The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-04-21
TIE KANSAS OUTRAGE.


I,tot u pn,t' ,p,,A Krpsqs. .iD,ii Isl. 1s:,,,.
lou my be ANXIOUS to hear an account of
our election. and promised To- write YOU az
Yer the a!la'r was over. As told vou in nv
last, the Nls>ourianS had it all their own way.
suppose there is not one district in the ter
r'to'y. hut what they lave carried Others
VIII write Won the particulars. have only
heard from Douglass and Topeka districts.
besides Lawranrr. BIT there are 50 many
flying reports that no one knows even the
truth yet. Thursday. DAY before election. the
M''>onr'an' h""an TOY our into lawrence, and
iI'"h"d their tents little out of the town, in
a strip Of timber near the water. The scene
lo"@"d hF" grand MUSTER as we nScl to
cal 1t at the East. They covered about TWEEN
'v-fi'" acres OF ground They were men Of
an stripes t>aNr GOOD Onc) Srcpt most of
~" day IN looking about our quiet city. \,
'liHht they kept watch. was over the e
with them most of IN" NIGHT. learnin. their
plans. They seemed Disappointed to find so
few men at Lawrence. They were lc'ermin-
cd to vote. and i.h' if necessary. But their
men became so drunk and so unmanarcahc,
that they appointed committee of twelve
men to destroy their liquor. SO they went
INTO ;hc business Drmiiohns and bottles.
KEYS and barrels were smashed M in r~an,l
conu>i"n NJ their meeting the chief objects
OF 'h"ir nd!"naton were Gov Rrcdlrr, II"r-
ad o! Ercedon and AGENT of Enirrant Aid
TO. Men swo"c most Soutlv that they would
Kill TIE Governor if he refused certificates to
their mon. Indeed there has been an ORGAN
ze':on for three weeks past to mob him Last
week. whom he came off from a boat return
IN" from Fort !.cav"nwo::h. they We're unor
the lcv"' here with coat Of tar g. Thr
Gan" nnmh"rr1 on'vtwcvr men, and tIoun.,t
il h">: l"t him alon"
shall leave the scene for others TO .ic>,rihc.
Upon in" morning Of election the polls were
surrounded hv about 200 Aii>so;,r;anS. and Too
of oar men. One OF the inarc> of election
he h"n"a Free Soil Mi>>ourian was threat
cm"'I with nS'rut |.0th If h" did not come I'M,
on their l'a''"rri So he left The town. They
then appointed another. who. with NJ. Cam
arm (who has always been douhttnl). agreed
to ley III" MiSSourian> vote Mr.. Abbott. on,
ct or men. r|lpnin'i trnp hu. the other 10
decided against him 50 the votes then wen,
in. and Mr. Abbott I"clircd TO serve. rs y,
roUid not carry ont the instructions Of III,
Governor: f'l"n ano''.rr one was arnoint,d
then :E"v had their own wav. They knock
"d Bend on the head. who then ran for hi.
|i'''. rs t'e crowd were nttcr him: ore shot Al
him as h" passed Ev me- len. did not hit him
: then ran COR his liz in ano'lcr direction
, and would hav" been killed If he hal remain
ed The leaders h.phg whispered to me tha
though might he "a c"Aleman. nv Office wa.
known. lfcIs! them had decided to <.,y
and Ibid STAY throu"h the dar. and was no.
in>utr'l. Some Of the men were men of
property and Standing in Missouri. and f.arc,
they would have to answer to the courts Of
Missouri Ii they mo'C>teI me. 50 have n,
personal r0m;''aint 70 make Vt nirh. II Wa
supposed that the office Of III" Herald of Free
dom would h" mohh"d TIL, ladies al I.tt
aud we he'd IN Arrangement w which ".
. >houi1 have sent The men who entered th,,
binding hlyh toward heaven NJ aho,, mi !
: nlgh' few men cam" and looked ahor. tn,
building. hu: no one Of them said much. o,
attempted 10 enter.
| am happy to state that the I',,c S,a.,
I"lN ('h0nGh not As good as micht hc) wa,
very we'll supported. Bat most of orr men
knowing H." vote would I've contest..'. Jo
rot rate n all. am sorry they did no. still
rs they knew they could NOT elect their men
they thought It OF no us" to try At Tnpck a
or rather Tr"umn'or. the place of vo:inr. the
MISSourianS had II all TIER own wav-unI.~-
took to Shooi the Judges the Governor arro;n-
ted, and finally got a SET of their own. who
w"r" not sworn At all. and took The votes At
Dorva>S = similar scene took place. Thrv
broke down the hon>" where ,hc election was
held. But all The elections were carried Nv
a set ofmrn from Missouri. Ahout 1000 cam,
over. hn' net al voted. perhaps not n,o~.
than two thirds At T.awrnncc they roll.l
IN AL a'out loo votes: Free State vote ..
bout 80. ~ 'hc o'h"r places there were
'" free STATE votes. Their plan row is to
Kill toy. H"rdrr. If hc does not give ccr,G
Gates within inur DAYS. After that, the act.
IN" t'pVcrnor Will be pro-~'avcrv, and they
will have it all their own way.