The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-03
Respectfully,
Good News from Kansas,

There is great uprising among the free
Stat men OF the Territory against the die
tatcrial Abo!itionists of Lawrence. The
people oil the otaer free state towns and the
country squutters can stand the outrageous
course of that faction no longer. Governor
Walkers policy is on the eve OF being
crowaed with complete success. The Free
State of Krnsas will come in at the next
session of Congress; the National Democ,
racy North and South will be entirely salts.
fed; the civil war, p aged for and plotted fer
by the Black Republicans, wi De avertsd;
and we shaI! beat Chase in this State into
hts. Jhe special corresp pndent Of the New
York Tunes Republican paper, says in his
last letters.
''On Other grounds q serious division al.
ready exists among the Free State men. and
stnl more serious one is apprehended. In
the first place, the leaders III the late Law
renee movement, and the prominent Fr c
state men Ot that city generally have, by 1.-THE
asStmpslJn cf whGt is cons idered an over
bearing end dictatorial air over the edpc
ol the other Free State towns Of the Terri
tory, in dealing with their common political
grievances, and ia determining modes Of re-
dress, incurred t1e serious displeasure of u
Iorge body of their political associates. and
produced feelings OF positive hostility. This
has led to an oIen rupture. The entire
Southern portion Of the Territory has declar
ed open war upon the Lawrence leaders -
Duanca3 recently brought ms TO Centropois,
ia franklin Couaty. and through the re ion
in the same latitude. Whilst the people
whom met were, with few exceptions, un.
swervingly Free State in politics, they ex.
Pressed the most bitter dislike OF the impc
rous tone. assumed by Lrwrence, in dicta-
ting course Of policy to the rest of the
Territory, aud assured me in the most en-
phatc terms of their determ nation to disrc.
GARD it. The organ of their views is The
Kansas Leader. published at Centropo'is.
We Fad this intelligence fully cGrrOb0ru-
ted hy two columns and half of corr pom
CeHce in the Missouri Democrat, of The 9th.
The writer, one OF the non-voting Lqwrencc
agitators, is evidently much, alarmed, and
ieeIs that the sceptre of free State power is
about to be wrested out o! the hands of the
Aoolit'onists to be welded by the free State
National Democracy. The Convention cal
led to organize free State party, in upposi.
ton to the Lawrence Black Republicans
met at Prairie City. The letter we have
before US, from Black Republican, says
that 1t was mass meeting. This means
tn i the Delegates were there in large mum.
bcrs, AID that the people turned out in over.
wheImi g force. CIV. Roberts, one OF the
abl'st Tree, State men in The Territory pre-
-ided, ana G. w. Brown, editor of the
HeraI oI Freed M" was chosen Secreta
~. The Convention passed res Jlutions
rec mmending all voters to exercise the
suii:nge il October; and expressive of full
confidence in Gov. Walker The work
goes bravery on! The Rebuke to the fac
ions Black Republicans comes from the
right qua ter, The free State men OF Kansus.
The days of Abolition dist1tion in the
Territory are numbered; and its ann;hia-
ton will be aecVmp ished at the same time
as The .dejeut ot It's allies the negro amaiga-
matiOnsls ot Ohlo-NtateSman.