The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-01-03
RIG HMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, IND, THURS DAY, JANUARY

a large band Of the most reckless border char
acters together, with very considerable num-
Der Of respectable MIssourians, led away by
alarming and false reports. on the sill Of Kan
sas and that the settlers OF Kansas were arm
Ing themselves under leaders OF their own Sc
lection 20 resist He found on examination.
that he had made one fatal b'und-r and that
the position assumed BY the Free ale men
int pre- enable They had never taken posi-
ton thai they would resist even tie laws Of
the corrup, and fraudulent Legislature. by eio
leace. but that they would have legal remedy
for them He found that the rescue of Bron-
son from Sheriff jones, had been conducted
under circumstances which would justify those
W no had done so IN a court of law. and that
to court of law they were willing TO appeal
Lawrence. he also found, was not IN any shape
responsible for thai rescue, right or wrong,
and it was against Lawrence chiefly that the
expedition was aimed. and against that point
that it would De made In spite OF HIM lie
found arms IN the hands OF the people, buL n
saw that these arms were needed aud Justified.
Under these circumstances he Lad nothing
really to arrange with them. and had only to
gain time by negotiation until the men below
would become little sick OF their enterprise,
and also TO set forth facts that would. II pos
slbe Justly his crlmInaIiy lndIscleet conduct IN
the eyes of the world He WAS also DESTROYS
to disband the force of invaders. who were
now under the orders Of the officers of the
territorial militia; but he frankly confessed to
Gen. Robinson and others. that he feared thai,
he had but liltle control over these men,-over
the men be had precipitated as invaders on the
soil
After two days of laborious negotiation mat
tiers were brought TO close last Saturday nigh t.
The Governor in paper signed by HIM and
Gen Robinson and Col. Lane, declared that
the whole bad resulted from misunderstan l.
ing. That the people OF Lawrence and slcln-
ity were, they always had been law and
order abiding people; that he, the Governor,
pied 5ed him eli thai he would not EN- ploy these
forces below a 5ainst the people of Kansas, as
a posse or 0 herwlse. He also declared that
these Mlssourlan~ We're on Kansas soil without
his authority. Gov. Shannon also promised
his influence TO recover indemnity to the
people of Kansas for their losses. Ii was al
SO explicitly reG forth that the people of Kan
sas hal ri sht TO test the validity of the laws
of the territorial Legislature in proper way,
and also explicitly declared that no opinion as
to the validity of these laws given, or con-
coded hv the terms OF agreement.
The Governor ma lie an Old speech as to the
character of these laws before he lett Law
renee. on Saturday night. and promised that
he would do all he couiI to ret the men below
di>5anded When he went back to the camp,
on the Wakarusa, there was an awful disturb
ance. A large number wanted to come up
and whip the Abnli,ioni>ts anyhow" Col.
Boone, of Westport who had been party TO
the negotiation, though not in signature, urged
compliance with the treaty. Even Senator
Atcninson, who has been in the camps, and
lowering around Lwatence fora week, made a
speech in favor oi the Missourans going home.
The position OF Gen. Robinson he said, lis
impregnabl-; not in military point OF view,
bur his tactics have given him all the advan-
tage as 10 cause of quarrel. | you attack Law
renee now, you attack it is a mob and what
would be the result? | tell YOU it would cause
the election of an Abolition President. and
the ruin of the Democratic Party. Wait d lit
tle-now you cannot destroy these people
without losing more than YOU would gain
Such were the leading features of his peace
speech" Osfer things had a happy etfec. on
the negotiations. Whisky had been eXhaus ed
in the camp below. and provisions We're grow
ing scarce. On Saturday night we had a ire
mendIous storm of wind. with sre, and rain;
ii was almost impossible to have fires or be
near them. And ne xt dav the men di~banded
and went home very fast, swearing vengeance
on Governor Shannon. They had also been
dupei by their leaders, who told them tina.
the Free STATE people We're to give up their
arms and surrender Internationally.
There are many Interesting events connec-
ted with this affair. that will give in Sub>e-
guent letters. The Ml>Sourians carried with
them three dead bodies; one OF these had been
shot by their own guard. who miStooh him for
Free tate man; one was killed in a drunk
en- row, and one sho; him~eit accidentally
several others Were wounded in the same way
by them selves. All the b GOD split has been
/ by the invaders. Two Free Safe men Were
known 10 have been shot, and both were de-
liberate and cold blooded murders; and the
facts connected with the shooting OF Barber,
last weeL. by party who met him tile
prairie and cody murdered him when he as
completely without arms, are of SO a'rocious
a character as 10 have aided materially in
Disgusting and driving many of the better
class from the invading camp. Indeed the
/ blood of Barber was unqae>tionab'y one OF
The parts of that price which the Free State
men have paid Tor their v.c:orv. ARGUs.