The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-04-30

msb Law IN 8lsssass.-
/ The St. Louis Intslligenesr thus speaks
Of sts brutal and dssgtaeefal affair 10 Park.
vile, No., in which Tree press was Destroy
ed, and the editors narrowly escaped sarring
and feathering:
ExctfxAtxr IN Mfssouxr.-In another
column of our psper will be found detailed
description Of sotie violent end vehement
proceedings IN Psrkville. Platte county. Of
t!is State. on Saturday last. I, seems that
the Parkville Luminsry newspaper, conduct.
ed by Geo. 8. Park and w. j. Patterson.
had become insufferabH offensive to certsin
citizens of that vicinity on account of its
imagined proclivity towards Freesoilism. In
other words, in the cant language Of the rec.
olu,ions passed by the citizens, il was Q nui-
sance which II ey resolved to abate. They
did abate il, in quite summary WY. too
They proceeded to the office, tore the press
from the building. mounted il with cap Ia.
beled "Boston Aid" marched it deliberately
through the streets of the town, and tossed
Il into the Missouri river.
They had determined not only to wreak
their vengeance on the mute wheels and le.
vers Of the printing press, but TO give the
owners thereof taste Of their wrath, also.
They dragged Mr.. Patterson, one of the
editors Of the Luminsry. into the street, for
ced him 10 witness the destruction Of his
property. and then prepared to tar, feather
and ride him on rail. But guardian and
protecting angel was sent to save the unre.
sisting man from the Notifying disgrace
and degraded punishment ready to be in.
fiicted upon him by the enraged populace -
HE devoted wife c!ung to him 10 the last-
"stuck to him like leech"--ss brutal eve
| witness and narrator Of the scene expresses
IL, and endesvoFed TO defend him. by her fee.
BILE strength from the fury Of the crowd
She succeeded. Her frail form was an ef.
fectual shield, and saved her husband frcm
the infection Of personal outrage, supposed
TO be ct only for williams. .7
But while he was spared the disgrace o:
tar and feathers, he was given to underst and
that he could remain no longer in Parkville.
The mob resolved itself into a committee,
and resolved that IL he or his colleague, Mr..
PARK. were found in the county at the end OF
three weeks, they should follow their press
and fnd agrave in the waves Of the Mis-.
souri,. Mr.. lark was absent at the time. and
is, perhaps. indebted to that fact for his ex.
emption from the same humiliation visited
on his associate.
We scarcely know how TO epeak Of these
proceedings. Thst the Luminary may not
have been sufficiently pro-slsvery in it sen.
Itiments. for the latitude and locality oil
Platte covnty, presided over, by the way. BY
Gen. Atchison, seems to have been the head
aud front OF its offending.
Therefore it was voted q nuisance and
summariIy disposed of. The Luminary was
not an Abolitionist paper, nor were It's own.
! ers. Messrs. Park & Patterson, Freesoiiers
!, One of them-Psrk, we believe--is owner o.
slaves. and not at oil likely to publish opin.
n ions, which, while endangering the slave
property of others, would also jeopardizs
/ the safety of his own. But the Luminary
) spoke no hard and bitter words against ths
5 Immigrants to Kansas from the North. i
Ibid not call them "hirelings" and "whits
, slaves" brought up and sent out BY Northern
i, capitalists to plant the standard Of Freesol
! ism on the soil OF Kansas. Il welcomed al
. settlers with open arms, and encourage.
! emigration to the new territory from al
. quarters, because its owners knew that tn,
i. rapid settlement OF Kansas BY industrious an,
g thrifty emigrants would augment the trade
e and advance the interests Of the horde
j.. towns aud cities Of Missouri. For this the,
). were "spOttsd," tried by 4 seIf.constituse
e jury, found guilty, condemned AMI ordered 4
= leave the State.
i We think the Platte county people, wheI
they come to reflect coolly on their conduc,
e will be heartily ashamed Of il. II 10 un
y worthy the liberal spirit Of the age, and un
| becoming the chivslric character Of Nilsson
n rians Yet they are not % much to bIam'
!, for the affair, ss the sue. Gen
e lAtchison. and his subordinates who have in
d stigated il. Atchison's voice 10 not heard
d nor his name mentioned; but he 10 at ih'
n bottom Of the business. He has famed th
slavery excitement into wild and dsngerou
o flame. which threatens still more terrible re
d suits than have yet transpirrd. What do tn
e repealers Of the Missouri Ompromise thin
n now! Are the fruits OF thar repeal 30 glo
v lsious and promising ~ was predicted!