New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-12
KANSAS.
EPAPBRODTUs ON THE STUMP.
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LAWRENCE, Oct 2, 1857
1Ast night Epaphrodtus Ransom addressed g
Lawrence audience The huge eIMichigauder WA
hiniy snayed, a. be6tted candidate before the
people. AZ a speaker he lie one Of the most in
siderable bores who ever fel. it his privilege TO
1orwent an audience He isa political antiquarian,
and roots up all the defunct issues that ever we're
heard Of. His frst half hour is devoted 10 proli1
introduction, in which search.warrant could not
fad N idea. He is Democratic candidate, not
Pro Slavery one." Invent "Democrat-Demo-
sNy-Democistic party ;-DemOcracy
satie pMty--Democrat." After half an hour Of
tat, he went to the years seventeen hundred and
seventy somethipg--seyepseen hundred and eighty
seventeen hundred and ninety. The old gentle
naB closes the last century with his third half hour
and q pinch Of snuff. Eighteen hundred and three
eighteen hundred and fve-eigbteea hundred and
seven. He gets at Inst 10 the poiut that Congress
bred and eleven--eighteen hundred and fourteen
eighteen hundred and eighteen. The audience get
very FESTIVE; groups cluster and commence whisper
ing conversations, half audible. EpaDhroditus is
offended; viii not continue unless they give hm all
their attention. Eighteen hundred and nlneteen-
eighteen hundred and twenty-eghteen handred and
twenty.one. The Missouri, Compromise repudlatcd
BY ali true Democrats Unconstitutional. Goes
back 10 seventeen hundred and eighty something;
the audience in despair. After while progresses.
Eighteen hundred and twenty-fOur- eighteen hum
dred and tliIiy--eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Talks Of Jackson. The Democracy" one, the
name aud unchanged. Eighteen hundred and thirty
four--eightsen hundred and thirty-sx; gets TO the
United States Bank. Elaborate on toe Bank"
and Democracy" Eighteen hundred and
thirty. egbt-eighteen hundred and forty
eighteen hundred and forty-twO. Gets to
the tariff. Great is Democracy. All other
parties are in favor Of odOus tariffs. All other
parties are I" sectional" All other parties fight the
a. Democratic" party. ElaborOtes the tariff. That
j. a true issue. Audience get dis listed. Suggest
tast he . op his antiquarian researches and come
down TO Kansas. EpsphrOdiius enraged; threatens
10 quit Audience delighted At the idea; keep quiet
in anticipation Of such desired result. Eighteen
hundred and y.four-eighteen hundred and
forty eigbt-eigLteen hundred and fifty. The
Wimot PrOvso. Sectional fanaticjsm. Congress
Aas no right to interfere with Slavery. The santed
Compromise measures. Unconstitutional Missouri
Compromise repealed by those. Audience begin to
get Interested SUIle voices respond. Epaphroditus
gets scared-fears he has got into a sectional
agitation. Goes back to eighteen hundred and
three. Audience euTaged. Invite HIN 20 Kansas.
A tall Free-S'are MissOUrian in the middle OF the
street, at the back Of the crowd, gets on keg like
another Cole sus. EpaphrOditus highly mcensed.
Bits down before he has completed his fifteenth
head. Never gets To Kansas. Five heads still I'M
touched. Audience for the first time satisfied.
After the candidate had sat down Mr.. Joseph
Speer made speech, and handled Democracy"
and Epa pbrOdtus rather sarcasticaly. Judge
Smith rose aud addressed the audience, as did Mr..
Psnons and S. n. Wo,j. Gen. Mclean of Lee
compton made speech but did not attempt TO do
20 in a serious manner. He replied to questions,
and joked ana jibsd. The meeting broke up some
where about midnight.
Another company Of artillery is marching on
Lawrence. ] have not yet beard of single ORA
COON On the border. MissOurians clustering in.
There is a BssouIian for every vacant claim on the
Ipdian reserve, and come of them beh in 4 SORT
Of mutual political trust for tour five ersons.
Not less than 1900 Missouri votes will be poed 10
johnson County, probably 1000. Eight voting
precincts have been appointed for that county The
soeas icers have only established four in Douglas
County, which s the most tbckly settled county in
the Territory. johnson County is all IN the
Shawnee Reserve, which is not yet open by law. I
Nearly all OF the voting precincts are on the border
There are two of them in one Congressional town
ship. The Shawnee Indians are 10 have payment
on election day. This will call Them al out. Ple0ty
Of whisky hrs been obtaiued for them. The Pro-
Slavery agents will get them to vote their ticket.
voting precinct has been established at the place
where the payment is TO be MADE. Great efforts
ere being med 70 caiiy LeayenwOrih County by
the Pro Slavery meu.