The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-12-01

/ ws)flid lave bsef tUlHs!lItff0 uFnu ffss5-
! lie Is iiUw IookeI upon q. a vie apvslasc.
| IN .iraoid wl.o has sold himself to he
lenemies of freedom cor paltry Office !;
! q gaG..s.. who has betrayed his own
eoaailrmen that be might glory in he
ap,ella ia:s ofesgu;re. Poor. de sra lei.
sell deiuded man. We pity his
f,al 5 and teeL thasouF people, tlaald
eommisscrste Ilina Ga tie loss Of his
reason; for Nan ca,.!ealy excuse liza.
rc!f from sHc:i hua,ihalns pasture by
putting in plea Of insanity. Wh-n he
shall be restored 70 lueid Interval. we
have NO doubt be viii go oalt aud hang
hinself',' as did his aneisht prototype.
Hugh Cameron. ss7aire.-t How
Ibeautiful the appendage look ided 10
the traitors name, issued thu warrant,
aad those who rescued Dir. BEAssoS
were aware of the fact. and ii was tr
this reason they say they made the res
cue. Trey FELT that to have sanctioned
the arrest of q citizen by process, 81
ed by such person. and under such
circumstances would have been ackn0wl-
edgins tie justice and legality of that
riiIainous Legisla ure.
flap oces> bad issued from Cour.
which hey could recognise a. having a
legal distance ley would hayr advised
Mr.. 3. ailson To lave delivered himself
up or to lave given bail Tor i'i> good BE-
lavior. but they f.lt that they could not
ieon>istcniIy with their oft REPEATED re-
solves, sanc ION any mOvement coming
from that ,dy, any more, TIA. the iath-
ers of the reyuiu.i.n c.:uld c,II-e.it 10 pay
a trivial tax "n ea Il was the l'r'm te
witch wa involved. nos the ex.en o.
the injury " i,.h woal accrue.
But let us proceed with a ma ration
Of facts. and l.aye The di'-isipn of the
jus,ise OF Irol riety OF The movement IL
aii,Hi er a;ca ion.
Ameeting WAS convened ofour CT izens
to lean he W.casion of tie exriIement
A e! al ma. was electei, tie object stat
ed. and tie par icaIar, oi the arrest and
rescue were given by Mr. BRANsoN. and
: listened to with profound mte.es By 'he
peopie. Mr. 3. spoke calmly. yet feel
ingiv, and closed with the remark tha
ne was in The hands of his friend Id
IuIiug to his rescuers and would abide
their judgment. His friend, Mr.. Dow,
had been murdered in cold blood. with
out any provoeation, and lis tftnsin3
consisted in knowing who We Il e Per
. peirators of thaG Outrage. HI knew tliat
he was singled out for deStrucuoa; bu i
it was thought the good of the cau~e, o
the safety of the people OF Ltwien'e de-
manded it, he would so home aad lii N
his own defence, and find grave by the
side of his friend.
Others reported that the G werner las
been informed of tie transaction, tia
the seif-eslled Sheriff had claimed be
would bring an army to lis all, an
tia, lie would demolish Lawrence.
Others could not see how Lawrence
was to be connected with an occurrence
which took place from ten 10 twelve
miles distant. and of which hey Lad nc
knowledge until af er the incidents had
tranSpired; nevertheless. they thou 65ht i
n Iyis.ble to organize the people with
view strictly to self-defenSe. as rumor'
were cons antly rife that we were to bt
waited upon by an armed mob from 8
neighboring State for the purpose Of de
struction.
A committee of ten persons was ap
pointed. with full powers IN the premises
but with the express unders, niins-a'
enuncia ed BIZ the mover for the conimia
tee. who was subsequently appointed is
Ichairnlan-that it was not for tie purpose
of aggression. or to shield any person
from deserved punishment. or - reSis'
the iegoily constituted autl critics. but
simply 10 resist the action of mob from
Missouri. or elsewhere, shout nla b.
directed sainst Lawrence. At a sub
sequent meeting. the committee repor'e,i
plan of action which was a,iope,i.
The day wore away wishou, any ap-
pearance of the enemy, and tie >eyera
military companies were dismi> after
first taking the precaution to select =
guard fol the night.
On Wednesday many OF our p'npi
were seen in tie streets in little group
each. apparently. loadel down with i'm
plemenls of defence Rumnrs continued
Ito arrive of the movements of Jones. the
bogus Sheriff, aud his posse which he
was gathering; but night found us still
in being. and the town not demolished
A guard was kept up through the night.
Thursday reports increased of add
iions to the mob who were Collecting a
franklin. The numbers were variousl
as mated. Reports from o.i'er direction
Showed the character Of tie movement
and that Missouri was relied upon 10
men to carry on the var. GOV San
non was sta Ell 20 lave i, ued pF,'clana
ton comnlan ling tie Military IN tn
Territory tb come 20 tie ali oil MIR
, J"nrs.--in The meantime a recruiting oi
iircr was sent to the secret Lolges of h,
border uffi,n - Tor help
Friday morning showed large mum
: bers OF lie masau leis in IL vicinity
and it was said tl,at lay hal been fixe;
e upon ior the purpose of re-'aking Bran
: son, and the arrest OF the rcseuers.
e was claimed that they had secured til
: all OF seye al pieces of cannon, All;
lpurposed planting them on the height
:, 81 as 10 command the town. a I'd {. en- Z
u depuiat;on was To be sent into Ltwseiis'
+ To demand the escaped prisoner anI Iii
e rescuers. If not delivered up the ale !,