The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-06-05

H. t~sss u faal.
80,
"a gentlemen icfneFiy sesTco' 10 hn"a"see'
aud not proslaysry mar. lis statement
Of se,s which bear bs-,l upon the abcli,ionisis.
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"rsw'head aud bloody boD.. Story ns' sent
from the theatre Of war-no doubt for the pur-
ma. If influencing noli,ic. at the North. Look
49, 80
OUT "f ha"sas a. '"e s1e"' "" "'"'"
factory OF roorbacks during The coming fr's-
idcn,isl rampaign Tho letter Il dated
a. A. uo, o.e
"S'roii' Mo- NAY ~''
just nov, tbc Territory OF kansas IS the
theatre OF bloody deeds. Ton KNOW rom me
papers that Societies have been gotten up IN Tie
North to colonnc Kansas 10 make u he
State, and you know IRON DoreLAss Report
aud the Presidents Message Oh the subject al
about the resistance on the part Of The people
sent out BY that society. TO the laws .! The Ter
ritory; let me say here That sena'or Dor'-
LAS Report is full and faithful exposition
! have taken no part on either SIDE. am unprc
JUDGED. and desire to see Kansas free Territory
The town OF Lawrence has been The head quar-
tors Of these fanatics and is hlled with popu
lation Of despicable and desperate people sup
Piled with Shapes r'nes. beecher Bibles; ar
tillcry and money from the North and East
Headed ~ koBISsos, on Infamous sconndrel,
arciugee from California with price upon
his head and LANE, a miserable contemptio'e
demagogue and political gambler. they st up
q government IN oppodtion TO that established
BY the United states. elected hEEpEK 10 Con'
gress. In iact, put themselves 10 opposition 10
the regularly established Government and re-
lped 10 submit to the laws. In November
last they rescued prisoner nom the hands OF
the Sheriff o. Douglas county and, when the
Governor called out the niitiA they sued lot
Descs and %, save bloodshed, 10y, SHANNON
compromised with them tney agreeing 10 SUD-
nit TO the lava; but no sooner bad the forces
withdrawn than they commenced iortIying
| the town. digging intrenchments. planting can
non and spreading through the East the most
Infamous lies They accused Gov Shannon oil
being drunk and applied to him the most odlous
epitheb. These things we're endured during
the past winter quietly The "sfais Lg,sla-
tue was even permitted TO assemble nj 10
peks; in March, withou; interruption and Inc
sirous of neace and Of RELYING entirely upon
| the Territorial and General Governments for a
settlement of all the difficulties. but their hopes
were disapDoipted The Sheriff of Douglr,
| County beipg constantly resisted by the people
of lawrence and insul,ed when in the discharge
Of his dnty, though the Governor obtained tie
Aid of the &. 8. troops. and while 10 e. 8.
tent, was almost MORALLY wounded in one Of
| the streets of Lawrence. not fifty wards from
the place where the Committee zen, out by
BANKS and his Black Republican friends was
| A L.
m,a d,dr lot, uAo should b. The author Of THIS
the darkness of the night. all over the town,
awaiting its fulfillmen, A few DAYS after this
affair the Y. =. Court met ut Iecompton and
indictments were found against RosISsoS and
others. Ron,xsoS started for the East, hut
was taken nj Lexington. and is now here under
quar-, ON bis vay hack 10 the Territory. The
| y 4 Msrxball. with writ. from this U + Court
vss onenly resisted in LAWRENCE and he ba,
called nnor the Iavboldin0 citizcns 10 assemble
! in ,uM1,,uf number 10 enable him 10 enforce
tho law The people arc gathering RAPIDLY and
nothing now viii .atisfy them bot the disarm.
;nv of The neoplc Of lawrence. and de,,ruc.
tic. Of ,he;. ;.s..-.I.--..-
o,u. DrroRp, Of south Carolina. arrived
here some days since with ak hundred men
these are with the Marshal.
TN Saturday as the Southerners were passing
between Lecomptou and Franklin, when near
Lawrence, they were hailed by five Abolition
lists armed with Shapes rifles and asked their
names and where they were going. They re-
piled "Gentlemen. going TO Franklin"--wit
this the leader OF the I've said, comrades,
what's your motto ~ answer, "Sharpes rifles. Z"
They then brought their guns 10 bear and fired,
wounding ooe Of the pro-slavery men in the
arm, u gentleman by the name Of DR.. BRArroS,
The other. whose name is CosoRovE. drew his
revolver aud shot the Abolitionist leader in the
forehead. killing him dead on the spot
On tho same day, q man belonging to Law
renee was killed at Blanton's Bridge on the
Waukansa, some thirty miles west Of this.
On Saturday, the same day, a Committec
went to the Governor. from Lawrence, aud de
that he had compromised with them once and