Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-05-30
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1856.

graphic despatch from Kansas stating that
lawrence City had been 'sriod and burnt 70
ne ground hy shannon and his troops, and
tina, prior 10 this sght occurred in which
many Of the dcfcncclcss citizens had been
murdered and all their property destroyed.
II is currently reported that the SuPerin'
tendcnt OF the Indian Bureau has received
similar dispatches.
Whether these rumors L. true or false,
precisely such news has been hourly expect
cI ior several days.
We saw and conycrsci with the Secretary
Of the Massachusetts, Aid Society, on Thurs
dav. who had come direct from Lawrence TO
thi, CITY. lie confirmed our worst fears as
IN the horrible state Of things in that doom
"a territory. These last troubles originated
in attempt on the part OF the Border Rui.
fan. to break up the Commission sent out
by the HOUSE TO take tcstimony-as It is
we'll known that the evidence already taken
prove, beyond the shadow Of a doubt, more
lawlcss, wauton, piratical outrarcs than have
ever been charged, IN the past elections IN
Kansas. 4 portion of the testimony taken
Wa not considered by thccommiticc safe even
in their own possession, (for the border pl-
rates, had sworn they would destroy it by
mob violence. J and they scut the ame by
Gov. Robinson To he brought t. Washing
ton. The Governor WI, arrested in his
c1ursr hv mob Of Missouri demo rats,
without the lcas, authority under heaven,
and the testimony wa. only saved by GOV.
Robinson delivering the same to hi, wife,
aud she ha, -cni q, % Washington, vhcrr Il
d, now safely deposited. Tho gentleman
above alluded % al.o informed n. that the
people in Kansas generally believed that
Robinson would b. murdered, and that
Re,icr would share a similar fate, II be
should fall into their hand. Thu. last do.
turhaucc was caused solely hy the infamous
wrctchcs scn, 20 Kansas hy President Pierce,
to govern the territory and forc' Obedience
% the harbarous laws % the border ruiBln
legislature Rc,ler was attending 10 hi.
cas- before the Commissioners there taking
testimony, and /, bccamc evident 10 the
border ruiians that their case was gone,
unless they could get ril of him, - the trai-
t,rious scounirrls went 20 work 70 accom-.
rli,h this obi,ct Judge Locomptr was
holding hi. court at l"compton and Jeffrey
like be instructed the Grand Jury 10 indict
an fr,, State men, who had taken any part
in the formation u the new State govern
mrnt. The Grand Jury, beirg a ~ OF Dor.
der ruthan' themselves, selected under the
pia,ical laws referred %, hy Pierce. official
villain, the Marshal, found a bill II iniict-
mcnt against Ro,-lyr for treason, rriiI1w ~
aiming or h,arng aac's rr'ias" Some
how or other thi. fact leaked out, and they
did not then dare 10 issue 4 warrant OF ar.
rr.t They then rrsorici a. another cIpeli-
cnt. Judge Lcromric-Jcfrrcy., i,'uela sub
rrna to Rccjer % appear before the Grand
Jury and testify acains, the free State men.
Gov. Rccdcr claimed official privilege. under
the Constitution. A. a member Of the House,
aud appealed 20 the committee, who dcci-
del that he was privileged from arrest.
H. then refused a. obey tho summon. Up.
on return being made of this fact, Lecompte
issued a capias against Recdsr % arrest him
and iorcibly bring him before the cour, for
contempt sheriff Jones, with this capia.,
ordered every body in Lawrence he could
End TO aid him ia making the arrest, and in
doing this, mos, aagrantly insulted the free
State men in every way in hi. power. 4.
is generally believed, the rufians got up a
plot, AMI hal Jones shot, TO e, sympathy
in their behalf. These things have produced
the awful results We now witness.
President Pierce and the democratic par.
" have established a complete REIGN OF TAR
nor ia Kansas. Free State men are hunted
and shot down like dogs in the strcct,-ar.
rested by awle-s land pirates - mobbci,
tarrcd and feathered and the puplc high.
ways leading TO or from Kansas, are infcst-
ed by blood.thirsty guerrilla parties, led on
By 'on' bogus eg1ai under he direction Of
me- general gor,rHmoai, and no man can 60
INTO Kansas or come out df that territory,
without being seized by these rufians on his
way, and subjected to be searched, insulted.
mobbed or butchered, just as these Pierce
devils please.
This infamous, traitorOus, imbccile Ma
tional Administration has been the cause
drcd Of all these troubles, aided and sup
ported by the democratic party-frst, by
repeating the Missouri Compromise, and So
cond, by encouraging border ruiIianism and
establishing the reign ofterror, tn force ''are-
~ INTO KdHSa, against NE riR Of he P,opie.
The poor, imbccile apology for President
that sits IN the White House, and the DEM
ocratic party who are urging him on in his
Nero like deeds aud tyranical usurpations-
over the smoulderins ruins Of cities sacked
over the bleeding bodies Of innocent men
and women, butchered by his petty tyrani'
over homes dcsolatel aud forsaken-raisC
their guilty heads and mOck-yea. insult
the intelligence Of the people, by talking
about popular sovereignty" and giving
the people the right Of seli.govenment.
4 The blood Of the murdered sons Of Kansas
cries from the ground, to the American peo-
PIE for yengeancc-and reag,aHoe ,riR como.
"a, ,ba, will susta,n n marty yu;ltv M