New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-31

II Common WeatL. had hauCiiOLed. AIDED ~ sDtt'u
The pecoarered attempt to drive moety Of thc rlt'-
zcI o. Kara from the roll Of which they are in legal
ard pcac, able POSSESSION, merely the ground ths'
they are olIo-ed TO the making OF kan-a- a Save
State"
Here follows statement of the facts in rela
ton 10 the invasion which it is unnecessary TO
print a. il agrees throughout with that already
given in our columns. The Democrat then pro-
ceeds as follows:
"Now We wish 10 inquire. granting even that por-
tiOu of the people of kansas in open nsurccton
against the law, what right had these hOr,e- of bOr
der bandtt To- invade the soil of that Territory, and
enlist themselve in support OF Gov. shannon! What
business had they there! What law or what prece-
dent would Justify their interference in the affairs of
free and sovereign Territory What night had shan
non and Stringellow to invite, encourage or coun-
tenance their presence IN aTIns. in commonwealth OF
which thew were not citizens J. this the application
which the Douglas men Of Kan,as make OF the main
principle of the Kansa--Nebruska bIl-the night and
competency of the people Of every state and Territory
to regulate their own concerns unmolested by any
foreign power whatever Was there ever more
garing inconsistency, more glazing outrage, than
that BY which Shannon and hi mnions have sought To
Oycrawe and crush portion of the people OF Kansas,
by introducing gang of laWless desperadoes upon
their ,oi armed to the teeth with weapons obtained by
breaking open q United States Arsenal Has the
civilized world ever beheld more disgracefu, bar
barous and savage spectacle?
y
men oil the ground that they MissOurians; making
the whole State large majority of whose citizens ut
terry rcpudiae such unhcard of violation OF all night
and decenCy, responsible for the tnOrInlcs Ot hand
ful of fillibusers. Missouri not to be held account
able for the action of horde of unprincplcd cut
throats WHO having spOrted with human life and prop
erty in their State follow their notorious
ngleader into Kansas and pant to imbrue their hands
in the blood of It's rghtfIl and peaceful citizens
a retrbutiOn j. coming for all this. Ii will come
upon Gov. Shannon with a vengeance. The sober
second thought Of the people of Kansas of all parties,
and the voice of indignant public reprobatlon re-
sounding throughout the country viii cover him with
IN nfamy as deep and neifaccable as was the blood
spot upon the murderous hand Of Lady Macbeth. II
there Is in that lowest he'll OF desperate politicians
lower deep such a. Milton saw with the eye of imag-
nation, that abyss which human plumb-ine never
sounded is reserved for Davy Atchi-on and those of
hi. faction who have sided and sympathiZcd with ths
foul wrong and disgrace. Now that peace has taken
the place of Turbulence and imminent bloodshed for
the present. might think that the whole was wisely
ordered to conound put TO flight and puverize an in
uencc which has long been incubus upon the rising
greatness of Missouri and which, should II ever rise 10
a commanding poston-whlch God iOrbid-would
make her cover her face for very shame.
We have shown that there was 10 cause for the
proclamation of issucd by Gov. Shannon. so far
from the Free-Soiers of Lawrence making any armed
Instruction. the whole affair arose from the murder OF
Il Free-S.atr man, Dow, by Pro-Slavery man, Cole
man. No attempt was made to punish Coleman by
the Free-State men, but the Pro-Savery men werc
dct mined TO put to death another Free-State man,
Branson. This resisted, and this resistance was
the pretext for ShamOns war proclamation; and be-
cause the people of Lawrence prepared for the war
which was proclaimed against them. Atchlson and hs
banditti awaited themselves of the pretcx 60 rush over
into Kansas TO massacre the Id Yankees. They
would doubtless have put their intention INTO execution
if they had found the people Of Lawrence uuprcpared
If thcv had found Lawrence undecnded they would
have left it smoking ruin, or qucnchcd It's fires with
the blood of men unrcssting, aud perhaps OF women
oisl Pint flr af "a
arms aud rs n matter of course such braggadOciOs as
AtchisOn and StrngfelOw and such doughaccs
as Shannon, backed square out, and came back to
Missouri with lie to cover their cowardlcc, that the
people of Lawrence had surrendered just as the same
men had covered their invasion and intention To COM
nit murder with the lie that the people of Lawrence
were in state Of Instruction, when the only outrage
committed was the killing of Free-Solcr by FRO,
Slavery man. In proof that we have exaggerated
nothing We give extracts from the papers in the inter-
est of AtchsOn and bis bamditti. We give their own
account of the dificultythe different dispatches sent
from one Missouri town to another, calling upon the
people of Missouri to invade neghbOrmg Territory
for the purpose of interfering with its concerns, with
which our people had business to interfere. Ii Is
clear that Shannon force consisted entirely OF Mssou
rians that he made prctcxt when no cause
of disturbance really existed; that the pretcN
was seized upon by Atchson and hls banditti
with an ayidIty which showed it 10 be prccon-
TO arouse feeling in the Missouri Legis-
ture. which was TO cary AtchsOn into the Senate OF
the United States, and that Atchison found
he had armed men, and not unresisting men and de-
fesele.s women Ia contend WITH he showed more
aacrity to retire than be had done to advance upon
the town of Lawrence. The Legislature of Missouri
have shown their appreciation oiAtchisons attempt to
enlist them in his favor. Il has passed him and his
Kansas Nebraska bill by in silent contempt Those who
were elected a. bis friends became ashamed of him,
and would not have voted for him again for Senator.
and we wish now TO mark the fimsv pretcN upon
which this wholesale murder meditated, and tne
still more finsy pretext by which Shannon and Atch-
son seek to cover their cOwardy retreat when they
found hon where they had sought hare, in order to
repudiae il in the name of the high-heated and brave
people of Missouri who have shown that they neither
counenanced nor approved their intended murder, nor
are responsible for the disgraceiul flight