The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-21

ioca~.roGaSace " Cincinnati Commercial
lAwRaScr. August L.. 1857.
wrote yoa week ago, and told YOU of
the departure of the troop, from Fort Riley,
aud prophcs,ed then that the story &C the
Indians was all hoax, which proved true,
and in thrcc day. time we have the whole
pss~c. some Sst >tnsng, again quartcrcd upon
the town of Lawrvncc. NJ demonstrations
have vet been made against the CITY IL Law
renee, hut canpsales of dragons are scour-
ing the country IN all directions. al the beck
Of some pcpa,y Marshal, arrcsting Free
State men. simultaneously has hecn visited
Topeka, bloomington. brs.klyn, Talmyra
and Franklin, charges growing out of the
disturbances last summer arc being hatchcd
up, and Free State men arr hcisg arrested
upon the most frivolous charges. anything
10 oppr~ss snd hsrass So much for Walk
er's promises IL torcrt the rast, and let
hs-grncs be by .ganes." IL slas five or six
arrests were made AZ the little town Of
Franklin, and the prisoners parsded through
the streets III Lawrence, guarded bv some
forty Dragons, apiarcntly ON purpose 10
ayyravate the frvc State men. and il posi-.
bic, provoke collision with ntea State
truops. Ii u needless to SAY that the pris
aaers are among the bcst aud mos, respcc ted
citizens of Kansas The attempts To- make
arrests al Topeka and Bloomington have
thus far failed lntil n,w | Ind hoped and
believed that civil war was nj an end In
Kansas h0, | assurc von naM that the
chance. are that all the hurrar> IL a civil
war arr soon t. Ia visited upon Kansas
Tie Territory to-day j. o,se sleeping y,,l-
cano. Our per,eeutor> enly lave To put in
few mere drops. aud. like a MA,rlwind.
they will hc swept from hansa> forever
Walker liza, 'riel every device II which HI
subtle heart wss capable, o. divide and die
tract tine Free State PARTY, 81 tllat prs-
slavery triumph would bc CERTAIN bat, tail
ing. lac next tried car citadel Of strength
the Topeka Constitution, hut, finding hut
| one voice. and that in favor ii cur State
| Government. he neat tries the naras>ingn
process, and our irec State men arv t. be
arag,1ncd into submission. "oh the bcall-
tic Of squstter Sovereignty
| Walker told - Topeka that IN March, next
we the whole people =, kansas, should
have vote Ia elsetlus neleeate u ,oa-
yress aud members ii Territorial Legi>la.
ture, not under tire b.,sus laws. hat under
the tntcd State but, when asked 90 re-
fer u L., and furnish "a copy IT tLc law
under winch VT arr e. yatr next tall, be
| treats our request with perfect sAAtcMrt
/ Hut Walker after pretending 81 know all
about the laws under which We arr to vote
neSt fall, ncslee;s upon the pretenec that he
vas not acquainted with the law aeglccts
/ toapporiion the territory Tor the Legislature,
making Il th. duty II the President ii the
| Council and Speaker II the House II the
Bogus Legislature, u apportiua tue territory,
| which has been douc and half of the whole
territory again d.s 'fascAiss,i. anil the bslance
Il which are fixed a, t. make >lavehold.
/ ing triumph altA..f CERTAIN. Jadgc Cato
having also decided that thc election laws If
- and 10 arr Yet ia force. anA tina, We
cannot vote wltss.ut paving lss3 tt-g aud