Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-05-16
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN PLATTE CO., ITO.

Destruction of TIE Parkrille Lunli,.a ny BY Mod
The Editors Patterson and Pax Threatened tcith
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. denoaaeing ell the mem
beys of The Nor.,lyn Methodist Church.
The subioined aighly important news came in
an Extra from the office of the Platte .1rsws,
decided pro-slaveTy journal
Below will be read with avidity the letter of
our CORRESPONDENT at Parkvle Ii was written
by an impartial and an intelligent gentleman, who
,1as an eyewitness, TO the whole occurrence, and
NAV be considered perfectly authentic
1t will be seen that Geo. S. Park and VIM. J
Patterson who have for years been manitsslng
free soil and abolition prociivities, through the
Lumiuarv' and otherw lse--were ordered to de-
part from the country in three weeks The reso-
lutons speak like flint to the powder-hke de-
termined patriots who know fear, and mean to
defend their rights and institutions. Let the case
be fairly understood-ler the world understand
that the people in honest simplicity and determi-
nation have destroyed the press and fixtures OF the
Lumnary newspaper, for the reason that George
s. Park and w. j. Patterson, who are citizens OF
slave state-supporteG by shareholders money,
have been in open rebellion and opposition TO
slavery and the interest and the safety of
people cad property. Week after week the col
umns Of their paper have been filed with violent
denunciations of the pro,savery men of Missouri
and Kansas, and in open and avowed aid OF the
| Aid Societies of the north For this they have
suffered-for nothing else. Let traitors beware.
| The people are aroused. Strong arms and stout
| hearts are enisted-not tor day, or single
! campaign but for the war We fight for a peace
for Justice and our rights. Again, we say, in
| tones which prefer should resound like thnn-
ders Of the heavens, let traitors among be,sare
| Let those coming TO oppose us count well the
/ cost.
PAnKvILLE, Mo, April IA.
| Mr.. Editor The Spontaneous upheavings OF
an Judgment and outraged community were man.
! Tested here to day, in decided manner. To tell
| you that the industrial Lunnary,' newspaper
| owned by George Park and w. J. Patterson, IN
this town, is free soil sheet, and has been aiding
and abettng the eastern Abolition societies in
! their aboTtlve attempt to aboitionize Kansas. FOR
1 the past year, is to tell you what you already
/ know You are also aware that Park has large
| hotel in this place kept ey free soer, imported
| from Illinois, and devoted to the same foul pur-
poses. Ii seems that certain men in the neghbor-
! hood determined to 'abate the nuisance. How
they managed TO notify so many, and keep it qui-
4 eli, don't understand but about 10 C clock this
morning, we were surprised TO see ten or fifteen
of our most respectable country acquaintance
ride into town, and go 10 the printing Office and
put Patterson under guard. Park, it appears, had
either heard of it, or his good luck had prompted
| him to 80 to the mouth of the Blue, in Kansas
territory. At - o'clock about two hundred men
had arrived The press was very quietly taken
/ down and paraded into the street. The crowd
was called to order and Patterson was brought
! forth to receive his sentence one speaker stated
! that they came there with the firm determination
10 black tar and feather, and ride rail, G.. s.
| Park and w. J. Patterson, but that, as Park had
escaped and left his scape goat to suffer for both.
| he wished the meeting TO decide what should now
! be done with the prisoner. Another speaker de-
/ clared his voice was for mercy not that ne had
any TO offer for Patterson, for he despised
! him as strongly as any man could bat that
| IXifp he rad
hung to him like eech; that she now held on 10
/ him, and that coeli not inhict the punishment
| without gross violence II her feelings, and per
/ haps rudeness to her person He therefore, for
the sake of Lis wife moved vote be taken TO
remit the tar, feathers, &c, and set Mr. Patterson
| at large. for the present The vote was accord
ingly taken and sn,aH majority went in favor OF
the prisoner; he was therefore, set at large. The
following resolutions were then offered, and voted
| on sngly ard not one dissenting voice was heard
on the ground. Almost every voted in the
| affirmative and they voted a vim, too, that
/ showed they in earnest:
! Resoired, /. That the Parkvle Industrial Lumi-
nary Is nuisance, which has been endured too
/ long, and should now be abated.
2 That the editors, to-wit q. S, Park and
| WI Patterson, traitors TO the State and
| county in which they live, and should be dealt
! with such
g. That we meet here again, this day three
weeks, and if we find G s Park or w. ]. Patter-
| son in this town, then or at any subsequent time,
| we will throw them into the Missouri river, and
if they go Kansas 10 reside, pledge ,coyd
as men, to follow and hang them wherever we
! can take them.
l. That at the suggestion of our parkyille
friends, we will attend to some other freesoers
not far oft
5. That we will suffer person belonging to
the Northern Methodist Church, 10 preaeh in
Platte co MY after this date, under penalty Of tar
and feathers for the first offence and a hemp OF
rope for the second.
8. That we earnestly call on our sister counties
throughout the State TO rise in their might and
clean themselves OF reesoilSm.
T. That our peace. our prosperity. and our
SAFETY requires at this time to do duty.
s. That request every pro slavery paper in
, Missouri and Kansas - publish the above reso
| luton5.
The Press was then shouldered with white
cap drawn its head and labelled Boston Aid,
the crowd following in regular order il was
marched through the town nearly 10 the upper
landing and there, with three hearty cheers it
was deposited in the tomb of all the Capulets,
to wit the Missouri river.
A speech was then made to the crowd, and they
dispersed peaceabiy, each taking the road to his
own home During the day frequent telegraph>
ic dispatches were received from both ends OF the
! liue OF most encourag lng nature.
! SIC transit gloria SGtiu adj.