THE ATTACK UPON LA\v HENCE. 
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“ Boys, this day I am a Kickapoo Ranger, by G—d. This day 
we have entered Lawrence with Southern Rights inscribed upon 
our banner, and not one d—d abolitionist dared to fire a gun. 
“ Now, boys, this is the happiest day of my life. We have 
entered that d—d town, and taught the d—d abolitionists a 
Southern lesson that they will remember until the day they die. 
And now, boys, we will go in again, with our highly honorable 
Jones, and test the strength of that d—d Free-State Hotel, and 
teach the Emigrant Aid Company that Kansas shall be ours. 
Boys, ladies should, and I hope will, be respected by every gentle¬ 
man. But, when a woman takes upon herself the garb of a 
soldier, by carrying a Sharpe’s rifle, then she is no longer worthy 
of respect. Trample her under your feet as you would a snake ! 
“ Come on, boys ! Now do your duty to yourselves and your 
Southern friends. 
“ Your duty, I know you will do. If one man or woman dare 
stand before you, blow them to h—1 with a chunk of cold lead.” 
As soon as he had concluded, the militia moved towards the 
town in solid column, until near the hotel, when the advance com¬ 
pany halted. Jones told Col. Eldridge the hotel must be de¬ 
stroyed; he was acting under orders; he had writs issued by the 
First District Court of the United States to destroy the Free- 
State Hotel, and the offices of the Herald of Freedom and 
Free State. The grand jury at Lecompton had indicted them 
as nuisances, and* the court had ordered them to be destroyed. 
The following is a copy of such indictment: 
“The Grand Jury sitting for the adjourned term of the First 
District Court, in and for the County of Douglas, in the Territory of 
Kansas, beg leave to report to the Honorable Court that, from evi¬ 
dence laid before them showing that the newspaper known as The 
Herald of Freedom , published at the town of Lawrence, has from 
time to time issued publications of the most inflammatory and 
seditious character — denying the legality of the territorial 
authorities; addressing and commanding forcible resistance to 
the same; demoralizing the popular mind, and rendering life and 
property unsafe, even to the extent of advising assassination as a 
last resort. 
