Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-01-12


! AT tie winding up Of any civil cOnvulsUn the
/ inquiry what have done and suferedW is n
very natural Cne. For the past two weeks the
Territory Of Kansas has been in an intense state
OF excitement and ALARM and the Missouri border
! III 1ame and vomiting out the blooGthirsty mem-
bers of secret organization. Business Of every
kind has been suspended in the Territory. The
settler who had his house to slosc from the storms
oi winter or his farm to open. aud tho merchnut
ana man ul business have been alike paraly zed ly
the danger that threatened and the effort to defend
themselves from INVASION The expense in sustain
lag the people in tn" vicinity OF laurence though
considerable, is only II ttho Of the less sus:iined
land that the blow thus inflicted and the insecurity
TINS exhibited will have an unhappy effect on Kan
sas is inevitable. This morning those who were
chiefly disturbed 10y bloody phantom Of death
and battle begin to breathe ireer, and those who
had their principles and their future security us
the strongest figure ON their mental retina ask,
I"What have we gained by this? what have we
compromised? or what have we lost?
From Il variety Of sources | have learned that
the invaders had the most ominous misgivngs MS
to the result Of their attack There never has
been in Lawrence, ut any time during the progress
! OF these hustllties. more than 100 or 500 men,
ard never more than 400 under arms. For my
own part never saw more than 800 on parade
There are not npre than 200 Sharp's rifles in the
Icrritory;thc remainder are armed with shot guns,
Western rfes aud other nundescript shooting
irons, brought from the East oil every patent that
ever tortured tie brain of inventor or pleased the
fancy Of would-bewarror who wanted gun that
would do more than half the battle. Aud yet it
has been quite current in the country, and Jouht-
less III the eneniys camp, that there were zoo
welnlmed men in Lawrence and the awful sturies
about Sharp's rifles lave risen like myths before
! the disturbed imaginati0ns of these MissOurians.
These invaders have been in the habit of rushing
INTO the Territories almost uuchallCuged; Of voting
themselves and of keeping the real citizens from
ht,,n
olcnce and outrages, and have gone back rnmoIes.
ted. This time they expected to overturn the Ter
rtory without opposition; to lynch several of the
leaders Of the Free State party; destroy proper
/ ~ about Lawrence so tlISt Eastern emigration
would be discouraged, and to seize the SharL'S ri
fles, which they had understood were obtained to
protect the baliot.boyes against their lawless in
cursiuns. But when they came they found pe0-
pie IN arms aud ready aud desperately determined
TO defend their persons, property and rights.
would not hazard an opinion rs to how the battle
you'd have gone, had battle cnsued last week
as contemplated The Free State men were un-
willing to light but have seen sufficient indicl
ltuns nf their grit during the past few days to
kh0tc that many--thc great majority of them
would have fought fearlessly and well. As for
The Missouri invaders, they were mostly Of the
more reckless class of citizens, and yet | doubt
fndt htt mnny Of them were brave mea-that is
as bravery goes. The most of these all OF them
were members of II secret organization, the very
fact Of being n meml er of which is not the best
guarantee Tor high o"der Of moral and iniellcctu-
Al ability, but that they possess certain degree oi
cruel courage is likely. That the fear of Il bloody
conflict operated ON their minds. is certain. Vow
ever willing they were to cXterminatc the Yankees.
few OF them felt inclined to offer themselves rs IL
sacrifice. The most of these men were under pay.
| learned from some Of them that they got two
dollars Il day, beside provisions and whisky, and
| they also expect 10 get pay from the Government
IulI nnulf flp ID\V n hpll hp
with hdrawnl Of the Governors authority could not
bave Sbnnded them; tut the murders that have
been committed l,y them the Free State men.
and their other OutrdGeS, disgusted some OF the
more respectable men among them; and when the
| Governors authority was withdrawn good mum.
her of these left. The remainder were thus wca-
kcned in numbers some of ;her leaders had gone
| tile chances of further pay were sm-iasi
nights severe storm had sautary effect and
above all their whisky had given out, two dollars
and half being paid for pint OF whisky by one
person in the Wauknrusa camp on Saturday night
| Then their leaders deceived them. They were in
formed that the Free Stale men had given up their
arms and had made complete surrerlcr,an with
this story, as some apology for their letreat they
commenced to scatter yestcrda" morning. Solnc
| oi them rode into Lawrence, and :; few drank Ia
the Union of Free State men and -Snvery."
! The fact was they very anxious to drink to
something's but the bitter cause Of diScOrd made
by tho Kansas Nebraska bill is still dark spot
uu the hnr zon of Kansas.
| Lawrence is now fortified city. Four large
carthwurks or forts, and several lines of bitches
and inrenrhments attest tho industry of the Ic
! -ieGej, and will remain for some time a memorial
of these transactions, or may haply be required Tor
~ similar occurrence. Dow lies quietly and lonely
| in his narrow bed, the hope of bringing his mur
dercrs to punishment almost lost in the occurrence
of other transactions. Barber martyr to she
cause of Freedom, is also moderng beneath the
! su1 tf and olthOurh the t,nVnruor haS :
promised to use his influence to get nil indemnity,
feel that he who iSan accessory before the fact,
is not the hest party to secure redress. The burn
ing of houses and haystacks, the stealing and xii
ling Of cattle. and abstraction of divers and sun
| dry convenient and desirable articles, are meto
trAes, and only exhibit an honest desire on the
part of the besicgers to take something ii they
could not take Lawrence.
J The Prn-Slavery invaders have also lost some
thing. They have jeorardized, if not lost, their
reputation for couraSe reputation for anything
else believe these invaders never had. They
have carried back three dead bodies with them
One Of these was shot by one of sheir own guard,
who mistnUk him in the dark for Free'SOil spy;
another was killed in drunken row among them
selves, and tho third shot himself by accident
while fJolinG with his gun. The woGnced man
,hOt himself through the foot in the same blunder
ling way, and if to these | add the man shot and
wounded hy General Clark, we have a'hrge, If not
respectable" chapter of accidents. Besides,
! large number of these invading scOnndres have
process hanging over their heads, to be served ms
soon as they return. for breaking into the public
arsenal at Liberty Mo. and stealing large quan-
tity Of United States arms. chiefly sahers and re-
volvers have seen very considerable number
nf these men armed with these weapons. Again,
these creatures of the Proshyery power and tools
Of villannus secrets organization, have betrayed
their yiilanous intentions without accomplishing
anything So much for profit and loss.
Those who think that this affair has caused need
less alarm and did not and could not amount To
any thing, had better think again, for they are
wrong. Near 1000 men were drawn up in battle
array against each other. inspired with mutual an.
imosi;y. On ono side was a love of Freedom and
desire to protect their rights; on the other bitter
Slavery -Propagandsm. marshaled ~ secret Or
ganisation, which has enlisted ell the rockloss ard
worthless men On tho border, One spark would