Demoine courier., 1856-01-03
From the Gate CITY.


Latest from KanSas---usw Peace was
Restored.
The first accounts from Kansas we're
incomplete and conflicting ina, /. was
10 ascertain the terms of the
Treaty between the parnes. and the
msnnar 10 which il was brought about.
The 81. Louis Inieiligeacer Of Monday
has a letter from q Kansas correspond
ent giving = clear and full statement, Of
the whole affair. From this il will be
seen that the Lawrence men have no,
aha,ed one jot Of their positions. bu,
have maintained them prudenhy, though
firmly and hesoicully, and are DOW guar.
an.sed in the enjoyment Of them by the
very Leaders Of an infamous gang wao
confess them 70 be right. and acknowl-
edge that their wi body was no more
nor less than a lawless mob. The men
Of Lawrence and their Free State asso-
ciaies have proved triumphant.
Nothing bu, the prudence and ssgaci.
~ Of DR.. or now Gen. Robinson, apd
the intelligent character Of the people
here. prevented a bloody war; and those
who know the character Of q civil ron.
v~ulsion. and the peculiar character of
the quarrel on which oil Of ,hn was re-
ally preaica,ed, will feel grateful 10 the
sagaci:y Of Gen. Robinson snd the in
,ell'gc3ce Of the people Of Lawrence.
for svefing a civil war that nigh, have
involved The people Of the Union IN a
terrible struggle. The frs, bloody ba,-
tie would have been bu, . siqnal, and the
friends If either parry would have hur.
ried to Kansas. TO make il . bloody ce-
ba,able ground; and woe, woe. woe,
would have followed every step in ,ha,
unnatural warefare.
Gen. Robinson was frat careful to as
sume . correct position, and then 10
guard il carefully. The ssnuies were
given strict orders no, 10 return fire, un-
lees in imminent peril Of life; although
these brave fellows were fired on al their
posts. by parties Of horse, that would
gallnp up near them every night. and
discharge their pieces al them, they re-
served their fire with a hernism and lie
vOtion 10 the orders Of their leaders.
that has rarely il ever been ~pasalleled
Well did :he leader Of the Free State
people in Kasss know. tina, the battle
must begin with some such aggression,
and he was determined , o make his men
endure these petty attacks wi.hcd, retail
la,ion, even il some Of them should fail,
and wait until the invaders, without
~prOvocauon, should march up q accom-
pl,sh their real obJec,-lhc expulsion of
the Free S!a'e people. by destroying
their towns. and lynchlng their leaders.
The position was a very strong one.
and it was tho patient persistence ia i,
that has brought of the Free State men
conquerers. and saved our country from
The scsndal and disgrace Of bloody civil
discord. IL FIRST brought Gov. Shan
non 10 his knees. He fouE6 that with
on! p%rovoca,ion he had done all be could
To plunge this fair territory 10 a civil
war. Through his fundamentally. di
rec, or indirect. he had GO, a large band
0f reckless border characters respec,i
bic Missour,sns. led away BY alarming
and false rel or Q. on the soil Of Kansas,
aod that The seulsrs oi Kansas we've
aiming and enrolling themselves under
leaders OF their own selection 10 resist.
He found on examination, that he had
made obe great fatal blunder, aad thai
the position assumed by the Free State
men was impreguabls. They had new
er taken a position that they would re.
sist even he Ia rs Of The corrupt and
fraudulent legislature. by piolence. bui
that they would have b legal remedy for
them. He found tina, the rescue of
Branson from Sheriff Jones, had been
under circumstances which
would justify those who ha: done 90 in
a court If law. and that 10 a cour, CT
Law they were willing TO appeal. Law
renee, he also found, vas not in snv
shape responsible for that rescue, riyh,
or wrong. and j, was a2ains, Lawrence
chiefly that the expedition was aimed.
and agA,ns, tha, p"ia, that i, would be
made in spite Of him. He found arm.
in the hands Of the people. but he saw
thet these arms were needed and ;us,l-
fed. Under these circumstan .es be
had nothing really |, q arrange with them.
aud had only 10 gain time BY negn,ia,ion
until the men below would become a
lit.le sick Of their enterprise. and ALEC
IN esi ior,h fac,s thar would. if possible.
justify his crimirally indiscress conduc,
IN TIE o. es Of the word. lie was also
DESTROYS to d,sSasd the force of in,a
dsFa. who were now under the orJers Of
the Ot6eers Of the territorial militia. bu,
he frankly confessed To Gen. Robinson
and others, that he learned he had bu,
little control over these meu.-oser The
he had prsci2i,a,ed ~ invaders on
their soil.
After two days Of lsborious nego,ia
ton matters were hrough, 10 q ciose
las, Saturday night. The Governor, in
a paper signed by him aid by General
Robinson and Co,. Lane. declared ,ha,
the whole had resulted from misunder-
standing. Tha, the people Of Law.
renee and vicinity were. AZ they always
had been. Law and order abiding people;
he, the Governor. pledged himself
lie would not employ those forcss
againss Tho people Of Kansas a.
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