Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-08
a Kansas Acesunt ID Capt. DfsWn.

n A00D00 Account q C0pt. 0R0Wms Il
The Lawrence (Kansas) Herald Of Freedom,
Republican In IL psincip,ss-having hoisssd the
name Of salmon p. Chase, Of Ohio, for Pvesideat,
and Nathaniel p. Banks, OF ,Mssachusetts, for
Vice Pressdent gives history Of Capt Osawat-
hn1ie Browns operations IN Kansas, in which II
makes him out . regular cutthroat and murderer,
u sccuses Brown Of having commenced the var
against the proslavery party before t6ey had done
him any injury, and Of being . drawback and
disgrace to the genuine ffee-State party
Speaking Of the difnculsies at Fort scott, inau-
gurated BY Jim Lane, old John Brown, Red.
path, Phillips, and all that elsas Of persons, the
Herald lays: = - - - : --.--.1 ! =
y % Then scas ,evsasized fke seersf, oafk-Borsd
League fhs oeJeet Of srhieh TO nssrdey - eosd
blood. ecery eD5eey eSsrtsd eNdev che Lsconspfoa
Ia sSassosS to sIat secret @ sres.;.sssos - ,ea.
Lase 1As ickets plan Of assassisattos, Of SsLays
g Aevses for ths erscsfiosers, se., are IN tks pos
:,ss1s s5 g good sss: si =: ( ;s Ass. .:
jnstmenf Of all these matters, becauss Conxrr8
did not give legal s.nction TO the Lecempton
lsOld John Brown, with his sminions who
opened the bloody issue In Kansas by numbering
the i've heads Of families on Pothwsitamie Creek
a midnight, on the 18th Of May, 1856, appeared
and took charge Of the marauding forces. They
attempted to make the whole population Of Mis-
spurf responsible for the hoFrid murder near Chat
teau's Trading Post. Brown was in constant In
tercourse with men In the East, who declared on
ence that their Z" only hope Of aboishing slavery
In the United States lay through revolution;' and
from them he received funds rom tisne 70 time in
prosecution Of his war schemes. When Mont
somery discovered Brown & Co.'s plans Of revo-
lntisni TO his credit be it said he protested and
in consequences Of their quarrel, probably more
than anything else, the latter made brilliant
slaves and made forced march 70 Csnsda. re-
ceiying any amount Of aid and comfort, from
his cohorts along the route"
Speaking Of the Harper's Ferry demonstration,
the Herald ays: ssss'laI4+ fss, SD 7
..swhethes Redpath was there we are not ad-
xised; but their synpathizers and co-operstors in
men, and 5sfa iloyf fisss ssSors tie Srsalins ors
9 rae di6erify az Harper's Fssry sonas Of fheus
rsre fryi.g to hirs money - Lasrrsnes scsth AseA
20 Pey fhes, srPessss 70 fAs ssese Of eosssmpIafed
sfsys no doubt designing TO raise the means to
refund the borrowed money from the sale of
ratc jewelfy, and plate which the constitu.
non OF the organisation provided should be used
70 cefray tne expeusee of the war e.asE
s1he schote fstaSi Of the ovgenfxaficn mode of
spsrafsos $e, &c seems has bees ksosrs IN Kansas
for tosg fssse- We are told by parties who
@ ss 'ssss s.ss ss PEI sSs :, .ss Ga sw
blow as 70 intimidate the whole popuisficn Of
Virginia and the South, who are kaevn'So Be az
ssscingiy ge zmosons ovsr fheir slave population
take posse1ion o. the arnory, while othen win
teams, were 70 carry the srms and military supplies
10 the mountains- In those fkstaesses 6e was 10
erect his independent staadard, around which the
negroes were 70 assemble A secret Organization.
permeating al sections Of the North, with power.
fal -backing In Kansas, were to Furnish recruits
Thus Strengthened they would be abls % bid de-
hAnce 10 State aad Federal authority, and though
p seven years' war should follow, or though il
should be protraeted through half century, they
would keep alive their movement acting mostly
ppon tbs defensive At nrst TN the negroes of ths
canadasan ofthe South could give them sufReie /
strength to Justify aggressive movement > =
"As frequently stated, the whole programme
was deveieped % ~ whilea prisoner, charged
with high trcason, In the summer az 1856 with
The exception that the ne]d cf operstions a then
coutemplated has been removed from Missouri 70
Virgins. When we afst learned Of IL we resolv-
ed 70 resis3 the conspiracy, cost what IL would.
lis movements, though IL has assumed Protean