Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-10-14
from X ANsAS.
Correspondence Of the Missouri Republican.
GOVERNOR GEARY-COL. COOK
AFTER LANE-THE ELECTION
GOV. STRINGFELLOW A CANDI-
nATE CnR THE SENATE

OEAkI-COL. tOOn |
AFTER LANE-THE ELECTION
GOV. STRiNGFELLOW A CANDI- /
DATE FOR THE SENATE.
Westport, October 4,h. 1856.
What is the matter with my lettersf
Some Of them are unaccountably long
appearing, and some never reach you
and for these reasons ask what 10 the
matterf II must be the low water; so
they shall 90 by the mails hereafter, un-
III the river rises.
Governor Geary 10 becoming exceed
ingly popular, and bis great activity is
gaming him hundreds Ut friends daily.
A few days since he sent off Col Cook, Of
Fort Riley, after Gen. }. Ii. Lane, with
orders to take him. You know Col Cook
90 well, to have mo say that he will
take Lane if be is to be found in the Ter
rltory. Doubtless he is in Iowa, or some
out Of the way place-though it 10
said be is at the head Of eight hundred
new recgults, who are to come in on the
day of election and vote him for Dele.
gate 10 Congress. do not give this on
my own authority, and therefore will
not endorse its truthf1lBess. a few days
will decide.
wrote YOU not long ago, that Gov.
Geary wa. in pursuit Of Lane 10 person.
He only went to Topeka, where he heard
Lane was expected. lie took the ord
nance six FOUNDER, captured at Franklin
bv the rebels, and returned. Col Titus,
10 command of the new militia battal-
| ION, has charge OF tho prisoners at Lee
compton, while Cook has with him six
/ companies Of dragons and cavalry, one
company of infantry, and one battery Of
light artillery. While Lane is proceed
ing to elect himself with his army, where
+ Will Col ST George Cook be IN the mean
tlmeI
The ipteres. in the election to come
of next Monday is growing high. The
case is thu a member of Con ress and
Representatives Of the counties are TO bt
elected. Gen Whitfield IS the law and
order candidate tor Congress, and tb,
fact ihat he was ousted from the seat tt
winch he WAS 30 clearly entitled, make
III. friends doubiy ANXIOUS to return him
IL 10 very important thai the law and or
der party should elect mi lrity o
members to the House Of Represents
tives; but should they fail, and tho alto
llti0ni,ts succeed, they Will not be ubl
to repeal any OF the existing laws, 70
the members of the Senate, or Council
as II is termed in the organic act, wer
elected for two Years, and hold over
they will lie able to check the Abolition
ist. snoui they unfortunately, 10 Oh
disorgauIzei state, elect majority o
the House.
AL this is upon the superstition tina
the Free SO lers vail vote at the regu a
, election. Some reports cay they Wi
vote, and some say they VII not vote
Ii they DO, you observe that in doing :
they jerk the platform from under Ere
mont, and rob the freedom shriekers 0
: nearly ali their stock 10 trade. VIVA
would the fremonters do without ,h
Topeka Constitution What would be
come Of their newspapers without th
bogus Missouri Kansas Laws to abuse
Ihe> would then have nothing to .shriei
over but "robtej, subdued, conquered
Invaded Kansas generally. Ii Robin
: son ami Lane acknowledge the laws c
1 Kansas, Wilson snd Seward will hay
to acknowledge them too. The truth i
that the better class Of FreesoIlers ar
tired of rebellion, anu anxious for peac,
They see that they are the tools Of Nortt
" ern wlre-pullers, who WORK the wires {
distance from the strife, while the
y suffer the Consequences Uf It. They al
x sick OF IT and are coming to their ser Sc
!, Il matters not with them who Is eiec,e
!. 50 that tho ISSUE brings peace with il
: blessings, which being 50 long deprive
OF, they have learned to appreciate, an
are now prepared not only to enjoy bu
to retain BY observing the laws ind,
; which they live.
4 The cOntes. in Douglas and Shawn,
/ counties viii be spirited. Lawrence
IN the former and To, eka IN the latte
i While the Freesoilcrs are very th,cklyse
: tied about Lawrence and Topeka, tn
pr slavery inhabitants are scattered a
over the counttes-everv creek and ski
4 Of woods is lined with tho latter; 50 tn,
6 it is difficult to say which will beat l.,
compton too, is in Douglas, and Tecun
sch in Shawnee.
: shall send you the election return
by the quickest channel through whic
You can get them.
' learned that The friends and part
Fans Of Gen Atkinson have prevaiie
upon Gen 3 T Striugiellow to be car
:. didate for The vacant seat in the SeDat
the prospective honors of which Gen. 4
has declined for those of a squatter so,
ereign and for which he has had SO mar
Contests with Col Doniphon. Gen. 5.
fairly on the track.
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