The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-12-15
Kansas Affairs.

We thank Mr.. Costing, formerly of this city
and now residing at Independence, Mo-, for
copy of the Kansas Register, of the 1st inst
We clip from it the following article bearing
upon the late difficulties in Kansas:
War Threatened-The fact Of the Case.
One man killed another on Tuesday, we be-
lieve, in quarrel about claim. near Hickory
Point The man that slew the other went
and delivered himself to the officer of the law
whereupon the man that committed the homi-
eide, as we learn, swore out peace warrant
against friend of the naan.s.tsat acas killed;
whereuponthe Sheriff of Douglas county went
with posse to arrest the man against whom
the warrant had been issued, and while on the
prairie, en- route to the Justices office with his
prisoner, he (the Sheriff. was met by squad
of armed men who in parley told the prison
er if he wished to proceed with the Sheriff he
could do so, but that if he wished to go about
his business he could do it, whereupon the
prisoner rode out of the Sheriff's party and
went on his way-the Sheriff and his posse
went their way. This doubtless amounted to
to a rescue, and we are ready and willing,
whenever process is issued against those
parties who aided in the rescue, and placed in
the hands Of proper officer to arrest them,
and that officer shall go to arrest them and
his authority is opposed by open resistance,
then we pledge ourselves to give our aid in the
execution of the law. If then the militia be
necessary, we are of the militia. to see that
those who have made themselves amenable to
the law, however trifling the misdemeanoI
may be. we are ready when rebellion against
the demands of the law are made, to lend ouI
aid to put down that rebellio1-not matter;ng
with US how we deprecate the laws, and the
spirit in which they were conceived.
8 We only add that unless the Sheriff o
Douglas should first have made on legal process
: a demand for those who aided in the rescue o
2 his prisoner, and there met with forcible resis
9 lance to such demand the Governor unit
then should have never issued any order o.
, lproclamation-ifany he has issued-but if am
has been issued up to this present writing, w
are not aware oft. Three thousand men Will
j cannon and other eqmpage, are reported t.
f have crossed the river and marched over tn
q Southern line of Kansas route for Lecomp
ton, all of which, or if any part is true, it is t.
be deplored for certainly we had supposed
: we were in the future to be left to settle GU
a own affairs without any interference from Mis-
q souri, or any other State.
Let the administration send their hireling
u here to invite foreign interference in Kansa
affairs, and the truth of our present histor
will annihilate the forces at present in powe
D and their remotest posterity. If Presiden
Pierce is totally ignorant or unadvised of tn
: many outrages the friends of squatter sover
{ eighty have had to bear in Kansas-the princi
n pie that caused the present administration,
d not selfdestruct!on at any rate great politics
e peril-we say there can be no longer tolerated
even by the friends of the administration, an
excuse for its seeming and wanton ignorance
the true state of affairs in Kansas