Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-09-19
From The ". York Herald.
President Pierce refHses TO hear
the Free State iiea of Kansas.

| The Free State men of Kansas despatch
ed Mr.. Army as a special messenger te
Washington, to call upon the President fol
| protection from the Buford men, as the
Southerners are called out there. We
| learn that the President was too much oc-
cupied to ser the Free State agent when he
called at the White House on the subject; and
he was turned over to Ir. Sydney Webster,
the private secretary of the President, who
informed him that it was his opinion that
the Free State men would have 10 take care
of themselses-that the President was Just
now 80 much engaged that he could not at
tend TO the matter. With this consultation,
Mr.. Army left bis papers IN the hands of
the private secretary, and took his depar-
ture from the White House.
The documents embrace a letter TO the
President, aud seI4i-official account of the
attack on Franklin. Here they are:
Mr.. Army TO TIE PRESIDENT.
To hrs Erostlsncy Franklin Pierce, Pre-
sidsnt Of tAe United States:
STR-A few days ago had the hoacr to
address you as secretary CT mass conven-
ton held in Mclean county, illinois, ard to
transmit to you certain certificates and af-
6dayits, in relation to outrages perpetrated
by citizens of Missouri upon peaceable emf
grants from our State9and county, while on
the Missouri river aed other public highways
of that State en- route to Kansas.
Since then the ''National Kansas Com
mittee," located at Chicago, Illinois, have
received from the ssCentral Kansas Com
mittee,' at Lawrence, Kansas, official in
formation in regard 10 the preparation of
citizens of Missouri, and other States, to
drive ont of the Territory of Kansas, Or
murder ssall the Free State settlers" The
facts viii be found testified 10 in the afida-
Wit 0. Robert Morrow, ESD, herewith en-
closed.
The committees are fully satise-i - =
unless the general government Immediately
interpose to prevent the incursions and
outrages contemplated By armed bands Of
men from Missouri and other States,w ,wso are
prepared to overrun the territory, a civil
war will be the result, which will involve
the uorthwes, against the South.
II will be apparent to your Excellency
that any military demonstration, such as is
contemplated by citizens of Missouri and
other States of tue South, against Free
State citizens of the Nathwest, who have
left former homes to ettle peaceably in
Kansas, will justify those persons, and also
the States from whence hey came, to resort
to similar means in self-detence; and espe-
cially SO If the Executive of the United
States, or of the Stae Of Missouri, should
fail TO adopt measures to prevent these un-
lawful acts.
As the Free State citizens of Kansas de-
precate civil war, aid have evinced their
desire for peace By tieir submission to rob-
berries and other outages; they appeal to
you to protect them; and in behalf OF their
Committee. whose aedeutials / bear, as
also in behalf of educational Kansas Com
mittee, of which h3ve the honor TO be
member, solicit yoar immediate consider
alton of this important subject, and the in-
terposiion of your power and authority to
prevent the impending civil var, and its at
tendant horrors. With all respect, yours,
". F. NJ. Army.
Washington City,August 81, 1856.