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ers now had their papers, and letters, and two or three friends had 
been in. Some books also had been sent up. For exercise, they 
walked in front of the tents, brought wood from the timber close by, 
and water from the spring a little distant. They notified the 
guard of their desire to take these short trips, by saying, “ I want 
a gun; ” and a man with a musket would be provided. The screech¬ 
ing of the trumpets, calling the soldiers to their various duties, 
added not a little to a headache, induced by weariness and anxiety. 
If ever I realized that there was more truth than poetry in the 
words of Mrs. Swisshelm, when she said, “ I never see a man in 
regimentals but I think somebody has lost his monkey,” it was 
when I saw daily the want of power to act out one’s manliness, 
while remaining in the army. One’s feelings were continually out¬ 
raged by arrests made, the troops acting as “ posse comitatus.” To 
join the army is to become an automaton, in action at least. 
On the 19th, Haney again appeared in the streets of Lawrence, 
at the head of about forty dragoons. Mr. Legate was in the 
street. Haney commanded him to assist in arresting a Mr. Col¬ 
burn ; he refused to do it. 
“ Haney became excited, and ordered the troops to arrest Mr. 
Legate, and take him to the camp. They then commanded the 
prisoner to walk before them, which he refused doing under any 
circumstances whatever. One of the dragoons then dismounted, 
and Legate took his seat in the saddle, and a company of horse 
conducted him to the camp. 
44 Haney then rode up and down Massachusetts-street with the 
troops, looking for some one to make prisoner; at the same time 
swearing vengeance against the people of Lawrence, and declaring 
that 4 he would keep the troops here until the snow fell, if necessary, 
to arrest the free-state men or abolitionists; ’ 4 the d—d town 
must be subdued,’ etc. 
44 At this time he saw Major Hoyt walking across the street. 
He immediately drove up to where Hoyt was, followed by the dra¬ 
goons, and said : 
“ 4 Mr. Hoyt, you are my prisoner.’ 
44 4 By what authority do you arrest me? ’ asked Hoyt. 
44 4 By the authority of the territorial laws,’ replied Haney. 
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