The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-05-31
Kansas Affairs.

heauef, We asa You 10 calmly rsilec
and ask yourself what is to be the resuli
and final end OF affairs IN Kansas.
Our federal Government las now IA
ken up the quarrel On behalf Of the B)r.
der RQtfilns and made their cause thei
own. The few Stale men have now Il
contend with the authority OF the genera
Government.
The true facts in the ca Sc are as fol.
lows,
At the firs election in Ia. Territory,
cItizens Of Missouri aat other slave state.
sent into Kansas, took possession o. the
POS, AMI elected such men to office "a
they knew were pledged and would IL
true - the cause OF slavery.
Tpey elected al member. # the Leg.
Isla,urc from t..,i- o=a numbers, ard 4,
the frs session oi the Legislature, pass
ed stringent laws f3r the establishment
and protection OF sllTery, among which
are the following:
IA art topsat.i f,nce. 4 ,ata.t .Ilsr ,arope,ts
seetson /. e. cry person, bJai or free. COZ
Ticted raising Tr5eiio n OF slaves, free ne
groes or mlltt:0s- n III suffer 4 q!i
80. Every free person who shall all 10 aag
ret,aliion OF slaves, S., or do any overt act II
fartheFaac thereof snail s1f=r lest4.
J. II any free psrs0n saafl by speaking
srIiing, or printing, slgise, iniusa- e.. an
si2ses - rebel, e5asptr- a..aIlz. or uar Ter any
citizen O. kaasas, ~ .Aal IN yort or ii il in
porting sIch aJeln.n's he shall suT.r a-ali
] /. II any pers n stIal eat g. aecoy oi
cary out Ut hta-as a4y sl4v- b.alagsag 10 a..
oahsr, with intea. t. deprive To. o~3er tsereoi
of sach slave, b. snail saI-r irata or b. i'm
prisonci =. hAfi l-D,r ioC n less th2a t..
years
5. II any psrso1 shail sut in sn.ein-
Sc., "a. ab5Tel h- shall safer aeIti or be In
prison@d a. bard labor fur not less than ter
yesrs.
IS. Ifany person e. al eatice Or carry ava,
out OF a4y STATE or territory of the Z. ). a1y
slave ard shall bring SIGH slave into Iii,
territory &C. be shall sufsr death. o. b
mprisoa,d 1T hzrl !asor for ut les THAI psa
years.
y. If any person .hall en:.ce any ,la7e Ii
escape from thn serv'ee Of bis master or owner
or shall ait any SLAVE in escaping =.
DC shal! b. inQri-ya=i st had labor for not les.
THAI five years.
5 II any parsoa ia lis territory shall a 1,
or harbor any escaped .lEve from aa5ther state
.achperson shall b. punished In Ike MAJ
ner az II saca Save sad es-apgd from h5s n >
Ia this territory.
At any prs3g shall resist an7 UslsEz
va aa.s'apl u 70 arrest a4y sl4ve ta4: mas
nave eSeap-4 Or s5 4H asu4 steh slave
Or aid saea Stare to aseapa FROM tha fElser te
sh4ii BE- Imprisoned a. a.r4 !a.rJs III u9t les,
tsaa tRg years.
) H. lfaay M shall. sheriff, or constable. 81
tn deputy o: az su,h officer shat when r.
q4rel, fse. to sid Or assist IN II. arrest =
captare o. a slave bat may have escaped. sl.t
"Aca- stat. b. I-e4 not J.. ta4a Sl0J 0. n II
ttan $500
, u II arr pars7a oriat, writ, iG.r5ilce
pa'iish " c1rtattsa, " Cause to D. brougA, lat
printed ~ri.t.n p>blisaes! o. circulated, or sha
Knowingly Al ~ 4 Et~i ia bringing iato pFiat
ing publishing Of circulating within this tgtri.
tory aay book. paper, a. containing any state
nenta, doctrines, e., Ga.c Hated 10 produce a
q SAB seton amoag The slaves u il territory
shall o. punished 6y lmprl."n ,ceus At hssl
ltpff - no. less thaa a4e years
= a"s tFez person " SPEAKING o. -
~nahs 2.s@Et Or maigi4in hat pers0as harr
'9f ~ TtSst 70 toti s'rees in to territory, D.
70 j laiF3daCv iato X alzas9 pr ut. pg5ljsh ura,e
cFsa.ata. Or c4a-. . b Introduced written.
pFihLsi published or eireaH I'D into this terri
l ~. aay box. taper. laakazts-. pamphlet. o.
cfcdizr et8f s.aiag any draIal OF the rights 81
ef %. = b III slaves FL th2 tsiritrE, such per
.ol sh4ti ~ . ,nei guilty Of loay, aad pua
"a y mFFfsp.tneat a. hard labor fyr at les,
than tao years
rs - r,ea wh0 p consciously Opposed
to 1o.d'ng slaves shall at a. a Juror on n,
uial oi any prosecution Of any violation OF an,
d Ihe seetoaa ot this aef
-Aet y b. % fore after s y: l.. lsjj.
The ab97e are among the laws enact.
Ell BY tie bogus Legislature; and by tho
tree ssate men repudjatol and b. ID fol
naoght, IA consequence OF which, The
principal free safe men, including Gov
Reeder, Gov r. binson, Mr.. Brown. edi.o.
OF the Hratd, and mrny others have
teen tmi'etsd by the Atchisoa party ,oy
TREASON; and the Uaited States author
ties are ta>l"g up the cause of slavery
and prosecuting those indictments; hence
many Of the free state men, rather than
suffer themselves to b~ arrested on tbese
charges and taken by gang OF ruffian.
down to the kickapoo station, tried by .
squad Vi border ruffians and strung un T.
The nearest tree, are fleeing the country;
while Lawrence CIly is preparing to re
Ssh the outrageous preteuslons oflhc rul.
hans Or the authority that hacks them
hence II - expected that al engag emenl
VIII soon take place, and tia, much blood
will be shed,
ihe Tree state men will DC fighting for
Their rIgbts,tber firesides and their lives
Against the aggrcsslons oil slavery. Whal
Is to be the result Let every REASONING
man reflect on this,and consider the ore