The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-03-19
A wOMAN's ROW IN KANSAS,

Kansas paper thus dcschhts upon a row
among the women Of Lawrenee CITY, Kansas
Territory.
Speaking Of II row. was YOU ever i'm onc-a
good one-not u single handed fist cuff, but 1.
general scramble, u free fight, where men women
ana children m ar. hnddled together IN glorious
confusion! Well, if you we're not, you should
have been in Lawrence yesterday. 1t was a
day long TO be remembered. To the unntiuted
1T was rich, rare and racy. 1t seems that some
5O or to women of Lawrence, wives, muids and
natrors, formed themselves into u COMPANY
ofiicered and uniformed. la mitaiair armed
and belted with bowcknivcs and rcvOlvers and
with an appriate bunncr flung to the breeze "a
red flannel shirt OH pitchfork,) they marched
down on, or rather charged one whisky shop af-
ter another, and demolisl,ing everything Of
spirituous nature. Whisky was cheap in Law
renee that day. The ladies all became excited,
but from what cause deponent sayetl, not, con
c'uded to take n recess. changed the order of
business, resolved themselves into n Free Lore
Convention, decided on the evening entcrtain-
ment; marched out into the street and com.
menccd operations. iIugging, paving, kissing
and carcsslng was the order Of the day around
the corners, ON the pavements, out in the streets
anywhere and everywhere it wns all the same.
Well, it was great Free Love day, even in
Lawrence Husbands and brothers became
tired, and ut length attempt ed to put stop to
things, but nll to no Use, they failed to accom-
Psh anything, nnd heard after it wound up in
one grand fnak over which disorder reigned su-
pr"me, the married men held n meeting and
passed resolutions condcming their Free love
organ, the "Hcrald of Frcc,lom," ns n nuisance
and ordering it to be cast into the river. My
informant left before the dropping Of the curtain
III the last act. All the actors were on the stage
at late hour, the Herald man swearing his
wife was as good as anybody's wife, il she
in the Free-love circles every night. IIuzxa, who
cares-,c-h-o 0p-c, Free lore az Ln,rrcacc.
By last advccs, the old fogies were us much
too slow rs they were far behind the age, md
the Herald office stands unmoIestcd, and - order
reiSns III Warsaw Great country, this and
fast people all, but do think Lawrence is little
100 last 10 suit western mcn-n0t quiee the Bor,
der Rutfian style. II may and d0es answer in
me East where sucl, men as Beccher and his
Kindred are locked upon rs the lights Of the age,
ana whose word might he taken where sell in
tercst would prompt lie in n land where the
marriage relation is openly scoffed al and where
natural affection or caprice is sufficient grounds
Tor inlulging those passions. We have not pro.
ceeued quite that far along as yet. we may learn
III timc but we would protest against taking it.
nil ut one dose. Border Rufians arc strange
beings, i'll fact trained from early years to self
reliance and harcshils of every klnd-not one
of whom have not, one time or another crossed
the plains or camrcd aud struggled through in
the Indian countIy-thc rifle his only protection
ana support, body guard and frend--camping
ut night III some lonesome del, whether nseep or
awake. is dreaming Of some fair one ut hume
Iho tales of the camp fire are of BATTLES love,
and beauty, and by constantly dwelling OIL the
female character they have thrown grace or
magic around it little short Of angelic; and
every white woman is looked upon as Something
sacred, or rs fancy paints upon the plains there
fore, they are slow to believe everything they
may h"nr about Frce-love. &c. but what Il
change would cone over their deans if they
should suddenly find themselves in Lawrence on
some gala day as the Chorus arose over the
city:
.'Fill up the cup with mad delight
must, ] will he wild to-nirb.