Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-07-31
Especial Correspondence Of the Boston Traveller.
From Kansas.
The PEOPLE OF LAWRENCE AND Gov
WALKER.


LAWRENCE, X. r., July l8, 1857.
War again aimostL Another gov
ernor has pounced upon poor Lawrence
With grand flourish Of trumpets, in
proclamation which leaves Shannon ant
the truculent Woodson forever in ,h
shade, the last sitrap of Democratic
tyranny has come down on US like
hawk on a June-bug. We are reinstruct
ed into profound and humiliating sens,
of our trcasonablcness. and warned o
our awfal fate most solemnly pathetical
ly and pious'y. BUT no epithe,s can d.
justice to the last raragr phs of the ins
trument Of which enclose a copy.
Yesterday the terrible threaterin.
were subs.antiated 50 far az the coming
of the port,ntous magistrate with hi,
troops. Again we have heard in oul
streets the jinglng slbra of the sodiery
sent to awe, aud if needs be dragoon us
into penitence AMI suhjection. Again
this morning look out from my window
on the white tents, us my slumhels arc
broken by the call of cavalry trumpets
Dear 1rareIicr, these 81 shts and sounds
are not very pleasant to one of the first
settlers in Lawrence. They can neve,
be pleasant to one reared W tn the i'm
preston that he is citiz2n Of one of the
frcest governments on the face of the
earth, when they express a threat agains,
his liberties. To us they bring up some
"reminiscences of onr days of beleog gure
ment and outrage to make them peculiar
ly distasteful. Bat avin, y5n to do
your own moralizing, will oHer only
the bare chronicle ofeyel.t>, ,,1d til It from
the beginning.
You know all about our city o, .aniza-
ton, the head and front of our of lin.
We had got as far as the election Of our
municipal officers. The persons CLOS =
had not formally accepted their proTrrc :
dignitics, when the proclamation wa,
Illuminated. In little over twelve horrs
after it reached us, but two days aft +
its date and while we are debatin, tb'.
question of IFS gcnuness, for with or
profound conviction of the grca. sagacity
of this new governor, many Of us b. licve
1t a silly hoax, the troopers ar ferliag
the kaw, and his Excellency crossing t.
direct their proceedings, and exert him
self ito prevent bloodshcd" For fes
moments they are drawn up in battle
array at the head of our main s,roet, or
the spot consecrated by the location Of
our first fort, (the fist hrcas.-w work
thrown up on this American continent
TO withstand the aggrcssions of slavery
then defiins out, they make their cncam-
ment half mile out from tho centre.
and higher up the river, the governor
makes his home on the tc-tal field, and
Begins the first act in the drama of Walk.
ers war,-an entertaining farce, it seems
to us. All Lawrence explodes with
laughter, Nobody thinks oftrcatins the
matter seriously, but some ambitious
youth, painting for notoriety. who air
their rhetoric on these pleasant Summer
evenings, from the tops OF hotel pizzas.
to see their names in print in some Eas
tern journal. The funkey adulators o.
the great paclacators led by the hunkest
Ct all editors, taking advantage cf the
frolickiny propensities of the boys, gath
cred to hear the declamati7n aforesaid
late in the evening Of nj ght be- ore last,
get themselves appointed a committee to
await on the Governor, to obtain (as
near as can learn terms OF capitnlation
One half Of this eo:nmitter (numbcrinI :
two persons headed by the funkey cd-
tor, determines to improve the rare OPP
portunity, and get the semblance Of some
respect from his fellow citizens Against
the remonstrance of the other two they
visit the Governor as soon as he is fairl,
ensconced in his tent. The citizens cal
an impromptu meeting. They repudia.t
the editor, as unfit to be in any WY thci
mouth-picce, and least of all in conference
with the governor,-pass resolution tt
that effect, and send in whila tic coun
ell is going on in the tent. wharcupol
hunkeyism droops its feathers, and hasten
to return with no report to offer for tn
scorn of the people.
1t is also resolved that we give NJ
hearing to this governor, if he attempt t.
address us, but signify,by our wi 'hdraw
al from the range of his rather limite'
vocal powers, that we have heard cnou.l
of him already. Last evening the peopl
assembled to hear eloquent speeches from
those ever popular speakers and honore
citizens, Robinson and Lane. OF thi
and what follows more by the mex
mail. L.