Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-08-29


ions But Il was very soon manifest tha
this was no part Of the purpose for which
they were brought here About the middle
Of May, they in connection with two OF
three hundred Missourians commenced a 50
rics Of deprclations in this Territory. fo'
weeks we were subjected 10 reign Of terror
Men were barharously murdered as well in
cold blood as in the heat Of passion. Towns
were sackcl, houses burned, property stolen
or wantouly destroyed, the sanctity Of th,
domestic hearth invaded and women sahjcc-
tel 10 fcndish Outrage. Our highways have
been hcsct with banditti a, whose caprice
our citizens going pcacably about their bu'
siness, have bccn arrested and detained, or
rlundcrcd, abussl and insultcd. when
asked Nv what right they did thcsc things,
the rufEans were won't TO show their rcyOl.
ycrs, a. their sole and sufficient authority,
Citizen, have bcJn reduced to the humilia'
ton Of travelling the highways under prOtcc-
tion Of pass from some border ruiiin mag
nate. Many Of these passes are still cxtant,
signed by Wilson shannon.
4 few only Of the outrascs committed can
b, mentioned hero. At Blandon bridge,
four miles from lAwr,ncc, young man
named Jones, a quiet, inoTrnsiyo ,et'lgr,was
b5~s; hy an armed band, who demanded his
arms, anI after taking them, deliberately
shJ, him dead. Two days Afterwards a
youu. man by the namo of Stewart, was
murdered ina similar manner near the same
place.
\ man named Can,rsll, a Mis,5urian Of
F-cc State sentiments, residing a, Palmyra,
was srircI few wcrk. since, at a short dis
lucc from hi, own house, hy a guerrilla
party. who took him with them them to-
warl, Mi~ouri-hi. family not KNOWN.
vha, had become of lin. When thcy
reached CEDAR crcak two " three of thcTlr.
~ took him into the woods aud shot him
repeatedly till De was dad.
Tho Shawnee Agent named Gay, Was
stopped near Wc.;p5ri anil asked Il ho was
a Frc, stat, man. On li, answering that
Doe was, hs was ,ho, dead on the ,ro,.
some dr-rnI,cs on tac border have hcrn
known &, boast Of murlrr. Of which we
haze no knovlrl.c in any other way.
Whether thr,, boasts wgrc mere lirs, or
whether their victims really lc in some ob-
,sarr ra,inc, a prey towol,cs and Luunri',
can ou'y Pc contct-r,i The boast is at
last illustrative or border morals.
TIC iuli details ofall ,hc.c outrascs would
90 volumes, and a large portion of them
have been already publi,hci ia the North.
,ru and Eastern journals. Thrs, papers are
extensively rad here, and {, &, a matter Of
commou remark, that the report. OF occur.
r,uc,. ia ,hi. rcrri,ory-,hou.h sometime,
iuarcurat.-arc seldom exaggerated. The
report, which We have .cyn oi the more inn.
Garaut cyrut.. q. the ,ackiuc Of IawrJrcc,
Sc, have been neither inaccurate nor cza-.
c.ratcl.
The conflict here /. not bytwcJn aJygrsg
Tartiy~ within the Territory, Tor the Pro.
slavery rc.iIgn,. are 20, fyw to engage in
such conflict, aud many Of them arc pace
abe men, wil,iu. to abid, the decision Of
the majority. our enemies are without.
Their attack, upon us have becn undissui..
el iu,a.ion.. The piacic- lately committed
az Lexington and other Missouri towns show
with sufficient cl,amr,s r-irs our cngmir.
are. Ihcy also show what they intend
which indeed they openly ayov--yil TO
frcibly prevent any more Free State cmi-
grants from entering the Territory, and to
drive out or cH,grmipato those who are here.
What shall he the end of these things? {?
II seems TO Us not very diiHcul, to predict.
n oqoiisr Pro.S'arsry PrraieTi 3, ,',rird,
our sHouir' ,r,H aiicr accomplish fhIJ par.
yo,, orpr,lirc or cI'rrm,uaiinc u', or oon-
ruL,r ~ Nation ruth C,rI Uar N N, AZ.
irur' % Dot II the North dos her duty,
Kansas will be saved and the Nation saved
with her.
We .hall read oar loom or delycrance in
the result of the presidential election. Pierce
had no personal reason for depressing US.
lIs has only served the power which gave
him nj, seat, and buchanan, il elected,
will do the slme-with more decency, and
fewer blundcrs, but not less cfTcctually. II
W. had no other criterion, the knowledge
that our enemies trust him, would be sutf.
cisut. The hope Of Kansas lics in the sue
ccss Of Fremont and the Republicans. We
appeal % the voters Of the Free States to
forget party attachments and animosities FOR
the time, and unite as one man, for the de
ieuse Of our rights and their own. II but
one or two large Northern States vote with
the south fJr Buchanan. Kansas is lost.
We appeal to the tens Of thousands Of
candid men who acquicsced in the repeal Of
the Missouri Comrromise, believing that the
Administration and the South were sincere
in proposing to leave the slavery question to
the free action Of the people Of the Terrific
~. You can no longer doubt that you have
bccn betrayed. We appeal to you as you
love fair play and detcs; oppression, to unite
in the only course which can save US from
ruin and the Nation from disaster and dis
grace.
We cannot close without referring 10 an