THE DEATH OE BARBER-THE TREATY. 
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disastrous to the interests of the territory and the Union, and to 
place all parties in a correct position before the world, — 
“ Now, therefore, it is agreed by the said Governor Shannon, 
and the undersigned people of Lawrence, that the matter in dis¬ 
pute be settled as follows, to wit: 
“ We, the said citizens of said territory, protest that the said 
rescue was made without our knowledge or consent, but, if any of 
our citizens were engaged, we pledge ourselves to aid in the exe¬ 
cution of any legal process against them; that we have no knowl¬ 
edge of the previous, present, or prospective existence of any 
organization in the said territory for the resistance of the laws, 
and that we have not designed, and do not design, to resist the 
legal service of any criminal process therein, but pledge ourselves 
to aid in the execution of the laws, when called on by proper 
authority, in the town or vicinity of Lawrence, and that we will 
use all our influence in preserving order therein ; and we declare 
that we are now, as we ever have been, ready at any time to aid 
the governor in securing a posse for the execution of such process: 
provided, that any person thus arrested in Lawrence or vicinity, 
while a foreign force shall remain in the territory, shall be duly 
examined before a United States district judge of said territory 
in said town, and admitted to bail; and provided, further, that 
Governor Shannon agrees to use his influence to secure to the 
citizens of Kansas Territory remuneration for any damages sus¬ 
tained, or unlawful depredations, if any such have been committed 
by a sheriff’s posse in Douglas County; and, further, that 
Governor Shannon states that he has not called upon persons 
residents of any other state to aid in the execution of the laws, 
and such as are here in this territory are here of their own choice; 
and that he has not any authority or legal power to do so, nor 
will he exercise any such power, and that he will not call on any 
citizen of another state who may be here. That we wish it under¬ 
stood that we do not herein express any opinion as ^o the validity 
of the enactments of the Territorial Legislature. 
“(Signed), “Wilson Shannon, 
“ C. Kobinson, 
“ J. H. Lane.” 
