Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-07-18
Dispersion - Kansas Legislature.

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announces that the Free State le.isla;ur,
met there Oh tha: .-y. Az. it Eai as
seubled, Col. Sumner, Commanded By
I Marshal Dona.sOn, rode into the place a.
tLe Leat Of two .-E1--I United Sra'cs
Dragons, g. planted two caEuoLs at b;
I head Of tue avenue comnall.ag the Place
+ OF Ineeting-Const,taaon iIali--.lt-r
which Col Sumner dismountcd, went in,
t. Hall If Representatives, and a -ir sed
them -. am called upon 10 .per:.rm
the most disasrcea.'s dl:y of NJ life, tn
der the authority Of the proc!.;nation. /
Am here To disperse this Legislature, ard
taereivre inform You shat you cannot .-.eet-
l therefore, in accordance with nv c.!e-s,
command yor to disperse. Gel knows
that have no party feeling in tbs mater
and will have no.e SC .oas Is hold uy
| present position in ka2sa,. I have jl-t
returLed from Tue borders, w.ere | have
been seniiDg home companies Of Mis- u
rams, aud Low arl ordered here . dis
perso you. Such are my orders, That y,u
must .disperse. comna-I you T. IL
/ Pe.s-." Judge Schuyler as.el. # they
were to understand that they we're 40 lie
driven out at the pOiut Of rLc t4yO1rt,
Col. Samuer replied, d" l s..l Use t., She
force under NY command to enforce ny
orders" The House then disper-si. <
cO-siuilar scene was enacted III ,ne S-nate,
which also dispersed. Col SUNNEE, . i
so.di,., obeyed the eomm.-,is Of his supc-
ri0rs, aud his conduct Was cbaraciec.stica.-
ly f.m, but gen,lemanly. We haze nov
in the hlslo., Of this Union seehs to RI
Val the disruption OF tbs Er..isn far.ia-
meIt by Oliver Cromwell, Or the Frencl,
Assembly BY Napoleon Bonaparte. The
only parallel Afforded il this eour;ry, il
thus referred to BY the Tri14ne:
"TLe unfranchised portion Of the people
Of Rhode Island, under L-r old f.eeho.t
freehoiders, .t length Be- .- .S--I- -.
q movement, wh.va eliminated ia the
DorrC rConstitutiou and Government vi ISL.
So far as legality, formality, " law ANU vi
der" are coace.ued, tae p,r- movement
may b. said By AL enemy to have slo-i
-->-'lsr q. sssra the Free State moye-
ment IA kansas; D.s there w-s tL'5 vide
difference II the cases-,le C0tt move
meut Was II opposition to LEGAL anh i'm
e,tztti,Uc0 0iVeruAeul-Ouc whOss ~
Legitimacy was not and cOU.d not Le d.s-
pufed while the Free State movent-s
confrol;s plotted, gisaasic - cilcious, AMI
now demonstrated frAud-nameIy, the
election Of Territorial Legislature fer
Kansas, b. Missouri votes and bowie
knives, on The Goth OF MaIch, 1850. IAo
Kansas case differs from iae Rhode is.lH3
Case IN its vital pvint-that, whereas the
Fr.s-Sudsrage Len If Rhode Island, e.
desyored to correct an anomaly and Inc
quality affecting the RICH; OF suffrage ty
ignoring and supplantinS the exisuug ai.l
legally recognized Goveruu,oui, tLs Free
Stateluen in Kansas lad no valid internal
government of tie Territory TO oppose, bus
only aagrart, swirdliIra, psirable in
posture. We'll, Mr.. Uorr ,ooA ihe oath
Governor, bis Legislature sas orgapiz,l,
bis Message delivered, acts pa>srd, Kill
tia force embodied, &c.-every tniug th-s
the Free State men Of Kansas have ever
attempted to do, and great deal more
Yet no bloody Algerine" v-n,uIed to
int>riere with aught of t..s-ircsi.ielt
Tj!er ordered odt No troops to supprc Il.
No; until the Dcrr Government threw
itself into direct and POSITIVE i-io2
with that /, sought to suppiaut, b. a.
..Inptiug to take possess.0G of the Pib..c
property aud n.4H.tious, tOfciOiy Gispo--7s-
sing those WIN he'll f,r Charter Grsei
lnen,, did any ole die.w cf resisting IolE-
ISL by force of arms. COMPARE TIL, with
the state of things now presented IL Nan-
sas, where the simple meeting Of persjls
claiming to be State Legislature l. sup
pressed by Federal cannon aud "a, .s--',y
o-loE l.om the War Dtpar..nens al hash-
ius:Oa, enfare,1 BY five c}mpanJs OF diI-
agooHs. The right OF po-c,-hly a'sera-
bling to petition for a redress Of srie'Sn-
ces is thus virtually eloven down. The
Free State Zen OF Kansas, tLc:r presses
all Z" crushed Out by Border Rufian W.
lence, are nov prevented from nsking
their wrongs knowa to thei. Lastcru
brethren in ary authentic uaIueE.
SE-Now mark the difference. P;-rce,
Buchanan & Company sustain the Bo' 'sr
RuG.n Legislature, which, it Is ccEfessed
on all hands, vas elected hy fraudule we
t.rs, aud which Vas enacted sr,i a,teGip'c,i
70 enforce illegal, unconstitutional, erucl,
and sanguinary laws, to '-sG3G~.-" the
people, and rivet the chains Of o.2s,Fy'
The Topeka Legislature was 1T is on a.
hands aimitted) chosen by iesa! voters,
At an homes, election, duly no,i6sd, in tie
same manner as or 8 other States have
chosen their FIRST Legislatures bat they
waited for the approval of Congress, aui
have not attempted to eHsorce thc.r laws
as other States have done under similar
circumstances: Yet this iNeyoi and bicody.
code Of the Border Ruf6aus is i:'sd sad'
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