True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-11-07
FROM AND ABOUT KANSAS.


concise statement of the objects and opera
tions of that society, and must 60 far tC
disabuse the intelligent portion of the Mis-
sourians of the prejudices so industriously J
foRented against the emigrant movement,
The St. Louis democrat publishes the ad.
dress in full and introduces it with liberal
notice. The Lawrence Herald Of Freedom
September Goth, states that emigrants were
beginning to arrive from the east in large
numbers, many coming overland through
Iowa. Every new arrival swells the host
offreemen. The Squatter Sovereign, Pierce
and Atchison organ, states that there have
been large accessons lately to the slave
population of the territory-but the free
state papers on the contrary insist that
Shareholders are leaving the territory with
their slaves, being satisfied from the state
of public opinion that it cannot become a
slave State. With both parties "the wish
is father to the thought" but the struggle
is only just commencing. A considerable
number of emigrants have just startedtrom
Staunton, Va, for Kansas, many OF them
men of large capital.
The Kansas Freeman-a new and spirit
ed free state paper, at Topeke-mentions a
rich deposit of lead ore short distance
from that place, and says that gold is also
known to exist in considerable quantities in
some parts of the territory. A settlement
of Pennsylyanians, called Washington, is
growing up rapidly, having the advantage
of several men of capital. In recent let
ter from Lawrence, DR.. Webb writes:
"The Rev. Mr.. Mute is actively and ear
nestly engaged here both in his clerical ca
'pacitv and as a private citizen. He holds
religious services every Sabbath, towards
evening, in the open air, on Mount Dread,
to an audience of from 100 to 200 individ-
mails. He IAN energetic, interesting speak
er, and his discourses, which are eXtempo-
raneous, meet with much favor. Move
ments are now making to organize a society
and to raise funds for the erection of a
church building for him."
Samuel j. Snyder, from Dover, Ohio,
was recently tarred and feathered and rode
on a rail, in Kansas for speaking against
slavery. The Topeka Freeman speaks of
the visit of Rev. c. Clark to that place and
of his return to the East for his family.
This we suppose to be the same clergyman
who was murderously assaulted while going
down the Missouri river, and of whoeO fOtO
the most painful apprehensions are telt'
Abiding to the lawless violence and blood
shed fomented in Kansas by the agents OF
the Administration, the New Orleans Bull
letin boldly anftruly says:
"The enormous outrages that have been
perpetratcd in Kansas, during the last six
or eight months, are disgrace to the coun-
try and the age in which we live. Fur
thermore, the excesses which have been
committed there, in violation of law, order
and decency, with the passive sanction OF
federal government, will most assuredIy be
the means of defeating the object which
the authors Of the bill had exclusively in
view-the organization of Kansas as a slave
State. Nlessrs. Atchison, S'tringfclow
and the Missouri borderers generally, have
gone little too far in their foray: and a
time of retribution is soon to follow."
Gov. Shannon's denial of his pro-slavery
speech, at Westport, Mo-, was evidently
got up FIR effect upon the Ohio election.
The reporter of the Missouri Democrat.
who gave the fullest sketch Of Shannon's s
speech, persists that his report was correct;
he read it in manuscript to several OF the
most ultra pro-slayery. y.citizens Of Westport,
who all pronounced it correct, and he has
now started Oh his return to Westport,
with the determination to sustain his first
account with documentary proof. The mat
ter is only Of consequence as affecting
Sbannon's veracity. That he has commit
ted himself fully to the pro-slavery party
by speaking on the stump in behalf Of
Whitfield, pro-slavery candidate for Con-
gress, voting for him, and in every way
openly fraternizing with the pro-slavery
Missouri leaders, there is no dispute.
At the Missouri election of delegates to
Congress on the 2d, the Missourians did
their voting at Wyandott, Atchison and
Doniphan, places easily accessible from
Missouri and near each other. They made
up for deficiency in numbers by voting as
many times as they chose, and several par
ties visited half dozen voting places ant
exercised squutter sovereignty at each
lie lTee slhIe men nau llaue arrangements
to ascertain the number of illegal votes
cast, with the intention of laying a certi
fed statement Of the facts before Congress
Governor Reeder was speaking through
the territory with good effect. AT Leven
worth, formerly the most pro-slavery local
ity in the territory. he spoke several times
by invitation of the people, and many prom
inent men, previously hostile to him, pledg
ed him their votes.
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