New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-08

In bloody forsy against t1en- we 90 not UT ono
pallis,nf word 10 regard to the sbeged rre.o,s Sos
fsees en- eize,s that brousht sn the sse
ditturssnce. We will grant that memoers OF maj
party nay have behaved very badly. We Know not
Yet We assert that their position a. reported nov
nav sbioir g one; and that Gov. shannon IN caiIng
on: the militia and by his Secretary Woodson) rally
u citizens OF adj lining State 10 his sssssnce, ~
acted moet pdiscreetly and unawuly, ana mas toieal
eped Kansas with terrible calamity a. the result OF
hif passion or biz inoscreton .
lines drawn SO strictly between Free-S'a'e ren and
Pre- Slavery men in Kansas, It was utter madness 70
spnmtn one party to put down the other IS no.
bis act like bringing powder to night hie nov eosia
suan be 90 recikssl Why didt't Gov. Shannon sp-
pe, at first 10 the Presidenf for aid OF the
hoops 10 enforce the lswsi Simply because that
would be appealing 10 the ssme power thai the Free
Staie appealed to- an 10 do so quo Dc q, oneo
TO confess that the Free Safe men had been IN the
right in first proposing the appeal unite Cesar
But Gov SosnnoD lacked good seLse or good pur-
pore; AID 20 be appealed 10 the miitsa OF ans4s
sliss the Pro-Slsvery men of kansssl to help him
sutjugste" or enforce ooious laws on the Free SO o
peopie The result nigh. easily have bee, anticipated.
Inc Fee-State men prepared ~ resist 10 the desth,
and then came the cry of rebellion, revolution,
AID "ciy war;" and The most des oers'e efforts we're
made, by sc ret sppeals, by ait'tog rlnors oy e1.
aeaera,ed stories and by hurried spsches, 10 tnro
over into KsI cas- mprompE Missouri army, to sub
ipeae or ex,erniDate portion OF the American PEG.
pie spp. alng to the United States laws and officers
for protection. . 49,
Ether good sense, or that discretion" which is
the better part Of vslor" prevailed among toe Mis-
sourisrs-even ihOse who were most seifs,ed oy the
KaDsas "rebellion" they have stopped short OF
tb. melancholy and ancioal work that the passionate
al d telseless Shannon invited them to
There lie some thing ludic ous IN reading nov the
Wererr dispatches and seeing hoS the reckless forsy
that wss threat ned Ksrsas persisted, partly oy innate
weakness and partly by being brought up against
the 10 k Of common sense-au abundant article in
eyery ANGLO SaXOD community.
There are sigDiica facts that give assurance that
there will be o war in Kansas Let us zoe them:
First: The ex'rexe excitement ID In Mssouh-1ot
in Kansas-the truth being we have said, tbss s
10 ie~ POSITION Ia Kansas for the Territorial Sherifs
TO be repuoated
Second: The Free-State men are willing to be gov
erneo by the United States officers, and to submit to
them ~
third: The militia of Kansas did not "respond"
whep Gov. Sham on called them, This is rem .rka-
bic fat. The question If, Nhyl Did they ~ nps-
thize with the Free state men If so then all sIsas
IL a. ak st those Territorial sw-conc usve proof that
the people OF kansss dd not maze ana q" ho approve
them "
Fourth. TIE Mssourians tina, were precipitstsd
thou btltss into volunteering TO march a'o haosas
only hold themselves in readiness TO move AT er
they thin little, they will conclude it is their duty
TO move" home
FIN: Gov. Shannon bs. only $3.50 TO 300 men" 10
back him. orawn from all sources. He Is wisely wait
ing Tor "ereater force" befo e msrcoing against
ir,rt pchmt Its" ard .'eleven hundred Shapes
Rifles and '6vepeces of artillery" all directed by
reputable and Xxi fu military leader st the
bep0 of - 100 meD." Gev. ShanDOn don't mean to
get bpr, if he can help II. That is OBVIOUS.
>irth: But, most grateful sn1 gracious fact-most
cteeImg spd pleasing Of ala "mee ing is being
beo" 10 "iernu ate the matter, peaceaDly If possible"
OF course, il is possib e.
Serenh "ULless tie United States go pe are fur
nish.d, ibe laws csInot be executed rnis inumaes
that on sober second thought The Mssoursns desire
10 he counted out Of the fight to subjdga'e" the
people Of Kansas.
Eighth. Nothing will be done till the Uned ates
Government defines its position Pierce aill nave
reg ara for peace, dare say, and will end the
Karsss civil war,
The various exciting telegrspbic dispatches now
afOst are calculated ~ confuse the public mud AID
We ave thus tsken the trouble TO unrsvt the Kansas
iDbrorlio. We think nave cone it, and hat the
country safely 90 about its business, undbturbed
BY vsio Of orch az torture in X snsss We are
cool and quiet in Missouri As the Winter draws on,
/. will be very cool In kaneas.