GENERAL DISCOMFORT — MURDER OF DOW. Ill 
give them a fair hearing. They must move with prudence, and, 
having resolved upon the true course, maintain it fearlessly. 
S. N. Wood did not hesitate to say he was in the rescue of the 
night before ; he knew the importance of the step. He was una¬ 
ble to express his feelings when the clicking of the gunlocks sounded 
in the darkness, telling that the hour had come for a deadly con¬ 
flict. He was equally unable to do so when, without firing one 
shot, these men, who had boasted so much, gave up the prisoner, 
declining to fight a number less than their own, and with fewer 
arms. When he spoke of the justice of the peace who figured 
in this transaction, and received his office from the bogus Legisla¬ 
ture, and whose name was Cameron, a general hiss expressed the 
utter abhorrence of the audience. Others spoke of this man liv¬ 
ing in our midst, who had professed to be a free-state man, and 
who was now a willing instrument, in the hands of these vile men, 
to enforce such measures upon us. It was moved that a committee 
of three be appointed to wait on Cameron, and demand by what 
authority he acted. The meeting then adjourned until two o’clock. 
