The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
L.,wREscE. K. T. Jan. Is. 1855.

RlEND .. -AoiuCo Wiling 9ou houi
Fort r., / have travelled over much of the
Territory, and seen many things both in
structive and amusing Learning before
my arrival at this place, thai the friends
of Douglas, Atchison d Co., had en-.
tered into combination to make of Kan.
sas a slave State, and in order to accom-
plish this, had sent their emissaries to
Lawrence to SOW dissension among the
people, aad, ifpossible. upset and demol-
.Ish the Emigrant Aid Company, as well
as divide the vote in all elections, have
felt deep interest in watching the pro-
gress of events. My business, as you are
aware, being unknown TO the people, as
well as my position, 1 have been able to
look behind the scenes as few if any 9TH
.er persons could, and perhaps | cannot
better inform You of the state of affairs
here, than by giving a brief history OF
a late indignation meeting, held ON
Thursday last, and of some OF the actors.
The persons who took part in this meet
ing were actuated by various motives.
The Atchison men, in disguise, ofcourse,
desired to split up the citizens of Law
renee and vicinity, and shiver the Erni-.
grant Aid Co. to atoms, to make room for
slavery and secure their own promotion.
Another class of office seekers had SO
conducted as to get the disapprobation of
the friends of freedom, and the Sc Element
here. and hence they were also anxious
to get up demonstration and "break
things Others, still, hoped to make
something pecuniaiily out OF such an op-
era ion while the two editors, who fig-
ured in the drama, were jealous of "a third,
and they hoped in some way to injure
him and make capital for themselves. In
order to get out an audience, handbills
were posted from Westport to Tecumseh,
and the settlers were applied to in person
to come together for the purpose OF max
ing some arrangements to project the
timber, claims, DC, of the squa:ters.
About one hundred people were thus
drummed up, and the meeting was called
to order by full-blooded son of Erin.
The president, to be elected, is awfully
chagrinei because he was the means of
dividing the anti-slayery yo.e at the
late election, after he had said he would
no. do it /; and because, after blowing hot
and cold, slavery and anti slavery, putting
and stufting himself, and Safeguarding
his opponent, as well as positively assert
ing many things which soon proved, to be
untrue-he came out of the canvass third
best. This man made an assault upon
the English grammar and Webster's die
tionary, as usual, that was almost heart
rending. After he had concluded, what
some would call his Inaugural Speech,
he was chosen president of the gathering.
| Next appeared upon the stand a gent
Inc Demostheacs, whose utterance, for
want of palate, could not be made very
| distinct, even by the use of pebbles.
He. according to the papers, is und n
5 900 bonds to keep the peace, and ac-
cording to his friend, who followed him,
has lately been accused of theft from one
OF the most respectable ei.izens of the
place and, from one of the audience it
appeared that this was not the first offense
of the kind laid to his charge. This man
/ Immediately commenced making strange
noises, accompanied with wild and fran
tic gestures, which were said to have been
intended as report of the committee, of
which be was called the chairman. Who
or what the rest of the committee were
did not learn, and what the report was no
one could tell except he or they who
made it. go, aia ffr
| The next speaker was the Atchison
tool, vino processes, aud sometimes votes.
anti-slayery kere, and pro-slayery when
in Missouri. He is the head manager of
the slave interest in this quarter, although
ia '.sheep's clothing" He proceeded
] with TRADE of words against the Emil
grant Aid Co., their agent, and the Law
I renee Association. His speech was well
committed aud equal to his caliber.
i Before the next speaker, who bad been
4 loudly called for, had time to reach the
/ stand, the president, at the instigstion Oh
Il his new allies, declared the resolutions ol
the day adopted when not over half oi
those present knew that the question
j was put, and not one IN the house, unless
1 he had read them, knew what they were
! The agent of the Emigrant Aid ;Co
Il was finally allowed the stand, and pul
things in such a light as to take the wind
!, all ont Of the gas-blcwers, except the tenn