The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-14
TIE CIVIL WAR In KANSAS.

Inc accounts from Kansas are varied and
conAictno-so mucb 40. that IL ia imnosib,e
q, a.. ,.,L
w "''o ~ ."c "o'' Us " '"e pree,se co"u''
ton OF the difficulty and its probable terInin-
alton. The country was becoming relieved
from the slavery exc;tement u,d.r IN. heo,;,o
Comnrom;sos If ,sso ,n,wo.~a .a.r;ns
eo Nv" 'e'P''S
some OF the iIuhs oil the re-opening Of the
question by the Kansas Nebraska bill. The
ST. Louis Intclliuencer has the following
oo,,,n.,s ~. No s.., ,o,.L .,, q
. ', "" ''0 "' '''P"e" 'e'e'Veo y"
iha' Guy on 'he breaking out OF the disturb.
ances: -a
Now. we have n fow rcmo,k. n ,aor nm
one feature of This case only. We shall at
tempt to surmise as to the full truth of The
story as IL comes 10 ms. There arc bowoy.r
Il is well TO remember. olwnvs two aides 70 !,
story: and one will do very we'll IN Tho other
comes.
But we will take Il for granted. for the
present, that we have received the full and
ve.acious account of the origin of the VIC.
lence and bloodshed that have lust disrrnced
the soil of Kansas, and that will. from the
peculiar state of the public feeling at this
time, send a thrill of apprehension and bor.
rOr InrOuunOut the country, his feature OF
the case that we wish to comment on is this :
The first news of the affair that reached JEFF.
ferson City, where the Missouri Legislature
is in session, was by dispatch from Mr..
Boone, n citizen of Jackson county, Missouri,
to Mr.. Mccarthy, member of the Missouri
Legislature. That dispatch contained this
sentence:
ave want help Communicate this to the
e.
| Now in the DEVILS name, who is il that
"wants help?' And what do they want that
"hclp' for! Do the citizens of Missouri want
"helpp Who or what is putting the citizens
of Missouri in peril, so great that the Leg
islators and "the friends" at Jefferson must
"help!"
| Is it not the government of Kansas that
wants help! Ii so, let them call on Presi.
dent Pierce for assistance. Kansas is under
the care of the Federal Government. Mis-.
souri, has no duty tc perform in the premises.
IF the National Government cannot take care
of its own appointees, its Reedcrs and Wilson
Shannons, why let Pierce resign, and n new
Government come in. The people of Mis-.
souri, are not the ones to be called on to bacl,
up the miserable political puppets that Frank
Pierce shall send out from the Eastern States
! W pay tht luUI lIliIOuuCc DlOOuSHeu anu
anarchy in Kansas. If the poor imbecile Of
the White House had possessed the good
sense or the justice to put over Kansas, AT the
beginning, Western man of high character
courage and experience, there never would
have been particle of trouble in forming tac
community there into quiet and thrifty
State. But instead of that. wo lind Reede,
and his Frecsolism, then Shannon and his
pro-saveryism-all wrclched, time.servng
place.seeking dcmagogucs, who have PLAYED
out their reckless games for political argran
dizement, and drawn upon poor Kansas tn,
course of awessness and blood
Now, let Pierce reap the fruits of his i'm
becility. Let not the people Of Missouri, b,
any urgent appeal or cunning device, b,
drawn into the internal feuds of Kansas i
looks very much rs if there were n precon
certcd effort to do this very thing. Our dis
patches from the West say that parties hay,
already proceeded from Independence into