The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-17

allowed Colonel sumner 70 enter, but soid nassASs
DonAdson he could %, Yet him IN DpaAlasoa sald -
The doorkeeper Mr. Fuller, told him % s..hov -
papers, Ne exhibited hS oomnisson, saa sns aoerksp-
Colonel Sumner did not pause 10 inquire vAssAsv -
Senate not IN session, bat Proceeded 70 ~
them thai BY virtue o. Ae orders 81 ths rrs.asss =
perse. Bavir said 40 Colonel sumner looked - then -
see how they took his announcement TIE nembsss 4
srsc,faIy but they did no move fhsrs vss lsas "a
disagrccsble pause, which sumner broke oy asking
"wel, gentlemen. do you consider yourselves -
1Mr THoRs1os, President Of the senate replied thus-
Col sumner, the Senate IA sct In secession and caAns
Mr. TnoRSros then asked n Col sumner. amer his o.
ders 20 sperse would permit them 70 - -
receive any communication he might have 10 make.
The CoIoSKI sa,d-No, my orders are thai yoa mu1s
not he permitted 70 meet and cannot Allow you 70 -
Marshal DosAIr-os beginning 70 think that sons "a
vantage was about be taken ~ the "iA~ and OvdsP
party" stepped up and spoke He confronted The mco-
bers Of the senaie and holding his hat in one band ssA
raising the Other gesiculsed with the point 81 his a.
ger, lac said In emulons saueaking voice; we,
want all o you members 70 promise thai you ven
back, thai you woot meet here again any more,
and fyou von'p'-and here J. - shook his bead
'I' arrest every one Of ye-eyery member Tins -
monstrously outrageous. II WAS bad enough Tor -
troops 10 break in With and ssbres the
representatives. OF free people but Tor miserable tom
the savocracy thus to menace and insult because ne -
some i've hundred dragoonS al his back monsro9D-
he had writ 10 serve against any MAJ was his 0u1
10 It. matter what they did and II he hnA
no wrt-and he had nonc--t monsrous perverxn1o
OF the Office he dsgraced The senate paid no attention
10 him.
One OF the members OF the senate exhibited little a
the feeling that such trying circumstances may swskn,
and said. -" When my country calls " disperse, ~
her troops, yield TO that authority
Here lion. Mr.. irIfsBuRy saids-coi Sumner, No -
in condition 10 resist the uu'cd states troops and yos
order US 10 disperse Of course mus, dispense.
Col ALLEN said that he would suggest 10 his brother -
majors that Mr. isbury's statement be considered ths
expression Of the whole. which WAS assenscd 70.
Col Sumner then left the hall As he went down stairs,
and just be he met the crowd that WAS auxiou-.y
waiting outside Col Phillips who had lcft the Senate cham
Der with hun, said Aloud ssCoonel, you have robbed
Oliver Cromwell of his laurels." Col. sumner PAUSED
and regarded Phillips with astonsbment, as II be had
for the first time realized the Importance OF what he had
done.
When he go, out on the street he assured many a
tho who gathered round him that he did not wish - IN
terere with the Convention thea nbled there;
that he had merely been sent 10 dspcrse the Legs
laure, and recognized their right 70 meet the ~
Of July Three cheers again proposed by some 90
for Colonel sumner, and given. Three cheers Tor JvAn
Fremont were then gwen.
AT this poih the Dragons filed on 10 marching o.
der, when three cheers given for ''ihe Topssn
constitution and the stale Legislature" some 81 ne
proslavery officers looked round rather hercely when
this given hut Summers sharp voice heard gv-
ing the order, Overwhelmingly and just that mill
tary band who, under the American flag, which wavcA
from the hall OF the Legislature, had committed u
the most grievous outrages recorded IN our history,
spurred heir hoses 10 leave the streets Of Topeka ss
groans given for FRANKLIN Pierce and 10 dssQ
and loud that startled the horses Of the troopers, md
made them break from line a. they dedlcd past
When they lett the Free State Convention rcsuD1G
business, and the volunteers Iaraded the streets.