Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-06-11
.yOLy2-NO. 81.
From the Chicago Tribune.
'nTs aLATESTFIsON EASsas.
Mere Arrests Sgttheat Authority-Sive
II Ruffkans Killed.

:. -, Rnffisns killed.
Ssss gessaxxfy ST. Louis, June is..
i EDfroRs TRiprSr:-I have JUS. arrived from
Kansas, the present seat Of war between Free
dom-free speech. free press. and frce labor,
On the one side, aud Slayery--slave labor. SER
/ siie press and 4 servile, people, on the Other.
The excitement in the Territory d ssill high
and the ou,raRes Of which the settlers justly con-
plain. are still continued. At Leavenuorth City
on "Wednesday the 2sth, about twenty Free State
men were seixed while about their usual avoca.
ton and hurried into warehouse, by mob Of
border Rnfffans. They demanded the authority
by which they were seized, aud were told that
II was by order ofa superior officer. though no
process or summons was produced Al, further
questions we're forbidden. This Il the way law
and order are administered In Kansas.
While passing throagh westport, No., on
Tuesday the 9th, sawa large company Of Mis-
soarians preparing to invade the Territory aud
hear that they left on Wednesday, to the num-
Der Of sixty, to assist in executing the mob law
Of their brother Missoarians now there in arms.
\ Was told at w estEort that the Immediate oc.
caslon OF the contemplated inYaSon, was story
lndustronsly calculated by the RasIans, that
hve fro-Siavery men had been dragged from
their beds and murdered. They were repeating
this tale with additions and exaggerations aud
clothing it with all the horrors that their active
iniag aginations we're able to suggest.
The facts'as have them from good authoriy
are these: ag zf' fBi a5sq5Haz nuc IA
There was neishborhood difficulty on the
sawatomis, in regard to depredations on grow.
ing crops, committed BY cattle owned by pro.
slavery man. 1t was trifing matter atbcst and
only assumed Importance when on the 26th, =
company of Rufians, to silence complaint, sez-
ed the Free State man who dared to plain Of
damage done to his grain, and without Judge
or jury, prepared to hang him. His wife fed,
reused the neighbors, who armed themselves
with axes, guns, or whatever they had, and rush.
ed to the rescue. just as one end Of a rope, the
sther end Of which was around the mans neck,
was thrown over the limb OF tree, the rcscuing
party appeared and fight ensueI in which Ave
OF the HUMANS n,,d two Of the Free State men
were killed. One account says that the latter
are severely wounded only. ''
From these Facts the wildcs, and most contra.
dictory stories arc manufactured and circulated
to arouse the Missourians TO another bloody and
vindctve warfare upon the peaceable inha1it-
ants Of the territory. F4tN 7'sfeg
send you copy OF the last.letter, which be.
fore the sacking Of Lawrence, was sent BY the
Shannon. 1t has not been published before, I
think. Icopied IL from the original draft.
4 son @f 'LIwnrscx, X. r., May nth, 1856.
His excelicncyrWiison Shannon, Cow, and j. B.
z Donaldson, ESQ., U, s. Mashal for Kansas Ter.
10 Iitory: 81 ,;ts--,-.s,f,r
GEvrLrxEs:-Having learned that your rea.
son for assembling SO large force in the vicinity
OF our town, to act as posse in the enforcement
OF the laws, rests on the superstition that we nre
armed against tie laws and the officers IN the cG-
ercise OF their duty, we would say that we hold
our arms only Tor our individual defense against
violence, and not against the laws or the officers
III the execution of the same. Therefore having
no further use for them when our protection IS
otherwise secured, We propose to deliver our
arms to Col. Samner 40 soon as he shall quarter
in our town u body OF U. s.. troops sufficient for
our protection to be retained by him M long as
such force shall remain among us.
Very truly, &c.
(Signed oy the Committee.)
To q proposition so fair--more than fair-no
answer was returned, Lawrence was doomed,
and must be destroyed. Youknow how the work
was done. 'e1"
While coming down the Missouri on the F. X.
Aubrey, a young Ohioan stated in the cabin, that
the men who sacked Lawrence, plundercd il al.
SO, stealing all they could lay their hands on
This was resented by the chivalry on board,
though the facts ,cere not denied; and it was at
once resolved that the offender who dared to
speak the truth, should be punished / was an
posed to hang him; that could not have been
done even by that crowd. Demands forveu-
geance were then moderated until il was declar-
ed that a coat of tar and feathers would SUFFICE
At last, fearing general row with the halt doz-
en- men who would have protected him, 1t was
concluded to set him ashore, which was done.
He was left to make his way from the heart
of Missouri with the reputation of being q
"d-ned abOlitionis" to assist him. As the
young man only stated what he saw and knew
and what is known TO every man in the Ter
ritory, and on the Border, and must have been
known TO the officers OF the boat, an idea of
the safety Of the travelling on the river may
be easily formed. But why hope for anything
else? 4a3; e7a saGsaa s,rq. '5f4
The determination to drive every Free State
man out of the Territory has undergone no
chapne. Tho plan appears to be this; harass
the leaders of the Free States party with prose.
cutions, or kill them outrigt burn the crops,
destroy the property and terrify the women
and children of the rank and file. So far the
plan has worked we'll; but '.it Is long road
that has no turning" t1t ,aad
The question in Kansas is not the freedom of
the black race, but the freedom of the white
race. All liberty of speech is denied. Ruflians
parade the Territory with muskets on their
shoulders and threaten to blow any mar through
who questions their right to search whom they
please, plunder whom they please of desirable
property, and commit outrages of all kinds, such
as civilized people were never called upon to en-
dure. mods sIs 1E 10 rgrs.. 81 D. o..
Events ara approaching crisis. We have
suffered until our patience is exhausted We
mnst, now that the justice of our cause is es.
tablished-we must fight! WILL COUNTY
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