Squatter sovereign., 1855-08-21
Great Excitement in Atchison- Alb
clifton Preacher Shipped on Raft.


On Thursday evening last one Pardeel
Butler, arrived 10 town with a view of start
ing for the East, probably for the purpose
of importing fresh supply Of Freesoiiers,
from the penitentiaries and pest holes Of
the Northern States. Finding it incon-
venient to depart before morning, he took
lodging at the hotel, and proceeded to VS.
it numerous portions of our town, every
where avowing himself freesoiler, and
preaching the foulest of abolition heresies.
He declared the recent action of our cit
izens, in regard to j. W. B. Kelly, the in-s
famous and unlawful proceedings ofa mob.
At the same time, stating that many per-
sons In Atchison, who were Freesoilers at
heart, had been inundated thereby, and
feared to avow their true sentiments; but
that he Butler) would express his views,
in defiance of the whole community.
On the ensuing morning, our townsmen
assembled en- msasse, and deeming the pres
ence of such persons highly detrimental to
the safety OF our slave property; appointed
a committee Of two to wait on .Nr. Butler,
and request his signature to the resolutions
passed at the late pro-slavery meeting In
Atchison. After perusing the said resolu-
tons mr.. b., positively declined signing
them, and was instantly arrested by the
committee.
After various plans for his disposal had
been considered, it was finally decided to
place him on raft composed oil two logs,
fir mly lashed together; that his baggage
and loaf of bread be given him, and hav-
ing attached flag to his primitive bark,
emblazoned with naottos indicative of our
contempt for such characters, .Mr. Butler
was set adrilt on the Great Missouri, with
the letter R., legibly painted on his FORE
head.
He was escorted some distance down
the river by several of our citizens, who
seeing him pass several rack-heaps in
quite skillful manner, babe hlrn adieu.
and returned to Atchison.
Such treatment may be expected by all
scoundrels, visiting our town for the pur-
pose of interfering with our time -honored
institutions, and the same punishment we
will be happy to award all Freesoilers,
Abolitionists and their emissaries. If this
should prove Insufficient to deter them from
their dastardly and infamous propensity for
negro stealing, we will draw largely on the
hemp crops of our Missouri neighbors, for
a supply of the article, sufficient to afford
every jail-bird in the north, necklace
twelve feet in length.
| With confidence we appeal to the Squat
ter Sovereigns OF Kansas, to know if our
slaves shall be tampered withs Will they
allow the Greelys and Stewards Of the
Northern States, to inundate our broad ter
ritory with the scurf and scum, collected
from their prisons, brothels and sink-holes
of iniquity? Is society, composed Of
such ingredients as these, proper school
for the morals of your children2 Are
such men fit companions for your daught-
erss Such women fit wives for your sons
Squaters of Kansas, if ever the eyes of
a world were fixed on political contest,
they are gazing on you NOW. Your breth-
rem of the slave holding States, have pla-
ced their cause in your hands. They have
declared Kansas the Thermopyle of the
South. and YOU the Spartan band, that
must defend it from the foul invasion of
Northern fanatics. They have crossed
the Rubicon, broken through all restraint,
and forced US to the final issue. Our
rights are trampled on, and we cry in vain
for redress. We are now battling for the
very existence of our institutions We
have found the Federal Constitution, which
they profess to reverence so highly, impo-
tent and unable to protect us. Their
pledges are all broken and worthless, and
now only two alternatives remain. We
must either again submit to a compromise
with party, possessed of an invincible ma
ljority, party whose every act has declar-
ed them periured, or we must rise, unan-
imously, and drive the foe from our midst.
In order to accomplish this end, no mercy
can be shewn, and none is needed. Let
your action be as immutable as the Me-
: dean law.
Citizens of Kansas. can you hesitate
which course to persue! If your self es-
TEEN is insufficient, your interests are
enough to decide you. Ifyou hesitate now
you are lost. Your brethren of Atchison
have taken bold, manly and decided
stand. Unassisted they pledge themselves
f to purge their town, and its vicinity. from
the polluted presence of Abolitionism.-
Without your aid, more they cannot do.
Give it us, and Kansas shall soon clam
her proper place among her sister States,
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