New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-22

| come Hence trade has been greatly st nulstel aad
| degree Of enterprise developed which, had not
the pursuits Of industry been diverted by the ride
| checks Of war, would have made this new Territory
remarkable in the annals Of successful progress aDd
rapid INCREASE.
Unfortunately a. bad too may evidences ct the
time Of my witt, the labors Of the honest AID well
dpo' ed among the settlers grevousy inter
feed with by the necessity of bearing and shielding
themselves from political oppression. The farmers were
negecng their torIfelds TO form committees Of de-
ferse. Others found themselves rnercessy robbed Of
their produce and Of their horses and other stock to
supply TIE wants Of the Regulators who in the name
Of law end order secured the country in search Of
political victms. young man when was there was
He refused. They held their pistols before him, and
demanded afresh: " He must give bis horse or drop"
He eeain asserted bis right to his own. The Reg1la-
tors were firm. He pleaded, If not justice mercy
tllirg them that he was the only Of q widowed
mother ard that TO lake bis hor,e would be to rob bin
Of bis chief means of supporting, not himself alone but
her. The Law and Order men were weary Of the
discussion srgle shot terminated both 1t and the
young mans life
Bot where these acts OF violence not committed
the diversion Of the settle rs labor from the cultivation
Of their farms TO the organizing of means ofdeecse w1
ucentO lead TO serious apprehension as to the CO
queIcee Ii my intention TO refer TO this before the
American mail Of this week brought US the sad ate
geIce that the Free State inhabitants Of Lawrence were
suffering from scarcity and that the merchant in Wes
ton no sold them quantity OF -four had been arrested
by band of men from Platte City, with Strngfelow,
the Speaker in the House of Legislature, at their head
who denounced the -four dealer Aboitionst, and
threatened to hang him. Fortunately the people Of
Weston came appears to the rescue Of their fellow
citizen and compelled the Platte party to take Their
departure.
10 draw true picture Of Kansas life it Is necessary,
Of course place in the foreground the true typical
WesteIn boroer.man. Coming originally whether from
the cultivated farms of New England or from the broad
plantations Of the South the settler 10 the West epeed
" acquires those general characteristics which belong
4, no nd VIII mi rk the WcsHrD m "A
of species distnct from either NOrhener or South
erner. 1t would be difficult perhaps to define it pre-
cisey but there an element in the Western character
which in the of the majority, believe, of
country men, would gain for it their natural sympsthies
more readily than they yielded TO the Eastern
inhabitants Of the States, either North South This
il the secret probably of that strange attraction which
belongs notwitl standing all tS discomforts and all is
pns 10 the border life of the furtbest West. Placed
in circumstances where they have 10 endure frequent
hardship and privaon called ofte Dmes TO encounter
great Danger and to expose their lives to the most i'm
miDent pers, these hardy men become in short time
wholly Indifferent 10 all considerations of personal COM
ftit safety. BY natural transition they next
found deriving pride and pleasure from the life Of hard
chip to which they have become Injured despisng the
so ess Of civilization ard conventional society and
oviIg only the proud independence and excitement Of
Il lie in which the suImounting of obstacles the sub
duing Of noture, aid perpetual harbreadth escapes
form the chief staple Of each day experience.
Further, the border is situated with regard to
his fellow settler that he is most naturally led share
all he has with his neiebbor, and to make common
stock Of whatever little cOnvenences each can afford.
II is telling timber; be VIII cut for too, who lives
in the Lighthouse four miles off, and who perhaps has
unfortunately lost broken his ak; aud if BIS wife
has got a saucep6D AS beteT-haf shall not want the
wi erewilhal to prepare the hog and honiny'
ior the famDy's wants. And why not If there were
no such generous interchange weary week journey
might need TO he undertaken before Mr. b could re
place his ok or Mrs. her saucepan. A Western man
will take recompense for services rendered however
kind valuable; he disGkcs TO be offered thanks. In
my own experitIce, the most simple acknowledgment
Of favor by PLAN " II you please" or " l thank
YOU has been received with very evident displeasure
Lat should int oduce the cOdDess OF Eastern
iioDasm to the freedom of friendly intercourse.
The most unbounded hospitality regbs-the talk Of the
iar ger and the news be may bring being the setof
against all he may receive. This set OIL however he
must eye for the Western man. while he holds taty you
have free right 10 everything in his cabin, without
asking much as bis permission, considers that you
and yours are equally at his disposal; and that,
should be detain you for night beneath his roof you
bound to answer every one Of the endless questions
be has to present for your soution Whatever Is not
generous ard free the true border-man with difficulty
compehepds ard most heartily hates Let the stranger
leave behind him all home preGdices, all the chill for
malities of conventional society-be ready to accept
The rough fare set before him, which if not good, is
vet The best the country will aiford-show fear
suspicion, resaint-handle his rifle as If IT were his
cherished companion-be hearty and cheerful and
ready TO communicate, not in word only but by
HANGING out lis braI dy flask participating anything
else he may have with lis entertainers, without allow
inc 10 apear in the smallest degree act of favor
and tell the rough settler that though of Eastern
raising" lis heort is with the West, and there IL not
cg cabin in the whole borderand from North to South
which not open for his recepton-except IN Kansas,
ono is compo He'd TO add for there although the West
EN- nature is still the same-and, rightly managed,
there il little to fear from the man who gorej In
tie Of Border Ruhan-yct, through this detesta-
bic war, the generosity of tie Western character is
maned and each man looks with suspicion upon either
stranger OF neighbor.
1t s Impossible, however, rightly to comprehend life
in Kansas without taking into consideration the natu-
raj characteristics of the Western boIdeIer. Take
him At his best, and the pioneer of the New World
rossttsts noble chaI acter. There he stands, IN his
rough wooden shirt of yellow or red, bis big boots
forming large circumference around his eathern hose,
n bu1lotk kin upon his back-at once hls covering by
day and his bed sheet and blanket all combined by
pisht-his coontkn cap or souchtd felt hat, covering
face which hot and keen frosts have made brown
o. an Indian's-bis rifle his shoulder, bis belt
stuck full Of Irvine and knives, and hachets and am
munitiCn end oil the minor necessaries OF his he-the
produce Of his last shot perhaps upon his shouldehs
visage the eTcer for uncomotd hair aid thick brstly
besld there lie stands ready for the widest river,
lickest forest the broadcast prse, or the widest
Indian the most savage beast that may be his lot
10 liz hi on ready TO do or die.
That there is charm IN all this at least to those
"whose hearts are fresh and simple, and who are
sick of the luxury display, the hollow preenss and
urnanly rtnements of the Eastern cities, will be
c.rstood by every one There is romance about the
pnbet dod Iens and urthought of hardshps there is
attraction in tho manly generosity OF these brave
piop6es Of civilization. They the men TO conquer
The wild WOODS ard stern nature that is before them
ard they do il. Step by STEP not gradually, bat
rapi6y they have carried forward the outpoSts OF
civilized life; the red las Ieceded before themi
The waste ildeIness has been transformed INTO fruit
mi field; hundIeds thousands OF miles have submltted
TO the steady march of their conquest population has
clcw Il 10 fiji no from behind the lands they have