Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-07-28
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hundred dragons, awaiting further action
Of the people before using decisive meas
ures, but would attempt collecting taxes
IN few days.
We clip the above from the telegraphic
column of a Cincinnati paper. We pre-
sumo the same item has been telegraphed
from 81. Louis to all parts of the Union.
The information itcontains comes through
pro-slavery channels Missouri Re
publican (from which the information is
obtained) being the leading pro-slavery
journal of the West. Now what is the
the purport OF the news:
"Gov. Walker is still at Lawrence with
four hundred dragoons." What is Mr..
Walker doing with U. S. troops in Law
renee? Awaiting the action Of the peo
pie before using decisive measures" This
is not very explicit. What have the peo-
pie done? or, what are they expected to
do? We have read all the news from the
territory that we could obtain, and i: may
be summed up thus: The law organizing
the territory declares that the Inhabitants
Of tie Ter, tory should be left free to reg
ulate their own domestic institutions in
their own way. Well, soon after this act
was passed, an army of robbers invaded
the territory, drove the inhabitants from
the polls with pistols and knives, and or
ganized government of their own. They
enacted code OF laws which would have
disgraced the most barbarous nation on
the face of the earth, and then undertook
to compel the Inhabitants of the territory,
BY force and arms, to Submit TO these laws.
Finding the Inhabitants of the territory
too numerous and determined for their
small army, these Ruffians called upon the
Government of the United States-"the
land of the free and the home of the
brave"-the government that had prom
ised the people of the territory the right
to govern themselves-we say the Rutfian
invaders called upon Government to aid
them in snbduing the people. "rell it not
in Gath" this government responded to
the call Of the Ruffians and sent an army
to assist the invaders in congueriny and
suJduing the inha6 tarts Of The territory
By standing armies and false promises,
the territory has been kept comparatively
quiet; but hP people hare not been entirely
SUBDUED--they have never submitted
to the tyrannical government of the Mis-.
souri, robbers. Peaceably and in strict
accordance with the organic law, they have
organized a government of their own, ant
they are supporting that government. A
Constitution has been framed and present
ed to Congress. A Legislature has beer
elected, and local laws enacted. While
the people have been cautious not to inter
fere with the Ruffian government, they are
equally determined not to be tyrannized
, over by the usurpers, or support the Rob
Der government. Gov. Reeder tried tC
subdue them, and failed. Gov. Shannon
tried and failed. Gov. Geary tried ant
failed. And all these Governors now pro
> claim that the people are 'ight in resisting
the Tyrants. Well, Gov. Walker is sen
there. All along his journey, and afte
his arrival, he Hatters the people that h
is on their sde---that he is in favor of .tai
> play The people receive him with en-
; thusiasm, and treat him kindly. AS f.
as is consistent with their manhood, the,
cease their opposition to the government
But Gov. Walker proves traitor to tn
: people, and his treachery being discovered
i his influence is lost. Under the pretenc
of movement of troops against the Nor
mons of Utah, Walker and the Admiais
tration have been all summer concentrat
ing U. S. troops in Kansas. tor the puI
: pose of making last and desperate efoi
s to SUBDUE the people of Kansas.
g We now come to the immediate caus
of the present difficulty. 1t seems tina
4 the Bogus Legislature made a charter fo
n the town of Lawrence, without being aske
g to do so. The people of Lawrence, nc
liking the charter, nor acknowledging tn
r. authority of the body granting it, refuse
to organize under it; but made an organ
zation to suit themselves. Under the pre-
|. tence Of preventing this organization, an
d compelling obedience to the Ruffians, th
army is collected by Walker, under tt
~ impression that if Lawrence is conquere
the balance of the territory will submi
This sham about the city charter, is II
d most transparent humbug in the worl
y Nobody cares straw about the charte
5 The real object is fairly stated in the di
w patch. 1t is nothing more nor less ths
HIGHWAY ROBBERY, under the sp
8 cious plea of 'collec ting taxes"
"Bm acould attempt collecting tdxes in
\ fe,O days"
l. What taxes? Why, taxes to buy brei