Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-10-15

ana independent Tor The business Alchl-
son required. and was also removed, and
another appointed, who fully answered
the purpose for which he was chosen,
and whose name will fill niche in
American history similar to that occu-
pied by the notorious Jeffreys in Eng
lish history.
Laws had been passed which. like
those of Draco, might be said to have
been written in blood. To beguilc pub
lie opinion, the hue and cry of law and
order was raised by the same bands who
had taken possession of the ballot boxes
of Kansas, driving off the officers and
legal voters with reYolvers and bowie
knives.
Encompassed by these outrages, the
settlers, in pursuance of general notice,
assembled together, TO devise the best
mode of relief. They proposed form
of government in conformity with usage
adopted by the people OF nine Territories,
now Crganized as States. President
Pierce, in the face of these preceden's
and the Constitution IF The United States,
denounced this assemblage, convened
for redress of grievances, as reason
able. His Jeffreyism judge now caugh.
the sound, charged his grand jury &C.
cordingIy, and had number Of the re-
spectacle inhabitants of Kansas indicted
for treason, most of whom were arrested,
and have been imprisoned under a mill
Iary guard for months, but now released
on bail-thus acknowledging the falsity
OF the charge, as treason is not baila-
bic offence.
Are more facts wanting TO prove the
concerted action between the President
and his conSpirator ? Look at the off
cisl proclamation from Washington, their
thinly disguised but palpable design to
deter the people of Kansas from the as
serlion of their rights. The authority
given to Governor Shannon 10 direct the
military force of the Uni ed States at his
discretion. Their employment to make
arbitrary arrests, after the manner Of
those who once filed lie Basliie of Paris.
The employment Of foreign brigands,
under the mask title of enrolled militia,
to blockade the great highway of the
West against the transit of emigrants
seeking home on the United States
lands. In addition to these things, the
indictment of printing Office and hotel
by grand jaty, and the summary punish
ment of both, by burning. without
trial Would You not Ike to see a copy
of these indictments This act must
also have been done in imitation Of
Draco, who sentenced a statue 10 be
banished for having fallen upon a man.
a. lbS ltttlG ltldI lItSc
ments were executed, the town of Law.
renee was sacked, and the people rob-
bed, by these famous police execution
ers. Not content with these outrages,
proTling brigands from the Blue Lodges
and distant States were idulgenlly en-
couraged 10 range through the Terrific.
ry, robbing. banishing, and mudering,
in cold blood, its peaceab!e inhab tanis,
avowedIy to exlerminaie them from the
land, under the hue and cry OF obedi-
ence of law and order'-,hat is, the
law and order OF the Missouri invaders,
administered by Judge Lecompte, and
executed BY Atchison. Appeals to the
President were answered, by reference
to the protection OF these sacred laws, as
coolly and gravely referred TO as if they
were the Justinian code. When, under
the menace of the last invasion from
Missouri, The people of Kansas sent
special .eputaiion 10 the President of the
United States, he not only peremptorily
refused them any relief, but insulted
them by reproach, for having meddled
too much with their institutions, instead
of minding their own business-mean-
ing, evidently, that be had provided for
their institutions, through his con6den-
tial friend. General Atchison and it
was grave offence FOR them TO inter-
fere with him. and grossly Presumptuous
for men who do tn ;ir own drudgery"
to attempt TO form their own institutions
for regu aling society according to its
"naiural and normal condition.
When the President made this reply
to the Kansas deputies, lie must have
been so absorbed in the doings of the
conspiracy as to have lost all compunc
tious "reminiscences. He was so deter
mined upon the execution of their laws.
that he preferred to leopard the whole
military appropriation for the year, rather
than forego the employment of the army
TO establish this Atchisou code.
The facts l have thus adverted to con-
stilute but a small part Of the indisputa-
bic evidence that might be adduced TO
establish the charge of the conspiracy
among certain high functionaIies of our
National Government, TO inlerpolate
new and false construction Of the Fede-
raj Constitution, upon point of fearful
and vital interest--to accomplish which,
solemn pledges have been violated. and
means employed in which the great prin-
ciples Of Democratic government have