Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-12-18
The Kansas Chain Gang.
T1aankSgiVissg at Lawrence.

The people Of Lawrence ceIe bra ted
Thanksgiving with public dinner, Ge-
voting the proceeds from the sale OF tick
cts TO the bene fl Of the free State prso-
ners at Lecomplon, Gov. GEARy and
his private Secretary had accepted invita-
tons to be present. but were detained al
Lecompton by Judge LEcoMPT's proceed
ings against the Governor for contempt
OF Court, or as some accounts haveit for
false Imprisonment Of Hayes. the muir
derer. The thanksgiving table was
spread al Lawrence in large srore oppo-
site tho ruins of the Free State Hotel.
and the guests sat down about 4 o'clock
1t was probabl the first Thanksgi
dinner at all sfler the Yenkee fashion
ever eaten west Of the Missouri. Lieut..
Gov ROBERTS, of the Free State orgsni
zalion presided. and said in his speech
introducing the toas;s Of the day:
lie had just returned from Pennsyl.
vnnia. and that State had been carried
{ by representa- iions that MI. Buchanan was
in favor Of making Kansas free. Con.
spicious OF every Democratic gathering
I there. were banners with the inscription
Buck, Breck. and Free Kansas" Their
Cause was not lost by the defeat Of Ere.
mont. The darkest cloud that's hung
over them now. wns the Judicial tyranny
( tor which they were subjected. And thi.
he thought :he only thing from which
danger might be expected. The people
! of Kansas would endure much, but Just
as sure as an attempt was made TO hang
any Of the persons at Lecompion or "a
fasten the ball and chain 10 them. they
would rise and overthrow this govern
ment. .lApplsuse. There would be
I but enc more struggle. and that would BIZ
eHec,ual and final; for said he. Ill We dc
not rise we'll bite 'em off so close TO the
ground that they.l never sprout again.
1 ICheers.l
Gov. RogISsoS, in response to toos
TO the treason prisoners said.
He was rejoiced to be here. reieicet
thai they had pence enough in Kansas te
enjoy thanksgiving while their friend.
were enjoying II in the East. and ,ha
they had abundance enough (thopgh hs
could not forget that there was still grea
want in some parlsQf the territory TO
a thanksgiving dinner. He rejoiced, al
so, that their prospects for he future
were SO good. This might sem siDgu
lar as they had just lost their presiden,
bat he would briefly give his reasons fo
it. They had triumphed over PIERCE
His administration was universally con
drmned. aud James Buchanan was op
posed by. and nominated in spite Of
franklin Pierce AMI Mr.. Douglas. IL,
owed them no thanks and was under n,
obligations 10 carry out. their policy
Besides this. there was some reason I,
hope that James Buchanan might be
decent man after all, and if he was de
cent man, " ny that was all they wanted
Applause There were many men il
the Denoc a.;c patty who felt deep in
terest in the freedom Of Kansas. Sever
al democrstic members Of Congress wer'
elected on this -very ground, and Penn
fsylvsnia had been carried in consequence
of assurance that Mr.. Buchausn was il
layer Of making Kansas free State.
y Speeches were also made by CHARLIE
IL. BHAsscoMBs THADDEUs HyArr Ct New
York city aud others. About 10 o'cloc
IN the evening the musicians entered an
the floor was then cleared Tor dsncers.-
This Yankee Thanksgiving banquet a
Lawrence opened with prayer. wa
then turned into political meeting, an
ended with dance which lasted till al
most daylight. About 400 persons wer
present.
The SuXsRr Duty