Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-11-07
Atchison at Home-Atcbison and Douelas
No Slavery In Kapaa.

AAssAAooA ~ AAVAAe-AtCU1sOU ana O0uRlal-
No Slavery in Kansas.
Mr.. Redpath, the intelligent and reliable
correspondent of the st. Louis Democrat.
gives the following as one of the incidents Of
horseback journey from Parkville to Leav.
enworth, dating on the 10Th:
On my way overlook gentleman IN
horseback, inclose his name but refra;n
from publishing 1t. You will see that be ;s
an old citizen Of Platte County, and a noI;t.
ical opponent of Mr.. Benton. He aid not
know nv profession, and we entered into a
conversation on politics. ~
sYou are all Atchison men here. in p.rl
County, remarked. :
mo, SIR he replied, mot by any means.-
Not third. Atohison has killed himself
here as dead as Douglas at Chicago; and that
is beyond all hope of tho arm of resurrection
ever raising him. No sir, Atchison could
not carry this county now, and never will
again. He's disgusted all the conservative
men by his violence, and most of tho Demo
Gratis BY joining the Know Nothings; and be.
tween them he's done for. rll be sorry to
see kacsas free State, myself, but l don't
believe in making it, a slave State, BY tramp
ling the laws of the country under foot
It is really disgraceful to see Atcaison. the
Vice President of the United States, oyerr;d.
ing the Constitution as he has done over
there, and stirring up other men to do i
too?' ALI ~
It is rather, sthats fact,' sold |, sbut he
did do i,2' ~ 40
sYes, SIR was the answer, Il heard him
say, at Platte City. foe couldn't get Kan
sas 6y peaceful means, zoe must take II at
tie point Of the bayonet, IF necessorv.-
Those were the very words he used. How
consistent it is, too; preaching against the
North nullifying the laws in one part Of tho
country, and then doing just the same thing
in Kansas. You see what Atchison and
Douglas have done. Douglas has abolition
ized the North, and Atchison has made Kan
sas free State. 1t was id bad move
that Kansas Nebraska Bill. There Was NO
necessity for it at II. BY, old Benton
was right, sir; it was suicidal legislation for
the South, that bill" -
"Do you despair Of Kansas altogether I
asked.
eyes, sir, slavery never vii. 90 over the
river. l've travelled all over the Terr;torv
and Pm sorry to say there's no chance. The
sbolitionists and free state men are far too
numerous for slave property to be safe. and
are getting more 80 every day! You can't
drive them out, and you can't silence their
abolition papers; besides ull the land il "a
ken up in small sections. If the Com
promiee hadn't been repealed, we vonla have
got Kansas without a word BY settling It nm
ana then coming in ~ . slave State before 4
was expected; but now We will have M
much rs We can do to keep Missouri 10 the
South. We are hemmed in by fanatics m
both sides; We are divided among ourselvs.
and We can't keep sbolitionists cut. The ds'
stroying that Luminary pres, x.s n had hn !
siness, for il went too far and tnrned n,.n,,
minds to the other way Of thinking. M.y he
yon wont believe this; but is's no. s;r. Is. .
Gods truth. A.chison has changed The .en-
t'neoe OF this section of the State. Con.
sentative mea won't stand this turn;ne AZ
preachers out of the State a. tbev,ye TIED
to drive Northern Methodists ont Of Platte
county. I'LL bet they Won't do It again. soon.
We've Organized company now 70 protect
psaceable men, and By Cd if the Platte
mob Ass'e
"Yon mean the regulators p
1es; they call them reeulasors ont Of thu
county, zee call them the Platte mob. Well
sir, il they attempt that thing again they
Viii hnd % pretty hard cases 10 ree1late.Y
After some further conysrsstion. our ro.te
being different, Ne parted.