The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-09-25
WHOLE NUMBER 585.

prospects were soon dimmed. The danger
that be might sweep the North soon passed.
+ Col. Sumner disarmed the hostile bands;
, escorted them out of the Territory, and es-
tablished peace. From that moment Black
R epublicanism languished and Fremont's
prospects diminished, and It was clearly
seen that, If peace should continue, Fremont
would get next to no electoral votes at Che
election.
Then it was that Lanes invasion was
planned at Washington, and preparations
for executing ii.set in motion. A Conven-
ton at Buffa quickly ensued, at which il
was resolved to raise one hundred thousand
dollars month in said of Kansas" In.
mense sums were subscribed by the abol.
ton milliouaries for the purchase of arms
and ammunition and to equip in allrespects;
men for the invasion. Missionaries were
started out on collecting expeditions. The
N. Y. Tribune opened Subscription "Kan.
sas fund" which already had reached some
ten thousand dollars. Meanwhile, Lane
was secretly engaged in collecting men,
and directly intelligence came that he was
on the Iowa border with an army OF thou.
sand strong, armed, equipped and drilled
He remained in Iowa long enough to permit
his thousand men to vote'fraudulently atthe
State election, when he descended upon
Kansas, ravaging the country with fire and
sword. He attacked settlements, robbsd
inho btants, and burned towns. He awoke,
of course, spirit of resistance. The anti
abolition party of the Territory arose en-
mlasSs to protect themselves. Was it not
natural that they should.
Now, the "Battle OF Osawattamie" is
direct consequence of Lanes INVASION
Several of his men had encamped at Osa-
wattamie, where they were attacked by
hostile force and routed. 1t is over their
rout that Black Republcanism now howIs
There never was fact more transparent
than that Kansas would have remained quiet
until this day had not Lane invaded her ter
ritories-had not the Black Republican par
tizan leaders, in pursuance OF caucus arange-
ments, let loose upon her a band of desper-
ADDE'S, commanded by a greater desperate
than any man under hm-but not with a
more wicked and malignant heart in his
bosom than the partizan leaders whose in
strument he is.
We have said that Kansas enjoyed pro-
found repose month ago. Let us contrast
that condition with her present condition.
Let us see what state of affairs the inva-
sion of Lane has produced. And to do SO,
: we will rely upon Black republican authori.
=. ty. A correspondent at Leavenworth, of
the N. Y. Tribune writes under date of
, August 80:
ave have never before had times so peri
l lous as at present. 1t seems as if all our
3 citizens must become involved in the civil
tumult. No free State man who has taken
any part in political matters is safe for mo-
ment. Nearly all such men have left either
: for the States or for the interior Of the Ter
s ritory; and pro slavery men who have here
h tofore been moderate in their conduct, are
= now leading bands of ruffians.
"Emery, who has company under his
command, and under whose orders Bemble-
( ton was killed in our streets yesterday, has
hitherto been man of peace. He is the
principal mail contractor in the Territory.
VIM. H. Russell gives his name to the in
= hamatory dispatches calling Missourians to-
It arms, and endorsing all the falsehoods which
d have been employed in raising the present
fumulf / haun nopvorSn1 tuith
- who was discharged from one of the eir camps
yesterday. He names to me many men who
IS passed along among us as honorable and
}. peaceable citizens who are now leagued
i with the border ruffians. Party spirit and
. sanction which great national party has
. given to the Kansas frauds, have beguiled
o them into the most reckless excesses. ...
l. "Ex-Governor Shannon is in town to- day
:. on his way eastward. He says that Gen.
Lane cen command nearly three thousand
men, and he warns the pro-slavery men,
S from every attempt to subdue the free State
men of Kansas. 1t is reported, on every
hand, that Lane has sufficient force for any
emergency. Yet there is doubling in some
quarters. Why does he not rid Leaven-
worth and vicinity of the assassins bands of
marauders who infest every public roade
they say"
This is Black Republican testimony
"Pro, slavery men," we are told, "who have
heretofore been moderate in their conduct
:, are now leading bands of rufians." Aud
why are they leading bands of ruffians!
They have been driven to taking up arms
and organizing companies as a measure Of
= self protection and sell. preservation. Again,
"Men who have passed among us as hon.
orable and peaceable citizens" this Tribune
correspondent further writes, 'are now
y leagued with the border ruff1ans." Precise
! ly SO. These men remained peacable citi.
zens SO long as it was possible for them
to do SO; when Lane made his appearance
> in the Territory, they were driven to the
necessity of opposing him with arms.
!, We tell you, people Of Michigan, this in
vasion Of Kansas IS the most diaboical con-
:, spiracy of modern times, If not ofaIl times.
: It was planned, undertaken, and has,been
executed for the sole object Of aiding the
election Of Fremont. Is it not melan-
choly reflection that there are men in high
: places in the land who do not hesitate at
y making the blood OF their fellow men fiow as