Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26

rule of the "rufhan" legislature, and in
Favor Of free State,-an in the hish and
cheerful spirit Of the free state men, who
propose soon to organize and present them.
selves for admission to tho Union, there APP
pears to be hope for Kanzas.
Judge Lecompte, Of Kan1as bids fair to ri.
val Judge Kane of Philadelphia, in judicial
Tyranny and usurpatiun. Our rcadcrs re.
member that one McCrea. free state man,
was attacked, during u controversy on slavery.
by gang of the ruflans, and in self defence
took the life of one Of them named Clark.
McCrea was imprisoned in Lcarcnworth, the
one Slave State town Of the territory
Lecomptc, President Piercos judge, refused to
let the counsel selected hy tie prisoner AZ pear
lie ovcrruled every motion made for him. lie
selected nineteen grand jurors without tell
ing by what rnln b chose them. He gave
them foreman known to belong to the
Stringfellow and Atclson gang. The
jury retired, received secret Instructions from
Az officer appointed by tie court, and rhcn.
alter discussion, forced their foreman 10 lead
them into court, aud make this rcrort
They can't agrce-thrcc are for murder.
five Tor nanslaughter, aud eleven ag linst
finding any bill.'
President Pierce's judge dismissed the
jury, and without the authority Of law or
statute, adjourned the court until November
I'm the meanwhile jury is not packed that
will fulfill the demands Of those who thirst
for innocent blood, it will evidently be no
no fault of Judge Lecomptc. A letter from
L.ayenworth says:
such an adjournment is not legal, being
authorized by no statute, and is in fact. a
dissolution VI the Court. As such it was
doubtless intended, in order to retain Mct'rra
in prison until next spring. that another
th1rt may be organized to pack a Grand
Jury. The basencss Of the Judge has not
been observed, nor will it pass without no.
tee. petition will he presented to the
President praying for his removal. on the
ground OF corruption and imbecilitv in Office.
and there is not II single attorney Of respectful
bllity in the Territory who will not sign it d"
Petitions to President Pierce, for removal
on any such grounds, will Of course be parcr
and ink thrown away. Catch him. if YOU
can, removing any body for corruption and
imheclity"
M,Crea writes to his father-in-law ut Du-
buque, Iowa This poor weak Judge makes
my case as much party question ~ che in
famous Stringfelow would if he were on the
same bench. When | .hull get out Of his
hands cannot cell. Another application
will in lew days be made by writ of
habeas corpus, and error taken on that to
the supreme court at Washington, which
think is my only chance of ever getting out
by 'o,g.'
Compare the following frank avowal of a
southern paper, with the cowardly apologies
for the Missouri rulfans put forth by the adj
ministration organs. The New Orleans
Bulletin boldly and truly says
THE enormous outrages that have been
| pcrretrited in hanzas. during the last six or
eight months, are disgrace to the country
and the age in which we live Furthermore
| the CXc"SsCs that have been committed there.
| in violation e law. order and decencv, with
! the passive sah,,iJ. OF tho federal govern
ulent, will most a-suredly he the means Of
defeating the Object Which the authors of
l.
zation of kanzis as IL slave state. Mrssrs
! Atchison, Stringfcllow and the Missouri
hordercrs generally, have gone little to far
1 in their f"ray, and IL time of rctribution i
| to follow
| TIE Nfw ENGLAND ENIGRAH1 AID COMPANY
have published an address to the citizens OF
Missouri, in which they frankly meet the
various allegations made against them by the
Washington Union and other wild pro Slave
organs. They say that they have never
| ircd man To 90 to Kansas, or paid the pas
sag" nt single cniiIrant. every one going
/ there under The c"mrany's auspices having
| himself provided the means Of his passage,
being tempted to do so ~ the favorable uc.
/ counts which bad reached the North Of the
| advantages which Kansas offered to the set.
tier To the accusation Of aggression on
/ Missouri" they reply.
{ by the accidental condition u travel Mt t. q
/ pre-. mt time it happens that many of the
/ Northern emlgrants pass up the Missouri
river on their way to thrir ncw homes II
/ this be a grievance to YOU il is none tine less
an Inconvenience To thrm. III cngthans their
! journey To- Kansas more than four hundred
/ miles. We venture to say, however. that
/ they have So borne this Inconvenience ~ ~
| give no serious ground of complaint u those
/ with whom they have had dealings in your
state. 50 soon as the rapid advance of the
railroads in Iowa permits, they will be able
/ tn shorter their Journey materially and YOU
may then be- relieved from their presence
/ Till then it will he convenient for them to
take your steamboats, up the river. and to
| provide themselves with supplies from your
merchants.
The address thus concludes -
We have done nothing to encroach upon
| you or yours. We have done nothing that
/ friendly brothers of the same great mutton
should not do We claim no rights in Kan
sas hut what are given us bv the constitution
and the laws We claim none which we are
not ready to concede to every living man
! The misrepresentation which have been
made OF our company do not injure us. 1t
/ is only to defend the character of our friends
/ in Kansas that we have felt called upon to
notice them at all and we write this friendly
address to you, and claim your candid attcn.
ton to 1t, that you may be no longer misled
as to the peaceful and legitimate purposes OF
| the New England settlers in that territory
/ are resolved to maintain them But they
respect. also, the rights of others and will
make no "aGgressions' upon neighboring
states.
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