Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-12-05
@ From,st.. Joseph Cyclic, Oct. 2sth.
Startling Deyelopments---rT reason in
& &sI Kansas. G ~
"a tha .Peopla ofI1LI&s6uri..: 81

. sEt ~ EAuuSdSss H.t r.. 1
10 tho People of Missouri: 4
{. "A secrcttcivil military organization ex-l
istsinlour reighboring territory. formed ,to]
war upon our institutions, and to initiate
against our lives, our interests and our
hopes. A Mr.. P. Laughlin. Kentucki-
an. and a member Of the secret organiza-
ton, with danger to his life, has made
the following expose, which we gave in
his own words:
"Their arms, accumulated in abundance
inssLawrence and in the Territory, fur
pished. by an, organization 81. in Boston
WHICH has also forwarded 100000 in
cash to be used for the. purpose Of ma.
king Kansas free State. The, northern
secret society is prepared to resort to vio-
lence to carry out its purposes, in case all
other means fail. 1t proclaims the Union
a bagatelle and farce, and not worth
preserving A house builEat Lawrence
by the .Emigrant,Aid Society. in Massa-
chusetts, ). and the principal hotel Of the
place, Iisc "a fortress in itself, with port
holes and,all requisites for offensive and
Defensive warfare. b.. .....r.. IT,! 5.so
81 GA bo6,marked dry goods, and direct
ed to Dr.. Robinson, agent of the Emi~
grant Aid Society, was opened in my
presence, and was, filled with arms and
munitions ofwar.ls The leading men oflhs
Northern society, are directing and gov
erning the popul ar mind with view TO
war. They proclaim that slavery shall
not exist in Kansas, and boast of having
run ofthree negroes from Missouri, and
sent them to Canada. --.,
~" The object OF the society, as openly
promul gated to its members. is to war
upon the institutions Of the South. They
I.declare that color is no bar to perfect lib
erty and equality, SO far as the whites are
concerned. The society is organized up
on military basis, and draws on religion
as the spur and is the incentive to action.
According to the constitution the men,
bers are bound to muster. in fact oath
bound, whenever called upon for the ac>
tive service. I was introduced to the
Executive Committee by Gov. Reeder,
and recommended by him as a worthy
member, and left it only when | found
could not commune with it without be-
ing guilty of treason.
"a resolution was offered on the 9Th
of September to the following effect -
That every reliable freesoiler be provided
with a rifle, brace of pistols and a sa-
bre, and to come when called upon by
his superior officer. That he should 40
and use his arms for the rescue of any
one coming under the jurisdiction of the
present laws Of the territory. For the
truth of the above, am willing to vouch
on oath. P. LAUGuLIN.''
From the above, says the Cycle, it
will be observed that the crisis has at
last reached it's height in Kansas. That
resistance to the laws is medifated by
Northern disunionists. How long will
pro -slavery men submit to a secret or
ganization whose basis is treason to the
government, the constitution and the
Union.
Let US meet and consider the subject,
and see what should be done in the ext
gency. The North is making prepara>
tons which must be opposed by the South
in her strength and i'll her "direst mood :"
Something has 10 be done, for the truth
Of the above is beyond cavi or dispute
in fact we have in our possession the con-
stitutiOn of the secret order. Mr.. Laugh
lin is known to us, having had business
with the Office time and again, we know
that he is sincere. Let us not be luke>
warm when the emergency is at hand.
Lynch. Vir.