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

. base faIsehood upon the people Of Kansas
For desiring to have voice in regulating
opr own domestic institutions, war il
commenced upon us; and 8. y. Jones, the
hero Of the Bloomington Election, is appoint.
ed q Sheriff as . fit tool to do the will Of his
masters. 4 This man is ordered to arrest the
peaceful citizens Of Kansas for refising to
obey the "laws," for treason against the
general Government &C., and for refusing to
aubmit to those laws, the whole force of the
general Governments issto be brought to the
fed; but, when Government Troops are cal
led to make arrests, no resistance il offered,
no resistance has ever been offered to Fed
eral officer; and I defy the "National' y
Democrats to cite one instaace. In the
Wachamsa war of. Nov. and Dec. '55, you
might have seen force Of at least one thou
sand blood-thirsty williams gathered by call
of Wilson Shannon, What for2 To tear
down Lawrence, destroy the property and
ravish the women on the streets; this is
their own language. Was this Democratic 2
Twill leave the public to judge. Then a
little band of Freemen come together to de-
fend their homes, property, their wives and
children, from q drunken infariatsd .Nation-
al" Democratic mob, chiefly from foreign
State. Traitors Abolitionists!! My 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 Estates, would not
now have been tottering upon the brink ,oI
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 existenceof a legal
code of Laws, and had sent committee of
their number, to. investigate the election
Frauds and. outrageous murders committed
in the Territory. 30 ~ 9lo ag.,isr
Yet the head Of the Bloomington precinct
is sent to make arrests in Lawrence; falling
to do it, he came again on the Sabbath, when
the "Traitors" citizens are at church
worshipping their God. Jones does not sue
ceed then in making any arrests, but returns
to WILSON Shannon with the story that
the abolitionists are in arms and de-
sires 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. 90 ,5
The Troops go, 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 mortally shot!
Dead &c. N ~ - ls@s,s "a gasg 5ass3
y AT little later date you find them again
coming to make arrests, but are not success
full. Reeeder will not go with them, and
says that they touch him at their peril -
Why ? because they would not give him any
assurance that his p.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 again2
because Col. Sumner would not allow the
Town destroyed and sacked. The Marshal
of the sTerrtoay then issued proclamation
for posse to assist him in making some ar
rests. The people Of Lawrence, through
their committee peitzler, Smith and Mile. !
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. Mo- he has no confidence in
them, he only desires 40 crush them out,
and fcrce 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 win 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 hare
over people, and compares VIII with all
the sham Democracy Of the present Ad-
minjstration, They could not consent to
have that done, bhotyitha hatandipg the Q. 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 authofity.
He is by the act Of the O. s. District Court
virtually, at least, Deputy Marshal. Be.
sides when the; Marshal had made his ar
rests, he instructed the posse to assist Jones
in making his. =. e e Ssssas .i','s - ~.
When the Marshal went to make his ar
rests he summoned Mr.. Topliffe to acta.
posse for him, which be did and while the
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