The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1855-05-05
An Abolition Printing GEiee Demolished.
From, the Platte .1rgus. Extra. 18TH.
PAKKvILLE, Mo-, April II, IS;

mere To-Day, III declucO manner.
To tell YOU that the Industrial Lun:nary" Il
newspaper owned by George Park and j. w.
in this town, is a freesoil sheet, and
has been aiding and abetting the Eastern \ boli-
ton Societies in their abortye attempt to aboli-
tionize Kansas, for the past year, is to tell you
" hat you already know. ou are also aware
that Park has u large hotel in this place, kept
by a Frccsoiler, imported from Illinois, and
devoted to the same foul purpose. II seems
that certain men in the neighborhood determin-
ed .'to abate the nuisance" How they man-
ngcd to notify SO many, and, keep 1T quiet, L
don't understand; but about 10 O'Clock this
We were surprised to see nboutstea
fifteen of our most res rectable country acquain-
tances ride into town and go to the printing
Office and put Patterson under guard. Park, it
appears had either heard Of it, or his good nck
had prompted him to so to the mouth Of Blue,
in Kansas Territory
At II o'clock, about two hundred men ar
rived. The press very quietly taken down
and paradcd into the street. The crowd
called to order, and Patterson brought
forth to receive his sentence. One speaker
stated that they all were aware that they camo
there with the firm determination to black tar
and feather, aud ride Il rail, q. 5. Park and
J. w. Patterson, but that as Park had escaped,
and left his scapcgoat to suffer for both, he
wished the meeting to decide what should now
be done with the prisoner. Another speaker
declared his voice was for mercy; not that he
had any excuse to offer for Patterson for he
despiscd him as strongly as any man could but
that Pattcrson's wife throughout the morning
had hung to him like leech; that she now
held Oh to him. and that we could not intllct
the punishment without gross violence to her
feelings, and perhaps rudencss to her person.
IIe therefore, for the sake of the wife, moved
Il vote be taken to remit the tar, feathers, &c,
and set MIR Patterson at large for the present.
The vote was accordingly taken, and Il small
majority went in favor of the prisoner; he was,
therefore, set at large. The following resolu-
tions were then offered, and voted on singly,
and not one dissenting voice was heard on the
ground Almost every one voted III the alhr-
native; and they voted with "vim, too, that
showed they were in earnest.
Resolved, l. That the Parkville Industrial
I.umnary is Il nuisance, which has been endured
too long, and should now be abated
2 That the editors, to wit q. S. Park and
j. w. Patterson. are traitors to the State and
county in which they live, and should be dealt
with such.
y. Th.. ..S.. hare again, this day three
weeks, and if we find G. S. Park and w. j.
Patterson in this town then, at any subse-
quent time, we will throw them into the Mis-
souri, river, and if they go to Kansas to reside
IRE pledge our honor as men, to follow and hang
them wherever we can take them.
4. That at the suggestion Of our Parkville
friends will attend to some other Frecsoilcrs
not far Off
5. That we will suffer no person belonging to
the Northern Methodist Church to preach in
Platte county, after this date, under penalty of
tar and feathers for the first offence, and hemp
rope for the second.
&. That we earnestly call on our sister cOun-
tics throughout the State to rise in their might
and clean themselves of Freesoilisnl.
I. That our peace, our prosperity, and our
safety requires at this time to do our duty
| s. That we request every pro-slavery paper
i'll Missouri and Kansas to publish the above
resolutions
| The Press was then shoudcred with a white
cap drawn over its head and labelled "Boston
Aid," the crowd following ill regular order; it was
marched up through town nearly to the upper
landing, and there, with three hearty cheers, 1t
was deposited in the tomb of "all the Capulets,
to wit the Missouri river.
! \ speech was then made to the crowd, and
they dispersed peace ably, each taking the road
to his own home.
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! GLOW CAN BECOME AZ EDrroE"-An ex-
change. in answer to the above interrogatory,
remarks that it is very difficult question, and
one which it would take more genius than 1t has
to answer In the first place, it may be that you
cannot become an editor any how. 1t requires Il
| foundation to begin with, which we do not know
that YOU possess The first requisite is strong
common sense, and upon this you may pile any
amount of learning and requirements of every
kind and will never have enough. An edltOr
has use for all his knowledge and great deal
more than he has generally, for he is expected
to know as much of all subjects as each in
dvdual in a community does of any particular
one Lord Bacon, when asked on occasion
j how he became possessed OF such variety OF
information upon almost every point, remarked
! that he had always made it rule to converse
with every person he met upon his particular
! vocation, for he to know more about
that than any other subject. This is the rule
for All editor to adopt, aud this together with
reading, study. and Il tact for seeing at u glance
what is and what is not proper for publication
constitutes some of his qualifications. His voca
ton is eminently an artistic one, and require:
not only keen perceptions, but talent fol
discrimination penetrating as the eye of
critic in examining a work of art. If you are
thus mentally endowed, and have constitution
physically as strong as an omnibus horse, can
write when your head aches like split" get Oh
a well written leader when person at cach
elbow is in u furious discussion on potics, whose
exciting gesticulations you are rcq"'reo ~
dodge and can contrve to do it while you arc
dotting your "i's," thus saving time anu aooVe
all, if you have the patience OF 'he o,u
of the land of Uz, Especially re4u's.e you
should ever have a column u answers ~ Uoi
respondents" to attend to- you may possibly
sncceed as an editor; out II you iack any OF
th.se alificatons think Of every other business
h.fore YOU can essay the quill editorial"
VERY TRUE-"I have not loved lightly" Gs
the man said when he married the widow weigh