New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-27


otF'rnctiop; They have it and vii keep it. The,
,aw tho, The hotel at Lawrence afforded great aud
Ihee 'acil''ies 10 The settlement Of tue Territory by
NhhtrD men. That too must be torn down; atd
u1cfr u forms Of Law, by the officers Of the a1. thai
hcr.e r. attacked, ARTILLERY lie biougnt frum the Safe
OF Missouri, is walls are bae',d, i's furniture i.
iuned out ard destroyed snc a. asst the fires are
bi 20 aid all is gorgeous fuIniture-for gOgeous l.
wss for that couotry-rsduced to a heap of smoking
ruirs need not tel ysu of the outrages that
followed tie destruction of that hoteli could
rot picture TO you the lnfuna'ed baud Of rob
bers and thi,v breaking into every house
except tive, robbing the trunks cupboards and ward
ro'er of every citizen of that tosn, takng mouey,
clolir g povisions arm', horses, cattle, everything
tia, this pluDoeIhord could Jay ts hancs upon. One
Of the citizrns Of LawrIce was robbed OF something
like two Il topsard dola's, another an Of something
Ike five or six hundred, and 70 on down o poor me-
cLb1lc who wss met upon the streets hnd ordered TO
stand end deliver" and whse porte monhdn was
tektn from bin and robbed Of the last quarter eagle la
the world. Wsrdrobes carried of, anc ciothiog
which could not be by those iufians was tOfn
into stripes, end the house of private ihdvi1ua, with
all hs fu uture books and p4pers, also Unsigned 70
the fam.s. This was the scene which happened 10
the town Of Lawrence on the 2ls. OF May And
tla my fellow ci'izena, was not sudoen out
brebk lot due to any SUDDEN excitement, not
the work of infur'ated men, nor the sugge--
tion Of a moment but il was one Of the steps in
the progress OF this enterpie toward its conrumna
ton. The election on the 30tn Of March, the laws
passed by the Legislature the fading of indictments
liutrR the party OF it, leaders the destruction of
hott and Il deprivation Of another the destruction OF
the printing presees-all these were PREDETERMINED,
triudp ed and drepartd III orde t. consum naie tho
great leao inc plan Of making Kansas a Slave State by
violence aid force of arms against tne vi hes of its
ptop'e, and each step successfully. Tnen in the
Spipg OF 1sJJ band OF men goth, red WITH the drum
aid fife End the whisky and promises Of free unre-
strained license upon the plains of Kansas, enl sted
under the command Of Southern 'aders, taken there
uLdtr military orgarizs,ion ano turoed loose upon our
sOll TO live in camps and rob, punder and murder our
people, take away our arms, and use the weapons of
political action to drive out those who could be intim
dated, in Greer TO murder and pluncer at will.
These men landed there in the Sprlng of
1855, the first detachment Of them under the command
Of Col Buford Gent emen in the South at the time,
too me that these men resided among the i'd vags.
borC Of the souhrn cities, with drum and hte and
promises Of free expenses and free living upon the
plaIs of Kabsas, they were brought to that State;
they marched from the steamboat to the shore in
military array: the articles were read 10 'hsm and by
these articles they weIe bound TO live under military
organization; bound to fight their oattlts; bound 70
vOto the Pro Slavery ticket From that time to this,
with the exception of those who des erted from them,
they have iy cd IL camp, making DO attempt at set
ttmeLt with purely mItars life rosng over the face
of the Territory, attacking men alone III their cabins,
dtIriviDg them OF tbeir arns, and waylsJlrg them,
al owing 10 man TO travel back aud forth except he
has pass ON their leaders OrfIo some friend whom
II cir leaders recognize. The citizens no; even
allowed t. procure the necessaries OF life, and 90 a-
dusliou settler ul0 pass down to the City OF Kansas
for the purpose of buJ ing 10 sd Of provision without
being eires'to ard robb-d by these Man after
man was robbeo of his load and provisions, of his bor-
sts and all the mouey thai be happened to hsve IN his
pocket and too frequently his body LETT I'D and dead
upon tie ground. a gentleman who passed the camp
OF those rufans at Battle Creek upon the Cal tornia
road seven bodies lying )on the grouud. Lieut..
Drum of the T.. Amy communicate TO a tr end OF
NINE tbs in aDo her place he found five murdered
men, sDd coLsgDen them to the earth. Aud add to
this that the bodies Of men, murdered by those peo
ole, found every where in the track. then you may
have some idea of the safe of tnings that
tie Territory. Thus they hoped 10y this sort OF
process that having taken away al tue political and
civil nights, by closing against Us tie court OF justice,
by refusing to allow Fiec-Sae men to serve upon
giaLd or petit uIes, by denying them all Judicial
coy for all iuoicial wrong, using the law TO press and
q Id them down, by depnving them OF Their leaders,
Of their prtssts and Of their hOtrs raly0g Oonts.
and then, by depiivirg them Of theu arms-for our
erms taken at the ci1ee OF Lexngton and An.
sas aud st further on, at the towns OF Wesport and
Fiauklin, well a. ct the eackng OF Lawrence ana,
finally arms were stolen from each If the settlers cab
iis and boo les 10y mobs Of men, They bopel at last
that this Free State party, thus pundeied oi every
thing to give them o'g .nlza'lon acd & eill,
cheney, deprived Of everything by which they
could cany out thcir concerted plans would
be broken down, intinIidated, disorganized and
crushed ard the gates OF the Territory mus be eored
against tie ingrers Of ally Lev citizens. One Oi tue
great highways of the Latlon was commanded by can
r.p Email s ms AID mobs Of men upon It's batk-, and
free citizens fom your midst are there plund-red oi
their arms and compelled TO return whe ce ttey came.
II il works goes on { you, step hy step, and
am afraid that it has been too much tue case in the Sta.
10 look upon these outbreaks events doe to 50 ue
tudctn eAcit'm'nt as you "oul' look upon an alia'
upon your own streets hsppenDg out OF som mn1di-
aey surrou ding having s origin here
upon tie spot and having It's end when the nmedi ate
violerce was over. tel you my friends, II you nave
inch an op ion OF the state Of things in
Kansas, you have been grossly mistaken; All thess
ouirsges are due 10 pfsmedta.lon they al have been
resolved upon il council, and all form part oil tnis
great plan. They have been pushing ina. pan s.eP
! -, cf m
n1ived TO that con, umDstion! On the lst NJ )hday
OF October 1856, TO have another election ana
YOU will perl sps be startled when tell you thst II
requires but two elections. and Will p-0oaoly occupy
bu six or eight months more before Slave Constl u
ton Will be adopted by Kansas to be submitted to the
Cor gress of the United States II Is 60 neverheess
! "A V0ice-Stld them lnoie rifles. Cheefs On tne
h,st Monday Of October ls56, election to be held
under the authority of the LOCUS Terri oria Lagi'ia-
ture, at which the people ae to vote Convention or
No CONVENTION. Every preparation has been iade 10
cany that election tLey have carried ali the pre-
vitus oLes. The men VITO are to conduct that elec
tion are all elected and picked expressly for the
purpose. They arc picked by the Board of County
Commissioners, and they, wi! Dc picked wn1
esp ca ref renee to the work which they ae required
to DO. Large rodies OF armed men will be seht irem
the State OF Missouri TO surround the polls a. To s
election and 10 control them br observe my TRENDS,
| the ingenuity with which this thing IL managed.
| Ttey con ike to risk the shock which public opin-
ion might in the South, as well ss ID tue NORTH
BY pssdiDg those aimed men around the po Is IN the
same manner in which it was done or the 5o'h OF
March, 1875, They have taken care to provide that
t sc babe of md rdfians WI" sre 10 coutol oar
polls on the first Monday OF October shall be there
soCoroiDg TO law Thr m,y seem strange to you; bat
men who can burn bou-es sccording to law, who can
steal bolsts sccorcirg to law, who steal arms
sccorcDg TO law, who murder men according TO
aw-csb fird little difficulty in arranging this part of
the pogismme lapplausel They have accordingly
Irovicto that On Il frst Monday of October, l556,
there shall be great militia tr.inog in every County
IN The Territory LLsughterl When we complain to
arr br,hlep Of the States that the day OF this cleo