The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-30

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was the offence for which his Office was
mobbed and his press thrown into the
river, in which he said his press had oc-
cupied conservative, national ground,
promptly opposing the men and the
measures that had brought on that crisis.
and in which the question was asked if
the President would meet it promptly !;
stating also that there was no true sense
of justice in Kansas, that the judges of
the elections had been displaced and 9TH
ers appointed, that the polls had been
oyerawed by men armed with pistols aud
bowie knives; and then asking-"Isthis
what the advocates of Kansas call squat
ter sovereignty
This was the cause of drawing togeth-
er hundreds of armed men, resolved to
abate as nuisance free, independent
press. Though Missouri is sovereign
State, with republican form of govern
ment guaranteed to her citizens, the free
dom of the press is taken away at the
instigation of rowdies and blacklegs.-
The governor, Judges and justices are
leagued together to make Kansas slave
state. Rather than submit to live in
Park county where the ipress cannot be
free, he would live in pandemonium-he
would "rather be dog and bay the
moon, than such a Roman" Applause
The paragraph which he read was pub
lished on the 9th of April last, and on
the 18th crowd ofarmed men surround
ed his printing Office. About I9 o'clock
NJ, fifteen armed men walked into the
Office and took the speaker prisoner
When they were asked by *hat authori-
ty, they did not pretend TO have any; he
would see by what authority if he would
wait. At their heels crowds of armed
men came in, so that / so men were prob
ably in the Office at one time, and 800
about the door. The press was taken
and put upon a wagon, and covered with
a white cap, on which was written "Bos-
ton Aid" and carried off and deposited,
as they said, sin the tomb of all the Cap
ulets," to wit: the Missouri river. Had
it not been for the devotion of his wife,
the speaker himself would probably have
been killed.
After destroying the press, they passed
certain resolutions declaring that the
paper was nuisance, which had been
endured too long; that they would come
there again in three weeks, and if they
found the editors there then, or at any
subsequent time, they would throw them
too into the Missouri river, and if they
went to Kansas, they pledged to hang
them wherever they could take them
and also, that they would suffer no person
belonging to the Northern Methodist
church to preach in Parkville, under
a penalty of tar and feathers for the first
offence, and hemp rope for the second.
The charge of abolitionism made
against the editors of the Luminary was
false, and they knew it. But they need
ed an excuse and chose that charge, be-
cause it would satisfy the public better
than the real cause. The fact was, At
Gibson wanted to control the press, but
could not, though it was covertly stated
that sycophancy would be well rewarded
1t was also stated that the press had sep
arate editions for the north and the south,
containing different sentiments on the
slavery question; and there were other
reasons, equally false, given for their re-
sort to mob violence. Sooner than sub
NIT to what they demanded, or to remain
in Platte comfy, the speaker would pre-
fer to live with the Digger Indians. As
specimen of the feeling of the people
there, he said, school commissioner
having a teacher presented to him, told
the candidate he should have acertihcate
if he could parse the sentence, ''Park d
Patterson's Press was thrown into the
Missouri river onSaturday." He did it.
and received his certificate.
The incidentsconnected with the death
of Malcolm Clarke, the mobbing and
lynching of Mr.. Phillips, were then Civ
en-, substantially as they have been pre-.
sented to the public in the newspapers
He then enquired who was responsible
for all this violence. All right feeling
men denounce it; and even in Missouri
were the law abiding citizens to have an
opportunity to pronounce upon the con.
duet of Atchison and his allies, they
would emphatically condemn their whole
proceedings. The settlers of Kansas
must not have any of the odium, for they
have an indisputable right to go there
and to hold whateveropinions they please
Their homes are there, and if they shed
blood, it is by repelling force with force,
and in defence of their fire-sides. Gap
plause.) Atchison is the chief eulprit
and those who furnish him with money
are his guilty accessories. 1t is the de-
yout wish of every lover of his country
that they may be brought to eondigr
punishment. The papers of Missouri
are many of them nourished by govern.
ment patronage, and they are Atchison's
principal engineers. Probably the Pres
ident has been deceived by Atchison a:
Douglas was. There cannot be doub'
what the Presidents course WILDE wher
all the facts are known tohim. Mr.. Pat
terson then spoke in complimentary terms
of Gov. Reeder. The charges that have
been brought against him have been
made because he has made himself, ,ob.
noxious to the riotous portion of the
Missourians.
Atchison and Stringfellow, and Judge
Tomlinson. have squatted on lands where
they are laying off town ; and be va:
credibly informed chat all the council
men of Kansas have been instructed t.
vote to make Calhoun-the town they
are laying off-the seat of government
Mr.. Patterson then alluded to the cause
of his visit to Boston; denied any knoEl-
edge of the Emigrans Aid Society plans
or purposes till be came here, but was
now satisfied they were good, and tha:
all that had been said against the Society
was untrue.
At the close of his remarks vote o.
thanks was passed unanimously, for his
open. candid, independent address.