Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-06-18
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The following, from the N. Y. Stats Zeitun6
the Democratic German organ Of that city, is
worthy the attention. not only Of Germans, but
Of all our citizens Of foreign BIRTH 1t shows,
says tho Chicago Democrat, the settled and de-
termined hostility of the slave power to free Ia.
Dor and free laborers. This important fact, well
understood before, is working itself out every
where 1t can be seen in the murder of Heating
and the saveocracy voting in solid phalanx to
sustain the murderer. 1t can be seen in the
outrages upon Germans in Kansas, as detailed
below.
The slave power and free foreign labor are
antagonistic elements in the politics of the
country. If the one prevails the other is over
shadowed--they cannot exist and flourish to-
gether. Aud it is the policy Of the former to
humiliatc and render discredtable the latter
wherever and whenever ii can. This was the
object of the Clayton amendment to the Nebras-
ka bill Its advocates prefer the slave before
the foreigner, and seek to keep out those whose
free labor will have tendency to lessen the
price of the chattles,
foreign born citizens to support the slavery ex-
tention ticket BY so doing they will strength.
en- their direst foe-a foe that ia working con-
stantly against their interests:
From the New Yorker sta,ts.zeitung, Administration
Organ.
Robbery and murder and Kansas.
Lawrence has been destroyed by troop of
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eminent. The authorities furnished weapons
for the work of butchery and burning. What
species of men are used for this NAV be seen by
the following letter fron q member OF the band
commissioned OF the Turner Ansiedlungsuerein.
He writes
Most Of the members of this band wear fan
nel shirts, and carry bowie-knises and revolvers
openly in their belts. To all appearance, how
ever this national guard was not sufficiently arm,
ed and the united States government Gov.
Shannonl has supplied their lack by distributing
among them lot OF United States rites The
steamer on which am now at present writing
took on board at Leavenwor,h City twenty box
es of these weapons, which were sent 10 Gov'
Shannon, under the name OF the ouartermasser
of Fort eayeaworth, and distributed on the way.
kept a toierabe sharp lookout for this freight
and noticed that six boxes we're landed at NICK,
snoo four nj Atchison, five at Doniphan, ano
Ave MT point in the prairie, IN the sAcs anu roa
r,serye. Gen. Richardson, prominent border
r,sssn snnerin,ended this distribution, and with
tho las, instsln,ent, left the boa. himself In thu
shnve named places, squads of thirty or fort,
from, the southern companies came oat drunken
and NOISY. and t,icked out in full robber costume
and took the boxes in charge with eSulting yells
When these robbers began their work, ant
Willis they were p.andering the houses of peace
full settlers, driving Of cattle and destroying set
,loments, Marshal Donaldson answered com
plants watch came before him in this, by saying
that he could not control the mob, and would no
be answerable for their conduct. And this rab
BILE calls the Save breeders and their newspaper:
the .,iaw and order party"
Within nine days before the destruction o
Lawrence, sixteen free State men were shot il
the vicinity. The murderers belonged to tn,
law and order party.
So horrible were the cruelties Of the slavery
baniii,,i toward the free State men, that the dra
Rooms exhibited desire TO interfere, and Col
Sumner found it necessary to order them TO re
main in quarters. >,
All the Germans in the territory 50 with tn
free State party to man. Herr Deitzier, Wit
was arrested, is German. Another Germai
wss dragged through the streets OF Lawrence o
the bandits, and most shamefally abused.