The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-09-02
THE WAR IN KANSAS.
MEETING IN LEXINGTON.
To the Citizens Of Lafayette County, AIS
SOuFI.

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| Lane have actually come into the territory
/ and commenced war of determination up
| on the pro-slavery settlers.
/ On the 9Th of August the notorious Brown,
with party OF 300 aboitionists, made an
attack upon colony of G eorgians number
! ING about Dps souls-i75 of whom were wo-
men, children and slaves. Their houses
were burned to the ground. all their pro-
pertv stolen, horses, cattle, clothing money,
provisions, all taken away from them, and
their plOws burned to ashes. This colony
came from Georgia to settle peaceably III
I Kansas, and were quietly cultivating the
soil and disturbing no one. They did not
even have arms for defence. They are now
driven from the territory, with nothing left
but the clothes on their back-indeed, they
even took the boots off the mems feet and
Put them on their own. Capt Cook, who
has the charge of the colony, is now here
asking for arms and men to aid his colony
70 settle again in the territory.
August Il, at night, three hundred abol-
tionisGs under the same Brown, attacked the
town of Franklin, robbed, plundered and
burnt the place, took all the arms IN the
town, broke open and destroyed the post
office-carried away the old cannon, Sac
ramento," which our Missouri boys so gal
lantlv captured in Mexico, and now are
turning its mouth against our friends Ill
Kansas Six men were killed, and Mrs.
Crane was knocked down by an abolition
list.
The same day Mr.. Williams, settler
near ST. Bernard, was shot by an abolition
list who sneaked upon him, while he was
quietly mauing rails upon his claim.
August 13-About fifty aholtionists at
tackled the house of Mr.. White, III Lykins
county, robbed him of everything, and drove
him into Missouri. He is a free State man
b sustans the laws of the territory.
August l5-Brown, with 400 abolitionists,
mostly Lanes men, noun ted and armed, at
tackled TreadwelPs settlement in Dough-
county, numbering about 30 men.
They pointed the old cannon Sacramento
towards the colony and surrounded Them
They being taken so largely overpowered,
attempted to escape; but as they were on
foot it is feared they have all been taken and
murdered.
1t is now feared that the next move will
be made upon Lccompton, TO rescue the
prisoners Robinson and others, WHO are held
there for treason.
Letters from w. II. Russell at w estport,
say that expresses are arriving hourly, Civ
I ing information of the progress of the aboiI-
tioniSts; and that from every quarter they
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cruelties committed by the vile abolition
party in Kansas.
The foregoing information can be relied
on. 1t comes to Us from w. II. Russell,
| ID. Il. Atchison, \. G.. Boone, b. +. String
! fellow, Joseph G. Anderson and THONGS
| Hinkle men whom you all know, and on
| whose statements you can rely. They say
| to US ''we give you no mere rumors, bat
simple statement of facts. We say to you
that war, organized, maturcd, settled 1car,
is now waged upon US by the abolitionists,
and we call on all who are not prepared to
see their friends butchercd, and to be Thorn
selves driven from their homes, to rally III
stantiy to the rescue"
Nolc. men Of Lafayette, octat acU you do!
will you stand still and see the enemy APP
proach step by step, until he stands upon
your door sill and finds you unarmed, or
| will you go out to meet him. and drive him
from your soil
Ne hare stood still long cno~gh.--The
| time has come when we must do something
| to protect our fre-sidcs. The enemy is
| advancing upon us-the next breath from
| Kansas may bring to oar ears the death
| shrek of our fathers, brothers, sisters, sons,
daughters, neighbofs and friends who went
| there to find home, but have been butcher
| ed by the Aboitionists; they call now for
! help and protection. VIII you give it to
them ! OF will you desert theA!
Now is the time for ACTION. Ne must
! haze nscn to go to the TERRITORY immcdjatc-
! In, or all 3cHL be lost. The intention of the
! Abolitonists is to drive Us from the Terri
tory and carry the next election and get
possession of the reins OF government
This we must not submit to. If we do, Kan
sas is lost to the South .torerer-and our
slaves in upper Missouri will be useless to
Us, and our homes given up to the abolition
enemy.
Come then to the Rescue Up men Of
Latuyctte Meet at Lexington, on Wed
NEsDAY, at II O'Clock, August Goth
BRING YOUR HORSES WITHYOU, YOUR GUNS
/ AND YOUR CLoTHING-all ready to go on
20 Kansas. Let every man who can posi-
! bly, leave home, gO low to save the lives of
| our friends. Let those who cannot 90, hitch
up their wagons, and throw in a few provi-
sions, and get more as they come along by
| their neighbors, and bring it to Lexington
| on Wednesday. Let others bring horses
and mules, and saddles and guns-an to
| come in on Wednesday. We must go i'm
| mediatclv; there is no time to spare, and
! no one must hold back. Let all do little,
and the job will be light. We want from
two hundred to three hundred men from
this county. jackson, Johnston, Platt,
| Clay. Ray. Saline, Carroll and other coun-
ties are now acting in this matter. All of
them will send up company Of men, and
! there will be Il conc2rt of action. NEW
SANTA FE, Jackson county, will be the
place Of rendezvous foc the whole crowd,
and our motto this time will be "no quar-
ter Come up, then, on Wednesday. and
| let Us have concert of action. Let no one
stay away; we need the old men to ddrise,
! the young men to execute. We confident
! ly look for eight hundred or thousand
/ citizens to be present.
This is the decisive moment; if We fail to
act row, It will be useless to do so after
/ the aboIitionists have full possession Of the
/ country. For your own sakcs, for the sake
of your wives, your children, your fire
| sides, your homeS-come up, and let us act
/ in this matter decidedly, and put an end to
AbolItionism in Kansas. Their motto IS
no quarter to pro-slavery men"
/ Capt. Blcdsoe's company are notified to
meet in Lexington on Wednesday, August
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