Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1855-05-01
Tia 1fissourians Dia I'll

The 0issoGrians Did I'll
ATCHISoN, STRIEGFELLOW& Co, VS..
GOODRICH, GREELY, THAYER s. CO.
The army Of Shareholders and their iackalls
so diligently organised and drilled by Atchison,
Stringfeliow & Co., having rushed over from
Missouri as soon as the day of election was
announced, taken possession OF the polls at the
point of the bowie knife, voted until they were
tired, and elected whomsoever they chose as
Delegates to the Territorial LEGISLATURE"
"What he (Reeder) really did, was to keep
back the notice Of election to the last momeHt,
in order to hold it before the bulk of Atchison
minute men could be notified and rush into the
Territory.-New York Tribune, April 4th.
"The Missourians did it," Such was
the cry of the Abolitionists last fall. when,
after one whole season devoted to shipping
their menials to Kansas. Whitfield was
elected by majority of four to one! The
cry is repeated, with the dying yell of ag-
ony, when a pro-slavery Legislature is
elected by ten to one! What a hellish
shrek will be uttered when a pro-slavery
constitution is adopted by unanimous
vote!
Missourians did it," What strange
people Missourians must be! For years
past, abolitionists have proclaimed that
Missouri was free-soil. Old Bullion, and
Blair, "the young man eloquent have
been heralded as the " champions of Free
dom," and their followers committed as
free-soilers! The small number of slaves,
the mere handful of shareholders in Mis-
souri,, have been pointed to as evidence
that in Missouri slavery barely existed by
the mercy of the abolitionists And yet,
now it seems, that in despite of Reeder's
cunning, Missourians are able to over
whelm not only Goodrich, Thayer & Co.,
of Congressional, Central, and Associate
Emigrant Aid Societies, with millions of
money at their command, but the whole
volunteer migration from the non slave
holding States!
Atchison, Stringfellow & Co." denoun-
ced from Maine to Chicago as despicable
leaders Of a petty faction, mere corpe-
RAILS guard, pitiful minority of their own
country, with their minute men, not on
ly keep in subsection the host of free-soil-
ers at home, but at a moments warning,
march into Kansas, overrun the whole
Territory, and strike such terror into the
hearts of its " thousands of hardy freemen"
that but one free-soiler is elected in the
Territory
We had been accustomed to regard our
neighbors and friends, Atchison and String
fellow, as quiet, peaceable citizens; though
each has by courtesy the title of general,
we had not given them credit for any ex-
traordinary military genius. Atchison was
once general Of militia in time Of peace,
while our friend Stringfellew, we learn,
never mustered in his life. His title, as
he says, is unmerited, unless as attorney
general, he may have been regarded as
commander of an army for the prosecution
of felons: thus his title may be appropri-
ate in war against negro thieves.
We now admit that we have moderated
the abilities of these gentlemen. If Gree
ly is to be believed, Napoleon was raw
soldier, when compared to them; and we
would suggest to the abolitionists, that they
at once procure their appointment to the
command in the seige of Scbastapol. They
would, with their "minute men," certainly
take it, and then the abolitionists might
take Kansas.