New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-17

trust. Shortly after passed them I overlook
! fresh srriva' driving into camp. There were
| about dozen eorsemen, armed with shct-guns
and rifles and the re was 8 covered wagon with two
| or three men and boxes Of provision and smmsni-
! lion in II. A lsrgs all dashing fsg waved Over
| The WAGON. and when they drove into camp
| that asS WAS hcisted. aRa auttered on. TO tho
breeze amid desfeniDg cheers. twas strange
lsrra- too . dark crimson, =" lone star" was
hlazonad ON , white ground and while | regarded
the factious emblem that AS tass noanng over
these mi.suided men st least. felt grs'ihed that
thew had NOT desecrsted the flag oil our commoa
country n
returned 10 Lawrence in the atEsrnoon' a'es
having ridden At least twenty miles. mere Was
little of military DISPLAY. Groups wer. clustered
here and there discussing flying rumors- Members
o. the Committee Of Safety were hurrytfg about
q wing directions aud sscertaiuIne all they eoud.
ard the members Of the volunteer companies
who had come in were TO De seen here and
there with their Shsrps rites, srd white belts
and car,Ouch boxes Some little ct that Jes.ouy
to which politicians liable, Was eVlrced
by few men, 8. the selection o leaders 'or ne
defense, but with these very few exceptions tho
great mass appeared to be animated with rescluts
aud harmonious determination, and had all confi-
dence in the bravery, wisdom and integrity d
the leader they had ehosen-the renowned Or.
Robinson.
A meeting was nell III tne evening, Dy Sppomt-
mept msde some time before, to discuss The new
Constitution Gel. Lane, Jutgs Smith, Me-. speer
snd Others addressed the sssemblage and 1t is
BOT surprising that the speakers should branch Oh
from the legitimate topic OF the nsnt 80 the con
dition # the place. Col Lane read several ex-
trscts from the LeavenNOrt roSlavery paper.
which had been printed the evening before. Ehe
utterly alse and miscbievous account winch that
paper gave Of the proceedings a. Lsvrene' aroused
Ia IND, of ha nd 4 AZ IA
was elected to collect all the isets carefa lily and
publish them for ju.ttic itIOn before the world.
Among the nice items cOntAiced IN this pap or was
the information that Shsnpou had appointed hlch-
ardson, NissouriaD. commander of militia, which
was perfectly lust IS they were nearly all Mis-
souraps he had to cOmmsnd. 1t also contained
a call. sae object Of which is to bring over the wtd
border ruffisns Of Plstte County upon Lawrence
Several incendiary appeals from the paper pub
lished at Independence Mo, we're read Dr.
Robinson who had been frequently urged to speak.
but who had declined, on the ground that It wSs
time for acting rather than speaking, and wao had
been called out of the meeting once or twice %
different reports was at length brought Quite
having just entered rs the meeting was about 90
adjourn He commenced in plain way to tel
them that be thought affairs did not look 30 very
bad.
lie thought shannon had got himself into
bad situation lie had brought up all these Mia
sOuIlAns TO enforce tue lows, aou "uch tncy OaofO
they could End nobody who had broken the laws;
for the people of Lawrence were q lawabd-
ing people They had come up to DO
stroy Lawrence, but they must have some
preiext and be did not believe they could lind any.
Shannon had been the means OF btisging These
people here sud he was responsible for their con.
duet to the American people The Governor had
already been obliged TO-DAY TO remove most OF them
down TO the camp on the Wsukarusa, tor tear that
in thair drun ken rev
some atrocous misdemeanOr They were 10
bad predicsment they had no pretext Tor making
An attask On Lawrence, and more than that, they
were afraid to make t-and they had reason. lie
had learned but WAS not sure that it va. authentic,
that shannon had telegraPhed to President Pierce
that he must bave the military al f"rts Loeyea,
worth ard Riley, and that Pierce had telegraphed
! back be might have them; that shannon had tele
! arsphed on to the President that he wanted au-
tborty to take the Shsrp's rifles from the people.
and than the President had telegrsp hed back that
be IL ight take them-and, of course, he would got
them slsugh of course he would be allowed to
dsarm the people, when there is an invading force
OF 0ruDsen Mis'Ourisns almost in sight, and no
government 10 the country to protect the settlers
Laughter and cries Of of course! Men OF
Lawrence, and Free State men, must be pru-
dent as well az COURAGEOUS They have now no
pretext against us-lrt them have nOue. Thi. is tho
lat strpgee beiwee n Freedom aud Slavery, aud We
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soon over. These men have come up from Mis-
sun their pretense, that Outraees had been
committed their real object, to crush the Free
State movement aud the Free State men. They
have got the sanction Of all tho United States
authorities here, but that authority while they
rejoice in il, is wkwsrd to them. II may not DO
essential for them TO find coed cause for fighting,
but the authorities want at least plausible excuse
for commencing 10 shed blood. That excuse they
must not get Z ach man must be q committee OF
one TO guard the reputation Of the Free-Stste mea
AS well as their lives If the MissOurians, partly
from fear and partly for want Of prstext, have TO
&c back without doisg anything, IL VIII maiSs them
3 laughing stock, and rebound fearfully against
Shannon; and if they make the attack wahtOniy
and unproyoked as they must if they make it at
all then the Free-State men must be shealder to
shoulder and stand or fall for their liberties aud
Ii cir bones There may be dark days, but the
American people and the world will justify US, and
the cause Of right will eventually triumph"
This speech was received with great enthusiasm,
and seemed to echo the sentiments OF tho meeting.
After the meeting had gone over TO toe ofhce
10 write but was 5000 startled by noise, and
stizlsg double barreled gun sailed out in the
direction The moon was not up, but b. the light
OF tie stars saw fopg array Of hOrsemen 10 tho
street before me. They were drawn sp In line,
aud some Of them seemed 10 be ADDRESSING men on
the other side twas in the rear, and renamed
under the impression that the hissounans nsa
stolen march on tbs guards and come up, but
was soon relieved by three hearty cheers fo7 tho
Bloomington Boys" who had jEst come in With
their reinforcement Of Free State men,
About o'clock at night startling occurrence
happened AZ one Of the piquets. This he'd con
,isted Of two men who with their rifles lad set
down on the gra,s having orders not 10 Ere unless
the emergency was desperate a party o. Mis-
,ourians 10 wagon approached them, sri when
within short distance hred six shots 1t then;
lrckly seitber Of theu was bit, and the others
drove If hckily they bad prudence and courage