The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-05-30
.WEDNESDAY 7. MAY 80, 1855.

OF eAo sPArkvlllo L1rninary2-
Expedition oi Al urs OF the
Trootior-.Atchisoa's Cor sp lrscy
l-sscrst Disunion 50 ley, &c
Believing D. r. Aishiscn dansce Oh.
man, The Lohin,r, steadily oppssei as
re-elscsioa 70 the rAisrd states senasr,
and supported Col. tlrs.oa.
The consequences wr~ NJ Ia loose
his hirsling presses unfG t'ia' paper, In,
shey got battle TO hr.r i.rar's can,cn,
and sssissd disoomfi.cJ ,is.'a Abe field =
About THE time Thew a-dsfsnsive ssso.
icia,ion vas formed "a, Weston. tu, tie
maesss pat !. apNe. DR. A,caisou,
B. F. Ssringfsl!ow, ). T.V. Thompson,
and others, then org,nized secret a.
sociatiou. ! an, infor,ned'its the mbrss
are sworn 10 secrssy to turn out and
6ght when called oa iro.n head quarters
80 .contr,buse money 70 carry cut the
objects OF the association 10 shaFe equaI>
ly the damages that may accrue frsm the
over acts ofany OF its members and to carry
these points even Al tue price Of disunion.
They. are bsund never to dicalgs lhe
danes Of members. Thus their clan can
act in concert every where At encs, and
lead the unini,ia,ed 10 suppose. that Il -
the spontaneous uprisings Of the whole
| people, when they number only corpo-
rails guard. When man IS prescribed
they act ia concef, to destroy his business
and charac.e, and the poor man is ru-
| ,ned w,,nou. knowing the cause. All
northern men arc prescribed and ruined
in their business and character OF driven
oa, Of the country whe Do not ss6scribs
10 their most utica doctrines. In this
| manner whole communities are over.
awed. One an,n said 10 me In Parkville,
Times are worse here now than they
| were iu France 10 the days Of Robespl-
ere - others s.id taa, this was the first
tune they were afraid to ayow their real
sentiments. No one knew Hhen h,s
bus ness woalJ be destroyed, or be be
ordered out OF the country. In this way
cnizrn. are raralyzei and suhdaed
Ti~y cal! upnn othrr counties and St.
| .ouis to cooperate and carry on the
work. Unscrupulous- use any
means % accomplish their purposes.--
Thus this secret euyinesst heA Is q. work
undermining the foundations os all soe,ai
order, Of c,ai icne aud pa',ic hon 'r.
Enissafies have heen sent through tue
South 10 ofgan,zr these assoaias,ons.--
sOne Harvey was sent into Texas las,
winter, endorsed aud recommended by
twenty ,hrce m,m1crs Of the M,ssouf;
Legislature. From waa, ! could lcarn
his mission prov d failure. | heard Of
ba, nine members in the State. lie wat
auxiaus 10 return 10 Jefferson City when
last beard from. McGee, Of Jackson
county. was travelling in Arkansas on the
same mission. Lycurgus Shepherd, OF
Platte county. SAID TO me few days
since, "That the whole south was organ
lied, tina, they had decreed the destrue-
ton of every Benton press in the State
aud portion OF the Wing presses; that
they could command any amount Of men
a. 4 moments warning and millions Of
money-that five hundred thousand dol
lar. we're subscribed in Missouri-tha,
the destruction OF the hotel a, Kansas
aud presses at Lawrence had been de-
creed -,ha, they had taken cannon along
to demolish them from distance, 50 AZ
no, TO be blown up by tn. kegs OF powder
said to be under the building--shey
would not stop until every free soiler and
abolitionist were driven out OF Kansas
and Missouri-they were prepared for
disuniou or anything" He va, then
just ou, Of secret II eeting. These Sc
ere. meetings are generally held once .
week, or at the cali Of their leaders.
There is no doubt but some good men
are induced 70 join this association, and
get involved ia its meshes before they
understand its objects. So BY some over
act, or BY bloodshed and murder. they
hope gradually to get the north and south
70 take sides. and bring on civil war and
disunion. The nomination Of D. r.
Atchison for the Presidency is ON inous.
Public meetings are called at all the
prominent points where B. r. Stri ngfel.
low J. T. v. Thompson or other speak
ers, are generally pcesent to make excl
ting speeches, and lash to fury the pas.
sions Of the multitude. Even the Rev.
Mr.. Kere, chaplain 10 the army a, Fort
Leavenwor,h, left his pos, and came over
into Platte county, and in public speech
urged the citizens 70 extreme measures.
Bible in hand, ''he secuted the idea OF
using honorable means in this war" H.
Rich, suuiet at Fort Leavenworlh. was