Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-01-17
The Mobbed Newspaper in kansas,

The Lexington (Mo.) Citizen gives the fol-
lowing account of the mobbing Of the Ter
%ritorial Register Office, at L~eavenworth City:
"a gentleman of this city, on whom every
reliance may be placed, returned last night
from L%eavenworth City, which pace h left
on Sunday.
He informs us tina. on Sunday, about
four o'clock in the afternoon, a company of
men called the Kickapp Rangers, an organ
lied military company, arrived at Leaven-
worth City, and that they openly avowed
their determination to destroy the press of
the Leaveuworth Register, an Abolition pa
per published at Leavenworth, by a man
named Delahay; that they were subsequently,
joined by a number of men from Salt Greek,
and a few of the citizens, amounting in all
to about eighty men,.
Between eight and nine o'clock at night
the party proceeded to the Office, took .he
press and cast it into the river, scattered the
types over the floor of the Office, burnt all
the paper, broke the windows. and then with
drew without any other act of violence.
"The house occupied as an office belongs
to our fellow citizen, VIM. Ii. Russell, ESQ.,,
and we learn that the party agreed to indem-
nifty him for all damages done to his proper
ty. These men, We understand, had been
drawn to L~eavenworth by a report that
another attempt was to be made at that place
to hold an election for ratifying the c~onstitu-
ton formed by the mock convention at To-
peka. We regret this act of violence more
than anything that has occurred in the Ter
ritory. Our government is a government of
laws, and u less the laws are respected there
is no security for life or property. We know
but little OF the character of the Register,
doubt not that it was a public nuisance but
it Is not the province of lav- and order-m 6
to take the law into their own hands, and,
contrary to law, proceed to abate a public
nuisance at the expense Of private property"
OF Every Democrat will with pride and
enthusiasm rally to the support of the State
ticket adopted by the Conventson on the Sth
inst. The ticket is Just the one to inspire
the enemies of the democracy with an incon-
trollable fear, and paralize their efforts to de-
feat us. How can the votaries of Sam and
Sambo withstand the lion-like Willard? And
how will the people. the honest masses, rally
around the fearless champion of their rights.
Willard is one OF the people, one whom talent
and genius have elevated to the distinguished
post of a leader of the great democrtic party
His talent and genius have raised him from
the honorable, but not over-respected position
of a country pedagogue, to his present envi.
able position as the standard bearer Of the
democracy of Indiana and under his leader.
ship every one of the rank and file of the
vast democratic army anticipates a victory
unprecedented in its glory, and the total pros
tration of the "secret- oath bound order"
"0ld Johnson" once more to the contest
Once more rally your phalanx of the 'nnter
ritied' Old Liners in battle array, and1chGst
from the field the scaiy or rather woody op
position. Hurrah for the Democratic Ticket
-FankRin JeGersonian.