Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-07-15

their abolition designs uron Kansss--os-
CARNATIONS. in which the members are
bound. by tie most solemn oa;hs, 10 obey
Ieyery order OF tier leaders, not excepting
even murder and treason. Il is abunG-
ant,y proved by eye-wi;resses. of uneues.
toned veraciiy. that at this present time
they have at different points in the Terrific
ry, banded together in actual encampflent.
large numbers of-arned men, subsisted
and kept together by their Aid Societies,
for no other object than TO make forage
i upon the country, and drive our friends
from their homes. BY such bandii,i, the
murders near Ossawattomie. on Pouawat-
tonne creek, were committed; declarations
by the perpetrators. eotemporaneous with
their foul deeds. individually show the pa
rentage of these crimes. Six victims,
whose bodies have been found, fell in that
massacre, besides four others missing from
the neighborhood and not yet heard from.
iOfihe six, one was Allen Wiikerson, ESQ.,,
member of the Territorial Legislature and
POSTMASTER at Shermanvillc. Sick, with
alneasles, for no other offence save that of
being Law and Order man. he was drag
kged at midnight from his bed, and from
1.-The side of sick and imploring wife. by
lie band of Abolition assassins. acting as
they said, IN the name Of the great North
fern army: within hearing of the terror
Estricken wife, with fiendish harbarity, he
Twas 1ayed alive. his nose and ears were
cut off, his sea p torn from his head, and
Twas then stabbed, through tie heart
Such is the slrorn evidence of his ,cido,c,
iIlately rendered in West Port, before the
Congressional Investigating Committee
1T revealed on the part of their friends.
such picture Of heilisl ferocity. that, that
IIcommittee, for once, blushed. and even
lIstultified themselves, rather than receive
the testimony as competent. They had
Iialready received and recorded the evidence
ilof Pardce Butler. testifying that since their
appointment as Commissioners, he had
been tarred aud feathered Cor negro steal
ling: but this decision they unblushingly re-
iiversed and erased the evidence, rather
Httian be forced to put against their friends
iItI,is horrible tale of the Ossawattomie MUIR
ders upon the record. Beside Wilkerson,
VIM. Sherman and brother. and Mr.. Doyle
land two sons, were proved TO have beeD
murdered the same night, by the same
tband, one OF whom also had his fingers
Hand arms cut off before he was finally dis
llpatched. Incredible as these things may
seem, they unquestionably happened IN
Kansas Territory in the latter part of last
month. Yet what is more incredible, Lat
not less true, is tie undeniabie fact, that
these cutrages are not as some pretend,
the mere extravagances of a few irrcspon-
sible individuals, but on The contrary, are
justly ciargeable to the A BOLTON party, as
the legitimate fruite Of their party meas
ures and party discipline. and as naturally
resulting fromihe public teachings, advice
and council OF their chief men and most
distinguished leaders. The. outrages
above specified were preceded, and up to
the prese Mt time have been followed By
others OF like character, and dictated By
like settled policy on the part Of our en-
enies TO hsfrass and brighten by their
deeds Of horror, our friends from their
| homes in the Territory. Undoubtedly
this policy Ga we'll settled party system)
has dictated the notices lately given in all
the disturbed districts, by armed maraud-
ing bands of A bo.itionists, to the Law and
Order men Of their respective ncighbor-
hoods, Immediately to leave the country on
peril of death Under such notices, our
friends about Hickory Point and on Pot
towattomie and Rock Greeks, have all been
driven out of the Territory, their stores
| have been robbed, their cattle driven off,
their houses burned, their horses stolen.
and IN some cases they have been assas.
sinaled for daring 10 return. Some, too.
| Of these outrages, have been perpetrated
| under the very nose Of the United States
| troops, who all the while assure US that all
| is peace and quietness. and that they will
afford ample protection. without the neces-
sity of our banding together in armed bod
les for mutual defence. Among many
others of our friends thus driven away, we
| might specify the case of Messrs. Hargus,
Jones & Owens of Hickory Point, whom
two hundred United States troops station
ed within two miles Of their homes, have
been unable TO inspire with sense OF Sc
| curity.
Murton Bourn, most exemplary. ouie,
and unoffending man of our party, living
within eight miles of Lecomp,on, the Cap
iial of the Territory, where quite num-