Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-09-11

rEorrTrn FALLS.
Tho cosra.pondent Of tho Chicago Tri-
sa,e oiyes thc following synopsis Of the
.sresch Of Gen. LASE at Grasshoppcr Falls,
from which il viii be seen that he coupscls
tho Free State men to- vote, but defend their
rights at tie ballot bor, If necessary 70 The
death \
Gen Lane said lie felt in the position Of
: a man who was imprisoned for crime Of
which ho Was not guilty. There was only
one .wav cf escaping from his coll, and that
wssbv 4 sla;co which carried of the filth Of
The prison. To escape in that way he had
TO lie down in the filth and crawl through it.
That was what We proposed 10 do now
We propose TO lie down in their filthy laws
and bcspattcr them with them-driye them
out Of Kansas. II We could escape IN that
way he was in favor Of il. lie differed
from Conway respecting the character Of
this meeting, If this was Free State meet
ING. he begged Il to be distinctly understood
that he was not present. Hc had no doubt
that tho FREQ State men had handsome
majority, daughter. There was not Pro
Slayory man on the ground but 1t was
tHcckluR VI ttt1 RNORiS ~ ~-'-~,
tive Of party distinctions.
There werc good Free State mon IN Kan
sas, prudent, honest, faithful men, fathers OF
families, who, before rcsorting to lighting
for thcir rights; before plunging the Terri
tory IN civil war were anxious to try the
ballot box once even in spite Of the dlsad-
vantapes under which we approached it,
He asked that they should be allowed an
opportunity of doing 50. He had no doubt
that if We failed, through fraud, that these
men would be willing to put the muskots to
their shoulders and arrest tho rights from
the usurpers, at the point of the bayonet.
To succeed he urged every ono who differ
cd from this policy to waive their personal
preludices in October next, for the good OF
the common cause.
He did not think that by adopting this
policy we backed down from the Free State
platform. He appreciated the difficulties
we would have to encounter. We would
have the whole force Of the Federal and
Territorial Governments, and the entiro fill
libustcr force Of the State Of Missouri to con-
tend against. Before pedging ourselves to
20 into this election, no wished each man to
pledge himself to carry It. We could on
ly be defeated by fraud. We could not at
ford to bo defrauded. All our hopes hang
on this election. Either, if we lost it, would
Kansas be Slave State or a terrible civil
war DO inauguratcd.
Gen. Lane then took out letter and
asked-is Gen. Pomeroy here9
Mr.. Pomeroy said ho was.
Lane then read an extract from letter
he had received from FREQ State man who
had gone into Missouri to discover the de-
signs of tho Propagandists. 1t stated that
three men had already gone to Kansas
sworn to assasinate Lane, and that fourth
was about to follow--that they intended to
dog him from place to place, and if possible
assassinate him when alone and unarmed.
Gen. Lane said the information was authen-
tic; he might, perhaps, fall victim to them
or other cowardly assassins. In such case
he did not want any Free State people at
ter no was dead TO have to regret that they
had done him injustice. He understood
that public meeting had been held by
some Free State men in Atchison, declaring
that the recent difficulty there originated In
a personal quarrel between Lano and some
Pro-Slavery men. Hc asked Mr.. Pomeroy
If il was SO?
Mr.. Pomeroy said he believed it was.
This subject was discussed some time,
Pomeroy coming out second best.
Gen. Lane again urged the people TO be
united and to prepare to meet the Missouri
ans If they como over again at the point of
the bayonet. If you determine to go into
the election in October. let each man here,
without reference to his age or calling, at
once join some military company, that you
may be organizcd for the defence Of our
rights, and let US support this organization
with determined hearts; then we can sue
ceed. Then we can put the Territorial or
gainization out Of the way and make Con-
gress glad to admit us under the Topeka
Constitution.