The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-27

Dcen almost completed. shall show that wants but
very few finishing strokes and then proceed to demon
sate the consequences OF success in this scheme to the
North (Cheers.) You know already that no election
has been held upon the foil OF that Territory where
the who have been the orienatofs OF this scheme
did not attend in numbers sufsefn mt TO control such
election In November, 1854, they came IN large mum
bers from Mso 10 elect delegate to Congress- aud In
March, 1885, they sent in thousands to eject Legislature
which went on to enact laws for that Territory that
Still in force You know that on the Both OF March, 1855
poll after another fell into the hands OF those
You have the re- Jr OF the Congressional Commit
Tee and from that you know 1a these are conceded facts
(Cheers.) After that election they proceeded at
to lake away the Territory Of Kauaas every
vetge Of civil liberty which they could grasp In the
tist place they closed every box within their reach and
refused to allow the people TO elect terrtoa officer
They have their hands the legislative, executive and
ud ca powers OF the Territory have secured every
Office from the highest the lowest This power they
iondy hope cannot be rescued from them excepting by
revolution. They have left nothing but that which
happen to shave, That thank God, is beyond their
sach-(cheers)-and the time may when the
influence religious man and true republican will
dictate to him that that physical power Is the only one
which be used to redeem the political freedom which
has wrested by fraud and prolonged cheers
Not satisfied with their work in March, and taking
possession Of the ballot boxes they attacked the few
which Congress had opened for us and which they
could not close. They threw guards and tests about
them for the purpose of preventing the votes free
men,, men from beng reseved and giving opportunity 70 the
these proceedings again and again. and the
ed TO Tor the purpose Of rejecting every free State
he ballot boxes by luaIs Thus they have seized upon
The political power. They have determined that we
should exercise Of our rights as voters They have
appointed by the prosecuting attorney and sher
and took to provide that ali officers not appointed by
the Legislature should be appointed by county commits
sicIers who have absolute control the elections
fixing the place and appointing officers Having done all
this they felt against every thing but absolute
revolution Then they proct eded to disorganze the free
state party, and to deprive of any efficient power of
action First they undertake to strip that party OF It's
l aders. Indictments for treason are found some
v,loA otchs
OF most efficient men laid up helpesI (Cheers)
The step taken to stop ali passengers coming
m ne bs e 70 ne %
next blow aimed at the North in pursuance Of their deli
berate plan and oredeter mined premedated purpose
They that the Free State HOTEL of Kaneas City.
the border Of the State, afforded refuge and stopping
place for emgrans coming into the Territory There the
iree emigrants found asy lum and home there he
welcomed with open there he could rest until
he bad purchased outfit and remain In comfort until
&c was able to pass INTO the Territory and had made up
his mind where to locate. There the emgraut found a
temporary bone and hospitabe roof till he had
build his cabin ana make little home for himself They
eaw that all .hs great assistance TO the newly
ived emigrant and an announcement TO the immigra-
an OF free czeps, and they determined at put
end 10 IT, ana rot TO suffer tree State hotel to exist among
hem The landlord accordingly formally notified that
hs houFe must be closed and that he must keep open
mere lie was ordered that tho house must be sold
slavery man, If not that 1t would torn down
mtnent men Of the pro slavery party that
mmee which ssued these orders and the landlord
biged to submit and sell out rather than be exposed
% the certain destruction OF his property. So 1t
was In pursuance OF the same organized svs-
TEN that tine hotel at Lawrence which afforded
milar facilities doomed 10 obstruction. That too
they determined should be torn down. They attacked
h artillery they battered down It's walls they sripped
furniturefor gorgeous IT Tor that oouniry-they
made the whole building heap Of sn okng ruins.
have no need to relate 10 you the out which
committed that ion at h3 burning of that hotel
How band of nnrated rob and thieves and house
eakers spread themselves the town. robbng and
puneering all they could lay their hands on aud how
only houses the place which beOu
to pro slavery men How they ransacked brewers,
and chests, and boxes sad cupboards, and
stole NOR ey and Clothes and horses and One c
Zen lost by their thci two thosand dollars in money
alore ard another five nix hundre, dollars Not only
they stripped the houses 4 the Die merchants and citizen
out they spared not even the poor mechanic but robbed
him OF bis last quarter OF dollar They destroyed
where they did bot stesl large quantte, Of clothes
VIII ch never had been worn were thrown out OF the
houses Al torn 10 ps css, and the remnants scatter
over the ground Valuable books OF al kinds and "a.
pers, were seized upon and committed In piles 10 the
hsmes All this was done on the 2ist Of May 1856.
Now all this which done was the sudden excite.
ment OF tie ment, 1t suggestion OF temporary
madaese and rage, ou step onwards Ia their
guar AZ pre- purpose, in carrying out tn
enterprise they bad long before resolved 1t in the
anne cool purpose and Systematic plan TO m Ike Kansas
lave state that they passed law finding indictments
against the most prominent OF the free state citizens and
hrovgh6 ut the Territory. All these things the
suit and action of their single purpose II the
determined and Judged ystem plan TO make
Kunsas slave ate 1t wa the deliberate resolve
taktn 10 do this by force and violence and that nothing
should stop them, Such and is their purpose and
fsr they have been succ, ssul-they have succeeded
Agou, in The spring Of 1885, gang Of men, marched
the sound Of drum and e and well primed with whis-
key, were enlisted N pursuance of their plan, and
let loose the highways Of Kansas TO rob and murder
the Northern free state czens and TO drive OF the
country all who could be intmdated aud made 10 quit
under the command OF Colonel Bufort OF South Carolina
II was said good authority that these raised
from the lowest rabbe and ido vagabonds the South
at bea, OF drum and sound OF hc, they raised In
The Same mcrfcnnry folctcrS, the promise OF
regular pay, they were marched and drilled To regular
military array. On their landing In Kansas they were
drawn up In military e with military music the articles
OF their engagement then read TO them, by which
they were bound to for year. bound 70 obey
their officers and commanders, with other sipuatons.
From that time 10 the ~ esent moment thcse have
lived purely military lie In camp under command Of
tacking travellers and not allowing any to live in
pesce or even to PASS along the road whoat the per.
mission Of their leaders The great high say Of the Ter
rtory by which the settlers had to go In order 10 sup
ply themselves with provis, has been seized upon
and held possession Of by this troop and has been
SO blocked up by them that the free settlers have
been deprived OF the means OF procuring the
necessary supplies. Man amer man has been
robbed by them both Of provisions aud
bodies have been left murdered the highway. One
gentleman know who related 60 that be saw on Que
occasion seven dead bodies o. settlers murdered BY this
gentlemen on whom can rely, have rotated 10 how
they have found several bodies OF who had been
murdered ON the read IN the track OF these who
thus held by violence the keys OF the Territory their
hands BY these various acts OF boodshed and violence
BY deny ali judicial remedy and redress TO the suf
fees also by deprv ng the reorc OF their leaders by
indictments hctititious charges, by destroying their
presses throughout the Territory by taking away from
the people thtr arms and means OF defence which they
did at Franklin at Lawrence and other places and where
they we're not thus taken away, by stealing them from
them by their marauding from the house of each
setter-by all these acts they hoped that lest the pco
pie, being deprived Of everything would be nmidated
aud ,atoned and thus that ali free citizens who had
settled in the Territory would be broken down. crushed
destroyed and driven away TO make room for
slaves, aud for the establishment OF the slave
y stem they bad determined upon. Thus they cos cd
the gates ~ the Territory against all free citizens who
mgttte TO enter, and stripping them of their arms
pundernR the Of their goods and compelling them 10
return back TO whtnce they so goes on 40 Tho
deliberate purpose y earned perseverngy step by
itcp II MT told lou before, the elect OF some
sudden impulse, hike street afffay II any OF Won
think SO, you are grossly mistaken. The whole is par
and Parcel Of one great plan. What fas happened hs
been The regular OF tht plan and that plan aud
purpose of making Kansas slave state at all hazards
has been pushed on step by step, 20 rs
On The LIST o October 1885, shall have another eec
iion, and sx months alter that, slave constitution vii
be adopted by the men who have thus taken violeu
Dos al Kansas. will be