Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-09-03
The Civil War in Kansas.

ted in publishing them, they must be re-
ceived and construed accordingly. Com.
ing, as they do. in detached portions,
and from different quarters, there is a
confusion of dates and incidents that
renders it necessary, for a clear under
standing of them that they should be
eollaled and arranged in The order in
which they occurred, according TO the
evidence of both the Free State and the
pro-Slavery parties.
Buiord s encampment at the head oil
the Wakarusa was the rendezvous of a
lawless and desperate set of men, whose
depredations upon the surrounding coun
try kept the peaceable settlers in a con-
slant state of alarm These constant an
nov were submitted to because
there seemed to be no effec:ual way Of
resisting the N, until it became apparent
that the Georgia Banditti contemplated
a general and systematic attack upon
the Free State settlers of that region,
with a view to driving them out of the
Territory. In self-defence, a meeting
of the settlers was called. to org inize a
protecting force. The Georgians treach-
erously sent to this meeting a message
declaring their p~eaceable intentions, and
disclaiming all idea of doing any wrong
or violence TO the settlers /; and as evil
dence of their sincerity, invited them to
send a messenger to their camp, who,
from personal observation, should return
to them with confirmation of their state
ment. a messenger was accordingly
sent-a Mr. Hoyt, a large muscular
man-6ut lie neVcr returned he wos 6ru-
tally numbered By tie rubfaas.
This fact should not be forgotten, as
it affords a key to the subsequent action
OF the Free Stale men, who, from this
brutal act, were left to infer that the
GeOrgians had either been deceivIng
them in their peaceahle professions. or,
IT honest in declaring them, that they
had af erwards changed their determi-
nation. Aside from the barbarity OF the
murder, the act could only be construed
as a declaration of hostilities, and the
Free Stale men, in self-defence, acted
accordingly. Shortly afterwards, on the
l2th of August, they attacked Franklin,
and drove out the Georgians, capturing
the very cannon brought from Missouri
and used in the destruction of Lqwrtnce.
The telegraphic report. which we pub.
lish this morning, denies that Lecomp-
ton has been taken, thus verifying our
first suspicious hat the whole story was
a fabrication gotten up for the double
purpose of inducing as many of the Mis-
sourians as possible TO Join in the inya-
sion Of Kansas, and to cover and Justify
their contem plated outrages.
On the 18th, a proclamation was is
sued at Lexington, Mssouri--calling upon
the people of Missouri to meet on the
Goth, prepared TO invade Kansas. We
would again call the attention of the
reader to this reclamation as it estab
fishes an i'm portant TACT in connection
with the history of these disturbances,
viz that the wal is not a war between
the settlers Of RaHsoS, but a war between
them and the Missouri Hnpaders. The
proclamation not only proves this, but it
boldly avOwS the mOtipe of the invasion,
and the manner in which it is TO be pros
ecutetd The Missourians do not conceal
the character of their expedition They
so to conquer the country. The object of
their invading expedition is equally ex
plicit {; it is to prevent the Abolitionists
from carrying the next election and
ge ting possession of the reins of govern
ment," and put an end to AbolltioniSm
in Kansas" AS TO the manner and
character Of the warfare. the ''motto this
time will be no quarter" =
We are compelled to go to Free State
authorities for this version of the matter.
The pro Slavery proclamation and the
proceedings of numerous public meetings
in Western Missouri, all proclaim the
purposes of the Slavery propagandists
in unequivocal language. They have
introduced new horrors into the ''Reign
of Terror" inaugurated by themselves
two years ago. We append a timely
and succincl review, from the Cincinnati
G0z lie, Of the events preceding the last
outbreak, from the beginning OF the Kan
sas controversy:
Ever since David R. Atchison in
vaded Kansas, with The express purpose
of subduing the Free State men, by Mis-
souri, Rufians, the original plan has been
carried out, by putting down liberty by
force. In this purpose a lawless and
reckless band of Ca%roliDians and Geor-
gians under Buford, was introduced,
whose whole career has been that of
highway robbery, from the day they
entered Kansas 10 the present moment.
Cotemporaneous with this plan, in Con-
grcss, and in all other quarters, freedom
Of speech and opinion were to be put
down by violence. Sumner was beaten
in the Senate Hall. Burlingame was
challenged. Granger has just been beat
en- by McMullen. Underwood was
driven from his farm in Virginia, for at
tending the Republican Convention
Strickland and Upton, booksellers al Mo-
bill, are mobbed and driven out for sell
ling anti-slavery publications. Mercan-
Tile firms in New York and Cincinnati
are threatened with loss of business, for
holding free opinions. Clergymen are
denounced for giving their views on sla.
very. and the position of the county,
In one word, from New York TO Kansas,
and from Cincinnati 10 Mobile, the wal
inaugurated a EIG OF TERROR. whose
great and only object was to force upon
the free people, and free territories of
the United States, the system of negro
slavery. 1t was not to defend slave
property in any place where it existed
by law. That was not attacked. II
was for the sole purpose of extending
slavery.
"The FIRST step was the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise. The suggestion
TO do this came from David r. Atchison.
and the first orert act, in the reign of
terror-the invasion of Kansas was car
ried out by the same a Having in
augurated the reign of terror, it was for
a lOnr tima antireiv SupPeSSful Mem