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H""oS SotiuHa'uiuS TIC lIlsuiScnL FORCES Ot
Kansas. 1t will be perceived that the in
surgents are cffecting Il complete military
organization, in defiance not only Of the
laws of Congress and Of this Territory, in
regard to the militia, but also in resistance
Of the authority Of their own so-caled To-
peka State Legislature, which refused to
pass any laws for such a purpose. Here,
then, is undisguised rebellion assuming the
form Of military organization for the rur-
pose Of ovcrthrowing the Territorial Govern
ment of Kansas, and with it the govern
ment of the United States in tlis Territory,
by Installing, Ly force and terror, their i'll
surgent Topeka State Government.
In these proclama,ions, the government
of their country, established l'y Congress
in Kansas, is denounced us dcspotic, and it
is declared that the dcspotsm which has
been forced upon us must Lc ovcrtlirown."
Lawrence is established us the " IIcalquar-
ters" of this insurgcnt military organization;
lut the avowcd object is to extend it TO
every neighborhood, town and settlement"
of Kansas. The military organization WAS
intended in aid Of the local iilsurrcctionary
government which was commenced by
pre-concert with the establishment of the
so.called city government oF Lawrence
The city Of Lawrence: Which WAS org;.ll-
lied and colonized by the great Abolition
Society of Massachusetts, sustained 10y
their money in connection with the town
speculation, and filled their paid mcrccna-
ries and pensioncd corps Of slanlcrcrs, re,
portcrs and correspondents, was selected us
their headquarters, and the point where
they should commence the revolution.
BY pre- concert, Lawrence WAS TO COM
mence the revolution Y the establishment
of an insurgent city government in open
defiance Of the Government Of the United
States, and of this Territory, resting upon
an avowcd revolution. The false idea of :,
voluntary association, which no one would
have disturbed, to remove nuisanccs, &c,
disappears at once on perusal Of the char
ter, whicl, creates a complete city govern
ment- Indeed, they call tia government
in the charter, and give it full powers, leg
islative, executive and judicial. A Mayor
and board Of seven Aldermen to lcgislatc :;
a Mayor, Treasurer, Assessor and City Mar
shall, endowed will, full power for the forci-
ble execution. of their laws and Justices
of the Peace to adjudicatc with powers to
enter judgments fer debts, fine, arrest and
imprisonment. Full power is given to as
sess and collect taxes by force, and to
change the pr pcrty, even Of nonrcsidcnts
by sale on execution by the City Marshal
They call it a government" not voluntary
association, and give to it all tho comprc-
hensive powers usually arpertaining to city
governments. This government las no
basis in law, lut only in openly avowcd re-
bellion and revolution.
With view to the maintenance of this
government by force, they have established
Lawrence as the headquarters" Of mill
tary insurgont organization. They have
made Gen. Lane Commandcr-in Chief Of
the insurgent forces; Conway, Adutant
General Whitman, Quartcrnraster General;
and Phillips, British Tory. the sandcrous
correspondent of the New York Tribune,
whose heart is overnowing with treason,
and with intense hatred to the Government
Of the Union, Commissary General
Toreach Of these insurgcnt officials they as
sign an Office in the city Of Lawrcncc."-
They separate the whole Territory into
four military divisions aud eight briyadcs
They make" G. w. Deitzer, Of Lawrence,
Superintendent Of enrolment for The 1st
division; Kagi, of Topeka, Of the Cd;
sRoot, Of .Wyandott, of the Sd; and Riddle,
#of Grasshopper Falls, of tho 4th; and be-.
sides the general officers, they appoint Cap
: tailis, k!edtenonts, ,Sergcants, Corporals,
with eteolnPfete roll of officers and men
,,thteng the Territory, and they are now
.sdtilling their insurecionary forces at.va-
srious points. One of.tlleir most significant
orders is this, as quoted from Gen. Lanes
proclamation: "That the Captain Of each
company shall require a registry to be made
: OF all persons in his ncighborlood, town,
og settlensnnt,sif # any such there he, who
8 siall refuse TO enroll himself in said com,
Ypauy, an transmit the same will, his COM
paDy toll e this Office at Lawrence" The
object of. this registry Of those who refuse
aeh!ollment, is well known. 1t is borrowed
from the scenes Of tho French Revolution.
LIS to mark, as was done then, as victims,
all who. would not bow down to the fero-
ciosas rule of Marat and Robesrierc. As
the rolls Of the non-insurgents were kept
at Paris by the guiIIotine tribunal, so here
il is TO be kept at Lawrence by the insur-
rent cLiefs-Lane. Conway Whitman an