Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-09-05
From the Dion. Advocate.
Letter from Rov. J. Gillpat-
rick, of Kansas.
BRowNrILLE. XII. Auc. \. ,ii.

NAI' lN' luNaNi'O ol our l'tIIlhTN NNlNI'ITW'
crs, whb came in upon Us with fr1ud and
force, drunken horde, to dcspoil u' ~ ou-
dearest earthly rights, AMI rob MS or our
privileges NJ free citizens IL NAV therefore
be needless for me 10 write more m the sub.
Jet still, it may be- 4 matter Of interos. o.
my numcrou. old friends nj the eastward 90
hear something VI our abuses from an ryr
and car witness. Il Is but q mcr, sketch
that can give ia this article
. came % Kansas in October, lsIi-was
hut little behind thc fret cmi-rar'e. I
cane, as my friends know, with q decided
preference for freedom instead or slavery in
the territory. when The Missouri Com
promise " was repealed, By that mos; un'or.
tuuate and iniquitou' net IT congress which
opened the whole nprth.wr,tcrn territory
lying north of3G deg 30 min, % The intro.
duction of slavery with all its ahominat.ans,
though Il had been sicrcl {, freedom Tor
moro than thirty years, ly what should
have h,cn, a' !; was designed to l,, au p7.
a'f,ray, compact, Tr'1lyI that hy person.
al ciT1rt would do what my lumbl, a','i.
,ir, would allow. 10 countc7act that high.
handed Outrage upon liberty and human
rights. But q, thing, stood, I supposed tho
question must and would l1 decided 900 r.
publican principles, AMI IN accordance with
free institutions, anl not by tyranny and
oppression or ,ir most lasa anil c0wrIly
kind Hut in this was entirely mistaken.
supposed that whichever party should
he in tho mnbriiy would rule, whether in
favor or slavery or against II. IN al my rc.
Elections on TIE subject, 1t never entered my
mini that persons from ah1rl.rSm,cwouH
have the harlihool, anl gross v..i.luHa,
% como in anil yo'ru' down, nay, wore,
drive us from the pal'., daros' t'o iu'rrf of
election, AMI GIl their place wish miuirus
or thcir own. But an this, aal much
worse. ha, been done, AMI under c.ruu.
stances which show the crosse 3. fraud, aal
the most cunsummata ,l!aiuy.
IN November, tho mex, month AFR my
comm: TO the country, W, wcr, called ;1-
rrthcr 10 elect a delegate to Conrre.s. 10.
rral citizens were then few, lut thos, in l.-
yor Of free Stat, wcro rrn'ahlyn m1wri-
ty. Rut In rushed a horde % uoursi'ra.
from the border State, mostly on thc G,l..
rrctcncc that they had taken claims, whom
in fact thc mos, they had done towarl' such
an act. was t1 have thrown four small pole
across each ether with the rrct'nco Of lay.
Ing the foundation Of hou-r, hut without
III, rcmo,c,t thought Of ever h.c'min; ar-
tual .ettlcr, in the country. In thi' way,
hy fraud. hls,hool and perjury. . pro
slavery man was elected. anl vcwgrc forced
10 submit,
/ ca tie ao.h March, 1855, we wore ca''l
together again, 90 c'rc, the Gu' l.;i.htur.
cor thr territory. At thi. timo our cnamir.
dill no, rely =, much ON fraud, AMI dr'rr.
ton, a. upon force. In prospect OF Tie
election. secret .pcirtic- have been lb-mrl In
Mi.souri-band' Of unprincipirl rn'iln'
hal l.cn hircd-thcir ration, furnished luI
larsn quanti,is, OF whi.koy placed 90. t'oir
di.rlul In due time, same two or thTr
day, lafure tie election, t'ry life tl..r
homes f,r the territory by Thousands, all
armed to he teeth with rid ravohar and
bowi..kuiycs. Thus prepared Tor their dr'-
pcra,c purpus', they walkl, or rau, ur
rode. NJ marched. With jrlm. rolling aal
banner. flying they made their WY o. tho
spot whore their inamou, work was tl h.
done.
On the morning Of the memorial, day.
they were all ready fur actiJu-lrnuk and
desperate enough for anything. Atan ear.
ly hour they were at the placr. or voting,
in overwhelming numbers. Their iir,t o'-
Jet was to.icposc and drive from ih''rs,at'
the Judges Of cl,ctiou, by the spyrrur, up-
pointcl. in every cas-, when they would NOT,
in violation Of their uaths, admit all that
the rultilns wished. This done, they rush
e. to the poll, without regard TO who they
were. or whcro they were from, no such
thing being required by the uursincip'ri
judges appointed by the drunken mob. Nor
was this all. Actual citizens were driven
from the polls, and from the town, If they
would not vote thc rro-slaycry ticket. The
writer experienced the truth Of this, In bis
own case. Ne did not arrive Mt the place OF
voting until one O'Clock I. NJ, hayin: 20
ride - miles that morning. When hc ar'
rived, they had adjourned for dinner. y
large crowd were within AMI around ihc
hsu.c-all strangers to him, nni be a str'n-
ger to them. H. inquired Tor some with
whom he wa. acquainted, particularly onc
Of the Judges, hut coull find none, until h'
clance.l to get his eye on a friend whom be
know. While engaged in conycration with
him. not in relation to slavery. or anything
pertaining to il, he was approached by a
number Of strangers, one Of whom presented
him with the pro-sIaycry ticket and asked
him IL he would cast that vote. On being
told 4" no." he ordered him 70 leave, and be-
gan to pour on him torrent Of abuse, in
language sufficiently rrofane and vulgar to
make Gend blush. From this he proceed
ed to snatch the cap from the writer's head
with one hand, and struck him'with the
other on the side OF the head, still belching
o,,, al. e,,i language, and with others,