Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-06-12


ty, a darker chapter yet remains unwrl.ten.
The annual Municipal Election in Lclycn-
worth City took place september l. That
day. which is known a. Bloody Monday,
and the events which trhnspircd upon It, in
their reyolted and distorted features, more
rrsemblcd the Reign of Terror, ~ when the
streets Of Paris IAN blood, than an Ameri.
can city Ut the nineteenth century. The
Mi,soufians. thirsting for re'esee, and
burning with hate and frenzy, poured into
the city, cried
And lot slip the dogs Of var.
Col. Emory led on the iniurlated mob,
who committed the most horrible acts ct vi
olencc. Phillips was shot down at his own
threshold. aud bullets were fired into every
mart Of the house. ThclcadIng citizens were
driven from their hound, and their wives
and daughters -ibrctcd % every species OF
indienity. In the agony Of despair, many
appealed. a. only the Suffering can appeal,
To- General smith, the commanding officer At
Fort I.aavcnworth, Tor u detachment OF
troops 20 protect their families and proper.
~. but that appeal, which was enough to
make {" u marble statue weep, met no re-
srouse from the icy.hearicd commander.
Though be might have quclled the distur.
Dances in a moment, no finger was lifted f,
and no order issued. except 10 command his
sergeant 10 drive from the fort the afflicted
citizens, who had there sought temporary
refuge and protection. In that act the lag
Of our country was dissnccd, and the char.
actcr Of our military officers stained. IL
would require volumes % cnumeraio the
uutragcs that were subsequently, p"rpctnted
IN Lsayenworth-huw houses and store,
were hurned-how the citizens were forced
upon the boats at the point OF the hayonci
how men were murdered m cold blood
how the sick and the weak, innocent women
aud Harmless, children. were treated with a
cruelty almost beyond conception. Such
were some uf the morn marked features
which distinguished the rrisn Of the Law
and Order party IN l"ayrnworth City.
There may stlll be sewn the cnnrrcd aud
hlAckrncd ruins Of many buildings that
were dr.truyc,i--many are the residents no
can give hylrt.rrnding accounts ui what &c
CURED during that s,d period, and new
made grave, upon Pilot Knob seem to plead,
with a s,d ana mournlul cluqucucr. against
the cruel AMI untlmcly cutHPs I'd OF those
who sleep beneath,
puru. ,hi. month. Lam forced Wood.
son. the acting Governor, 20 rrlras" hisfrcc
State prisoners, and dishand his iorc"-.
Upon thc s,h the supreme Court met At
L'cJmplou % try the political prisoners.
lhc District Attorney not being ready 20 80
on with the case, all the prisoners were all
mitt,i tu hail, aud on the same day Gov.
Geary arrived ia the Territory. lmmcdi-
atrly upon assuming hl, Office, he issued a
rrncamutiln commanding "all bodies of
"myu combined, armed and equipped with
"muuiuons Ut war, without authority u
"Gn,,rumcnt, instantly q dlsblnt aud quit
"thc Territory"
IN obedience TO this proclamation. the
Fsv,-Snto forces disbanded, but the Border
Rufhans. m open defiance u Il, r,ass' mhlcd
according o. previous arrangement, az Wcs-
ton Mo, and o. the number Oi 2,JuO strong.
with tive pirccs oi artillery, marched toward
Lawrence twas with great aiihculty that
Guv. Gcary. AZ the head Of United states
tropus. los throwing himself between the IN.
yadrr. and Lawrence, succeeded IN saving
the Jity. and prevailing upon the Missouri
ans O. r,tirr. ln their retreat. among 9th
~ uutrarvs. they .hut down an unuirndlng
Prostate mau-Buhum-lur rcmunstrat-
Ing against the stealing Of ms horses.
Tho political Prostate prisoners, under
indictments Tor TREASON and murder, were
treated with revolving harbarity ~ Colonel
Titus and hi. southern ruihans, and the
citizens II Ossawatomir were once again
visited hy new aillic,iors from fresh bodies
Of invaders October H., an election took
place under bogus legislature enactment,
Tor DELEGATE g. Congrr~s, mcmbcrs OF Ter.
riturial legislature, and on the question Of
q Delegate Convention % adopt state Con
stituti1n. In this election the free state
men TOOK no part, and the Borier'Euihans
had IL all their own way.
On the 18th, frrc.StAte Convention wa.
held at Topeka. and few DAYS ai,crward
another al Bs Springs, whcrc protest..
acain.t WhitGyld's election 10 Congress, and
memorials TO Cougrcs. were adopted, pray
ing the admission Of Rccier, A. representing
the real sentiments Of a majority Oi the clii'
rcns Of the Territory.
purin. the latter part Of October the trial
Of the Prostate prisoners took place ~ Le-
comptga, 5,i1rr packed jury OF bitter Pro.
Slavery partisan-, and twenty-onc were
sentenced by the Kansas Jetlrics 20 five wars
hard labor with hall aud chain. These per.
sons were guilty Of no crime. They had
acted purely m srlf.dclrn~' ~ Hickory Point,
and would instantly have been acquitted by
n fair aud honorable tribunal. Their crime,
in tho ewes Of the Court, was devoted love
Of Liberty, and for ,ha, devotion they were
treated A. iclous and murderers. But in
that higher Court aud by that higher law
which exists in and IL constituted by just
and generous people. they were not only
proclaimed &" not guilty." but crowned with
honor and loaded with grateful testimonials,
as a small acknowledgement Of their labors
and services in the cause Of freedom.
IL will be remembered that while the Free
State men were being Subjected 10 the seycrcsi
penalties which an unholy tribunal could
innict, their opprcs-ors and prosecutors,
with hands reeking with blood that cried
aloud Tor vengeance, were never called To
account or made % answer Tor the laws
they had outraged, and the harbarities they
had perpetratcd. The Judges of the SUI
preme Court, b. It said 10 their eternal dis.
grace, threw oG the spOtcss crInine, and
cluakcd themselves in the polluted garments
OF fanaucal partIsanship. Before such a
tribunal. charge against Prostate man
no matter how base, bow uniound,d or how
frivolous, was equivalent TO conviction.
Law was mockery, principles meaningless
and Justice but word. To illustrate the
the truth OF what we affirm, we need but
cite the murder Of BufIum and the subse-
quent action Of the Supreme Court, OF which
Gov. Gcary gives the following account
e" When he reached BuGum, the poor fellow
was lying uron the earth in his agonles, the
blood streaming from his wounds, and the