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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 21, 1856
Abstracts 3722 - 3726
UNITED STATES TERRITORIES & POSSESSIONS (Cont'd)
3722 - L May 15; ed:2/1 - The border ruffians are striving desperately to
cover up the vi llainy they have thrust on the people of I{ansas from the
investigating committee and the rest of the world. They will be disappointed,
in as much as these outrages will only serve to show the importance of
this commission. Several instances are cited which are meant to make Kansas
a slave state. A party of 250 southerners, mostly from Georgia, arrived in
Kansas City Apr. 30. They are organized in military companies, and
their avowed intentions is the destruction of Lawrence. The majority
of them were unable to pay their hotel bi lls.
"Governor Shannon, seems to be trying to do as much mischief and
make himself as conspicuous as possible. The Kickapoo Rangers, formerly
under command of Stringfeller, at latest advices were stationed on
the opposite side of the river from Lawrence. For what purpose is not
precisely known." (9)
3723 - L May 16; ed: 2/2 - No argument is needed to prove that the only
way in which order can be restored in Kansas is to admit it into the
federal union as a state. If the Missouri compromise had not been disturbed,
there would have been no occasion to send arms to the people
of Kansas. Kansas has a population of at least 50,000 persons. In
1812 Louisiana was admitted with 34,000.
"Here are precedents enough. But Douglas says Kansas must have
93,420. This procrastination can very easily be understood.... The
existence of the curse perhaps depends upon gaining time, and this is
the secret of the whole matter. How any honest Northern man can follow
Douglas, or Pierce, we are at a loss to comprehend. Their party has
but one object in view to betray freedom." (8)
3724 - L May 17: ed: 2/1 - The testimony offered before the Kansas investigation
committee is of an overwhelming character. It has been
proved that Sheriff Jones, the man who was shot at Lawrence, was one
of the invaders. This is the man that Pierce provided with a file of
soldiers to make arrests in the forms of law.
"It would seem as if the days Lexington and Bunker Hill are again
close upon us." (2)
3725 - L May 17; ed: 2,'2 - The INTELLIGENCER of Kansas continues to be
of an exciting character. The Missourians evidently are determined to
back up the investigation by the congressional commi ttee. The administrati
on also means to defeat the committee.
Will the House of Representives any longer tolerate such tyranny?
Is there not some way in which these things can be checked? Perhaps
the citizens of Cleveland will bestir themselves when they learn that
Lawrence is in ashes. It may then be too late. (5)
3726 - L May 20; ed: 2/1 - A meeting of the Kansas Emigrant Aid society
will be held this evening at the old court house at the close of the
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