The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-04
K..s.. psstsrbaaess

~, The Ces,rs Hcuee in this riiy wss crowd l
ed on Tuesday evening to hear sa address
IRON the lion. Jso. HUTCHINSON. OF Kan.
ass, on the state Of affairs now existing in
that anfor,unste Territory We cannot
,ge,end In follow Mr.. II. IN bis eloquent re.
,ssrks on this eccssion. He SPOKE as one
who had participated 10 ,hs scenes he de.
scribed, snd lad been outraged in feeling
ind property by misrreants acting under
authority OF the General Government The
scenes attending the seeking Of Lawrence
we're yiSidly portrayed, and corresponded 60
we'll with the descriptions given by every
resident II that fitted cily whc has since VI
sised us, thai none of his audience iar one
single moment could doubt lhe,t trulhtul-
nesx The senseless, maadin Shannon
Shen appealed TO for redress OF Their grew
snces, The blasphemies Of Strihsielsow
while urgiIg on the miserable reiinue q
Border r atFisns TO the sseking OF Lawrence
The untimels rejoicing OF Jones when that
noble sdiGee, The Free State Hotel, was
trapped in flames, we're all described IN
lanouape that PLAINLY told the feelings OF
ane no vas forced 10 look upon these
scenes ri,houi the power OF retaliation.
ave expected redress from the General
f7osesnmeni we thought We should re-
oeiye aid from the Northern States; we
have been disappointed in both, and hereaf-
n. Ia. Sttrh scsS
The tenor Of Mr.. HIS language, and such,
no doubt, is the feeling tina, prevails among
the Free State men OF Kansas. Previous
10 the sscking of Lawrence, although seve-
raj citizen of Kansas had been murdered
and on,rages ianumerable had been CON-
m,iied, yet hand had not been raised by
Free State man, even in self-defence; but
that event was the elimination Of the iniqui-
Nv OF the Border Kaffans. and transcribed
the power OF longer endurance. Siree then
twas tia, Free State men stood upon the
defensive, and, when attacked, showed the
nstlle Of which they were composed
The SANDER SO sedulously propsgated BY
the Buchanan sheets OF the land, that the
Emigrant Aid Society was responsible for
much OF the outrages perPeirsted in Kan
sas, was clearly shown up BY the speaker
in it's trae character He was personally
acquainted with every officer OF that soeie.
ty, though be never had had connection
with IL, end he knew that it was Q stock
company, formed for the purpose Of select
inc losn and mill sites in Kansas. and in
ancing emigration ihithsr, in order that the
company might make money by the en-
hancement in value and sale of their lands.
The Blue Lodge Of Missouri, composed Of
men sworn 10 see that the pail of Slavery
overspresd the fair plains Of Kansas, was
formed in March, 1854. and the EmiSran,
Aid Society war not organized Unit. the
following July. Many persons, ignorant Of
The iacis, have eoniended tina, the latter
took precedence Of the former in it's organ.
izslion.
Thai the people Of Kansas have been
msltreated, trampled upon AID outraged BY
men having the strong arm of Government
10 protect them, 10 very evident; and that
they have borne as much as they have en-
sured without retalistion, proves their re-
lance upon the business OF their cause and
the strong hope which filed them, that the
Administration wosld yet consider their
condition and redress their wrongs Thai
they now begin TO act upon the defensive
should occasion surprise, but induce the
hope, that in remembrance Of their wrongs
they do not become the sggressors. In
Kansas, as in the Northern States, lhere
sr. bat two Psrties, the one for Freedom
and The other for Slavery The former are
IN Republicans, the latter. 10 man, 60
70, Buchanan. Until the Presidential cleo
lion decides which party is in the ascend
sncy, the people OF Kansas will live in the
hope thar their rights may yet be respect
ed bu, Il Bachansn be elected We may
expect 10 see civil war, in ell iis horrors,
open asresh in thai unfortunate Territory /;
and God grant the entire nstion may not be
smbroiled in the fearful struggle.