The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-30
KANSAS.

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f.ovesuor Reeder having LETT Kansas ior
washington, Mr.. Daniel Woodson, the &c.,
rst,rv. Is, during his absence. the Executive
ha.d Of the affairs of the Territory. Mr..
Woodson h virginian, . citizen of Lynch
burg, and was formerly an editor Of the Re-
publican, Of that place, and afterwards edit'
ed white basis paper in this city, during the
session OF the reform convention. he Is :
gentleman Of fne abilities. very amiaoie
character. and . faithful friend Of Virginia
and her institutions.
We shall not be surprised to see trouble In
the Territory ofKsnsas, arising from the per-
sistent efforts of the free soilers to overrun
that country with an abolition emigration,
thus bringing into immediate. contact, and
probably collision, the slaveholding and abo-
ition emigrants. The scenes of violence al
legged to have occurred in Platte county, are
the natural results of the anti-slavery
scheme, to lay hold Of Kansas and wrest 1t
from the South. The New York Tribune
seizes these events in Platte, as means OF
fomensing sectional agitation, and makes q
most incendisry appeal to the people in the
free States. 1t says:
We Judge that this outrage is preliminary 20 otn.
sn Of similar character In Kansas. The var IA
begun, and vs expect to sec 1t 90 on; we Iu:.
chs. the fsad: Of freedom WIN MAINTAIN .snn :. vii
the end Of slavery 10 begun. conflict 10 inevitable
between the opposins forces Of slavery and liberty
The :1svshoidsis have begun : career IF sIos. ss.
erosion. and the question h whether 1t 10 to be met
BY resistance or BY pusillanirnous submisnon. Ine
vital question Il, what will the people OF the lee
States do1 Are they TO prove eovsrds and pc,
troops, or will they show the metal OF nee men
Il they stand their ground msnfolly we have have IL
feau for the ultimate result. II the mist epHx
struck. the fire viii follow, and liberty VIII tIlu1pn
Great events hang upon the doinss in Kansas.
The Tribune plainly sees, and can scarcely
conceal its exultation at the prospect, that
civil war and disunion may grow out OF the
sectional strife about Kansas. We are sorry
to believe that there are those in other latl-
tudes, who also look forward with eager hope
to dissolution, no matter by what means
brought about, We cannot but be struck,
however, with the contrast which is manifest
in the tone of the free soil organs towards
che South and towards Spain. The latter
may heap indignities upon the country, fire
into ships, and imprison citizens; but we
hear no such "vital question" as this-"Are
the people of the free States to prove cow
ards and poltroons, or will they show the
mettle of free menu OMIT the contrary, the
Government is bitterly denounced, on the
bare suspicion of resistance" to Spain, sim
ply because such resistance might involve
the capture of New York ships by Spanish
privateers, and the bombardment of New
York, Boston, and some other Atlantic cities!
But let an incendiary abolitionist press in
Missouri be pitched into the river, and
straightwsy. the-very men, who crouch at
the feet of Spain, draw the sword and seek
to involve the whole South in bloodshed.-
Let Us warn them to beware. The South
may not be - weak - they suppose. The
fame of war that they are seeking to kindle
in Kansas, may spread to New York, and
scorch some of the incendiaries. The dis
union which would follow, would produce a
hundred fold more damage to Northern COM
mere, aye. and manufactures, than twenty
wars with Spain.