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soWi. In that speech General Striugfellow
said WV
81 tell you to mark every seoundrel amono
you that is the least tainted with free-soilism
or abolitionism, and erte1mlaate him. Meth
er give nor take quarters from TIE damned ras-
Gals. l propose to mark them in this hopse
and on the present occasion, so that you NAV
CRUSH THEM OUT"
"Crush them OUT is the language You
will remember, sir, that the Attorney Gener-
al of the United States-a man who spent the
dew of his youth and the yigor of his early
manhood in assailing Democratic statesmen.
and who is now giving the mature years of
his life to undermining and perverting Demo-
cratic principles-sent an edict to Massachu-
setts, pending the election in 1853, that the
President "was up to the OCCASION" and in
tended ''to crush out the element of abolition.
ism" General Stringfellow, like the Presi-
dent, is sup to the OCCASION" He has caught
up the word of the Attorney General. He 10
going to mark the Free Sellers, he says, that
you may "crush them out 1 think his sue
cess, sir. will be about equal to the success
which followed the efforts of the President
and General Gushing, in "crushing out the
element of abolitionism." The elections of
the last two years have shown who is the crush
er and who is the crushed. General String
fellow continues:
$40 those who have quatms of conscience
as to violating laws, State or national, the
time has come when such impositions must be
disregarded, as your rights and property are
IN danger, and ad1ise yoa, one and all. to
enter eUery election district in Kaazas, Il, de-
fance Of Reeder and has vile nayrmtdons, and
cote at the point of the boacie- knife and rcvo1cer
Neither give nor take quarter, as our case de-
mands it. 1t is enough that the slaveholding
interest wills it, from which there is no ap-
peal. What right has Gov. Reeder to rule
Missourians in Kanzas? His proclamation
and prescribed oath must be repudiated 1t
is your interest to do so. Mind that slavery
is established where il is not prohibited
"Qualms of conscience as to violating lawss
State or national !" No, sir, that will never
do "Sueh impositions must be disregardeds"
"Eyery election district i'll Kanzas must be en-
tered by one and ALL, and they must ssvote
at the point of the bowie knife and revolver -
Is that the way these border gentlemen pass
over the line, according to the Senator from
Missouri, "to protect the ballot boxes against
the-armed colonistsi"
"Qualms of conscience about violating
laws, State or NATIONAL" were given up, and
they "entered into every election district in
Kanzas, IN spite of the proclamation of Reed
er," and made the election of Whitfield doub-
ly sure. The Senate will remember that the
Senator from Missouri assures us that Mis-
sourians only crossed the borders to ssprotect
the ballot boxes against the armed colonists''
from the East.
Sir, commend to the special consideration
of the Senator from Missouri the advice of
General Stringfellow, to give up all s'qualms
of conscience as to violating laws, State or
NATIONAL and to center every election dis
trict in Kanzas." Is that the way Nilsson.
rians ''proteet the ballot boxes over the bord-
ers :"
Mr.. BUTLER. Allow me to ask the Sena-
tors authority for the remarks of Gen. String
fellow.
Mr.. WILSON. quote from speech made
by General Stringfellow, published in Vest
ern Missouri paper, republished throughout
the country, and never denied by him. Gen
Stringfelow has since said, in letter to the
people of the South, that if the Mssourians
had gone into Kanzas and ruled it once, they
could do it again. The men in western Mis-
souri, who were the first to accept the advice
oil their leader, do not deny these things
They openly proclaim their intentions, and
act upon them. Sir, | can respect the frank
ness of crime much more than the wrigaling
efforts, by apology, innuendo, and assertion,
to falsify facts and to impeach the innocent.
Mr. BUTLER. do not intend to deny any
thing that General Stringfelow assumed to
say. l know General Stringfellow very well,
and presume he would stand up to- morrow
and face the music. l do not suppose that he
would retreat, nor do deny anything which
is imputed to him, except, it may be, the bad
taste of the language used in what the Senn-
tor has read. Laughter] AS to his whip
ping Reeder, everybody knows it Laughter.
Mr.. WILSON. Well, sir, do not wish to
contend with the Senator about the taste of
this border hero.
proceed now 10 the facts. The census of
Kansas was taken by the direction of Cover
nor Reeder, in February, 1866, and then there
were eight thousand five hundred inhabitants,
and two thousand eight hundred and seventy
seven legal voters in the Territory. At the
ensuing sleetion--on the 31th of March, 1865
four thousand voters from the State Of Mis-
souri, passed into that Territory and gave their
votes. Lawrence, according to the census,
was entitled to less than five hundred votes.
But, sir, nine hundred and fifty were cast, al
though nearly one hall the legal voters of
Lawrence, if we are to believe the testimony
of some of their most respectable citizens, re-
fused to vote on that day. More than eight
hundred Missourians, armed to the teeth, led
by Colonel Dung, lawyer of Western Mis-.
England men so often assailed and SO much
misrepresented in the documents before u.s.
Colonel Young made speech declaring that
he would vote or would shed his blood. He
took the precauton, however, to swear in his
vote. lie had more regard for his life than he
had fer his conscience.
Mr BUTLER. VIII the Senator excuse me
for moments
Mr.. Wilson. Certainly.
Mr.. BUTLER. have been listening with
much interest to the Senator remarks. and
desire to ask him, as he proceeds with his
statements of fact, to refer us to the authority
on which he relies.
Mr.. WILSON. Mr.. President, l state what
have said on the authority of Mr.. Hutchin.
son, lawyer OF Lawrence, and rejected free
State member Of the Legislature Of Kanzas
elected in 1866, and now present in the Senate
Chamber-a man, sir, Of intelligence, of con-
science, and of character. And what he says
is confirmed by the memorial Of Gen. Pome-
roy, to which l have referred, setting forth
certain facts which transpired on that day. l
will read what this gentleman says in regard
to the Lawrence districts:
"In the Lawrence district spseches were
made to thcsc BY leading residents OF Missou-
ri, in which it was said that they would carry
their purpose, ifneed be, at the point ofthe bay
onet and bowie-gnife, and one voter was fred
nj as he was driven from the election ground.
BINDING thew had greater force than was ne.
cessary for that poll, some two hundred mon
were drafted from the number and sent off I'M
der their proper officers to another district, at
ter which they still polled from the camp over