The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-06-28


opr own domestic institutions, a war /
commenced upon us; and s. J.. Jones, tn
hero of the Bloomington Election, is appoint
ed Sheriff as fit tool to do the will of hi
masters. This man is ordered to arrest tn,
peaceful citizens of Kansas for refusing t,
obey the claws" for treason against tn,
| general Government &C., and for refusing Il
aubmit to those laws, the whole force of tn,
general Government fs.to be brought to tn,
fed; but, when Government Troops are cal
led to make arrests, no resistance is offered
no resistance has ever been offered to Fed
eral officer; and defy the National
Democrats to cite one instaace. In the
Wachamsa war of Nov. and Dec. '55, vol
might have seen force Of at least one thou.
sand blood-thirsty Williams gathered by cal
of Wilson Shannon. What for? To teal
down Lawrence, destroy the property and
ravish the women on the streets; this is
their own language. Was this Democratic
I will leave the public to judge. Then a
little band of Freemen come together to de-
fend their homes, property, their wives and
children, from drunken infatuated .Nation-
al" Democratic mob, chiefly from foreign
State. Traitors Abolitionists !! Ny God !!
had Franklin Pierce. Stephen A. Douglas,
and others had the loyalty, the love of Free
dom, the love Of Country at heart, as much
as that little band of "Traitors !" our glori-
GUS monument of union Of States, would not
now have been tottering upon the brink Of
ruin. Men would not have been robbed of
their property, citizens would not have been
murdered in cold blood, there would not
have been Widows and Orphans to mourn
the fate of the Husband and Father murder
ed in Kansas for the crime of being in favor
of free institutions. But the President says
the laws of Kansas must be enforced, not
withstanding the Congress Of the United
States have doubted the existence of legal
code of Laws, and had sent committee of
their number to investigate the election
Frauds and outrageous murders committed
in the Territory.
Yet the head of the Bloomington precinct
is sent to make arrests in Lawrence failing
to do it, he came again on the Sabbath, when
the "Traitors" citizens are at church
worshipping their God. Jones does not sue
coed then in making any arrests, but returns
to WILSON Shannon with the story that
the abolitionists are in arms; and de-
sires a detachment of Troops to act as
posse for him. Shannon sent one of the
murderers of Brown to Col. Sumner for
Troops. These are facts that cannot be
denied. Eli Moore was one of the murder
ers OF Brown, and spit tobacco juice in his
eyes when he was dying; proved to the
committee and never denied. &
The Troops 60, and all the arrests are
made, yet they are not satisfied. Col. Sum-
ner will not kill and slay the free State
Citigens, but will protect all, and alike |; they
then arrange that one of the lovers of the
present Administration shall shoot Jones.
They shoot him report him MORALLY shot!
Dead ! &c. t5
At little later date you find them again
coming to make arrests, but are not success
full. Reeeder will not 60 with them, and
says that they touch him at their peril -
Why ? because they would not give him any
assurance that his :rson shall be protected,
they having proclaimed boldly that he should
never get out Of the Territory alive. Why
not call upon the government Troops again ?
because Col Sumner would not allow the
Town destroyed and sacked. The Marshal
of the Territory then issued proclamation
for a posse to assist him in making some ar
rests. The people of Lawrence, through
their committee Deitzler, Smith and Miller.
call upon the Marshall asking what he desires
of the people of Lawrence; if he wanted to
make any arrests he could do so, and needed
no posse; or if he did, they would act as
posse for him. No, he has no confidence in
them, he only desires 40 crush them out,
and force them to leave the Territory.
They then call upon Wilson Shannon,
asking him to call upon the Troops to pro-
tect the people of Lawrence. Shannon said,
if you will surrender your arms to Col. Sum-
ner, until the arrests are made, the posse
shall be dispersed, and your arms returned.
They agree to this and give him their ans
wer; but he said, he did not think the
South Carolinians would be satisfied unless
they would allow them to tear down the
Hotel and destroy the presses. This is
democratic protection for governor to have
over people, and compares VIII with all
the sham Democracy Of the present Adj
ministration. They could not consent to
have that done, Notwithstanding the o. S.
District Court had indicted them as a nui-
sance, and placed the indictments in the
hands of s. j. Jones to be served. This
makes Jones acting uuder Federal authority.
He is by the act of the o. s. District Court
virtually, at least, a. Deputy Marshal. Be
sides when the Marshal had made his ar
rests, he instructed the posse to assist Jones
in making his. = i s-,.s -
When the Marshal went to make his ar
rests he summoned Mr.. Topliffe to act as
posse for him, which he did, and while the
Marshal is making his arrests the remainder
Of the posse rob Topliffs Of $500, and bis
gold Watch; al done under Federal authori.
ty. and It has always been and always will