Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-12-28
Triumph Of praaence In Knnza.,


As we begin TO receive authentic accounts
of the inglorioUs termination to the invaders
of the latest forsy upon the tEnoiiendins and
| lawful Inhabitants of kanzas, BY the lawless
ruffans of Missouri, led ca az y6e Gouegaor ap-
pointed BY President Pierce, we cannot ex-
( press too high an admiration OF the wisdom,
the prudence, and the true courage manifest.
ed by the people of Lawrence. noTtoo sew. re-
ly eensure the precpitate folly Of shannon.
in issuing proclamation OF such az ineendl-
airy character, which was from beginning to
end but tissue Of lies, and which he has
been obliged in the most hGmiiiatins manner
10 confess 10 be untrue. The people of Law.
renee have simply stood upon their rights as
American citizens. They were outraged bv
the unproyoked murder Of one Of their asso-
ciates, and the protection OF his murderers BY
the nsurpng government of the terrtory-by
the most outrageous fabrications, charging
them with burning honses aud driving fsmi-
lies into Missouri, in which there was not one
VT I'd of truth, aud by the most unjust and
uniustifable csiumaies Illuminated against
them in Gov. Shannon false, one. sided aud
wicked proclamation. Fhey saw the borders
swarming with armed rpfiians-a an array of
cannon, muskets, reyolvers, and bowie knives,
invoked and incited by the Governor of the
order. They saw at the bottom of the W hole
a conspiracy TO drive them from-ther homes,
TO lay Lawrence IN ashes and 10 quench its
hes with the blood of its inhabitants, that
there might be no check or hindranee 10 the
free ingress Of slavery. Worst OF all, they
saw all the constituted authorities of the ter
ritory. governor. judges and secretary, arrayed
Oh the side of their lawless enemies On their
side, they had only just cause, prudent
counsels, and Sharpe's rifles. The cd is were
apparently against them, bat they despaired
not, and hinched not, and Providence has
once more prospered their cause.
A correspondent of the st. Louis Democrat
says The people of Lawrence were well
armed, aud provided with cannon, and in nv
opinion, those Sharpe's rifles had very aelet-
erSous effect upon The minds of the mob. 1
am glad the affair has happeaed. 1t has put
tue men of Lawrence right where they ant
to be understood to stand-w;llihg to respect
all Constitutional laws, and TO resist ali that
are not; and having taken that stand, to die
rather than prove recreant to it. The mob
know this now, and think the political lead
ers Will have hard work to get them to c me
again. Lawrence having conducted herself
so prudently. has made friends by it, and se..
cule ed the respect of those who before had no
conception Of their character
1t is to be hoped that the House of Repre.
sentatives in Washington, if ever organized,
will lose no time in having the recent out
RACES in Kanzas thoroughly investigated, and
blame and punishment bestowed where they
are deserved.
Let the murders of Dow and Barber be
looked into, and the murderer puni,hed Let
tile lying proclamation of Shannon, his
transferring his authority, as executive of
kanzas, into the hands of an army of lawless
desperadoes from Missouri, his mendacious
attempt TO obtain authority for employing the
U. S. troops, at Fort Leavenw,rt against
the unoffending people of Lawrence, the un-
lawful seizure of cannon and munitions of
war from the United States arsenal in Clay
County-let these and the many outrages per-
petrated upon peaceable travellers by these
ruffians, during their weeks foray, be siited
to the bottom, and the punishment bestowed
where it rightfully belongs.