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

I.I eeHVcrscd felt little sore at the result.
pa the, pretended that the Yankees had
/ sAiscd to submit, and that the hopes of the
/ sste party were dead Shannon they united
ysag
~ shannon ! scarcely know whether 70
L. n or not. / entertain for his distressing sit
Il snd his mental Sufcrings rs profound COM
,siioa as is consistent with very hearty con-
L. Thinking that the Slavery men were
l. = to walk into very easy and undsputed pos
i.sss Of Kansas, he regarded that party as the
/, sgto reverence and fear; besides, the Admins
q that appointed him had trucklcd to it, and
,.,,sOuld not he? Politically dead in Ohio and
/, . the hope of a resurrection, he wished to
|, ~ his declining fortunes in Kansas. Poor
81 Without meaning very much that was
81. or very much that was right he allowed
ii 10 be led into the tolls by other poliHcal
rvs more cunning than himself and only woke
serse OF his errors on finding himself on the
= Of 8 worse than civil war. He had been the
- Intentionally or unintcntionally Che denies
- hat he invited them; let him have the benefit
= ne denial), of precipitating the hOrdes of Bor-
!, gVsisns on peaceful people. He found and
,,ssted that he had been horribly duped in issu-
N. PROCLAMATION, and obtuse as he was, he
- not but feel that such an error was fatal.
,s,re be ever came to Lawrence he had seen the
.,.ss and violent proceedings of the so-calleA
sst and had the miserable experience to learn
li although they had regarded his authority so
"a, to march into Kansas, they were not inclined
!, ADMIT to il when there. They had committed
- nurder in the highways. They had in their
l,.fpy confusion, shot one of their own men,
rg.king him for Free-State man. They took
aas. corn. potatoes -four, hay, and, in fact,
gsBihiBg they could lay their hands on. When
rifte6S these from Prostate men, they took
On IS the "spoil of the Amalekites;" when they
III them from Indians or Pro-Slavery men, or
r,s.zls, they gave an order on Gov. shannon.
Pc, Gov. shannon, he was in pretty pickle. He
IA sent Instructions TO COL sumner at Fort LCav-
f,sorh before he left Wcstport, but then he in
lid to fight the Free-State men, and Col. Sum
n was determined not to march until he had
si,ority that would render him Independent of
,sDOD, and he refused TO come.
ltbiS frame of mind the Governor came TO
gyrence. 1t might be said to be the first time
.rhe had really been among the squatters Of
,srss Nominally at the Mission he had been
.s.h Of his time really at Westport and, indeed
e mission and Westport are all the same kind of
ng-nO white settlers being allowed to squat
-itin twenty miles of them. The Governor came
ifrom among the Philistnes TO see his people, and
vas amazed TO find that he was not among q
srs OF bandits and fanatics. He expressed his as
Gijhme at in style of comment that would have
ssa complimentary if il had not indicated pre-
gs disreSpect. He learned that not a man Of
tse fifteen who We're to be demanded of Law
este. was in Lawrence, and that only two of
hen lad ever resided there. He did not require
1 be told that the efforts then making for the de-
,Iss Of the place were absolutely necessary. He
dnitted the necessity binself, and told those who
Ise plsced by the people in charge of the de-
iiA that theS were acting with perfectprOpriety
u trioned them TO do so, and frankly admitted
nat6e Missouri force below was altogether I'M
o1trcEa BILE. and that he could do nothing with
hen. For two days the negotiations were kept
ID; but this was merely fent of the frightened
Governor TO gain time, for there was nothing TO
ette-that is, except TO get rid of the MissOu-
ians Wow 10 do that was the ques on. The
rghtened Governor first sent off one and then
,1other courier, TO Fort LeavenwOrth with dis
rtches impOring Sumner to come down on any
erms. and throw his troops between Lawrence
md the MssOurians TO prevent the fight; but the
Wiy chiefs Of the Border Rullians, suspected the
ntter aud intercepted the Governors special
messengers, and in spite of the authority they had
ron S4&nnOn. took the dispatches from them, and
would not allow them TO 90 on. In desperation
iis Governor drew up treaty, in his own hand
WitBg sBd over his own signature. This was de-
csed 10 be a settlement Of the whole matter at
is1e il was shown to Col. Boone and the other
IssoUr captains, and shannon dlsbanded the
)ader Rufiians, so far as he could do so, dis
Missed tie officers of the Territorial militia, and
educed the invaders from the dignity OF legal
INV TO !awless mob. He had promised Gen.
johnson 10 have them disbanded near the MIS-
Dari frontier, but this was rather more than ne
"a able to perform. To make the matter niue
liter he told the Missourians white or diplO,
stic lie: saving that the people of Lawrence had
omitted and would lay down their arms the mo-
ant they left the Territory. Then came that
syen.sent. horrible storm, and amid chapter
scc;dents the disconnected and bambOOZled III
jers took up their route for home.
From the struggling companies thus met ne
zen LecomptOn and LeayenwOrth, / learned the
vsi,ino sentiment with which they recrOssed
border. In Lawrence all had been joyful, and
vas thought that this discontinue would pre-,
n another invasion. / had learned too much OF
time state of affairs to believe that. The speech
de bv Stringfellow at the breaking OF the camp
| ecompton is a fair indication of the sentiment.
earned the substance OF it from these men. Inc
lowing is specimen of the language:
The Abolitionists' have come the Yankee over
Ills timc-thc Governor has betrayed us. lie has
raved himself the South and the whole OF the Pro,
lver, party. We had them Just where W" Wamcd
IN, ald hc spoiled all. NcXI time we must pan 10Y
yselyCE
] conversed with many of these men. entered
idisn houses where they had taken shelter from
e rain. and stayed all night at an Indian village
Mere many of them halted. and while the heavy
in battered and beat on the roof and walls OF 1.-THE
dian house where stayed, listened to their
'nversaton. There was no attempt at disguise;
ne Of those bungling stories about horrible out
yes perpetrated by the pioneers from New-Ln-
Ind. The question was simply one oil S'aSeT very.