Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-06-01
blows, and Kansas is as good battle ground

few days, and, without any special support
from the Federal government, intends to face
all hazards in the discharge of his duties
The revolutionary and disorganizing move
ments in the Territory of Kansas, were headed
by Senator Atchison, and, | am sorry to add
Col. Doniphan. The latter wa. at Lawrence
at the election, but kept himself in the back
ground, which showed that he was ashamed
of his cause or his company. This show, that
tho Missouri Senatorial election had much 10
do with the Kansas agitation, and that Col
Doniphan could not afford to lose votes by a
want of zeal on such an occasion
tFrom Wash. Cor. N. Y. Courier.l
The progress of border disturbance in
Kansas again attracts attention. The killing
of one of the invading mob by free soil
lawyer has rekindled the flame of war. A
Missourian, who is friend of the Nebraska
bill, but processes to be impartial between
the contending parties in the Territory, told
me yesterday, that in his judgment, if Gov.
Reeder returned to Kansas without tho pro
lection of Government troops his life would
not be worth q weeks purchase According
to the views of this gentleman who i, at
least disinterested observer, Jefferson Davis
is President of Kansas, and David r. Atchi-
son is Vice President. Gen. Pierce has not
abdicated but as to this Territory and the
questions connected with it, has clothed his
two lieutenants with dictatorial powers.
When tho echo of Reeders Easton speech
returns from Missouri to Washington, it is
the opinion Of my Missouri friend that Gov.
Reeder will be quietly dropped
The Washington correspondent of the New
Hampshire Patriot, President Pierce's home
organ, says:
"The affairs of Kansa, seem to be on every
IN nfi inn in
every heart. The question before the coun-
try is whether the people of Kansas shall
make their own laws, according to the prin-
| ciples of the organic act Of the territory, or
whether an armed horde of Missouri nullilers
shall legislatc for them. This question must
be decided in one of two ways either by
peaceful means, or by bloodshcd.
From the St. Loui. Intclligencer.l
L" The light that is breaking upon tho
western horizon, looks very much like the
lurid flame of civil war. 1t i. solumn
crisis that now impends over the country.
| We know that agents are ont f'''l "cs'crn .hn
,t:--.-.;. s,,INInls to excite the people OF the
rest OF the state to Join them in the violent
proceedings they have already started in
Platte county. If they succeed Missouri
will soon be in flame. 1t will spread to the
south, and the Union itself will perish like a
burnt scroll :"
The editor Of the R,chfeM (Mo.) Enter
PRISE apologises for the non-appearanco of
that paper for several weeks, upon the ground
that he has been in the territory of Kansas
working for the advancement of the pro-
slavery interest in that State. He says;
"We have solemnly pledged our sacred
honor, one to the other, that the North and
East shall not dictate to us concerning our
institutions If eastern men choose to asso-
ciate with and intermarry with negroes, they
have the right to do so, but they shall not
force upon us the necessity of following their
immoral and infamous example.
We do not intend to make threat, but
we will say tD the eastern ana northern abo-
litIonist and free soiler, that we have in Mis-
souri, one hemp factory employed to make
suitable ropes for hanging negro thiJves, and
| by HI we will use them"
Tho editor Of the y. Y. Ercn,ng Post
thinks thut there Is II typographical error in
| the last line of the above extract. The word
"by" should have been printed - in -
In the new city Of Ki ckapoo, Kansas. a
paper has been started in the pro-savery in
terest, and named the Pioneer. 1t is full of
villainous suggestions and bitter reviling,
against the Free Soil settlers, Speaking
of the new election to take place on the 22l
inst to sunnIv vaconci.. it saws
:. We ,nnst ,aco;n moko ~ rI..,n svocr--wo
must nroye 70 1hn friends Of the :. dean. de-.
nro,scd Llacks - thar wa dn nnt ;n,nrI r.
slaen a. Ion,, os thsra i. wnrt ta iva dnneNos
Iong as thers il an oh,l;tinnist in K,ns,s =
[From the Providence Journal
Tho Y al,r, Ia f,uastinn was rr.ot f,uou
tion. 1t WAS question whether slavery
should be introduced into new territory,
under the forms of law, but in violation OF
the most solemn compacts. The Kansas
tion whether slavery shall be introduced into