The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-06-19
THE WAR IN KANSAS.
From the 81. Louis Democrat, June 3d.
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From the ST. Louis Democrat, June Sd
q. s. Troops Stationed at Topeka and Lawrence
Topeka, Aay 28.-Forty.fve United States
dragons are encamped in this city, to assist the
bogus Sheriff in the serving of writs, and to
execute Douglass threat to subdue the pso-
pie of Kansas. One hundred and sixty troops
are stationed In Lawrence for the same purpose.
Yesterday, a man named Dunn was shot
through the head by q man with whom diff
! Guilty had occurred on some personal matter !;
both Pro-Slavery men.
1t is currently reported in this vicinity, from
good authority, that for several days party of
Col. Buford's men were encanped near Osawa-
tonne, forty-five miles south of Lawrence, COM
hitting many depredations upon the property
of the squatters, who at last became enraged,
made an attack upon the camp, killed five of
their number, and drove the remainder into
Missouri.
The Pro-Savery men in that vicinity, who
have identified themselves with the troubles in
Kansas, have been waited upon by committee,
and ordered to pack up and move into Missouri,
with their goods and chattels, instanter. The
commands have been complied with, and many
families have left. The greatest excitement
prevails in that portion of Kansas
Gov. Shannon has ordered detachment of
troops to Osawatomie to dispense the people.
On the arrival of the dragons there, they found
a small camp of the settlers, and informed them
| of the object of their visit, and commanded
them to dispense, in obedience to the commands
| of Shannon. The settlers quietly dispersed,
without any resistance whatever.
If Kansas is to become the "dark and bloody
| ground, ;" it will soon be found that one party.
can shoot as well as the other, and the war will
d, become general. Much as the people deplore
such state of affairs, they will carry it out, if
necessary, to vindicate their rights, and 10 Sc
cure the protection of their lives.
am about leaving for Leavenworth city.
Missourians Preparing for Foray.
We received the following printed despatch
yesterday, and present it to our readers without
| comment:
Westport. May 29.-Informato of a reliable
character, in which the utmost confidence may
be placed, has reached us, that since the dis.
! banding of the MarshaPs posse in Kansas Ter
ritory, called together to enforce the laws, the
| AboltiOnists have been committing the grossest
outrages upon the ProSlavery settlers. At
Hickory Point, houses have been burnt, and
the Southern settlers ordered out of the Terri
tory.
At Pottawatomie Creek some eight murders
have been committed on defenceless Pro.Slave-
ry settlers, and, not satisfied with killing, their
bodies have been brutay mutilated. In view
of these facts, it is but right, and justice and
humanity demand, that we should arm our
selves, and proceed at once to the help and
protection of our fellow-countrymen. Many
of the settlers Of Kansas are our neighbors and
friends, from our own State. 1t is apparent
that this state of things cannot and must not
be suffered longer to exist, unless we intend to
fold our arms and silently and patiently see
our poopIa hrutallv tod nd ypurJorad
and eventually our own lives endangered and
our property sacrificed. Efforts are now ma
king to organize a party for the help of the
Pro-Slavery settlers of the Territory. What is
done must be done ut once, and without delay !;
and it is therefore suggested that all who desire
to aid in this matter should at once take steps
to have here, just as early as possible, such
provisions as will be necessary for the subsist-
ence of the persons going. We say to you that
eight murders have been committed. What
ought to be done, under such circumstances,
will suggest itself without any intimation from
US. Neither should it be expected that Jackson
county alone and single.handed can meet this
affair as it deserves. Missouri and the whole
South have an interest at stake.
From the Paris (Ky.) Citizen
Our friend Sebree, just returned from a trip
to Kansas, handed us yesterday morning an
extra, printed at Westport, Missouri on the 22d,
giving an account of the late proceedings in
the Territory. 1t does not differ materially
from the accounts received by telegraph. 1t
states that company of about two hundred
armed Free State men had collected at Law
renee on the day after the assault upon that
place, and an attack from them upon the town
Of Franklin was feared. The account is infam-
matory, and counsels still further violence. 1t
contains the following significant passage !:
"Our Missouri friends must understand that
| this is but the beginning of the end. We want
| you STILL" Mr.. Sebree says that large numbers
| of the MissOurians are in the Territory, and
that the supply of them is only limited by the
| demand. The representation he makes of the
men who compose the body of the ProSlavery
party, and of their proceedings, is not very fat
tering to them. He says that decent Southern
| men who go there under no undue excitement
| are ashamed Of them, and he saw some such,
whose minds on the subject of Slavery in Kan
| sas had undergone complete change. The
| large company of Southern emigrants recruited
| in Alabama by Major Buford he represents as
| a miserable set OF drunken loafers, many Of
| whom have died in consequence of their vices
| and imprudence, and all of whom are cursing
the men that induced them to go to the coun-
try. Mr.. Sebree says that it is generally con-
| ceded that, Of the actual citizens of the Terri
tory, two TO one are in favor of free State; and
that, with the exception of a comparatively
small number of brawlers, they are quiet, in
| dustrious, men, seeking to establish homes for
themselves and for their families. They have
been outnumbered and outvoted by the people
| from the borders of Missouri, who have been
| organized for that purpose. These are plain,
| unpalatable truths for Southern men, but the
sooner the truth is known the better. Mr..
| Sebree thinks that the war has but commenced,
| and that in a very short time thousands of arm
| ed men will be in. Kansas from the free States.
Extract from letter the General Superintendent of the
New York State Lansas League.
st. Louis, June A man who was an eye
| witness has just informed us of the circum-
stances of the shooting of five Pro-Slavery men
| by party of Free State men at Potawatamie
| Creek. A Free State man went into store,
and inquired the price of lead. The answer
was, eighteen cents per pound, if for Pro.
| Slavery customer, twenty-five cents to Free
State man" He claimed that be was no Pro
Slavery man, and would pay twenty-five cents.
One present asked what he wanted to shoot
| He replied, Evolves, if they come in my way,
or even a man, if attacked" They at once
siezed him, (being FIVE in number,) and took
him to the timber, while another Free State
man, who was in the store, ran out of the back
door to Free State party who we're armed.
| They followed, and came up just as the party
had got a rope over limb, and were placing
| it around the neck of their victim, when the
| Free State men leach picked their man) fred,
and the whole party (Gve) fell dead. The Free
| State men are driven to this course, as the Mis-
! sourians on the border are rising in a mass,
| swearinp to drive ont every Free State man, or