Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-06-04

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SIS o.. ~ srrived iasshis city YESTERDAY
morning md toSk lodgings II the Briggs Hoo
He vas called % shroughoa; the day By large
numbers Of our citizens. The people Of tie
Free Statcs viii be glad TO learn thss Gov Reed
er has escaped beyond the reach of the lawiess
despasadoes who had plotted his destruction.
The public having become apprised of the pres
ence of Cor. Reeder in town, large crowd gath
cred around the Briggs House 4 little after eight
o'clock ia the evening, eager 10 see man who
has figured so conspeiously in the affairs in Kan
sas, and who had just escaped 50 many periis.-
The Governor Was in bed at the time, where he
had not been for two weeks before, but the calls
we're 50 urgent that his trends thought il best TO
wake him, and though much exhausted, he
consented toaddress the people. When he came
out above the front entrance ofthe hotel be was
received with tremendous cheers, and then pro-
ceeded to give an account Of terrible state OF
things in Kansas not differing materially from
those which We have already published
With regard to the plundering prcpensities OF
the vagabonds who assisted in the destruction of
Lawrence, and who have been for the lasttwo or
three weeks rowing lawlessly oyer the Territory
he fully confirmed the despatch which we give in
another column. On one occasion the ruffiians
broke open his trunk, one of them dressed him
self in suit of his clothes, others possessed them
selves of other portions Of his wardrobe, and
what they did not want they wantonly burnt
His friend Col. Top!ife had his pockets rified OF
$500 in regular highwayman fashion and plum
dering and robbery everywhere prevailed. AT
Lawrence, even the shawls were taken from
shoulders of the women by the vagabonds there
assembled. All these outrages were allowed to
go on without the least interference from Gov.
Shannon; but when after the sack of Lawrence,
the Free State men, driven to desperation, de-
termined to make stand at Topeka, he called
out United States Dragons to preserve law and
ORDER
After stating that the South had sent about
four hundred armed emigrants to the Territory
the present spring, who withthe Missourians had
been chiefly instrumental IN the outrages, muir.
ders and rohberies there, Gov. Reeder addressed
to his audience the significant question:
Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina can send
four hundred armed men to plant slavery in Kan
sas and trample down the right ofthe people, can
not the free and glorious Forth send thousand
! to every hundred of them to strike 6 blow fol-
freedom?' We can, we can," cried seyera
voices "Ill go for one" cried several more
One thousand such emigrants, continued Gov
Reeder, would very materially change the face
of affairs in Kansas.
The people were anxious to hear the manner
of the Governors escape but he said that he
could only tell them that he bad been aided in
his escape by men in the Territory and by mer
in Missouri. Regard for their safety, however,
would not permit him to name them. Neither
their property nor lives would be safe in the pre-
sent state of things if he should. He could on
" thank God that lie had escaped from enemies
who had sought his life with the keen scent OF
bloodhounds, and the people cried "Amen!'
Gov. Reeder also made some very interesting
and instructive remarks upon the general bear.
ings of the Kansas question, and then concluded
by thanking the people for their sympathy. At
ter the conclusion of his remarks, large mum.
Der ofpersons fastened up the steps of the hotel
to get sight OF the Governor, and to congratu-
late him upon his escape from the blood-thirsty
minions of slavery propagandism.
understand that Gov. Reeder left for Bloom,
ington last evening, to be present at the Con-
vention which assemblies there to-day. His pres
ence and voice in the Convention cannot tail to
add largely to the interest of the occasion.
IChicayo Democratic Press