The Kanzas news., 1858-01-23
From the Crusader of Freedom, Jan. 9Th.
A Kick-uD at Rfckapoo

| At the last election Kickapoo polled near
| ly one thousand votes, although she has not
three hundred citizens. A Free State man
was stationed at the polls to challenge Illegal
voters. The soldiery were there to protect
the polls, but the Rufians drove him off,
He went to heavenworth. The polls OPENED
by authority of the Legislature were held at
Mr. Chambers house. A Rufian entered
it in the course of the day and kicked over
the tables and ballot box
On Tuesday morning the Rufians, elated
with the apparent success of their perjury,
brought out their cannon and fired it
shouted, drank, swore, and vowed vengeance
on the Abohtionists:
An opportunity TO annihilate these same
Abolitionists was given early on Wednesday
morning, when three hundred and fifty men,
chiefly Germans, from Leavenworth, entered
the town, and proceeded to the house of the
perjured judges of election. They had
writs to arrest them, we believe; for felony
under the election law. But the birds had
flown. Their beds were warm when the
Leavenworth boys entered their rooms.
Unsuccessful In this, they went down
town. seized the cannon, lashing it to the
sentinel who had been stationed by the Ruff
fans to guard it but fell asleep at his post,
and then dragged them to the top of the hill.
They surrounded the hotel and permitted
neither entrance nor egress. Still, however,
the perjurers could not be found.
Conservatism suddenly rose la Kickapoe:
The few Ruffians who showed their heads,
on being asked their politics, were ''law-en-
abidin' citizens It was astonishing to see
how soon ''the squalling brats in arms"
cooled the fanaticism of the Southern chiv-
airy.
The gentleman whom they had driven
from the polls on the previous day was with
the boys, and went round inviting the Ruff
fans to drive him off again. But they
wouldn't try.
Finding they couldn't get fight out of
the Ruffians, our boys formed in line of bat
tie on the hill, and, after cheers for free
Kanzas, marched back to heavenWorth
''Gott verdammt," said d German, look
ing down on Kickapoo, s'keine Betrugereien
mehr," which, freely translated; reads
Blessed be the name of the Lord for in
iquity will not endure forever
Next day the rufians recovered their
pluck. They armed themselves and spoke
vain words. They ordered the Free State
men to leave town. They fired several shots
into Mr.. Chandler's house. A gang of
them entered it, and told Mr. Chandler that
if he did not leave town in twenty minutes
they would put him in the river. Mrs.
Chandler drew her pistol (she always car
ries one) and told them that if they did not
leave in less than twenty seconds she would
give them the contents of the revolver
They scattered. For they were very brave
After running out number of Free State
men, (there are only dozen in the place;)
they received news that the Germans were
and again became conservative.
But the alarm was false, and they became
valiant again.
In the evening, at the hotel, gentleman
took out a copy of the CRUSADER Of Freedom
and began to read it. A Ruffian snatched it
out of his hands, read its title, and put it in
the FIRE. 1--WE don't allow that id alb
clifton paper to be read here" he said.
1t is not safe for Free S ate man to go
to Kickapoo. Yet this is the place where
the President has located the Land Office.
Guard is Kept every night both at Kicka-
poo and Leavenworth. 'Great peoples"