The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1856, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7302. AN APPEAL FOR FREE KANSAS. SX-00¥. REEDER IN THE TABERNACLE. Enthusiastle Reception of the Governor. ‘He Wou't Declare his Presidential Preferences, HIS VIEW O® THE BORDER WAR, He goes im for War to the Knife STATE OF THN AWFUL IN KANSAS, AN INTERESTING SPEECH, &e. &., &eo. ‘A very large concours« of people assembled at the Broadway Tabernacle, last evening, to hear Mr. Andrew ‘i. Reeder, Iate Governor of Keusas, who had informed “the committce chosen at a late meeting ior tree Kansas, ‘et the Tabernacle, that he would aitend. The ball was deneely crowded, from four to five thousand persons ‘Deing present, Ateight o'clock Mr. Edgar Ketsbum was called to the Obair, and Mr, John Fitch wos chosen as Sicretary of the meeting. The Cuain proceeded to reed several despatches from ‘Mr. Reeder and his family, in reiution to bis appearance in New York, but was interrupted by the arrival of the @x-Governor, Who was greeted wiih loud and long con- tinued cheering, during which h took bis seat on the Platform. Mr. Reeder is « middie aged man, with a -pleasant Lanhcmmie expiersion, ‘The Cua made a report from the committee in rela- *tlom to the funds raised by a former meeting. After due Anvestigation the commitice bad reso ved to pay over the funds 80 collected to the national commitiee, and the re- Port closes thus;—‘‘Having previously paii $346 60, mainly for the relief of individuals in Kansas, and $1,000 through the Central Commitwe tory have accordingly “paid over into the treasury of the National Committee th ‘balance, viz : $2,809 70.” Mag. Reger was then introduced, and when the enthu- giasm with which be was grected had in some degree @ubsided, said — I thank you sincerely for this demoustration. It pleases me to know tbat here, and amoung this audience, there is some sympathy for the mea wb» are struggling for their Upon the far off pltivs of Kansas. (Obeers.) If BO symyatby is shown in tne nigh p.aces of government; if thero is vo sympathy among tucee who occupy the places of authority in the country. there is at least sym. pathy to be found among the masters of our officials— those who have giveu them the ‘little ‘autbority’’ which they have so prostituted in foce of high Heaven, and of thie republic. (Applause. ) come beiore you to-night on a mis icv from the tree State men of Kausas, to tell you the dale of their wrougs, \d appeal to you for the aid av’ protection which, as zens Of one common government. livtog under @ con- tion and laws which are common to all the people of this pation, you are bound to render, I come to you aepresenting” a ty which has but one ‘ar- ticle in its tical creed, to wit:—Making a free State of the Territory of Kansas. i spplause.) 1 come, representing a party which bas thrown wide ‘open its dcors to every man /f all political shadeg of opinion, who will unite in that common object—a pa-ty who, in their anxiety to reach that great goal of freedom wherein lies the best destiny of this couatry, have ignored a'b other political distinctions. ((hecrs) As the repre- sentative cf citizeos from a Territory which has no vote to cast in tbe coming presidential election, I come not here to dictate your chcice. { come not here to speak in bebalf ‘Of or advance the candidate of any epecial y. I come to speak for tree Kanras, ard for free Kaneas alone. (Appiause.) I ehall noi disclose what I have to say the + ar of any man, nor repel the confidence of apy man or ret or men by asking who fs his candidate, or what is bis party; and ifany man has come here to vight expecting from me ap eulogy of any entia: candidate, or any pe — with re- to the election alove, I sha'l be competied to duap int him. (Cheers-) But if, on the other hand, aay man ‘as ccme here expecting me to om)t anght that bears oa the condition or destiny of our poor aown trodden peo- le, he will be equaliy disappointed. (Renewed cheers. ) Peat gO as straight to my object as my intellect will admit, and I sball deviate neither to the right nor left foc the sake of any candidate or any party. If, however. the truths that I shal! bave to tell, and the remedy that I shall suggest, incidentally help aby political party in th » land, it is their due, and I sball have no word to tak eH 4 back. If, ou other hend, those truths shall in jariously’ affect. any party, the responsibility is @pon them, upon me; aud I ebatll have no regrets for my own actions, whatever I may have for theirs. (Loud cheers.) I come to you, not ‘Upon & Mission of partizanship. | come to you to discuss a aves! which rises far above the common aim of ae liticians, and which deeply affects the character of this republic—atfects (ts character, not \n aoy minor matters, Bot of secoudary importa.ce, but in that which consti- tutes its very vitality and esseuce—its character upoa no Jess a question than whether this great motel repubsic, which piuming {tself upon Ns past achievements and tu- ture promise, claims to be entitied to ‘he admiration of all the nations of the earth, bas th: ability to protect its Own Citizens—its character upon the doctrine of self gov- ernment itself. Ithas been customary with us to set ourselves up be’ore the world in the self complacency of American cit'zens; as having acbicvei the problem of self government, and to claim that what before existed yo eee| wo have redaced to absolute certainty. Wai you that events have been transpiring within the lew years which should cause every man to Inquire seriously whether we have demons or oved our capacity forsclf government. Let us in king over our past hstory, whether there are no events to lead the movarchs of Euroye to shake their heads in joyous doubt as to whetber that prebiem has been solved. You see in this ‘and the peop e of one of the States of the Union, with a constitution such as yours, straggling to eustamn thomselve- in the enjoyment of legal ‘and constitotienal rights who, farting fn this experiment, are obliged to cast laws avis aud resort to revola tion In order to proket those rights. The government of Califoraia has proved a failure, ani needs tae corrective of a revolution to bring it back to its original purity. And, ype the Land ‘west of the Rocky Mountains, we see a poo- |pie who bave proved themselves incapable of good self KOverpmert; who corrupt the stream of society in the most sacret fa ; who maiptain a Governor of their own choice, in deianee of the Premdent' ming to act by Divine right, an’ who turn awa: defeat the otticer sent te govern them These are not the ouly instances which shovid teach every man wo himself to @ serious consideration of the ‘ot the country. Look on the plains of Kansas ! and is there with eloquence sufficient to depict state ¢f things there? I coriees my total inability to 80. No man can reatiee it except he bas been there, ‘can only say that there, on the pains of Kansas, under shadow of stars and stripes, there is to be 4 @ people, whose condition, focial as well as you would improve if you were to trans- them to the government of the Czar of Rus. the Fmperor of Austria, or the Emperor of . Tn the political Feale they are below the subjects Russia, of Austria, or of France, and that, too, while lly under the protecting shadow of of this model republic. (Hear, bear.) y, it is capable of the platnest and short man wh» knows the frets, or even few of the'feots. ig an admitet and undenied truth the people of that Territory have no lot or part in own government. They have no laws of their own —they have no taxes of their own levying— ave bo officers of their own electing—the slaves, subjugated by « foreign prwer, witl shadow, no semblance of self government— Wy subjuy by the border counties of Mis- |, who rule and dictate their offleers, Are the of Aust ia, Russia or France less free, potiticaliy, this? How can they be? Nay you would improve the of Kanzas if you were now to jussia or any Fu- ty would beat least secure, their dweliings jd be protected, and murderers and marauders would punished, As it is, carelessness, rapine and crime riot, and there is no arm of law to stay its force, the contrary, the ravishers of this uotappy land ve prosti-uved the law (s0 called) to answer their par. , and use the weapons of government to further vile ends, Suppose, for a momeat, that some man with , bad walked in among the sages w’ up the Devlaration of Independence and had said before three-quarters of a century would pass h things as we now seo would exist onder the consti- mn Of our republic, how indignant would our fathers we been. (Cheere.) Let me, in consideration of the © 1 am to occupy, come down to somothing like de- jilg—to bring home to you something like a true sense the state of things there existing. I shall not under. to give a detail of the outrages, of the highway rob ies, of the house burnings, plunderings and horse pee—of thi trages of all kinde—for, did I under. to should have to request . beyond the limits of speech to give such an inventory ; and, even if I should to give @ portion of such detail, I should not be ow where to begin or end. I must, therelore, t them in @ general way. I start with the declaration it there has been a scheme, since 1854, to mare Kansas slave ae RA Penn ener words, to force, by vio- & pro-slavery constitution upon an unwillin le. ‘is ‘plain, and that scheme has beon progressing, by step, eyes of this nation, who have it to go On Unchecked. That this is so, I suppose very little demonstration. I shall, however, trace successive steps of this project as they have de- ingenuity they been pF T shally show Whe oppressors haye gone on until their work has & been almost completed. i shall show that it wants but a very few finishing strokes, and then to demon- strate the consequences of swecess in this scheme to the North, Coreapted) You know already that no election has ever been held upon the Foi? of that Territory where the men who have been the originatora of this scheme did not attend in numbers suideient to control such election. In November, 1864, they eame in large num bers from Mis’ ouri (o elect a delegate to Congress, aud in March, 1855, they sent in thousands to elect Legislature, which went on to enact laws for that Terriwry that are still in force. You know tbat on the 30th of March, 1855, one poll after another fell into the hands of those men. You baye een the re, wrt of the Congressional Commit- tee, and from that you know twat these are conceded facts (Cheers.) After “that election they proceeded at once to take away from the Territory of Kauaas every vestige of civil liberty which they could Rasp. In the thet place they closed every box within their reach, refused to allow the people to elect one territoriat oft! ‘Ibey have in their bands the legisiative, exceutive judicial powers ot the Territory, and have secured every office, irom the highest to the loweet. Thix power they fondly hope cannot be rescued from them excepting by a revolution. They have lft us nothing but that which they cannot take away—the physical power which we happen torhave. That, thank God, is beyond their reach—(cheers)—and the time may come when the ‘awe of God and man, aud every consideration which can influence a religious man and true republican will dictate to him that that physical power {= the only one which cap be used to redeem the political freedom which bas been wrested by fraud and ‘orce. (Prolonged cheers.) Not satisfied with their work in Mareb, and taking possession of the ballot boxes, they attacked the few which Congress had opened for us, and which they could not close. They threw guards and tests about them for the purpose of preventing the votes‘of free state men from being received, und giving opportunity to the voters from Biissouri. You have hear the details of these proceedings again and again, and the means resort ed to for the purpose of rejecting every free State man’s vote by imposing political tert onths, and surrounding ‘he ballot boxes by ruflians. Thus they bave seized upon the political power. They have determined that we ekovlo exercise neve of our rights as voters. have appointea by name the prosecuting attorney and sheriffs, and took care to provide that all officers not appointed by the Legislature shoulé be appointed by county commis- sieners, who have absolute control ever the elections, dxing the place and appointing officers. Having done all this, they felt recure against everything but absolute revolution. Then they procceded to disorganize the free State party, apd to deprive it of apy efficient power of action, First, they undertake to strip that party of its leaders, Indictments for treason are found; some are ‘brown into prison, others are exiled, and now some eight of ovr most efficient men are laid S heipless. (Cheers.) ‘the next step taken was to stop all passengers coming ‘rom the North into the Terriiory, and to rent the ac- <ess of emigrants from the free ‘States. twas the next blow aimed at the North in purswance of their deli- berate plan and fore-determined, premeditated purpose ? ‘They saw that the Free State Hotel, of Kanras City, on the border of the State, afforded ‘and a stopping place for emigrants coming into the Territory. There the iree emigrants found an asylum and a home; there he was welcomed with open arms; there he could rest until be bad purchased an outfit, and remain in comfort until be was able to pass wto the Territory, and had made up bis mind where to locate. Taere the emigrant found a temporary bome and « bospiwble roof till be had time to build his cabin and make a little home for himself. They ~uw that all bis wasa great assistance to the newly ar- rived emigrant, and an encouragement to the immigra- tien of free citizens, and they determined at once to put an end to it, and rot to suffer a [ree State hotel to exist among them. The landlord was ee et, notified that ie boure must be closed, and that he must keep it open © more. He was ordered that tho house must be sold to ® pre-slave.y man, or if not, that it would be torn down. ‘\he )Tominent men of the pro slavery party were on that © bimittce which issued these orders, and the landiord was cbiiged to submit and ¢ell out rather thau be exposed © tbe certain destruction of his property. So it was in pursuance of the same orgamzed sys- tem that tne hotel at Lawrence which a‘forded similar facilities was doomed to destruction, That, too, they determined should be torn down. They attacked it with artillery ;they battered down its walls; they etripped it of its splendid conten's, they set fire to its gorgeous furnturc——for gorgeous it was for that sountry—they he whole building a heap of smoking ruins. 1 no peed to relate to you the out-ages which we hav committed on that occa icn, at the burning of that hotel. How a band of infuriated rob vera and thieves and house- breakers spread themselves over the town, robbing and pluncering all they could iwy their bands on, how only two houses in the place were spared, which belonged to ee slavery men How they ransacked ee ond chests, and bozeze aad ya stole morey and clothes, and horses and oxen. One ci- tizen lort by their theft two thosand dollars in money alove, and another five or ix nundrec dollars. Not only they ‘stripped the houses f the avle merchaots and citizen but they spared not even the poor mechavic, but robbed bim of bis last quarter of w dollar They destroyed where they did not steal Large quantities of clothes whch never had been worn were thrown out of the boures md torn to pwcee, and the remoants scatteres over the ground. Vaivable books of all kinds, CT pers, were seized upon and committed in piles to the Bemes All this was done on the 2istof May, 1856, Now, all this which was done was not the sudden excite- ment of tLe moment, it was no suggestion of temporary madnese and rage, out it Was a step oowards ia their re gu'ar ard pre-determined purpose, in carrying out ths nterprise they bad jong before resolved. “It was in the e cool purpose and systematic plan to mske Kansas tlave State that they passed « law finding indictment against the most prominent of the free State citizens, and thet they decreed the destraction of the free presses brovghcut the Territory. All these things were the ro- sult and action of their ope single purpose. It was the pre-deterinived and pre judged system ana plan to make Keoras aslave Sate It was the deliberate resotve for: taken, to do this by force and violence, and that nothing shou'd stop them, Such war and is their purpose, and so far they bave been successtul—they have succeeded, Agoin, in tbe spring of 1865, a gang of men, marched to the sound of drum and (ife and well primed with whis- key, were enlisted in pursuance of their plan, and were Jet loose upon the bh ciways of Kansas to rob and murder the Northern free State citizens, and to drive out of the country all who could be intimidated and made to quit. ‘These men were landed in Kansas in the spring of 1855, onder the command of Colonel Bufort, of South Carolina. It was tail on good authority that these men were raised from the lowest rabble and id.e vagabonda im the South; at beat of drum and nd of the, they were raised jv the 9 way as mercenary Folciers, on the promise of regular pay, they were marched and drilled in regular military array their landing in Kansas they wer drawn up in military file with military music, the articles of their engagement were then read to them, by which they were bound to serve for one year, bound to obey their cficers and commanders, wi other stipulations. From that time to the present snoment those men have lived a purely military Ie, in camp, under command of thetr officers, roaming in bands over the settlements, at tackivg travellers and not allowing any one to live ia peace, or even to pass along the road without the _ mission of their leaders. The great bigh@ay of the Ter- titory by which the settlers had to go, in order to sup- ply themselves with provisions, has been seized upon and held poseession of by this troop, and it has been so blocked up by them that the free settlers have deen ceprived of the means of procuring the necesrary supplies. Man after man been robbed by em both of provisions and mo- ney, and ‘too frequently after being robbed their boutles have been left murdered on the highway. geptieman | know who related to me that be saw on ou cocasion seven dead bodies of setters murdered by this gang, and lying dead upon the road. At other places, gentle on whom I can rely, have related to me how they bave found several bodies of men who had been murdered on the road, in the track of these men who thus held by violence the keys of the Territory in their bands. By these various acts of bloodshed and violence, by denying ali judicial remedy and redress to the suf. fevers, also by depriving the reople of their leaders by méictwents on fictititions charges, by destroying their presses throughout the Territory, by taking away from the people their arms and means of defence, which they did at Franklin, at Lawrence and other places, and where they were pot thus taken away, by stealing them from them by their marauding genes, from the house of each settler—by all these acts they hoped that at lest the peo- ple, being deprived of everything, would be intimidated and dishearter nd thos that all free citizens who had settled in the Territory would be broken down, crushed, destroyed and driven away to make room for slaves, and for the establishment of the Hi stem Le | bad determined upon. Thus they clor the gates of the Territory against all free citizens who might eck to enter, and stripping them of their arms, plundering them of their goods and compelling them to return back to whence they came. So it goes on, so the deliberate purpose is ¢arried out pereeveringly, atop by tep. It is net, as Ttotd you t the ollect of rome tndden impulse, hke some street ray. , Ut aay of you think eu, you are yrossly mistake: he whole is par and paree! of ope great plan. What bas happened ha been the regular progress oi thrt plan. and that = and peng of making Kansas a slave Stave at all hazards as been purhed on, step by step, to its consummation. On the Ist of October, 1866, we shall bave another elec tion, and #ix months at, a siave constitution wil be adopted by the m e thus taken violem posession of Kantes, and that constitetion will be sen onto Congress, (A voice from the gallery exclaimed, ‘Send on more rifles.”’) After the excitement thus pro ‘ed bad subsided, Gov. Reeder continued —The elee- om will be beld under the authority of the bogus Lagis- lature, The men wo conduct and manage that election are selected ana picked for the Purpose, ‘and large bodie of armed men will be gent from Missouri to control th elections. Mark the ingenuity with which go to work. They will not shock minds too much by parading these bead: openly, with an avowal of their purpose, but they will have armed bands of men there, ready for their purpose, according to law. This may strange to you. But men who burn, and steal, murder accord. ing to Jaw will find little’ difficulty in arranging this of their programme. On the first Monday in October, 1856, there will be @ great military train and if we were to say that bends of men had been brought in to contro! the election, we should be told it was not eo, but that it was a legal’ militin training. Now, then, will the United States army prevent this? In answer to this question it Is sufficient to say that this election will be 2 6. carried on by three picked judges, seated inside the build- ing, who will rej what votes please, and receive such as they pl No army r, neither General Scott, himeel hor any other general, can stop the corrap- tion whieh will control this election.’ In vy bok te of things our people will not go to \his electon nor take in it, A State constitution will afterwards be adopted, which will be gent to Congress; and then the contest will .Ye transferred to Congre I would therefere proc aim with trumpet voice, if I were able, that to th.'¢ Congress wo must look. Every man who votes in the {, \!l for members of Congress, if he does not vote for the m2 who will vote (or tne constitution adopted at Topeka, Votes for the slave cou stitution of Kansas, which will’ b \ framed elsewhere. I Want every man to fix his eye u, %0 this event, and act in view of this great coming contes.‘: 1 want every man to be faihtul to his duty in the p, ‘emises. When that issue comes up, every man ought to weet it and be pre- pared for it. Itis the issue whether Kansas shall come n under the Topeka constitution or une ¢F a slave consti utiow. J differ with eome of my friends 48 t the bill in- troduced in the Senate by Mr. Toombs, \ I thought ana think till that it would bring up the quee tion of a slave constitution before the House of Represen ‘atives. That question must come up any how. I jt is n 9 broughtwp by Mr. Toombs’ bill, it will be brought up b Y theie-own action and by the steps they will take to pre. ‘uta slave constitution, pretended to be the iree choico Of Kansas. ‘When that question comes up, some will be fo T the one constitution and some tor the other. But then “here will be fourd men who will be for throwing both a ‘ide, aud will try to find out some middle course, and ey "Ade the decision of the great and imporiant issue. I hop @ they way not succeed. I hope my predictions relative ¢o this contest may be verified, and that the issue wi ll be brovght up square and fair, and that every man w, Ul be held to it to decide for one side or the other. I hoy ¥ it Will wot be staved off. I have no more to say on the s 1b- ject, than to warn every man to be careful to select 1 ’e- Ppresentatives to the next Congrcss with a view to th 's question. But this is a digression, k on and see thet other remaining acts mm this drama. They are, first, the invasion from Missouri, and the violent controlling of’ the elections, Then the votes will be for a pro-slavery con- etitution, This pro-slavery constitution will then bo adopted, and sezt a to the hails of Congress. Watch the resu®. You will see what 1 say verified, an’ ther bape your course accordingly. Now. what isthe reme.y for these things? Do you think that mone but the State of Kansas is interested in theze things? Do you think that all these acts of oppression and violence —all this trampling under foot of the rights and liberties of American citizens, is for Kansas only, and affects her alone? If any man so thinks he is under'an error. Take the map of Kansas—look at the territories extending to the Rocky Mountains. There you will see territor: enough for a State six times larger than Pennsylvania. if you cannot save Kansas, how can you save the next State to her; and then the next, and then the next—each one more and more outof your reach? Is it not evident that if ou lose Kansas you loge all the intervening Staves to the Pacific Ocean? When you have lost Kansas, and when Texas is parcelled out into slave States, who can say how much of New Mexico will remain free? All will be lost for the great North; and there is territ enough to make haifa dozen States, which will all be lost to the North, ‘The Northern States may be said to be like a tub overtlow- ing wih water, which is ever streaming up. The overflow ing stream of population streams off tothe West. Itisa constant stream, pouring out its waters weetward. It is a vast river which, if directed to one point, would butid up a new State in the West every five or six years. Now, who Js there can deny that slave labor ar¢ {ree labor cannot ex- isttogether? Where the ene is, there the other cannot be. If, therefore, you dedicate half the ecutinent to ne roes, you shut it off to free white labor; you forbid the emigration of the free white man to that portion of the West—you close it up to him; you turn back the human tide upon the North, you deny’ that lund to the laboring white man, and you devote is ‘exclu- sively to the negro and his master. Men of the Norta! This is a most important question for you. It is a great question, and its SS touches every man who labore. The mechahic, the drayman, the lowest a3 well as the highest kiud ‘of labor—allare iaterested in this quertion. Every man, in short, who earns his livelt hood by the sweat of his brow, has a dee; and abiding interest in this question. (Applause. Suppose that the Indian and Northwestern Territories had been thrown open to slave labor, what would have beea tbe consequence? Free labor would have sunk under the presture of slave labor. ‘This is not a matter of argument; it is @ matter ef fact. The theory has been demonsirated in Ireland, ip Chipa, and in other parts of the world, aud the result has always been the tame. When you refuse iree labor en opening in tbe West in our territories, you refuse vs an opportunity to better our condition, and throw back the tide of emigration which is now sett towards the West. Suppose this tide of emigration suddenly checked, your cities become choked up—wages are depreciated, verty, ignorance, depredation and crime are the tnevitable resulta. clusion is not probicmatical. It has been demonstrated again andage'n. Look at Ireland—there the supply of Inbor bas excecded the demand, until wages have be- come ro depreciated that le bodied man only re- cetves five or #/x pounds for a year’s toll. A Veicy—Ten Cont Jimmy. “(A laugh.) Mr. Rerpen—I cid net hear the remark of our friend. It is of no courequence, Masy Vown—Ten Cent Jimmy. ylauee.) Mr. Kevner—I was saying that in Irelaud a year's la Lor wos only worth ve or ex pornds. Don't you sce he cause! It is he same cause that is acting against us. (Appiause.) This con. (Laughter and ap- ts remedy is found in immigration, which depletes the po- ;Vlation and brings labor up to its proper standard. In ireland there bas been for years an iramense struggle be (ween the laborer and the Capitalist, until the laborer has ecoiwe nea ly a slave and the er. ist nearly bis mas- Go new and see the ranks of tabor depleted by im- all find the mborer receive the due (Applause.) GotoChina. ‘There the te. The people have never had the ‘ation, and the population bas been piled vp in one great runes. until it has become steeped (n igno ranee and poveriy. They are now so much reduced that they are eoid and shipped as slaves for California, aud the West Indian Islands. Is all the Western country dcomed to a similar tate? Slavery is bad enough in iteeli, but in the Sonth it is worse than any where else, and now t reeks to grasp this Western Territory, that it may be Wasted and abused. For it is a well known fact that throughout the South the institution of slavery has caused pine tenths of the soil to be wasted and abused. (Loud spplause.) This is a copious question, full of lastraction to the political economy Un its settlement depends our bepes for the tuture glory and prosperity of our country. ‘This is @ contest between the negro laborer and the white laborer. Every laboring man at the north should remember that the free State men in Kansas are fighting his battles, and that we have a right to be there. (Applause.) This is, in fact, & question between white men and piggers, We all loot forward to some ¢ay when there shall be a Pacific rail- road, (Cheers ) There are fow men whose hair is so gray that they do not hope to live to see the iron horse carrying the riches of the Kast to enrich the cities of tho Wert, and bringing the wealth of China and the Indies to mprove the trade and commerce of the North. Now, tel me if the Territory of Kaavas and that behind should be consigned to slavery, Low sorn will thia railroad be finished? (May voices—“'Never.”) But if you make this Territory free, introducing schools, and academies snd Churches, and ail the free institutions of the great North, you shail ‘oon see the great Pacific railroad fol. iow in| iese upon their track. (Loud applause.) If at territory be consecrated to freedom, we may expect to see the rai roa completed in fiftern years. (Renewed But if it is given” over to negro your response “ Never,” will be found true enough. ‘In a political point of view the question presents many important considerations. Suppose all this new territory shall be given to the South, including six or eight new States, with two Senators from each State, giving to the South the preponderance iv Con. grees, when may we expect to get it back? (Cries of “Never.’) Yes, it will be out ef the power of tho uul- ted North to get back ite preponderance. The South will keep it, and 1 othing will wrest ¢ from them bat bdlood- bed and revolution. Then we shall have the slave trade re-opened and tbe land deluged with servile labor, taking the bread from the mouth of every Iaboring man. Then wo shell have iaws aliowing to siaveholders the right of transit through the (ree States. Then will be hastened the day when Senator Teombs shall make goxl his boat spd cal! the ro.) of bis slaves under the shade of Bunker TL (Hisses and cries of “No,” “No,” “Never.’’) You tay “never; the man that says “never” ought to be ready to do never. (Cheers.) Faith is a very good thing, but faith without works don’t amount to mach. gbter and applause.) The pro-siavery men have menced their work {n time, and you should do so ikewise. I want every man to say never, and do never, until the work Is accomplighed. You mustect to work i time, You must not wait for !t to come, but must fore- fhadow it inadvance. Prevention is better than cure, i have seen men from the North whose acts could be ex- plained upon no other hypothesis than that they were ready to vote fer the spread of slavery all over the North, I bave seen men in Congress whose votes could not be exp'ained ip any other manner than that they were ready to vote for the re-introduction of slaves in your midst. 1 did not believe this once, but I cannot explain the acts of ther Wey. There are men in your midst dy to vote for the introdaction of ork. (Cries of « ) Every man most be on his it Fam eccnpying too much time, ) ond will pase to another view of the Who ts reeponsible for the state of things ia “yes, guard, (Applanse.) (cries of * po on, Fuhject Kenens? A Vowr—The President and the democratic party. (Bieres. ) Mr. Reerer—Outrage after ontrage is committed. The strong arm of the law, which should be the smeld of the is one of the instruments of oppression. Our fer under judicial he worst form of tgranny. Nomen thin asking for legal redress tor less of fife, or damage to property, Marder ttaiks sbreed, The citizen finds Mis friend weltering in lie bleed, and the idea of invoking the law to ponish the as earein isthe inst that entere bis mind. Civil war wracoe ¢n_ovrtsoil—our bighways are obstructed by armed bands of robbers, ander military rulesnot a singie right f* eit vs 0 enjoy. There was a time in the bistory of the Territory when the strong arm @ Executive mi cht bave stayed this tide of civil war—when, had there been & tonn of nerve ond integrity im the first oMee of the na Mevenge, of wary, 1865. (Hisses.) Then came the indictments, and we found Chief Justice of Kan- eae, unconscious'y perbaps, announcing from the bench the seme doctrine which made the name of the English Judge, Jefireys, so infamous. Yes, the same De which Jeffreys announced, in the of Charles the First (7) and for which be bas always the greatest villain that ever disgraced tha bench—how been put forth in Kansas, Jefireys laid it dowa ns tho law thet any man who resisted a pre cers was guilty of constructive treason, Jedee Lecompte, uncontcionsly 1 su) laid down the jaw in Kaneas, that any man Tesisted =the lowe of the United States, was guilty Ot constrictive trea- om. a, This is ly Jeffreys’ dovtrice Judge Legompte further decided that to resist the laws of MORNING EDITION—WEDNESDAY, ADGUST 27, 1856, Kansas was to resist the lay" of the United States, and he further made out a case ag.vinst a man who fa- yor a State government, thereb ¥ resit' the territorial laws, and thereby being construsttvely ity of construc- tive treason, (A laugh.) He thu made out acaso of FREMONT MASS CONVENTION IN JEQSEY CITY. Two Meetings iu One Day. constructive resistance, ») Bat AFTERNOON MEBTING. Lecempte had a light which Jeffreys” uot have. He A mass Convention of the citizens of Jersey City’ was bad the Constitution of the United State¥, which expressly | hela yesterday in the public square, and was attended by declares that treason ehall only const im levying war against the United States, or in giving wit and comfort to their enemies. But be had Leen tnformed by the speciai message of the President of January 15, 1855, that for any one to desire @ State con stitution was treasonous and rebellious. Av I say, if the President and his Attorney General know’ #0 better than to oppose the constitutional rights of the citizen, they have no right to disgrace the positions they #ccupy. (Applause.) The principle upon which the frecteonsti tution of Kansas is founded has been adopted’ in form- ing the constitutions “of nine States which have boemad- milted into the Union. Nine States have been admitted nto the Union with constitutions of no better auth rity than ours. [challenge contradiction of this statemeat. Since the revolution, eighteen new States have bean admitted—of these nine had no previous enabling luw @ large und respectable assembiage. A band engaged fur the occasion performed some spirit stirring airs, andsome campaign songs were sung Among the audience was quite & considerable number of the fair sex, who appear- edtoenjoy the proceedings with as much zest as the men. One of the Fromont Clubs of Jersey City was pre- sent, aad their banner, which bore the following ingcrip ca, was @isplayed on the platform:— THE UNION MUST BE For President... For Viee President 7 a . ‘Tbe meeting was called to order vy ex-Alderman A. H. of Congress, empowering them to form constitutione oe « agi —they came from the People in their primary | Wallis, and the following oMcers were elected — assembles, I challenge any man to contra President—Ex Mayor Robert Gilchrist. dict this; here or anywhere eke I am Vice Presidents—-Mauttlew Armstrong, Fred. Bischof, ready to mect him. These States were Maine, Vermont, Kentuchy, Tennessee, Arkansas, lowa, Fiorida, \Jalifor- piv and Michigan, None of these haa avy previows ena bling law of pF lead empowermg them to make State constitutions, We supposed that we were right esough in foliowing this long eaten track, and that the’ door whieh had Seen found wide enough for nine Statee to éater the Union would be found roowy enough for Men- ss. In the tage of the State of Teuxessee we have the avthority of Washington himeeil (applause) to the legaitty of this procedure, and in tte caso of Michigan thay of Jacveon. (Apgiguse.) It'werwell for these great men that they did notlive in the time of Mr. Pierce and Cate’* Cushiag, or they would have been declared tra’ tors. ¢Laughter’ and applaure.) Some peopje may contradict ‘his assertion of mine, oa the ground ' Lewis S. Barnum, Justus Slator, JohaS. Fox, William Keeney, Petor Raw, B. H. Huesman, Morris K, Crane, Gaus, Welhe, Dt. Culver, Jehm Ebiers and Avent H uyler. Secretariea—W. B. Williams, 8, W. Daysuport aad W. A, Townsend, ‘The followmg resolutions were read and unanimo: udopied :— Resotved, That the miaintsnance of tie’ princly roma ated 13 the Declaration of indepen Sprig enim i@ fedewal constitution, are essential ¢¥ the preservation our Cr tre poy rece and that the ‘edera! constitution. the rights of the States, and the-union of the States must and . shall be preserved. Resolved, That with our republican fathers we holt it to be P, @ self-evide at truth that all men ore endowe with the inalien ly that in some of thesc cases the terr‘torind legista- {¢ able right of hfe, liberty and the pursuit of hoppiness: and that tures bad passed’ acts authoring the people to }) epri object and’ lulerior design of our federal govern hold conventions, Ye fact is thatthe terriverial Jegisia- }° Ut IS Lo gromt these rights to all persons under its exer tures have no power to give or withhold avy such per- mission to the people. The legislatures have cal limited powers to do certain specified acts. They arc te”tegisiate for the Territory, and that ,is all. ‘Zhe powor toloid a Jorisdiction. ‘Sbat as our republican fathers, whew they had ‘abolished slavery in all ouF. ational territors. that w person shal:be deprived of life, liberty or prverty, without @ “38 of 1yw, it becomes our duty to maintain this pro- Viatou of the conzaltution against all avempts to volute It & Constitutional Convention comes from the peopis atone, | {berpurpose of e: nome glavery ‘nm the Terrttories ~ rt i ° United States, by yositive legislation, prohibiting its una fs given to them by the constitution, by whietythey | Unilad States, by pos ine gia pape, ‘oat have the right to assemble aud petition Congress .er the redress of grievances. If they consider a terrisorial goverument a grievance, they have the right to pediion Congress to be admitted under a State government. (Ap- of « Territorial Legislature, of any individual or association of individuals to givg legal existence tvalavery in any Terri: tory ofthe United Gates, while the present constivation stall e maintained. in +r i Kecolved, That the constitution confers upon s0- pee) oe ee See Se sees Saat it bas |’ vereign power over the Territories 0 be United tates, for been duly organized, because until that timo it is aot |i their government, andthat in the exercise of thiapower it Is ® Staite, Every thing must be ready for work: |) both tLeright and imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in therefore the “State Constitution must be adogt- |) the Terziiories those twin relics of barb: olygaay and ed and the whole machinery of government p- |. slaver; Resolved, That whilethe constitution of the United States ! was ordained and established by the pecwle “in order to form @ more perfect union, establish justice, enaure tran- quillity, provide for the sommon detence, welfare and secure {he Blessings of tiberi plo provision for the protection of ant prop ty of every citizen, the dearest constitutiraal rights of ep - ple of Kadeas have been traudulently and cfrlentty taken from m. Resolved, That Kansas should be tmmediately admitted as a State of the Union, with her present free covstitution, as at once the most effectual wi Josiment of therhghs and privileges to whiei-they are entiled, 3 he-eivil strife now raging in Ler territory. Hesulved, Thkt the highway man’s plea, that might makes right, embodied in the Os'end Circular, was in every respect uuwérhy of Aiperiean diplomacy, and would bring saune: dishonor upon any goverument 0? people that gave it their sanction. Rerolved, That a perly adjusted ready to receive the motive power from Cengress. These questious came up in Jack- fon’s tme, when Arkansas desired to come into the Union. ‘The people thought it was necessary that the Constitutional Convention should be ealled by act of the ‘Territorial Legislature, aud the Governor war requested to cal! a epecial session for that purpose. He decliaed to 90 80, and wrote to the President for instructions. The President referred the matter to his Attorney General, Benjamin F. Butler, who iustructed the Governor to-call ne #pecial ression, on the ground that the Legisdature bad me power in the matter, either to give or witthold permission from ihe people to form their own coustitu ‘The case of Micbigan, a similar oue, coming up 1a ext, Mr. Buchanan, in his ‘place in the § » Said that it was as clear as day that !Le Territoria! Legislature bad no power to call such Cepventions, aud asked if any Senator would dispute the point. No Senator did 80, and thus the Senate, through ‘we uiouthpiere, ceclared that the whole powor to do these acts rested with the people. Then all that has given vitality to these states has given vitality to the free State ot Kansas, and yet we find wen to call jt treason. Tho fubject might be further pursue’, but I will stop here and st ouce proceed to call your e*tention to the remedy. (Applause) You sre aware that the war in Kaueas after being one sided for a long time bas now become reciprocal. The people, no looger restrained by the pra- dence of their leaders, who sre shut up in prison, oukt forbear no longer, and they have avticipated the conflict, thinking ft bert to sirike the Grst biow—(loud applause) but not wptil they had been beatea dowa to the ground by the repeated blows of 1854, '55 anu "56. They have succeeded in driving out their Sovthera mvaders, and now upop the border of the State of Miseoart there iiroad to the Paeific cooan, | by the most y, and cught to render itmediaté ‘and suflicient aid to (ts construe: (ou, ond as an auriliary thereto, to the immediate construction of ab emizrant road on the line of the railroad. Kesolved, ‘hat 40 appropriations by Congregs for the im provement of rivers and harbors of a national character, re: Quiired for the secommodation aud security of an existing com- reree, are autiiorized by the constitution aud jasil y the odfigations of government to protect the lives sad property of ite citizens Resoved, That wo invite the afliation and: cooperation of men of all parties, however ditering from: usin other res pets, in support of thy iples hercia declared, and belie ‘ing that the epirit of ow tion of our courtry: ity of righis among ing their security esolved. That the namination of John C. Fremont for Pre sident, anc William 1. Dayton for Vioe President of the United States, by the pasty promuigated the above de claration of prineiples.as fit snd proper men to aid in their ex fs being organized @ strong force to invade Kanvas, . he Perak dae anon Mf these invaders shall suoceed, if that little band | jim‘ tecsionnl men with national privotplon aed te eisud soiples, and to sand. ‘orth ua the reliable representatives of 'he only eonstitutions! party of the republic, aud in all respecis worthy of the cond: of freemen in Keusas shall fall in the coring struggle, the last hope tor freedom in the Weet wil die whh them, When again can we hope to send men thore | dence support of every sincere lover of bis country, ani 80 well able to resist invasion as they are? Now is the freedom. time to save \Kanras by saving the men on its | After addresses by Messre. Curtis, J. Blunt, Pfoston sei, (Cheers.) They must be gavel or the laa | King and others, the meeting adjourned till the evening hope of freedom is lost with them. Let thom when it was announced that Mr. Burlingame, of Masea eo, aud Kansas and other territories is lost to freedom, A Men must be rent there. Men able to defend them. | cbusetts, would be present. selves, willing to dofend themseives, acd pre THE EVBNING MEETING. pared’ to defond themselves. (Applause) We ask no cds of the (pro riavery men. We oniy desire an equal momber, aud with them the result of the coatest is Fremont turned out Procession arrived In the evening the supporter: in still more imporing number not doubtiul, and if it must come to that we only ask for | from various pointe—so numerous were these that the 4 tree field and a fate and even ght. (Loud cheers) We | oni "er sada a bave long aud patiently borve our wrongs, and tbe only | hands of mosic accompanying them continually tnter reme¢y is to put men on our soll to defeat it They must | rupted the speakers, and quiet was scarcely restored ere be fed. They must take a year’s provision with them, for | gpother extered the Park. The delegation from Bergen the troubles bave exbausted the Territory. We ought to cost of $200 per man i) New York would give a for this cause it would sllcome back toher. After a (ew wore words appealing for funds, the speaker reetmed bis seat. ‘The Cuam seconded bis appeal, and subscription pa- pers were circulated among the audience Aad then, at half-pas ten o'clock, the meeting dissolved. numbered several hundreds, and that from Paterson came to the rendezvous in « train of nine cara, and counted up 960 members. Three stands were erected ip the square, but so large was tbe crowd that even these were insuilicient to supply the demand, and groaps coi lected tm the approaches, and organized on their own ac- count. Bonires blazed in every direction, rockets ran up from (he Jersey shore, and in the etrpets banner after banner bore the namet of Fremont and Dayton. ‘The Germans turned cut em masse, following the stam. of their countrymen throughout the States. Every- e the greatest enthusiasm prevailed; and if anything cau be judged from this commencement, New Jereey must no lopger be considered doubtful. Mr. Van Winkie presided at the central platform, and at & P. M. called upon Mr. Crozier, who, after a few re marks, gave way to Mr, Senter, of New York. Mr. SENTER stated it Was useless hi 10 bo heard by sueh a multitude, and advised them to form another miecting on the confines of the crowd. The speaker sub mitted the variou» Presigential candidates © # rigid ex. He sai t the prevent contest reminded bim of of cards be used to play when young, in which bere woe a “dummy” bend, Millard Fillmore was that ¢ummy, and Kentucky at Inst bad shown she wouldn't toke dusmmy up. After a song from the I’aterson Glee Club, Political Gossip, The Richmond Whig, tn order to test the fidelity of the vigger driving democracy to the cause of tho South, pro- poser that an electoral ticket be framed of eight demo- crats and seven whigs and Americans, to be supported by all-partics in Virginis, with the distinct understand- ing und agreement that the (iMeen electoral votes of Vir- ginia shall be cast for Mr, Buchanan if he gets moro Northern electoral votes than Mr. Fillmore; or for Mr, Filmore, if he gets more than Mr, Buchanan, Tho Whig *oye the plan will insure the evote of Virginia to the can. didate most likely to deleat Fremont. Sixty nine oid line whigs of Detroit have issued an ad- dress to the whigs of Mich'gan, requesting their co-opera tion in supporting James Buchanan for the Presidency. o . Mr. R. D. dit , of Ohio, was introduced. He began The Jamestown, N. ¥., Jeurnal, whore editor was a | py stating taat Ohio was not hie native State; be had the Gelegate to the convention in this city which nomipated | nusfortune to be born in New Hempehire, ‘but wa: Colonel Fremont, publishes the following fact in the poli. | eye proud of the land of his Nirth uetil Frank Pierce Me of the United on, a he tical hietory of Genera! Gustavus Adoipins Scroggs, the | pecame Vresident of the Vnited Staies and vanquished antagonist of George Law, and the righthand | for Fremon we arc pow only workin, & majority we can roll up for the Pathfinde: v then reviewed the past bi tory of Kansas, and in the course of lis remarks characterized Sheriff Jones asso mean amon that he played poker at twenty-five centy ante. The American people have now three plat: forms to chaore from. The Kuow Nothing platform is w conceal ariful dodger, Millard Filt 1 like the iriehmen’s flea as soon as you put your fiuger upen bim on any point he isn’t there. heid up to w ©» a Protestant, aud yet went to Rome, and had @ good time with the Tope. During stra tien he showed bie respectability by appointing Brigham Young and bit cighty wives Governor of Utah. Great Ftress is man of Mr. Fillmore: — We notice that the Bulalo Commercial Advertiser as Ferts that General Gustavus Adolphus Scrogge was not a delegate to the North American National Convention, held st New York in June lact. If that paper will allow we will state by way of correction, that we saw General Scrogge in that convention, heard him vote repeatedly for Preaiential and Vice Presidential candidates, as the alterpate of Dr. Bristol; and what js more, in the cau- cuses of the New York delegation we beard lim say that be thought Mr. Fremont was the man for the convention to neminate, though be rhould vote for Mr. Bauks bo caure the majority of the delegation bad determine: to seppert him. General Scroggs himself will not deny these atatements. fvMoleut returne have been received from Texas to show thet the demosratic nominees for Comptroller, Treasurer aod Attorney General, ov the State ticket, bave been elected by largo majorities, Chief Justice Gemphil! bad no opposition, and Judges Wheeler and Lipscomb for Asseciate Justices of the Supreme Court, are far ahead of General Jenvings. ‘The Newberry, 8. C., Mirror gives an account of a y party that he was a very respecta- vie President. Who woulén’t make a respectable Pre nt with DPanicl Webster for Secretary of State? more bas now as much bance in this contest ay Pres. tom S, Brocks. Mr. Buchanan has an advantage which Li. oppenenta co not possess, He has been on all sides of the house, but now he Is simply a platform, The re. publican party bas ‘a man’’ for their candidate, and this ing to Pi Lt looks weil for bis prospects. lnesoxnt bere annouteed that the Hon. Anson Durlipgame not baving arrived, it waa unlikely he would be present, and alter the singing of the Marseillaise, loud cries were made for Briggs. Mr. J. A. Brice®, of Onlo, was sorry at the absence of birthday party to Preston 8. Brooks, at Washington, at | yi Hurticgamne; related to the crowd that gentleman's which the correspondent of that paper was pre: past carcer. Mr. Bochanan would have been our next President had he been nominated withoat a platform, but the country wouldn't bave bim with ali Pierce’s sins on his head: he is lorit g every day in the North, and there will be Wi it et bim by November. Fremont waa reminated by tbe largeet convention that ever met in our courtry, and be was nominated to be elected. Mr. Fill- more sererted that Fremont was nominated by a seo- tional party, and that the South wouldn't submit to his elect bot when Mr. Fillmore said that, his stomach ‘wasn’t quite eettied after his tea voyage. Gol. Fremout fe modelled after old Zachary Tayior, and will make short work With all eccersioniats An Irisbman jo the crowd here cried out, “Hurrah for Fraymont.”? ter, Brice raid he was detighted to find that one Iristtoon at least did not beleng to the which killed Irish waiters, and then ‘acciarod the murder, “ justifiable homicide.’ He concluded by vy bic hearers to take pencil and paper in 5 ‘¢ out the adeantage of free over slave labor, ‘New ‘Ties on nearly all her immense commerce with ates, and the dollar# and cents view of this great question will be an immerse and incontrovertible argu: ment {n favor of free men and Fremont. The vast atsemblage then broke up, and the proces- pions wenéed their way to all poirts of the compass. Vorious computations were made as to the numbers on the grownd; the guesses ranging from 8,000 to 12,000. All, hewever, sgree that the meeting was by odds the lergeat and most enthusinetio held in Jersey Oity for many years. Veeinc Pictenss.—Rossiter’s historical pictures of Nooh, Miriam and the Jews in Captivity ere missing | When Inet beard from, in April Inet, they were on ey 4). dition in Mobile, The artist would like to ascertain 0), Atmeng the guckis were Senators Batler and Douglas, otber leading friends of the admisistration. Gen. Quit man availed himself of the occasion to present Mr. Brooks with @ cane, a8 @ testimeny of the admiration with which he bed inspired the citizens of Holmes county, Micsis- vippt, by his attempt to murder Mr. Sumner. General Quitman delivered an “appropriate” speech, which is duly reported in the South Carolina paper, in the course of which be accoruet to him the chief virtues recognized in bis part of the country. Personal Intelligence. Robert G, Seutt, of Vu., United States Consul at Rio, Is 1 Washington ibe Virginia Board of Public Worke, and F gentiomen, are ow A Visit to the Blue Ridge Tanoel, s# Amelia Moomer denies being the originator of the celebrated Bioomer costome, apd gives the credit (1) to Mra. Miller, daughter of Gerrit Smith. She says Mre. M. had been wearing the breeches tome two or three months before berself, and others were induced w adopt the style. ‘The Hon, Fravcis P. Riair, Jr., member of Congress elect from the First district of, Missoari, is at the Metro- pelitaa Hotel. ARRIVALS. At the Clarendon. Mr and Mra J HH Welles, Michigan; RK Swit, Chieago; N Berry, Paris; Jno H Crane, Balt st iW . and; BA Booth, New York; Baron Osten on; AL Rlwyn, Philadelphia’ R W Kendall, has Isham, H Blydenburgh, New York: From Savannah in st aed Indy, Mrs iecommte ad certian Nass Garmen) a a And servant; Co Nehapin, Mrs Rosenberg. snd’ infant inven, Mrs nies. dock. Sigh © Greene, Mes Binmenswiy oe i; | Wherendocts. Fihott, Rev & F; Ww y Ply: M4 Tr itareaed Or} at Bf Pin Won Jersey City News, wotoney, | A Barren, el Homing \ Ines euiep.— ihe man who fell and instant.» aed white fies Ape Pet 8 vg wes vi Rien croaping the fide between Jersey CY 80° Comma paw W Baie, DW Dreserr, J Newent ones, | on Morday, hy FES Pharo, aly four eptiaren hy Missee"A Wane e'O ‘ran towne 8 He was thirty, years of ego. Core’ ea’ J Blasyer, J Twomig—2) in " nor Fyrar held the inquest lors af some sixteen kisled and w< ‘inded. ! very atightly. ) his custody, charged PRICE TWO CENTS. THE WAR IN KANSAS, Pro-Slavery Manifestors—The Border fans on ne Marcu—icciting Corscepena the St, Loais Republican, Aug, 21.] In the Leavenworth City Journal of the {iit —iant Sa ject of recent ee ee pi yg the people of Kansas, but ‘Say are sv very gees Before proceeding to give the news furnished by the ournal, it may be well to allude to the account of the yture of Franklin, contained in the Lecompton Union of thre 14th. According to this account, a porty of Law. rence’ outlaws, aided by some of Lane’s attacked the town of Franklin on numberv'd some 260 and C9 a me tack about four hours, The citizens of ‘lum ool lected in a log hove, and eg pg for this length of tus oon Buy pumt 9 3 ing that they could nt dislodge them, the assailants fillod = Wagon with bay, and setting it on fire, becked it up te the house, whereupon the inmates had to leave it te escape the flames. Tho Scoundrels then entered the Post office, aud robbed it of about $60 in cash, all the bed Diankets and clothing whi ch they could find. and mang other things, in fact ey vything tiey could iay ther bands on They firet went to Erankli band demanded Judge Fatm, the County aesessor for Doug (8 county", and another mam by the name of Buggies. It will be remembered tna¢ these Lawreneettes held a mi “ing some time since and declared that the Assessor + liould po? make sssese- ments in Lawrence, and if he a, ‘tempted it, it would be at te peril of his own hite; and as’ soon as Lane's party ar- rived at Lawrence they immedia ‘ty proceeded to Frank- limsand demanded the Assessor. There were oaly about fittsen mien in Framisiim at the time of'the aticek, and they fought successiulz two hundred tad filly of their ene- mies; and when tile aspailants left they had sustained @ ‘Tore were ouly %wo of the citizens of Franklin wounded and thas Capt‘tim Anderso»,,U. 3. A., who ha 2 three prisoners with Dreaking op 9? the Post office as Frank!is, is said to lve been notified ‘hatif he did aos ‘five them up he would be attacked, 3%t this does not seni to Lave been doze. The Jowrnal, under the bead of “T Le Bl Issue Bogun.”’ states that an oxprese man had crrived from Le- coapton, which place ae left the afterno ot of the 15th, who states chat Captain Tread weil’s comp: “y of forty mes were surrounded by three hundeed and ei, {aty mew uboll- tion ats, who had sworn that no quarter 5 1tld be givem to tem. Captain Treadvell’a men were Lye log build- ing, and held ovt mantolly. They mana [34 to get a worm to carry a message'to Gey. Shannon , me for aid. The Governor, it ig said, ealled upon’ the United Stateo military Jorce, but they refased to act. On che arrival of the news of the situation: of Captate Tread-vell’s conspany at Lecompton, Col. Titus amd t. men started to hts agsistance, Aferwards iti vsaid that Col. Titws’ house was surrounded by a large 1 Vamber of men, and it is added that Cob T.’s house was 5: juent ly destroyed, momy of his) men being killed. Audrew Preston was wounded; Mr. Sisterre was kille: Mr Clowes, editor of the Souther Adboeale, was ulsi Killed. It seers to be well ascertwined that the com may of United States troops having: ctiarge of Robinsow, Ymows aud fother prisoners, surrendered them to Lane's, aud without frivg a gun. This report seems to us alm wt im creaible, and we shall hesitate to betieve it until wo ave mssurance of it. The antisiavery men arc driving all the pro-s!werg men outof Dou; county, aad destroying their pre perty, On the 15th a party of eighteen pro slavery men, 5 surrounded by Laue’s meu, cul their way through, the loss of two men killed ten wounded. Gen. Claris, United States-agend for the Fee rors, escaped with his family across the river, before 's men reacbed that point, and are at Leavenworth Cty, Gov. Shannon and nearly al! the eitizens of Lecomptos bad abandoned that place. Lieut Woodson, who waa fortes 19 a house with his family, was taken prisuner, am@ his house burned dow: A Cgbt took piace on the Lith near Ossawatomic, be tweeu two hundred abolitionists and twelve pro slavery men—the latter ina fort—aod the result was, the killing Of fourteen abolitionists gad the wounding of six others. We have the Lerder of Saturday last, in whieh pe ae = cf several of the afuirs te which allusion hss been made, aud we proceed to give them at full length. The ‘iret 13 a letter from Mr. R. 3. Crane, a citizen of Frapklin:— Fremanm, K. T., Aug. 13, 1866, Enrtor Boxer Rurrian =~ Dear Sm-—About 11 o'clock on the vight of the 12am ipst., we were attacked here by about two hundred amé fif y ‘abolitionists, irom Lawrence, They sent oue of their mew up to demand our arms. Our captain, Mr Rucktes, replied that he would not give them up, and called bis men up, bumbering fourteen, sud they all said that wovld die befure the abolivon thieves should have them. The abolitionists then surrounded the house and com menced to tire upon it, which our men returned. The abolitionists fuding it too hot for them, retreated for about tirty minutes. whem they made another a' but without avy eilct Zhey then retreated @ Ume, to hold a covsuitatioa, and concluded that the chance for thera was to baru the houte and rua us vich they did, We then called for quarter, which: they at once gave by cisarming us of our United States maa bets and small arms, and jet us go, after threatening ws very bard, They first demanded der was the next in order. the key of the Post office of Samuel Crane, which be gave them.” They huntec from top to bottom for armas, what was there. They then robbed the Post office ut $70 worth of saamped envelopes and other vala- le papers. They then proceeded to 8. Craae, Jr.'s, dwelling house, aud took from there about thirty Galeed States muskets and one piece of artillery x pounder. From Mr. 38. R. Ruckles they took $425, a gold wateh worth $125 and about $450 worth of clothing. From Mr. Barnes they took a large lot of clothing; from Mr. R 8. u they took between $000 and $1,200 worth of ao- counts and notes, and about $125 worth of clothing, &o.; from Judge Fane they tock a five horse. We killed seven ef the abolitionists and wounded @ great many. No one touched on the pro-siavery side, RS. CRANE. ‘ ‘The following addrees was issued at We 6th — pert on the TO THE PUBLIC. Tt bas been our duty to keep correctly and fully ad- vised of the movements of the abolitionists, We that, since Lane commenced his march, the abolith ib the Territory were engaged in stealing horses to his men, organizing and preparing immediately on thew arrival to carry out their avowed purpose of expelling or exterminating every pro-slavery settier. We have seen them daily becoming more daring ap Lane's party advanced. We have endeavored to cor friends for the end, which was foreseen an we now have to announce. LANE'S MEN HAVE ARRIVED—CIVIL WAR [3 SEOUM.. ‘Un the 7th inst. Brown, the notorious arsassin and rob. ber, with a party of about three bundred al attecked and drove into Missouri, Cook and Georgians which bad rettled near Ossawattam: colony Was unarmed, and not ebildren and were burned, all their property (even to the clothes. af the children taken or destroyed. ar ame ‘On the 12th inst. a party numbering some @ a ed the house of Mr. Wate, in Tykine county, ans bim into Missouri, robbing bim of everything. de is @ free State map, but sustains the laws, and was attacked nares to procure the arrest of the mui derers of ‘{Meinsen. On the 12th inst. , 800 abolitionists, under Brown, many of them Lane's men, attacked a house occupied by the pro-siavery men in Franklin. Our om! but 14, made a gallant figbt until their pouca was set om fire. The abolitionists took the cannon whieb bad beem left at that place, ail the Territorial arms thas were depo- sited there, broke open and robbed the Poa office. Om the oth inst., they proceeded to at’ sek Treadwell's settlement, in Douglas couaty, numberio:» about 30 mea, obolitiouiete numbered ‘about 400) men, under the command of Brown and Walker, well m canted and armed. ‘They planted the cannon, which ‘cad been taken af Frankiin, and attempted to surround Treadwell’s party. The Inter, overpowered and searce of ammunitica, ab tempted to excape; but as they wer » on foot, we fear thas most of them have fallen. Our f somde are coming i, robbe:l and plundered. lourly expresses arrive anno si qresa of te traitors. We have not time ope Lb F - detaua. Ve give these, that you may s ° Wah an orpeniced one %d ee (bat it ls be outbreaa, We believe thai ere this Le sempton is taken. fn tem ® hot one pro slavery sett ey will be lef on the south de of Kaneas river, unlees instant ald be givon them. Ovr friends om the nort p side, scattered and unpre Pered, will then be exterm inated and expelled. We give you no mere t @mors, but a simple statement of undoubted fro, We ray to you that Sa Wevored, ie now being waged by the abolitionista: e cailon all who are pot prepared to ree their trends butebered, to be them selves driven from their homes, te 7 aptly tothe fegeue! ‘The abolitionists proclaim that “no will be giver.” “Every prosiavery man bated!” Wont wi ube your reply : . R. ATCHISON, W. A. RUSSELL. BOONE, AG, Weetront, A op. 16, 1856. B.¥. STRINGFELLOW. The followit g was iesved in an extra from the Border Region ollee,yon the 18:b. It is dated at Westport = TO THE PUBLIC. Tleome! mes becomes necessary for individuals as well as comm’ dees to cefend thelr rights and their honor, and D accor dance with this we to give the public « statem opt of facts in regard tothe ts of the houses of the | Georgia Colony, at New 1 was yenterday reported in Weatport ‘bY 4 the houses of the colony had been burned © jewbers of the colony, that it was done ‘by them veot, and that the members of the wanted to up Moran: boy that John ©. bat te a letter to that effect to the Kansas Bnierprise. In the (rst place, we pronounce the c! so kuse particular, and we, as members of the our houses were burned by Brown's men, committed the Ossawatomie murders?) trve, men and ebildren, together with cur sick men, removed on account of threats having been made us, and the remainder, with the of # #ix tnen, were scattered ip different cleims, and others attending to for g i PY Ey Si i u if pete tee Ky Pye ° ped—the other three have not as yet been heard Thethree wao ercaped testify that several shota were fired? and that a specch was mado y the abolition lender whitgs