Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-06-14
Choice Extracts. from Border Ruffian Papers.

Choice Extracts from Border Ruffian Papers.
From the SQuatter Sovereign May Paper
GONE TO SHooT "ABoLIrIoNIsTs."-We are bet
bind with the paper this week, and also defcien-
in reading matter. The latter is owing to the
absence of the editors at Lecompton-the former
to the fact that when ''the cats away, the mice
will play"
MlssoURIANs GoING OVER IN CRowDs.-Thc
ferry boat Lewis Burnes, has been making regu-
lar ten-mnute trips across the river for several
days. The amount of crossing ut this point is
such that press Of steam from daylight to dark
is insufficient to put the teams over as fast as
hey arrive.
PRlcE OF HEMP Is DowN.-Bogus Governor
Robinson WAS arrested on Saturday, the 10th in
slant, and will be detained until legal papers are
forwarded by the authorities of this Territory.
lie was on board the steamer Star of the West.
Ex-Governor Reeder is supposed to have es-
capped from the Territory by being bI1ched, and
passing through Missouri a body servant of a
pretended border ruihan. We hope our Govern
ment will get him before he can be defended bv
tine black regiment in Kansas, or Boston mob.
These amable traitors, with all the leading
rOgues, who have been misleading ignorant peo-
pie on the Kansas question, should now be pun
ished to the full extent Of the law and the
price of hemp is down, it would perhaps con-
suce to the interests Of the rasers Of that article
if some of it was used on them.
Hang THE LEADERs.-The requisition upon the
citizens Of Kansas met with ready response
from this section of the Territory. Within
twenty-four hours of the receipt of the notice,
large company were armed and equipped, and of
Tor the seat of action.
1t is expected two thousand Aboltionists will
be under arms to resist the enforcement of the
laws and to screen the culprits.
Thur ;dav, is the dav fixed, we believe, to carry
the laws into effect, when there is but little doubt
the authorities will have Il sufficient force to en-
able them to do their duty.
The result will be looked for with anxiety BY
every one whose feelings American. That
there will be Il collision we have not a doubt,
unless the craven hearted towards, when they
find that they have not force of ten
to one, succumb, and again swear fealty to the
the laws. Even this should not save them
''lIang their leaders and give their blind and
higotted followers stated time to leave, and
then let the law-and- order men sav upon the
ground until the last hound is outside the bounds
of Kansas. 1t is the only course that will ensure
peace and quiet in this Territory.o
This Stringfcllow is the man whose arrival
here was pompously noticed by the Enquirer, as
that of a high toned and honorable gentleman.
a VoIcE FROM THE PULPIT We are
glad to find that there are some Ministers who
have the moral courage to speak GU, in defence
of Liberty and the Freedom Of Speech. Rev
Mr.. Eddy, of Birmingham, Connecticut, is one
Of this character. In a recent sermon, he
said. eve copy from the Valley Co.,,
Messenger y
Perhaps it is not for me here and now to in
dulge in indignant defamation on the wrongs
and outrages which have recently been hraped
on liberty and er champions but should de-
serve to be- branded as a coward, traitor, and a
renegade, should |, at such time as this, alto
gcthrr hold my peace. The blood Of the May
flower pilgrims runs in my veins and every
drop OF that blood cries out against the brutal
crusade which is being carried on against the
cause Of freedom What must see the liberty
OF speech struck down in the person OF virtu-
Gus and eloquent Senator--struck down by the
hand OF cowardly ruftian, in the capitol itself,
and keep silence ?-ShaII | witness the inva-
sion of il peaceful territory, by the hands of
armed banditti-shdl | see the iaw-abidiDr
citizens, driven from their homes, robbed
beaten, hunted, murdered, and say nothing g
When the news comes OH the wings of the
ightning-God grant it may prove false or ex-
aggerated that Lawrence, freedoms own
city, is destroyed by the myrnidons Of Slavery,
its people slaughtered. or flying homeless over
the rrairies, or led captive by their ruliian
comprehensive hold my peace ?-Rather
let my right hand forget her cunning, and my
tongue clcave TO the roof of my mouth.
g. The time is come when silence is treason
10 God and humanity. The great issue is up
on us no man can eyade it, 1t is an issue
that l. for one, would have willingly warded off;
but that has nov become impossible Meet it
we must; nobly and bravely if we can: if we
cannol, still we must meet IT,"