pointed Governor and accepted the position. He was born February 24th, 1802, in Belmont County, Ohio, and re mained at home while a boy, assisting his mother in obtaining a livelihood. At the age of sixteen he entered Athens College, where he remained a year; thence he was removed to Transylvania University, at Lexington, Kentucky, where he remained two years. He then settled in St. Clairsville and began the study of law.

In 1832 Mr. Shannon was nominated by the Democratie party for Congress, and although he ran ahead of his ticket at home and in a strong Federal county, he was defeated by a few votes in the district. In 1833 he was nominated for Prosecuting Attorney, and was elected by 1,100 majority, and in 1835 re-elected without opposition. In 1838 he was nominated by the Democratic party for Governor of Ohio, and elected by about 6.000 votes over Mr. Vance, a strong man of the Federal party. The same party again nominated him in 1840 for Governor, but he was defeated at the election by Mr. Corwin by about 16,000 votes; but in 1842, receiving the nomination the third time, he was elected over the same competitor by nearly 3,500 majority. In 1844 he favored the nomination of General Cass for the Presidency and received his appointment as Minister to Mexico. Resigning his position as Governor of Ohio, he entered upon his arduous mission and performed his work with credit and honor. By the middle of the year the relations between Mexico and the United States became very critical, all intercourse having been suspended and Mr. Shannon unable to effect anything more with the Government, asked and obtained permission to return home, which he did, and engaged in his profession. In 1852 he was elected to represent his district in Congress, and was consequently there during the Kansas-Nebraska contest in which he voted for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.

After Mr. Shannon resigned as Governor of Kansas, he settled at Lawrence, to which place he moved his family,

and where he still resides, engaged in the practice of law, respected and esteemed by all the citizens.

The following are the enactments of the Shawnee Legislature to punish offenses against slave property:

"Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows:

"SEC. 1. That every person, bond or free, who shall be convicted of actually raising a rebellion or insurrection of slaves, free negroes or mulattoes, in this Territory shall suffer death.

"SEC. 2. Every free person who shall aid or assist in any rebellion or insurrection of slaves, free negroes or mulattoes, or shall furnish arms or do any overt act in furtherance of such rebellion or insurrection, shall suffer death.

"SEC. 3. If any free person shall, by speaking, writing or printing, advise, persuade or induce, any slaves to rebel, conspire against or murder any citizen of this Territory, or shall bring into, print, write, publish or circulate, or shall cause to be brought into, printed, written, published or circulated, or shall knowingly aid or assist in the bringing into, printing, writing, publishing or circulating in this Territory, any paper, book, magazine, pamphlet or circular, for the purpose of exciting insurrection, rebellion, revolt or conspiracy on the part of the slaves, free negroes or mulattoes, against the citizens of the Territory, or any part of them, such person shall be guilty of felony and suffer death.

"SEC. 4. If any person shall entice, decoy or carry away out of this Territory any slave belonging to another, with intent to deprive the owner thereof of the services of such slave, or with intent to effect or procure the freedom of such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, and, on conviction thereof, shall suffer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten years.

"SEC. 5. If any person shall aid or assist in enticing, decoying or persuading, or carrying away, or sending out of this Territory, any slave belonging to another, with intent to procure or effect the freedom of such slave, or with intent to deprive the owner thereof, shall suffer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten years.

"SEC. 6. If any person shall entice, decoy or carry away out of any State or Territory of the United States, any slave

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belonging to another, with intent to procure or effect the freedom of such slave, or to deprive the owner thereof of the services of such slave, and shall bring such slave into this Territory, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, in the same manner as if such slave had been enticed, decoyed or carried away out of this Territory, and in such case the larceny may be charged to have been committed in any county of this Territory, into or through which such slave shall have been brought by such person, and, on conviction thereof, the person offending shall suffer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten years.

"SEC. 7. If any person shall entice, persuade or induce any slave to escape from the service of his master, or owner, in this Territory, or shall aid or assist any slave in escaping from the service of his master, or owner, or shall aid, assist, harbor or conceal, any slave who may have escaped from the service of his master, or owner, he shall be deemed guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than five years.

"SEC. 8. If any person in this Territory shall aid or assist, harbor or conceal, any slave who has escaped from the service of his master, or owner, in another State or Territory, such person shall be punished in like manner as if such slave had escaped from the service of his master or owner in this Territory.

"SEC. 9. If any person shall resist any officer while attempting to arrest any slave who may have escaped from the service of his master, or owner, or shall rescue such slave when in custody of any officer, or other person, or shall entice, persuade, aid or assist, such slave to escape from the custody of any officer, or other person who may have such slave in custody, whether such slave shall have escaped from the service of his master, or owner, in this Territory, or in any other State or Territory, the person so offending shall be guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than two years.

"SEC. 10. If any marshal, sheriff, or constable, or the deputy of any such officer, shall, when required by any person, refuse to aid or assist in the arrest and capture of any slave that may have escaped from his master or owner, whether such slave shall have escaped from his master in this Territory, or any State or other Territory, such officer

shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

"SEC. 11. If any person print, write, introduce into, or circulate, or cause to be brought into, written, printed or circulated, or shall knowingly aid or assist in bringing into, printing, publishing or circulating within this Territory, any book, paper, pamphlet, magazine, handbill or circular, containing any statements, arguments, opinions, sentiment, doctrine, advice, or inuendo, calculated to produce disorderly, dangerous or rebellious disaffection among the slaves of the Territory, or to induce such slaves to escape from the service of their masters, or to resist their authority, he shall be guilty of felony, and be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than five years.

"SEC. 12. If any free person, by speaking or writing, assert or maintain that persons have not the right to hold slaves in this Territory, print, publish, write, circulate, or cause to be introduced into the Territory, written, printed, published, and circulated in this Territory, any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet, or circular, containing any denial of the right of persons to hold slaves in this Territory, such person shall be deemed guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than five

years.

"SEC. 13. No person who is conscientiously opposed to holding slaves, or who does not admit the right to hold slaves in this Territory, shall sit as a juror on the trial of any prosecution for any violation of any of the sections of this act.

"This act to take effect and be in force from and after the 15th day of September, A. D. 1855.

"J. H. STRINGFELLOW, Speaker of the House. "Attest, J. M. LYLE, Clerk.

"THOMAS JOHNSON, President of the Council.

"Attest, J. A. HALDERMAN, Clerk."

"AN ACT TO PUNISH PERSONS DECOYING SLAVES FROM THEIR MAS

TERS.

"Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of Kansas Territory:

"SEC. 1. If any person shall entice, decoy, or carry away out of this Territory, any slave belonging to another, with

intent to deprive the owner thereof of the services of such slave, or with intent to effect or procure the freedom of such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, and on conviction thereof shall suffer death.

"SEC. 2. If any person shall aid or assist in enticing, decoying, or persuading, or carry out of any State or Territory, any slave belonging to another, with intent to effect or procure the freedom of such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, and on conviction thereof suffer death.

"SEC. 3. If any person shall entice, decoy, or carry away, out of any State or Territory of the United States, any slave belonging to another, with intent to procure or effect the freedom of such slave, or to deprive the owner thereof of the services of such slave, and shall bring such slave into this Territory, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand larceny, in the same manner as if such slave had been enticed, decoyed, or carried away out of this Territory; and in such case the larceny may be charged to have been committed in any county of this Territory, into or through which such slave shall have been brought by such person, and on conviction thereof the person offending shall suffer death."