Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-06-26
TLAIRSVILLE OHIO THURSDAY JUNE 26, 1856.

egners from Missouri; and this universal
voice is now received as undeniable verify
8. II is also attested by the harangues o.
: the conspirators. Here is what StrlngfelloW
said before the invasion:
To those wh) had qullm of consc ience as tc
violating laws, State .or National, the time ha:
come when such imposiions must be disregarded
as your ghts and property are in danger dn1 ad-
uiSe y0H and all TO enter ecery election dstrlct
in Kansas an Defiance Of Resier and his rile mgr
naidons, anil ro;e at the point of the boUe-kafe ana
rsUoLrT. Neither give take quarter, as our
case demands il. 1t is enough that the slavehold-
ing interest wills il, from which there is appeal
What right has Governor Rreder to rule Missou-
rims in Kansas! His prOcamati m and prescribed
oIth must be repudateC. l. Is your interest 10 do
50. Mind that Slavery is established where it is
not prohi0i led
! Here is what A;chison said after the in
vasion:
/ We'll what next! Why IN election for mem,
berS of the l. gIslature 10 organize tie Territory
must be held. WHAT dill advise y3I 10 d. then!
! WhY, meet them on their own grounds, and beat
| them OF their own gam. agI ma; AMI cpi and II
cenen. as the weather was, | went over with a
company OF men. My object il gong was not TO
vote. II I'd no right 10 vote, unezs Ia as .raii-
"
miles OF Il voting place My oject in going was not
! to vote. but 10 se'ile diiticuiry between tw1
oar candidat-s; and tn Ahniitionists oftne North
sal aai pajtSied ii abr adj that Atchson Uas there
tclM b0tpiekpe an rsU0LUer and BY God tUo1s true.
Iaeoer did 20 into that Terri,ory-uitho being
preparei for al Sach KIND Of cattle. Well. We b5at
| them. and Governor Recier gave certificates 10 a
iority OF ali the members Uf both Houses. an !
| then, after they were organized. as ev:Ty body
will admit, tlsY " re TIE Iy CON JatenL pe-5ol5
J n lyf.Ff4 :; AT
! the same
4. 1t is confirmed by the contemporaneous
admission o: the Sgu1tt,r Soosreign, paper
published at Atchis IN, and at once the or
gan of the President AMI of tn ase Borderers,
which, under date of lst April, thus recGunts
the victory:
"INDEPENDEycE, [MIssoURI,l March 81, 1855.
"Several hundred elnigrants from Kansas have
Just entered our city They proceeded by the
WestpOrt and Independence brass bands. they
came IN al tie west side OF the public square,
and proceeded entirely around 1t, Ihe binds cher
ing with line musi:, AL the emgrahts with
good news. Lime .iitaiy Iolowtug the blii5
were about two hundred horsemen in regular
der iOlio y Ing these were one hunired AMI nfty
wagons, carriages, 81. they rave repeated cheers
for kansas and Missouri. ihey report that not an
Anti-Slavery man will be III the legislature OF
hansas. We ArCe Daade u clean SueeP."
5. /; is $50 confirmed by the contempora-
neous testimony OF another paper, always
faithful to Slavery, the New York Herald,
! in the letter OF correspondent from Bruins
wick, in Missouri, under date of Goth April,
1886:
From five 10 seven thousand men started from
Missouri 10 attend the eecti IA, some To remove;
but the most, 10 return ID their families, with an
intention, Il tn " liked tn Tefritoty, ID mike II
their permanent a5O Ie at III earliest ,meat prac
Iic1Die. But ID Y lntelI;dtp t. Vote. Tne MisSou-
rians were. many OF them, Douglas men There
hundred and fifty voters from this county,
one hundred " seyenty-hve from Howard. one hun
dred from Cooper. Indeed. every county furnished
its quota: and when they set ont. ii looked like all
army They were armed"
And as there were no houses Ill the Territory,
they ca.ry,d tents. Their misSi,n peace
able one--Io vote, and To drive down stakes tor
their future homes. Alter the election, some one
thousand five huud:ed OF The voters sent con-
mltre TO r. Reeitr 10 ascertain II II WiS Ill per-
pDse 10 rality ths election. lie answered that it
was anI said the majority al all election must
carry the day But il Is 10 he denied That the
one thousand five hui lreI, a?lrei Ing that the
Governor might attempt TO play the yrlnt-slnce
his cOnIuci td already been lnsl IL US AMI Unjust
tiIciT hI Is t,--i-s al i1AInP-Ehey
resolved, liza tyrant attempt TO trlnple upon the
rights oi the sovereign people, 10 hang him"
g. 1t is agan confirmed by the testimony
of lady, who for five years has lived in
Western Missouri, aud thus writes in let
ter published in the New Haven Register.
MIAMI, SALINE Co, November 20, 1855.
'.Yuu ask me to tell you something about the
L .!lsaS and Missouri troubles. Ut you know
in what they have originated There is no denying
that the -liSSourdnS haze dricrmineito TO control the
elections, Il ,ossi5t-; aud don't know that their
II
cipc Of preservation, and that, VOC kuow is the
first aw OF NATURE"
7. And itis confrmel sill fu 'ther by the
Circular Of the Emigration Society of La
fayette, in Missouri, dated as late as 25th
March, 1856, IN which the efforts OF Mis-
sourans are openly confessed:
"The Western countries nf Mis-; our have for the
last two years been h aviy taxed, tolh i'll money
aui time, fighting the bIitie OF the South. La
fayettc county 'ORe has erysnie2 than 500 coo
money, ard as N tci more ia time Up to this
time the border counties o. Missouri haze upheld
al mIntdinsl therightS and interests Of the South
Ltls SirAsgLe Hn1SStStei ami not 4HSlccess tty.
DHi the Alb III ioniSt, stak!ng thelr all upon tnr
Kansas issue, and hesltaung It no means, tai or
foul, are moving n'ar n an sarth to render tuit
beautiful TeriltDry Free Safe
s. Here, also, is complete admission of
ing paper of St. Louis, Missouri, made in the
ensuing summer:
"Atchison and StringfelIow, with their Missouri
followers. overwhelmed the settlers in Kansas. |
browbeat and bued them. and took the Govern
ment from their hands. Missouri votes elected The
present body ofms who insult public int lli5ence
and popular rights by styling themselves the i.e
gislature of Kansas This body OF men are help
ng themselves 10 fat sp3culations by locating the
seat ufGovernment' and getting town lots Tor their
votes. They are passing laws disiranchiSing all
the citizens ot Kansas who do not believe Negro
Slavery TO be Christian institution and national
blessing. They are proposing to punish with i'm
prison nent the Inference OF views Inconsistent
with their own. And they are trying TO perpeiuate
Il cir pre9os erous and int rna tyranny by appoint
ing fOr.a term o. uedrs creatures of their own, as
commissions III every county, 10 lay and collect
taxes, and see that the laws they are passing are
faithfully executed Has this age anything To CON-
pare with these acts il audacityl
8. In harmony with all these is the au-
thoritat i've declaration of Governor Reeder
in peech addressed to his neighbors, at
Easto n, Pennsylvania, at the end of April
1856, and Immediately afterwards published
in the Washington Union. Here it is:
"Itw indeed too rue that Kansas had been
invaded, conquered, subjugated, by armed force
from beyond her borders led on by .anatical
spirit, tramplng under foot the principles of the
Kansas bill and the right OF suffrage"
10. And in similar harmony is the COM
plant of the people of Kansas, in public
meeting Big Springs, on the 5th Septem-
| Der, 1855, embodied in these words:
| "Resolred, That the body of men who for the
last two months have been passing laws for The
people OF our Territory, moved, counselled and
dictated 10 by the demagogue of Missouri, are TO