. 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. Tehkitortal Hn^TORr. 163 ; proslavory lit wero aii- ionablo sf>rt lie meetings irsed the diet already â ytliing that )uld be ex- through the ustoms wit1i anxiety was end was not of the pro- of Charles the squatters igs a quarrel lavery party, veapons then list go under, nt. If a free n no disturb- i was hunted a prisoner in e was no law homicide, so ray to Tex
. 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. Tehkitortal Hn^TORr. 163 ; proslavory lit wero aii- ionablo sf>rt lie meetings irsed the diet already â ytliing that )uld be ex- through the ustoms wit1i anxiety was end was not of the pro- of Charles the squatters igs a quarrel lavery party, veapons then list go under, nt. If a free n no disturb- i was hunted a prisoner in e was no law homicide, so ray to Texas, forded anoth- ned Phillips, his precinct, low the same so he was in- tie must leave ;h(j committee. hnnded in their report, that the lawyer had left the territory, and on the strength of that evidence of their power an executive of thirty was appointed as a vigilance committee to observe all per- sons who were open to suspicion, and to expel from the Lorritory any who might disturb " the peace of our ; The chief justice of the territory was one of the most eloquent speakers in the meeting that made the appointment in question, and no other fact need be mentioned to prove the utter demoralization of all parties engaged in that shameful procedure. The committee were not slow to carry tlic'r powers into action. Mr. Phillips had dared to remain in the territory, in spite of the ostracism to which he had been subjected, and in the afternoon of the day of their authorization they proceeded to his residence to insist upon his instant departure He resolutely asserted his intention to continue in Kansas and take the consequences, whereupon they carried him from Leavenworth, his place of abode, to Weston, in Missouri, shaved one side of his head, tarred and feathered him, rode him on a rail, and eventually, as he still persisted in his ob- duracy, employed a negro to sell him in the streets. This con- duct, on the part of their executive committee, was endorsed th
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