The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11

send 10 Gen harney 10 request MN
10 furnish a regiment of dragons to
proceed to the city Of Lawrence, and
this for the reason that he had re-
ceived authentic intelligence, veri-
fed by his own actual observation,
that a dangerous rebellion had oc-
Cured, involving open defiance of
the laws, and the establishment Of
an insurgent government in that city.
In the Governors dispatch of July
18th, he informs the Secretary Of
State that
The movement in Lawrence was
the beginning Of plan, originating
in that city, to organize Oh insal rec.
ton throughout the Territory, and
especially in all the towns, cities and
counties where the Republican party
have a majority. Lawrence is the
hot-bed of all Abolition movements
in this Territory. 1t is the town es-
tablished by the Abolition Societies
of the east, and while there are re-
spectacle number of people there, it
is filed by a considerable number of
mercenaries, who are paid by the
Abolition Societies to perpetuate and
diffuse agitation throughout Kansas,
and prevent the peaceful settlement
Of this question. Having failed in
inducing their own so-called Topeka
State Legislature to organize this
insurrectiOn, Lawrence has COM
mcnced it herself, and, If not arrest
ed, rebellion will extend throughout
the Territory"
And again:
"In order to send this communica-
ton Immediately by mail, l must
close, assuring you that the spirit of
rebellion pervades the great mass of
the Republican party Of this Terri.
tory, instigated, as / entertain no
doubt they are, by Eastern Societies,
having in view results most disas-
trous to the Government and the Un-
ion; and that the continued presence
of Gen. Harney is indispensable, a.
was originally stipulated by me, with
a large body Of dragons and sever.
al batteries
On the goth Of July, 1857, General
Lane, under the authority Of the To
peka Convention, undertook, as Gov
ernor Walker says,
"To organize the whole Free State
party into volunteers, and to take
the names of all who refuse enroll.
mcnt. The professcd object was To
protect the polls at the election, in
August, of q new insurgent Topeka
State Legislature. The object of
taking the names Of all who refuse
enrolment in 10 territy the Free
State conservatives into submission
This is proved by the recent atroci-
ties committed on such men by the
Topekaitcs. The speedy location Of
large bodies Of regular troops here,
with two batteries, is necessary.
The Lawrence insurgents await the
development Of this new military Or
ganization."
In the Governors dispatch, Of July
27, he says:
LANE and his staff everywhere
deny the authority Of the Territorial
laws, and counsel total disregard
Of these enactments'
Without making further quota.
tions Of a similar character, from
other dispatches Of Gov. Walker, it
appears, by reference TO Secretary
Stanton's communication 10 Gen.
Cass. on the 9th Of December last.
that
"The important step Of calling the
Legislature together was taken af.
ter Governor Walker had become
satisfied that the election ordered by
the Convention on the 2lst VI De-
cember could not be conducted with
ont collision and bloodshed"
30 intense was the disloyal feeling
among the enemies Of the Govern
ment established by Congress, that
an election which afforded them OPP
portnnities, If in the majority, Of
making Kansas free State accord.
ing TO their own professed desire,
could not be conducted without col.
lision and bloodshed. The truth is,
that until the present moment the en-.
emies Of the existing Government
still adhere to their Topeka revolu-
tionsryConstitution and Government.
The very first paragraph Of the mes.
sage Of Governor Robinson, dated the
ith Of December, to the Topeka Leg.
islAtnre, how assembled At Law