. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. COXFLICTS â EVEXTS OF ^;, o-2o Free Stf\to ;la3 county n. Lane, ihitli, Siini- )ugla:, IkuI great niul- â ) piteously and not by [ course a did subse- ig dis])osed a wise and d, and liav- :.s troops to ;3nt, for all ,e command nee and au- f the assail- )w began to ) arrest Mr. m the south the slierii? 1. Itluch as ,vould have inded rather for seeking .ion
. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. COXFLICTS â EVEXTS OF ^;, o-2o Free Stf\to ;la3 county n. Lane, ihitli, Siini- )ugla:, IkuI great niul- â ) piteously and not by [ course a did subse- ig dis])osed a wise and d, and liav- :.s troops to ;3nt, for all ,e command nee and au- f the assail- )w began to ) arrest Mr. m the south the slierii? 1. Itluch as ,vould have inded rather for seeking .ion of tlie r " levelling of the men own feelings to be " War urage on the ,he effectives 1 legislation. 2d the aid of ipoo llangers ies with abo- came an au-. thority on all afTairs pertaining to the territory, and seeing that so much success came from proclamations, he tried Iiid skill in the same dircctio-i, and sent the document freely through the border counties of ^fissouri, calling upon " law abiding citizens of the territory " to muster at Lecompton in numbers suflicient to en- force the laws. Tiie marshal knew where the citizens that he wanted could be found, hence it was only accident that the pco- jile of Lawrence became aware of the incendiary manifesto. Tliat document was daced May li, 1850. On the same day the men of Lawrence alarmed by the frequency of the '^ 'Sedations of the southerners and the hostile array that was surrounding the city on every side, addressed the governor pursuant to a resolution adopted by a public meeting on the evening previous, informing him that it was believed that guerrilla parties had been formed in ]Vtissouri to destroy their town and its people, and praying for protection by the United States t-oops under his orders. The answer displaj'cd in the boldest characters the border rulTian in- spiration which now- controlled ^fr. Shannon. The force of which the citizens complained was only tlie largely constituted posse
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