Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1856-01-01

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vssivS pe,ionsl pspsr ofSi. Lssis. doss
tssIiya1pn sdI,osisl opinion ea lhs rsss
cent SHAsNox lorsy Into Ksnsss bul
permits i.s Ksnsss ofssspondaats 10 lls
|hideously sbout she people of Lawrence,
snJ sbuss The Fsse S,s,s mon ssnesslly
ia The mos, s,socIo,s lnsnhet; and this
cosssspopdsncs i. prints IN large iyps.
displayed d editorial 10 the most prom,
iasu, .columns Of the pspsr. W. will
| give q fsv extracts rom these letters, 70
show ,hs spirit Of OH Hunke,ism ia
Missouri: (. .S.i x. (, !, \.
lFscm 1 Letter dated Lecompton. X. T.. De-
0cmber ~. Lff n VI. @ -
When The Missontisns heard ihsi The
| pro .slayssy men Of The Territory had
pot turasd out in strength, The woids"to
the rsscue," I" nsshsd from one electric
wire 10 another, and mounted despatch.
o. few from one precinct 10 another;
and when Gov. Shannon arrived at the
Waksf,iss camp. he found La owrence 3
bcleagusd city, al tho Aboiitionists Of
the country cooped up in that city
The meli,is Of the Territory and their
Missouri friends, amounted to some
twelve OF fourteen hundrsd men in pos.
session Of the whole country, with eve.
ry svenus 10 Lawrence cut of-every
Abolitionis, chased into his strong hold,
who was no, taken by the scouts. Pom.
eroy. Judge Johnson. Dr.. Cutler, Barber,
and some eight OF ten other prisoners,
were in the hands Of the pfo'slavefy
men. Scouts and swsrms Of euerrillas.
,s they were called, men who 6ocked to
the camp but who would Join no militia.
~ organization, were riding the country,
and wherever a collision took place,
the aboli,ionisis succombed to the other
party"
| In the above is an acknowledgement
that The people Of Kansa, did not rally
ct the call Of Shannon, and that the
Missourians crossed tho line in swarms
and bssisssd lawrence.
From The same Letterl
"The men we're clamofous TO be led
on 10 Lawrence befors the United States
troops arrived. When they heard tina,
the matter was to be settled by negotia.
,ion, insubordination roignel over the
whole ground. The Pro.Slavery pick.
els had driven in the Abolitionists, and
were riding round lawrence, and in eve.
~ manner showing their contempt for
| its inhabitants. The" /" Law and Order
men declared that they had no conf.
dence in the pledges ofthe Abolitionists,
believed that they we're now only bend.
ing to the storm, that their couduct al.
ready merited a complete snnihilation,
and they demanded 10 be led 10 Law
renee without any se.llemsns Of the
| mattef."
Here !. is confessed that a systema'
tized effort .wss made 10 provoke The
Free State men to commit breach o
the peace. The rufians rode round
Lawrence, in "every manner showing
their contempt for lie inhabitants"-
these claw and order" men tried to in.
duce some one to violate q lew, and
when this endeavor to get up o pretex'
for on assault upon the town failed
they wished to be led to the charge
"without any settlement" The pre-
cious correspondent from whom we have
already quoted, defends Shannon fol
treating with the Lawrence men, in
these terms:
"a bloodless triumph is always mos
congenial to brave people. 1t is true
that the avenging sword Of an outraged
people is hard 10 be restrainsd; the OBJ
iects Of our ire were more the subject.
Of pity and contempt than ofour wrath.
They were driven to their holes, :heiI
country fresidss and homes were left 10
our mercy, they stood like trembling
sheep before the knife Of the butcher
conceding everything. invoking the Go
vernon 10 prevent the shock"
II the Free State people we're "jriver
into their holes." why was i. dons?-
They had violated, no law and shielde'
no criminal, and were prosecuted 70
| righteousness alone. The murde
Of Dow was deliberately planned l.
bring on a collision with the people Q
Kansss.and the murderer Of Dow va
one Of the "Law and Ordsx" invaders
Here was the murderer assisting to serv
a peace warrant on a witness, the oh
ject being to get the witness in his pow
er to stop bis mouth. The acoustic,
that the men Of Lawrence stood lik
"trembling sheep before the knife Of tn
butcher" is a lie. They stood like men
ready to butcher the drunken end swae
gering Williams the moment they woul