and reckless officials. In viola¬ 
tion of the Constitution of the United States, no regard was paid 
to the sacred rights of freemen in their persons and property. 
Against the known sentiment and conviction of half the nation 
these deeds of infamy have been plotted, and have been diligently 
carried on. That a people are down-trodden is not evidence that 
they are subdued. The crushed energies are gathering strength ; 
and, like a strong man resting from the heats and toils of the 
day, the people of Kansas will arise to do battle for liberty; and, 
when their mighty shouts for freedom shall ascend over her hills 
and prairies, slavery will shrink back abashed. Life, without 
liberty, is valueless, and there are times which demand the noble 
sacrifice of life. The people of Kansas are in the midst of such 
times; and amid discomfiture and defeat men will be found who 
for the right will stand with sterner purpose and bolder front. 
Kansas will never be surrendered to the slave power. Glod has 
willed it! Lawrence, the city where the plunderer feasted at the 
hospitable table, and, Judas-like, went out to betray it, will come 
forth from its early burial clothed with yet more exceeding 
beauty. Out of its charred and blood-stained ruins, where the 
flag of rapine floated, will spring the high walls and strong para¬ 
pets of freedom. The sad tragedies in Kansas will be avenged, 
when freedom of speech, of the press, and of the person, are 
made sure by the downfall of those now in power, and when the 
song of the reaper is heard again over our prairies, and, instead 
of the clashing of arms, we see the gleam of the ploughshare in 
her peaceful valleys. Men of the North, shall the brave hearts 
in Kansas struggle alone ? 
