Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-27
From the st. Louis Democrat, April 81.
Destruction of the Parkvilie Lumiuary
NV m Mob.


The subjoined highly important news came TO us
last evening In an Extra from the Office Of the
Platte Argus. We give il to our readers just as
it was received, and without vouching for the cor
rectness of the version as detailed:
PARKvILLE, No., April IL, 1855.
Mr.. EDIToR: The spontaneous upheavings OF an
indignant and outraged community were manifested
here to-day, in a decided manner. To tell you
that the Industrial Luminary, newspaper owned
by George Park and w. j. Patterson, In this town,
Is Freesoil Sheet and has been aiding and abet.
ting the eastern abolition societies In their abortive
attempt to aboltionize Kansas, for the past year,
is TO ten you what you already know.
You are also aware that Park has large hotel
in this place, kept by free-soiler, imported from
Illinois, and devoted TO the foul purposes Il
seems that certain men In the neghborhood deter
mined to abate the nuisance" How they man.
aged to notify 20 many, and keep it quiet, don't
understand but about ten o'clock this morning,
we were surprised to see about ten or fifteen OF
our most respectable country acquaintance ride
into town and 90 tothe printing Office and put Pat
terson under guard. Park, IL appears, had either
heard Of il, or his good lack had prompted him to
go to the mouth of Blue in Kansas Territory At IL
o'clock about 200 men had arrived. The press
was very quietly taken down aud paraded into the
street The crowd was called TO order, and Pat
terson was brought forth to receive his sentence.
they came there with the firm determination 10
black, tar, and feather, and ride on a rail g. s.
Park and w. j. Patterson but that as Park had
escaped, aud left his scapegoat to suffer for both,
he wished the meeting to decide what should now
be done with the prisoner.
Another speaker declared his voice was for mer-
cy; not that he had any excuses TO offer for Pat
terson, for he despsed him AZ strongly rs any man
could but that Pstterson's wife, throughout the
morning, had hung to him like a leech that she
now held on to him; and that we could not indict
the punishment without gross violence TO her feel
ings, and perhaps rudeness to Mcpherson.
lie therefore, for the sake Of the wife, moved
vote to be taken 70 remit the tar, feathers, &C.,
and set Mr.. Patterson at large for the present.
The vote was accordingly taken, and mDA ma
jority went in favor Of the prisoner. He was,
therefore, set at large
The following resolutions were then offered and
voted on singly, and not dissenting voice was
heard on the ground. Almost every one voted In
the Affirmative and they voted with "vim"
too, that showed they were In earnest
Resoiped, /. That the Parkvle Industrial Lumi-
nary Is a nuisance, which has been endured too
long, and should now be abated
2. That the editors, to wit g. s. Park, and
w. J. Patterson, are traitors to the State and
county in which they live, and should be dealt
with as such.
Q. That we meet here again on this day three
weeks and if we find q. S. Park, or w. J. Patter-
In this town then or at any subsequent time, we
win throw them into the Missouri river; and if
they go TO Kansas 10 reside, zoe pledge oar honor
asmeh to follow and hang them wherever we can
take them.
4. That, at the suggestion OF our Pakville
friends we viii attend to some other free soilers
not far off.
8. That we win suffer no person belonging to
the Northern Methodist Church 10 preach in Platte
county after this date, under penalty Of tar and
feathers for the first offence, and hemp rope for
the second.
9. That we earnestly call on our sister counties
throughout the State TO rise in their might and
clean themselves of frecsoilism.
Z. That our peace, our prosperity and our
safety requires us, at this time, to do our duty.
8. That We request every pro-slavery paper in
Missouri and Kansas to publish the above reso-
lutions
The press was then shouldered, With a white
cap drawn over its head, and labeled Boston
Aid" the crowd following in regular order II was
marched through town nearly TO the upper land
ing, and there, with three hearty cheers Il was de-
posted in the tomb Of all the Capulets" to wit !:
the Missouri river.
speech was then made TO the crowd, and they
dispersed pcaceably, each taking the road to his
own hone.
During the day. frequent telegraphic dispatches
were received from both ends Of the line Of most
encouraging nature.