The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-08

BIZ r'sttss He aid Unless check was pAcs. oon this
Iiopssstd ism that the tine 70 ID come A. mist, not
al viii bavs solemn interest IN seeing this sttsr act.
tee Tie gue tion VII ceme, Wild Jon Aos Ibis gres
heritage OF yourselves sad your children 70 ped
and cursed BY the blight OF piggerdouf Ba. ssis BE-
this 10 LOT oil ay be enough, but not ali Tasre Is
anoth aspect in which to regard IL We are srss1y
iakt sbnu tbs Pacific Railroad We are In putsrls Of
The East India ans China 'rsde and look forsA
fully TO the time whsp stand among our follow
Tbs giest Interest If to be accomplished Ksssss
MAKE 'hs rtory free and the time vii In
hfeen sears tie North and viii accomplish the enc
bsse IL mo ave States, and II viii not happen for nifty
.rsrr " you WAX proof go 10 the psrcned and dref
fscs OF North and South Csrons 10 the decayed State
Of Virginia Read their history nots their progress and
prospeity ani tell when II wil be- p.isnet Go
Gown tie Ohio fiver down the Mississippi and note
the dihsr,nce On the opposite banks On night in
lei' in Illinois it valued Sl6 to $50 per
the Que hand all Is bhghd and on the other all Is thrift
ana pf grsss' i1.is hs. 2e0o niles Of .dlrosd,
none tf the other Sta IN natural and If Ia
the hsnds o. free men would become one Of the first
States Ia the Upin II ia subject which in erests
ALL Who is there interested in developing the re-
sources o'he States Territories instead OF looming
them 70 slavery But We do not take Of the out
posts the time will come when shall have TO defend
our wives and children BY heartnstones. The
ruhan hands that have murdered the pesosfu citizens
Will at last attack you Dc you doubt tnsy viii do IL
When have you known the South 70 refuse political
advantage Which was offered or vhieh could b had ..
IN his tier, the South does. They made the
pact to this Territory and broke IT, In 1854 they made
another and before the ink dry they viosted that
EmigraDts went out under the solemn pledge OF the
ten their rights and when they ask Tor the
like & 81 70
the LIP: The slave population of the border On.
tsrs the Iist.. and i.sorts to oct. Of violence
sroRg and took of ballot boxes and
declared themselves ready for any emergency He said
some VINO would these sroDss BY saving that only
a minority Of the Legs sture had been elected He
said that Of the Is members Of the Coun Sill II we're
ed BY the Mssouraps and the fact is 80 proven before
the committee. The fres State were inundated
from contsstng the slectious and this Also is proven
before tire committee. This the first step. They
next took that all Offices should be filed by pro.
slavery men appointed BY themselves. And thus they
laws arranged that the ballot box was virtually
closed against the rghul sovereigna Of the Territory.
The Laws enacted by officers thus elected were put in
force One who figured largely In these elections
appointed Sheriff Of Douglas county, whilst resident OF
Missouri and postmaster at Westport, In thu. State,
we're excluded SO that peaceful remedies In the courts
were effectuary cut eff Under this arrangement
men were shot down and murdered In cold blood.
He then to say that after the border ruAns
Of Kansas had usurped the talot boxes and made
and appointed officers suited to purpose they
another STEP They introduced military disc ptns, and
paraded armed mobs through the the principal
in Kapsas These bands OF maraudsrs committed
all sorts OF depredAtions ard grimes Dow, from
Michigan brave, upright citizen, WAS .hot. He
met oy three men, with whom he had some words. One
of hem drew . revolver and threatened take his fs
Dow faced him. and cared him put threat into
cutcn, The bully was covsi down, and Dow turned
away from them When short distance Off of the
rnfAns crew pistol and cowardy shot him in he back
O the P.scs They had an objsc, in these outr.sss
ret.a'io ion IN order that pretsxt might be- had for
their driving peaceAblc citizens out Of the Territory
They dd not succeed and hsy adoDed other expedens
They issued warrant tor a friend Of Dow, who had
threatened to punish his murderer. They eeized him,
and dragged him from his home under this paltry
charge but before thsy had fully got him IN their power
demanded his release. Afraid to fight party equal
numbers, they complied This trivial affair they made
Lawrence They made charges against the citizens Of
that place for interfering with tia Of their
laws and ordered them to BE- given up or they
drawn up before that doomed city Jones, the sheriff
stated that he had no warrant for citizen OF Law
This but another step In the execution Of
their plans Lawrence was An eyesore to tho slavery
party. II afforded great facilities to the free State set
Tiers. 1t asylum to them while they
ing locations for future homes and obtaining such in0r
nation Of the Territory conduced their interest
They could not set off into the wilderness with their
country without great danger Of being Kidnapped rob-
bed or murcerad The slavery party therefore, deter
mined to destroy and break up .hs
against Kansas but against all the Territories yet
coue into The Union This is clearly proved BY the oath
secret society, which they have formed auxiliary
their They to do all In their DO to
carry slavery into Kans.s and other Countries What
yirg Wss They seek all thee that they may
Gordon Of slave States reaching the Continent
power progress of the North. He said that Kansas
formed constitution similar to nine of the other States
have come into the Union where the people were
left decide upon the question OF slavery. But no
did the Southern shareholders discover this fact
than they based their action upon 1t, and backed
up by Pierce. The doctrine which now attempted to
be forced upon the peope of Kansas first the light
In the Presidents message. Pierce denounced the OPT
Mons Of Butler the United States Attorney General
ard also Of Jackson treagonabe And thus the color
law upon their side, these ruans sweeping down
the rights which have often been proclaimed BY great
a.
vent them from carrying the rights viii oh their
situon demands and attempting TO drive the last
free settlers from the Territory Gov Reeder then pro-
ceeded the way in which Lawrence sacked
he said there two hotels at that point the river
One was the Free state Hotel in s1. the osns.
.d6ce sixty by eighty ee and three ste hgh and
elegantly furnished. The border ruans said It nest
of aooorists, name which they gave TO all Northern
men, wi hout distinction of party preudices They pro-
cured the empannelipg Of a Grand Jury Of their own
stamp and had 1t indicted az nuisance. Under This
nolng ordered torn down. The slav forces
drawn up before it. and the United Staes Marshal
made several arrests of persons who had by some
known act disagreeabe to The borderers. Sheriff
Jones then demanded the of the citizens whish,
though reluctantly, were given up The hotel was then
besged two kegs Of powder placed in it, and large pol
ton blown to pieces 1t then set on fire, and with
all its splendid furniture, became mass of ruins. The
State printing Offices then entered the
tyre and presses thrown into the river and every house
save one Inhabited by old lady with numerous child
rem, destroyed. Stealing became the general order
and no. trunk in Lawrence was left unopened. The
ruthless marauders walked into clothing store thrsw
OF their old garments and supplied themselves with new
All this done under the color oflaw, backed by
the present administration This IL Kansas law and order
These isolated acts they all belong the drop
shch the South Is playing The other hotel owned by
two New England men, did all in their power TO make
the emgrsnts comfortable They were warned by their
friends that ,hs hotel to be destroyed The Mich
gan company epcampsd there and they at
volunteered to defend it. When the ruans found that
1t would defended they abandoned open attack but
the that If they did not sell out to pro-
slavery man, their house would be torn down. There
are armed men encamped around there, bound to
fight for slavery, and there others who defiance of
Presidents proclamation, will do all In their power
to protect their Some of the people OF Kansas
have been shot down, military companies parsded in
public aces but official 1t. The high ways
blocked up, and peaceful citizens daily ordered to
"sand and devern The Of citizens will be next
demanded and then the helpless fellows must take their