The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-04-26

VINO are the wronuad;
to see who are in the right. The ss ea'
moment they plant their feet spo, ,ly ~
Soil OF Kansas. that moment these on..H @
ges begin to be fomented. Eyerv,s;,a
has been quiet up to that moment
then in comes . sheriff. who has m.S '
himself obnoxious to individuals ',"ue ;n
thousand ways. aside from his pol;,;o.,
position. He comes into our streets | .aS
attempts to arrest men here without na .a,.
cause whatever. or for some very ms
nificant cause. He comes with vbai.
batch of warrants, to serve them unoD :
community that is exasperated AGAIN,
him for various reasons. The naonI'
treat him civilly, so far as know
have neyer happened to meet him. bpt
have learned of no eommotien. Their
has been some little excitement, perbsns
but the community generally have be.n
willing to let him go on and make his Ar.
rests. Some individuals refuse % he..
rested, and then he resorts 10 the amv
There is part of the army of the q. s IN
in town to-day. In times of peace, We have
,, imposed upon Us men of war, and tbev
may remain here permanently. A small
portion of the army came here-a DOZEN
men or so-more or less. Wherevertba
U. S. authority appeared, the men bowed
to it in respect and submission. Not,
word was spoken. or hand raised
against the authorities. Mr.. Jones came
here with the authority of the United
States in his hands. and that authority
has been respected, so far as know
Everything appeared to be working in
such way as to prove a failure on the
part of our enemies. They had hoped
that We would resist, and take position
against the United States authorizes, and
thus they could place US in the wrong
But everything was quiet. A corporal
could go, without his guard, through
the city and arrest every man in Law.
renee. What was to be done? / han.
pened to be out of town last evening, and
| suppose ! shall not be charged with tho
offence committed then. But under.
stood that an individual, who is 6bnox.
ious to individuals, as individuals, on &C.
count of individual disputes, and on
count of his harrassing the members Of
the community. by little insignificant
writs, took his position last evening in
an exposed tent. without a guard near
him; even when one shot had been fred
he still had no precaution taken, but
placed himself in an exposed situation,
and while thus exposed, a shot was fred
and took effect | trust, pray, that il
will not result seriously. Now it is.iu.
ferred that IT was done by the people Of
Lawrence. Is that reasonable? fCriss
of no, no. There were men of their
own stamp here; strangers in our midst,
unknown to the people of this communi.
ty. verify believe that not a man in
Lawrence had anything to do with that
transaction. Cries OF never 'never.'I
1t may be asked. would they shoot at one
of their own men? / have partially
hinted at the reason. have said that,
in this matter, 3 mans life is of no ae-
count. If the slave power of this eouu.
try, in order to possess this Territory.
required that Mr. Jones should Law down
his life, or be exposed to the shots ofhis
friends, then Mr.. Jones must expose his
life, then those shots must be fred. They
tried it on Free State man; it failed
Now it is necessary, in order to get up
another trouble, that it should be pro-
Slavery man, in good earnest; and if the
Free State men would not 90 into il,
why. l will not say they themselves
would do it. but it looks very much as
If that was the case Of course no man
IN this community would approve of this
affair; and would here say, believing as
do, that this attack was the work OF an
assassin, to make capital against those of
US engaged in this Free State movement
and if did not believe it, would do
the same thing-I will here say, that by
the authority vested in me, as Governor
of the State of Kansas, propose to
offer reward for the detection of the
assassin; and if approved by this com.
munity,l will offer reward of $500, for
the detection of the assassin, and his
conviction in the courts of the United
State. | have no fears as to who that
man will be. have no fears as to Whist
party he belongs; and if / had, it would
make no difference with me. We want
no such men in our party, and de ne.
believe we have any there.
All | have to say ia this matter is, that
| entirely approve of the course pursued
by our cilizess, so far as know It, so far
as have seen it since these United States
officers have been here. say. treat the
United States authority with all respect
| will bow to it until am ready to say
that there is no hope but in revolution
Then we will prepare in gosd earnest.
and not commence by assassination
We will act like men then. Batwe have
not reached that period yet, and until
then | would respect the authority of the
United States as | would respect The au-
thority of my Bible, or any other author
ity. | see that this community will do
the same thing. aEd am glad to know
The Governor took his eatamid cheer.
ing and applause.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
A resolution was also unanimously
adopted requesting Gov. Robinson. IS
Governor of the STATE of Kansas, to of
fer reward of $500 for the sppreheu-