, 1863-10-07
The LAWRENCE MASSACRE.
How the Chicago Relief Fund
Was applied:
GRAPHIC NARRATION OF THE MAS
SAcRE.
4 Discourse Delivered at Unity
Church, by Rev. Robert Coll
yer, Sunday Oct. 4, 1868.

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not defended by that wreck Of hnmanfty.
whose unhouored days are drawing to a close
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nlnsuh running Up 70 ne )unction OF me
Kansas WIN me An.sonTl hiFer: very oEdi-
nary %a!cn1e1hess wo9lo 1e snmelenl 10 oe-
lend me lords, W9Ae the chances 1oE the enc,
my to escape Woald pe 80 smfA that ne Wonid
always De far more char1y = making the at.
tack, and SO could not bat feel as studied
the sltuauon that tnls must haFe nad good
deal to DO with the ever returning troubles Of
this noble little town.
To the South, stretching away Into the
lmaelhary me separating Inc States; NO
river, except The Makaruse, which, where
crossed 1t, ltor followed the track Of their
nfe to the end, Was as dry astthe hoor OF o1r
oaeement usage and other waters. east
II forded. or indeed avoided. This vast eoun-
forty miles to the line, on any one Of the
natural roads, aud where you are bound for is
only to be guessed at from the Vay You set your
face, as our good old Bible has It. And this
must be understood to understand the story.
Have you never been conscious, In your
OF inevitable fate--ead, stern, nexorable,
which the old Greek uses with such fearful
effect in his dramas, in which all human pow
er seems paIa1y zed to avert the impending
doom? This Was the predominant feeling In
my mind when Tried to ASCERTAIN, from oil
sorts Of Witnesses, the reason Why the end Of
al sh4pld o.; be eTaei m hnatehe o. helpless men,
First Of all, and tlis to me the saddest,
ever since the var broke out, these men
had been watching for this enemy:
He had sWo1n with eyer-deepening emphasis
to come, and they were ready. Home guards,
night patrols. every prccautlon tor defense
lad been kept up until within three weeks Of
the murder. But trade was good, every one
busy, AID the whole town Kas tired OF run.
ming to the CRY Of 'WoI," When no wolf
tain time he would burn their town Then
they were al 1eady-no Quantrel came. After
that the good man Of the honse did not bs.
lieye the thief would come, and so he did not
watch; and then he came-a thief and mur-
derer, in the night. EARLY on the evening b.
fore these Fuf1ians were Known to be oa the
march, they were observed In some general
way to be heading toward Lawrence. There
was some taint attempt to let the commander
know, but by series Of woful mistakes,
which Mr. Brown explained to me very clear.
ly, but have forgotten, the telegram did not
reach him until MI WAS over. Tinally the one
solitary man who, living away back in the
country, saW the Impending danger to Law
renee, and Was man enough to mount his
horEc and gallop through the night to warn
horse, his back broken, and WINS found next
day with Just strength enough left to tell Why
be was cyIuE, then Welded up his soul.
audi 80 on t6at August morning, when the
1rst ray Of the sun touched the hills in which
the was Graded, the iair young city lay sleep
Lawrence has one fine business street, with
Lesser streets branching out or parallel to 1t,
flled NTH cottages and workshops. Each in
it's own little garden. dwellings Of the better
class dotted for mile oVer the land. The
road on which the enemy came leads directly
into the main street, He rode closely and 81.
lently until he came to the thickest fringe Of
the ioTn, aud thep, 5elNnE Ike The 4ends
they Eese, one party rode fapid]y in aud &C.
cured The street, while the rest separated
right and left. to the dwellings, already DOOM
ed, in different parts Of the town.
We cannot measure time in our In
teusest moments-.au hour is hut as minute,
or minute is IN hour. So cannot feel sure
Of what ts still the universal testimony that,
flom the moment when they heard the drst
yell, it could not be more than three minutes
before the invaders were In tu4 possession OF
the town, and at every door where the mark
ed zen were to be slain, OF the heaviest plun-
der taken. There were two little camps to1
recruits at The edge Of the town; in one,
twenty one white recruits, In the other, q
number Of negroes. Eighteen Of the twenty
one white men were inEtantly shot dead, ma
ked, rs they woke out Of their sleep. Three
only got away. The negroes had some little
advantage In their nearness to the ravine. and
nearly eTery one Has saved Now I quote
the exact words Us they fell from the lips of
these men and women: awe believed. they
came for plunder aad to bum our town. We
were surprised. It was bad job. We knew
that al %e had n he world va gone, but It
resistance, and resolved to make the best
terms We could, giving them all we had" B At