Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-08-02
rHS KANSAS TROUBLES.

THE KANSAS TROUBLES,
The iisesrsnd thrown cut by the promo
tiers OF the Kansas aud Nebraska outrage,
seems about 10 burst forth in rudy blaze
on the prairics Of the West We have seen
the gang Of marauaers commanded by At
chisen sad Sssingiellow, subjugasing the in
fan, territory and crushing out the sacred
right Of suffrage; and we have eeea this
high banded outrage pass aarebuked BY the
pyo-siagcry administration a Washington,
We have been repeatedly told by the Pres
iden,s hired organs ct the North, that this
sudden emsu;e was simply the result OF
local exoisemeas, not participated IN or SYM
pa,hized with by the mere staid and rstieei-
ing portion Of tae people Of Missouri; aud
we have almost come 10 hug this delusion,
But recent occurrences at the West have
completely undeceiyed Us, and forced mp
on our mials The painful conyirtioa =, that il
is the deliberate and settled purpose Of the
wielders Of the lash 10 impose upon Kansas
sheir infamous institution, be the consequent
ces what they may.
A pro.slayery Convention has lately been
held in Lexington. in the State of Missouri,
., which degree Of harmony and unanimi-
" prevailed, which is but too seldom wit
messed ef late in ans political assemblage
in the free States. Til. Conyen,ion-in
which, by the way, al parts OF the State
were well Representative far from express
ing any disapprobation Of the acts Of Al
Gibson, sringfslIow 6 c.. even went fur
ther, and proposed 70 back them up by the
adoption Of egetaiiatory measures" on those
Nor,hern States which have made them
selves most conspicuous As the champions
of freedom and the opponents Of des?oiism
in every form.
Ali efforts to quell the little spsek Of
trouble in Kansas have been directed only
against the weak side--,he handful Of Tree
settlers y ho have dared 10 assert tbeir man.
hood: ana have hitherto been utterly power
less, except to swell the feeling Of mutual
exasoera,ioa, prevailing between the SET
tiers and Mssou-ians, until is now almost
re.dy 10 break out in vindlctiye and murder
Gus border warfare. Il may be premature
10 assert that G Governor Rsa6er, who $. fFst
cavs. promise of staining nobiy for the
r.eat, has saecumbe3 finally 10 the force Of
adverse circumstances, and gone over to
the enemy; vet appearances tend strongly
in that direction, and il was perhaps asking
TOO much III frail human nature 70 aaticl.
pate a contrary result. From the moment
of his FIRST ad.ens in the territory, Governor
Reecer was a.sailed on all hands by per-
suasions. threats and intimidstiohs, all Of
which he manfuIly wi,hstood. When he
finally cav all Law and order set al datiInce,
and his authority literally trainPied under
foot, he pad visit to the East, it may be
in the hope OF deriving assistance and
counsel from those al whose Urgent solicit
alton he assumed his present position q
thankless responsibility. But lie appears
TO have been treated with the cold shoulder
b. the powers that BE-, and returned to Kan
sas vita sinking heart.
wiihont hope Of aid from the National
Executiya, the pressure Of the unrelenting
slave power growing daily mare and more
intense, subjected 70 coarse personal insult
ana violence. his life threatened and in dan
ger, he may well have despaired and en-
deavored % make the best terms possible.
Hence the mild and c2ncilia,ory message
to the A'chison and S.nngfeilos LRgsls-
turc, which has ID a.tonished and grieFed
his frieads 81 the n yrth, aud hence the ac-
uuiesesnce IN the mani4.e Of these brigands
10 remove the seat OF government 70 loea-
ton nearer the stronghold Of slavery But
concession or Cancellation viii avail him
nothing, these fellows have no appreciation
Of any Argument or pr ncigle save that Of
brute force.
Some o. the FREE settlers have syows I'd
their determination 70 rarldiats any laws
that may be imposed upon them By thu
alien body, nor can We do otherwise than
applaud this noble and manly course. But
the result Is not difficult to foresee. The
onus Of rebellion uiIi thus be forced upon
the veaker pariy-the opponents Of slavery
extension-au the pfJ-siavery admjnistra'
ton will at once interfere for the protection
of that am,abie stalking -horse-P2pg.ai
sovereignty. Whether Lawrence will be
treated alter the fashion Of Greytowa, and
her women and children given over t. the
tender ufrcies Of the bard raBiaas, mad
dened bg ram and rage, are events still in
the womb of tie future - Boston Al1s.
The Office Of the Surveyor General o.
Kansas and Nebraska Territories has been
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