Life of Gen James H Lane, "the liberator of Kansas"; with corroborative incidents of pioneer history . ure of politicalpersecution, drawn by Mr. William Breyman, one of theprisoners. It represents Col. Titus, introducing andreading a letter on Nicaragua, and trying to persuadethe prisoners to join him in a fillibustering expedition tothat country. While it gives a faithful view of theirprison life, it more vividly illustrates the contrast be-tween patriotism and tyranny. There stands Col. Titus,the unscrupulous adventurer, the propagandist of sla-very, doubtful at least of success in overthrow
Life of Gen James H Lane, "the liberator of Kansas"; with corroborative incidents of pioneer history . ure of politicalpersecution, drawn by Mr. William Breyman, one of theprisoners. It represents Col. Titus, introducing andreading a letter on Nicaragua, and trying to persuadethe prisoners to join him in a fillibustering expedition tothat country. While it gives a faithful view of theirprison life, it more vividly illustrates the contrast be-tween patriotism and tyranny. There stands Col. Titus,the unscrupulous adventurer, the propagandist of sla-very, doubtful at least of success in overthrowing freedomin Kansas, ready for rapine and murder in any othercountry, as he was in Kansas. Around sit men in wantand distress, imprisoned falsely on the vilest charges,despoiled of their liberty and their lives of their own rectitude of purpose, every ap-peal to them is resisted with disdain and was the spirit of patriotism—the love of countryand of liberty. New circumstances arise to test them. Under the or- FREE-STATE MENs PRISON LIFE. —t oo o oo oo o. 134 PRISONERS FOR PROTECTION. ders of the War department of their countr}^, as admin-istered by Jefferson Davis, they had been imprisoned byGovernor Geary. The time came when the very slave-power which oppressed them threatened the life of Gearyhimself, and he was compelled to notify them that thecrisis was approaching when he should arm them for hispersonal defense. With cheerfulness and alacrity, theywere ready for the conflict. These men were charged with murder, and some ofthem convicted—defending their hearths, their homesand their firesides, their wives and their children ; but,nevertheless, murderers ! Was there ever a parallel tothis condition of a ruler in a civilized government com-pelled to arm his convicts for his personal protection ! CHAPTER X. THE FREE-STATE TRIUMPH. Gen. Lane returned to Kansas March 3, 1857, havingbeen absent from the October preceding. His first p
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