New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-18
KANSAS AND SLAVERY.

KANSAS AND SLAVERY.
The Washington Ssnti.ei publishes the proceed
ipgs Of meeting Of the citizens oil Ls'aye''o
County. Missouri, held on Dec p, at which 1t
was resolved 10 withdraw all patronage from
such steamboats, on tie Missouri River Is 'hsl
presume TO carry "sboliion" emigran's into
Ksnsas, and at which is WIS also voted to sead
fifty Delegates to Convention Of the Western
Counties Of Missouri, 10 be holden on the 3sh of
January, to device other measures to secure the
establishment of Slavery in Kansas. The Sentinel
takes especial pains to indorse this lafayette
County meeting 1t says;
1--WE are Informed that among the members Of the
meeting are the most prominent and the weathest
citizens of the County 10 which il is held-nen deeply
Interested Shareholders 10 the issue at s'ake-nsn
vhO can exert salU'sry and wholesome influence on
those around thsm aud men Of that hlgt' teosu Gnu 'a
~ Of character who at once determined an COM
peientto accomplish the work in which they are en-
gagged"
From the string Of resolutions adopted BY those
gentlemen OF "hieh-tOned chiSalry," we select
the following as spe ,imen of the whole:
B7eeo, slave property is Dos held and owned, and slave
labos is used Territory VI Kanss and the contoog
iIfueI and The majority Of ihe citizens hsse are De
gt,i,eS / That slsverv now exists 10 she Territory OF
Ksnas b, the free will and choice OF the citizens thereof
hs' 81 lawful means 10 ava ao1 susan the
people Trri'ory in protect tcemseve spd thea
pOperts from eueTDseh Hents Of BeH nsHts 81 A6o1
That .ss viii her beautiful and fertile p,iu. and
rich sroyessdapd she by soil climate and pr0i9cIsas
swe a. her osOP e The p9sse u e o. ~ s'g oon h
thr Avs. eat snd and especially 70
there by viii find homes with the nesns at hand Of
acqurDs ndepsrdenCe suf wealth and that We uIse upon
them settle AID secure their claims in ssd Tsrio with
Out delay"
Our Washington contemporary is thoroughly
delighted and elated with these sayings and do
ings in ia Fayette County, and argues from them,
and from other similar movements 10 Missouri,
that the triumph Of Slavery in Kansas is certain.
1t tays:
"It Is well known 10 our readers that we have all
along oCnttDded that the South would not only tn:
uuph in the maintenance of the principles Involved
in the Nebraska- X ansas BILL but derive practical
benefit from the application OF those principles: We
lave argued that the soil aud the climate OF kansas
are tlLe adapted to the Institution OF Slavery: and
we ave gained much encouragement in this opinion
from the firm and determined conduct OF thu people
Of the bordering Slater. we Goa
-ider the auction long involved in doubt and I'M
certainty As now finally settled. We ia the future
the Territory Of Kansas with her fertile soil her de-
Iebtful climate her rich productions knocking at the
door Of the Union, to clam admitiance rs slave
holding Sta,e-to demand the application OF the great
republican principle involved IN the Nebraska tri-
I'M oh that to The people belong the control aud adop
ton Of TIER own government and institutions. Aud
we see ia this desirable contamination another step
TOWARD the restoration OF that equilibrium among the
different sections Of the Confederacy, the destruction
Of which has 80 Tor threatened tue peace prosperity
and perpetuiiy Of our Institutions
In giving utterance, with such eloquent exulta-
ton, to these delightful anticipations, The Sen
tind only echoes the triumphant joy Of the South
at " hat is transpiIipg in Kansas. Southern men
in Washington take no pains to conceal their full
knowledge of the consequences Of the great
victory they have won. Slavery confirmed, |
strengthened, and to all human appearance, made /
perpetual in Missouri; aud in addition to that
Slavery spread over and fastened upon new aud |
fertile territory twice as large as New England, |
from which solemn compact once excluded it; !
these are facts large enough to elate, not merely |
The "bgh toned chvalry' of one Of the Western :
CcuI ties of Missouri. bnt also the " heightened
- chiyalry" of Virginia and the CarOlinas. To-
deed, {, ur members of Congress from those pol
shed States have Just published 20 the world an
elaborate essay from the pen of Gen. Stringfel-
ow, of Missouri proving that Slavery not only
loes and will exist in Kansas but must aud shall
.xst there. We learn also that at Washington
he leading Southern men identified with the
slavery propaganda, have not the slightestaPpre-
nepsion of any efficient resistance to their designs
from the North. That some feeling on the sub
ect exists at the North, they admit; aud they
concede that it will probably increase for time,
under the discovery that Kansas is not to be free,
40 that learned and cautious son of New England,
Edward Everett, assured ust would be. Still, they
believe that the excitement, as they Nit, willhive
sufficiently died away before the next Presidential
election, to enable them TO rule the North asthey
always have done, through party divisions and ac-
quiesciDg dOughfaces. Indeed, the friends OF /
Slavery and Slavery extension at the Capitol we're
never so exultant as now. They feel and know |
that at this moment they control every depart
ment of the Government, and they do not doubt
tlat what is happening in Kansas gives them a
new and perpetual lease of power.
II ia possible that they are right, but it is also
possible that they are making prodgious mistake.