Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-24
LAWRENcE, <. T.


This s.center of attraction" to all the
followers OF Fred Douglas. Greedy. Reed
er. .sed it onsne gsnsas," was the theatre OF
a grand demonstration, on hehaif of the
strong minded damsels. who grace its bar
ricaded streets. On Saturday the 2 2lth
ult., against the venders OF the spiritual.
1t appears that certain individuals being
cognizant of the fact. that the e-city had no
Chatter, consequently. no Muni,ip.al Of
ficers, engaged in the sale of liquors. of
all kinds, which caused the ire CT The
aforesaid dalnsels to rise, when they in
their rage turned out Ito a-man1 and
armed with haftihtstt, bro o.t, gridirons. and
last, and to them not least--, tongue
visited the establishments wherein the ar
ticie was kept, and having, SCI ct drnais,
empiied out ali the Red Eye" and pour
ed out upon the devoted heads Of its own
ers, the .. yials Of their wrath" they re-
turned to their domicils to dream Of future
glories and-"Free love-"
The prime mover in this outrage. was
the " higher law disciple who precsdes
over the sublime des,inies of the abolition
Black Republican Organ, in that city
While We DO not approve OF the unre-
strained sale of liquors, we cannot refrain
from condemning in proper terms, the law
less spirit which seems to pervade that hot
bed of all the isms that ever cursed a
community, or damned commonwealth.
A disposition to resist all law has been
heretofore manifest by Brown, Lane = Go.
| and even now, when peace has to a GER
tain degree, been restored. and their pow
er TO do evil elsewhere wrested from them
their natures. prone TO evil urge them.
to commit fresh outrages among them
selves.
Keenly did those of the citizens who
were not completely blackened with at O.
litionisin feel the disgrace caused the city
by the movement: and Oh the day of elec
ton for Councilman, 10 ill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. CEapmaf
" hen the same rowdy spirit was manifest
by those villains, and when letter, order.
ing Sheriff Jones TO close the polls, and
leave the place in thirty minutes, under
penalty OF assassination, feeling that al
additional amount of disgrace was about
to be meeted out to their city, they made a
virtue of necessity, and volunteered to pro.
l,ect tie ballot box, and defend the man
they once bssely attempted to assa-s::i.s.te
in the dark.
They are heartily sick Of refusing te
acknowledge the validity OF the enact
ments OF the last Legislature, and arc de-
sirous to accept the charter passed by j
for their place; they begin TO learn tia
the lawless spirits of which their city i
principally composed need something mor'
than petiicoats to govern them; that 1. e.
must acquiesce in the action of the Leg 5
f lature, and avail themselves of the whole
some laws passed by it, which heretofore
> they were wont to condemn in such un
measured terms. They find now, TO thei
sorrow, that if they had acknowledged th
validity of the enactment OF the last Leg
J, | islature, under which charter was grant
}, ed them, (Which they would have don
: had it not been for designing demagogues
u that the evil conplaiLed OF could has
been remedied In a legal and peacef'
e manner, and their city saved the dissrae
II of the late outrage, They would hay
IS been spared the hulniliating spectacle
E. Witnessing fifty women, urgel on by t;
). natic bipeds, whose cowardice pieyente
d their taking the lead, bat who put femal
/. I'VE will not call item ladies-in Il
front rank, TO shield them from the cons
~ quences OF their lawlessness. Seen
ike that which dssgfaeed the woald-be P
: ritanic city Of Lawrence. eldom ecc.
= bat when they do, they show on the part
= the performers an utter want Of all the l
find feelings which should ornament a
re adorn the .ssofter sex" and render tht
Ms worthy the love and respect of man.
ess The London Court Journal 50
that the committee have decided on Moor
monument. It is 10 be erected In Dubl
at the end of College street, opposite
80 ef.