Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-09

The Late Mob ut ParkviIIe, Missouri.
The telegraph has already given an ac-
count of the destruction by mob of the
Office of the ParkyiIle (Mo.) Luminary,
published by George S. Park and w. J.
Patterson. 1t appears the editors. did not
comment upon emigration from the North
to Kansas in terms suitable to the mob,
and hence the destruction of their office,
accompanied by other indignities. The
St. Louis In;elligencer. referring to the
proceedings of a meeting of the mobiles,
says: ..- ....
They proceeded to the Office, tore the
press from the building, mounted it with
a cap labelled Z" Boston Aid, ;" marched it
deliberately through the streets of the
town, and tossed it into the Missouri ri
yer. They had determined not only to
wreak their vengeance on the mute wheels
and levers OF the prlntlng-press, but 10 give
the owners thereof Il taste Of their wrath,
also. They dragged Mr.. Patterson. one of
the editors Of the Luminary, into the street
forced him to witness the destruction Of
his property, and then prepared to tar,
feather, and ride him on rail. But
guardian and protecting angel was sent to
SANC VIC uAdH lIutl TIC UOI u
tying disgrace and degraded punishment
:ready to be inflicted on him by the en-
ragged populaco. His devoted wife clung
to him 10 the last-"stuck to him like a
2eech," as brutal eyewitness and mar,
rator of the scene express it-and endra-
vored to defend him. by her feeble
strength, from the fury Of the crowd
She succeeded. Her frail form was an
effectual shield, and saved her husband
from the infictiou of a personal outrage
supposed to be fit only for villains.
But while he was spared the disgrace
of tar and feathers. he was given TO un-
derstand that he could remain no longer
in ParkVilie The mob resolved itself in
to a committee, and resolved that if he
and his colleague, Mr.. Park, were found
in the county at, the end of three weeks,
they should follow their press. and find
grave in the waves Of the Missouri. Mr..
Park was absent at the time, and is per-
haps, indebted to that fact for his exemp-
ton from the same humiliation visited on
his associate.
The Luminary was not an Abolitionist
paper, nor were its owners. Messrs. Park
Il Patterson, freesoilers. One Of them
Park, we believe is the owner Of slaves,
and not at all likely to publish opinions
which, while eudangering the slave pro-
perLv OF others, would also jeopardize the
safety of his own. But the Luminary
spoke no hard and bitter words against
the emigrauts to Kansas from the North.
It did not call them " hirelings" and
" white slaves" bought up and sent out
by northern capitalists TO plant the stan
Aard Of Freesoilism on the soil Of Kan
sas. 1t welcomed all settlers with open
arms, and encouraged emigration to the
new territory from all quarters, because
its owners knew that the rapid settlement
OF Kansas by industrious and thrifty emi-
grants would augment the trade, and ad>
vance the interests of the border towns
and cities Of Missouri. For this they
were spotted," tried by a self copstitu~
ted jury, found guilty, condemned and
ordered to leave the State.
Another account states that while Pat
terson's wife was clinging to him. and be-
seCching the mob TO spare him, they took
a vote, to whether they would tar and
feather him. and small majority decided
to let him off. Among the resolutions adop-
ted by them was one, that Park or Pat
,terson must leave the State, but il they
went to Kansas, they (the mob) pledged
themselves to go there and hang them
wherever they found them. Another re-
solution was to this effect:
"Thatewe will suffer no person belong
ing to the Northern Methodist Church to
preach in Platte county, after this date,
under penalty Of tar and feathers, for the
irst offence, and hemp rope for the Sc
cond."
This outrageous conduct Of the mob,
wesare pleased to see is denounced BY the
st. Louis press. ..s. LEX .sf
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