The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-09-15
A Bsraer Rass,~n Affair.

we 0hv0 I6CelyeO from our AoO8oo cor
respondent a cannon ball which was fred into
the Eldredge House at Lawrence BY Atchi-
son and his crow, while enforcing the laws
Of the territory. Il is four pound shot,
roughly cast, but u formidable missile to
hurl at a hotel, . printing ofhoe or free
man, especially when elected from cannon
planted across the street only from the OBJ
iect ct which il may be aimed. 1t was pick
after the rufian's torch had obliterated the
fine structure. Ii is labelled thus:
sDEMOCR CRATIC BULLETIN.
fsTnE Laws MIST BE ENFORCED Frank
lin Pierce.
Hotel and Printing Office Indicted ~ Nui-
snnce BY Instructions Of Judge Lecompte.
Destroyed BY the Mob under Atchison and
Joncs, 1856"
The ball MAJ be seen at the Atlas counting
room, old State House.
lnstinctively. as We gaze upon the missile,
the mind Institutes = court Of inquiry ia re-
gard to its mission. What is its history?
Why was it fred Why is it now an object
Of INTEREST," II is but q globule Of iron--a
brown, opaqre sphere yet luminous with
historic light. The past, the present, and
the future, are in view ns we behold il. The
hrst agitation Of the slnyery questionable
institution Of the Missouri Comprehensive
repcal-the designs OF the slave power--the
great struggle between Freedom and ncspo-
tsm-the destiny Of our countryside pro.
gress OF civil andreligious liberty--thc free
dom OF the press and speech-the welfare Of
man Tor all coming time--are connected with
this missile, his democratic missile, fred BY
order Of the President Of the United States,
Tor the benefit Of the great sham Democracy,
and slave extension Oligarchyl
The Beelzehub Of Border Rufianism, once
the second executive officer OK the United
States, but now, like his great prototype, as
sung bv the ini bard OF the Lost Paradise,
fallen from his high estate, the infamous
David Atchis IN the Drunken Davy lev
ellcd the piece, and then, by the order OF
Franklin Piei ae, the shot crashed through
the walls AMI yndicated the laws! Most
glorious shot Inc rhole country heard
the report! Ii hears il now, and not free
man trembles. The men who stand by the
Consultation and the Union are not the men
to quail Ut thu ru,nbling Of such Democratic
thunder! King George hurled just such
arguments from Cops Hill ON the 18th OF
June, l7T5, at little band Of men across
Charles river; and now the granite shaft,
dwelling in the birthplace Of Liberty, points
TO heaven--hsr eternal home!
We cannot enter upon the themes which
open before us. Avolume might be written
upon them. Passing them by, We look to
the end Of Thu struggle between Liberty and
Despotism. Truth is to triumph OF last
Humanity has travelled too far to 20 back to
barbarism. Franklin Pierce and David Atch-
ison cannot stop the swelling flood flowing
from the heart vi people who love liberty
better than liic They might ~ well hurl carr
non balls at the tide Of the ocean to stop ito
rising, as 70 think Of crushing free speech
sic ~ the one before US. Mr.. Pierce NAV.
like old King Canutc sitting in his chair up
on the sands Of the sea shore, bid the waves
so back but the floods will not obey. Like
Candte, he must make hasty retreat, or the
waters will sweep him where plummet has
not fathomed. - Boston Atlas.