The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-28
Record of Decentralization


General Pomeroy and Mr.. Mitchell, the
shooting of Jones and the killing of "eisht
Pro-Slavery men," now prove to have been
unfoundcd, the Administration and Dough-
Face Journals boldly characterize All state.
ments of outrages in Kansas as "Republican
4 lies" That there has been falsehood as we'll
as truth sent over the Geographic lines, by
the Missourians who have control Of the St.
Louis end Of them, is unquestionable. Bet
these false statements do not invalidate or
diminish the real catalogue of crime. We
copy below from the Albany Journal list
of a few occurrences, which are authenticat-
ed BY legal evidence. and which are not even
attempted to be denied.
INvAsIONs.
Nov 80, 1S54.-Mssourian 10 the num-
Der of over l 900 invade the Territory, arm
ed. drive Judges and legal voters from the
Polls. and toy fraudulent ballots pretend to
elect Whitfield Delegate.
March so, ls55.-Nearly 1000 Missouri
ans again invade the Territory and repeat the
outrages committed in Nov. preceding.
! Oct 1. s55.--Third invasion of Missouri
ans. accompanied by similar outrages.
! Dec. Is. 1855.-Fourth invasion, by which
an entleavor is made to vote down the Free
Constitution, but proves failure.
/ May q, ls56.-Jones. Missouri Post
master. heads an armed mob of Alabama,
Carolina, and Missouri men, which marches
against Lawrence, pillaces and plumbers it
with violence to the inhabitants, and the
burning Of several buildings.
MURDERS
Oct. ,. lS55.-Thomas Neuman, a Free
State man, stabbed in the Street of Leayen
worth by gang of Missourians
Oct. 2, 1S55.-Cbild killed while at plav.
by shot fired by a Missourian at James
Furnam. Free State man, which missed
him and entered a window.
+ Nov. %. &55-Charles w. Dow. a Free
State man. shot hy F. n Coleman, Pro-
Slavery settler. Murderer takes refuge with
Gov. Shannon and is protected by him.
. December. lS55.-James Barber, Free
State man, assaulted and murdered bv sho,
in the back from the gun of one of Presiden,
Pierce's Indian Agents.
November, lS55.-Collins. a Free State
man, called out from his mill where he wa,
to work and shot BY Laughlin, Pro- Slavery
settler.
Jan. II, lS56.-E. p Brown, q Free State
man, taken prisoner bv gang of Missourians,
hacked to pieces with knives and hatche,s,
and his bleeding corpse flung into his own
door-from the effects of winch his widow !,
now . maniac.
Nav 30. 1S56.-John Stewart. formerly Of
Ru~hford. Al-sany County. New York. a
young man of 20. shot in his saddle while at
temi'tin: to escape from party OF jones'
posse
May 10, 1S56.-Jones. the ONLY son of his
mother, and she a widow, aged 10. shot
through the back. by one of .Jones's posse.
because he refused to give up his horse. with
which he supported himself and his widowed
mother.
PRINTING OFFICES DESTROYED.
Dec. %, 2S55-Territoria Register. an
Administration paper at Leavenworth, con.
Quoted 10y Colonel Delahav, mobhed for adj
vOca:ins Free State, presses broken TO
pieces. type thrown into the river, and edit,
or threatened with murder
April ii, ls56.-Parkville Luminarv. at
Parkville. on the frontier, mobbed bv Ms
sOurianS for similar causes, and the editors.
Messrs. Park & Patterson, obliged to quit the
State.
Nav 81, ls56.-Herald of Freedom Office.
Lawrence, Kansas Territory, fired upon with
field piece by 'Jones's posse and reduced
20 ruins.
Tribune office, Lawrence. Kansa. Terrific.
nv, mobbed. ransscked and set on fire. and
burned to the ground Presses, &c, DESTROY
ed.
LYNCHING-1S55 and sc.
Sixteen Free State men. at different fines.
have been tarred and fea,hered, or beaten.
or both, and some of them carried into Mis-
sour, or set adrift in the river. Among
them were William Phillips, a LAWYER of
l.eavenworth, and a member elect OF the
Territorial Legislature; Rev. Pardee But
Ter. Baptist preacher; Rev. Mr. Clark. a
Methodist Missionary. and other Ministers of
the Gospel, OF various denominations. As
sauts and battery have been too numerous
to recapituate, hardly day passing without
some attack on Free State men in the
streets or on the high roads Among those
assailed have been Governor Reeder. Gener.
al PomerOy, Sc, &c.
UNLAWFUL ARRESTS.
OF Governor Robinson without a warrant
OF MIR. Brown, editor of the Herald Of
Freedom, without warrant
OF Messrs. Bronson. Hutchinson. Deitzler.
Schuyler, Smith, Baker and fourteen Others.
! by Mls>ourians acting under authority of
. pretended court, for high treason" in re-
fusing to obey laws of the Legislature"
pretended to have been elected by the Ms
souri, invaders.
PRETENDED LAWS.
September, 1s55.-Imposins penalty OF
death for assisting slaves to escape.
Imposing penalty of death for circulating
or printing publications calculated to inci,e
slaves to insurrection.
} Imposing penalty Of death for assisting
slaves to escape from any State aud take ref
uge in the Territory.
Imposing penalty OF FIVE years imprison-
ment at hard labor for harboring fugitive
: slaves.
Imposing penalty Of two years imprisonment
for aiding fugitive slave to escape from Gus
tody of an officer.
! Imposing penalty Of five wears imrrison-
. ment at hard labor for writing, printing or
+ circulating anything against Slavery.
. Imposing penalty of five wears imprlson-
ment at hard labor for SAUNA that persons
have not right to hold slaves in the Terri
tory.
t Disqualifyins all from sitting as Jurors who