New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20
A NEW-EyGLAND LADY'S DEFENSE OF TIE
MISSOURI ANS


Tie Ntr. Haven Register publishes the following
extract ON private letter from lady, formerly of
New Haven County for the las! f 80 yesrs ar-sdent
of Western Missouri las principal Of an academy 10
Der brother in New-Hsven, Gated
"MIAMI, Saline Co., Nov. %.
"You eek me to tell you some'hiny aboat the Kan.
sas aDo Missouri troubles. OF course you kno~ 10
Whit they have originated. There il no Denying
electors, If possible; AID l don't know that their
measures volld be 5as'i6able, e1cep u1on the pin
cip'e Of sefp alton; and t1at, you know, Is the
FIST law Of nature. they certainly had Just as good
rght TO 90 there ano the Abolition party at
the Moth bad to send heir nLiOns by the hum reis
and Thousands who had other BUSINESS tn re.
Had the queeoD been left to be decided by the acah
settlers OF the Territory Missouri would never have
DterfeIed. However, it was not uSOn tbs right or
wrorg Of the question that | iatended to say snF-
thing but u ooD the character OF those whom the
Northern press had sssailed with all the opproorou,
epi'Leis that could be thought OF. | know, either
pertor ally or by report large majority OF tbs mso
who have been in these eIpe0i ions from La Fsyette
and Satire CouDties aid presume taey may Do 70.
garded az toeraby fair sam le Of the balance; AID
co assure you that they g the very best portion OF
society and as GOOD and true eau DO found IN
Any portion OF our co.ntry-nen distinguished for
character ard integrity, and every virtue tha renders
a man valuable citizen. Many Of them are profe'
sors Of rel ion and of TN semisnet Christian charac
ter. Such | kHOp 10 be large Proportion OF the
Ieaders of tese expeditions. These the msu whom
the Norhern press sismstizes as otrngfello"'s
nyTnid ors, 'cu;throas,' uihsas, 'ro~iies, aud
the ike. -
That there are some wild bot beaded young fsi
lows among them is likely. aud to he expected but
such ss lave described 70 you, 80 far ss my know"
edge extends the cha sctr Of those who have dster
nil cd TO the agg eseons of the Aboi ionsts In
de fen &c Of what bey regard their rights aud were
you here, think you would bid them God'speed.
Gov. SHANNON Detroit Free Press, Gen
Cas's bone organ, alter pub Thing the petition Of
ibe people Of Kansas to the Pesden' for the rem)va
Of Gov. Shannon, PAYS:
Accounts from X sneas sre 80 CO. hictlsg AMI ex.
sggeraed that il Is difficult 20 determine the exact
Truth regarding tho conouct of Gov. Shsu non- We
are ca visited however, that there 10 good ground "a
COMPLAINT al ainst him There seems to BIZ room 70
doubt the late difficulties largely attributable
10 incopsioerste haste wifui desisn on DTS part
There was DO Of calling for armed volunteers,
and fer United States troops he matter OF tbs aray
about the land claim Lear Lawrence. Tnere was no
peed of issuing iufsmm Atory proclamation. Even
though there migat have been the revolt Gov. Slau-
non protessed to suppose be could not have adopted
vess policy to queil it. We are painfully oppresse1
with The u preston that the right mao i, not ia the
tight place at the bead OF affairs In kausas.