The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-13
Kansas Affairs.
CONDENSATION OF THE BORDER kUFrIANs BY PRO
SLAVERY IoTRNAIa


From the 81 LOUIS lntegcncer (pro slavery Sept
n the pro slavery party In Kansas determined q
dserace and ruin their caue, and to draw down upon
themselves The reprooauon Of good a. the south
well at the North, they have only to continue In tbs
preparation Of such sbomrsbe and hdeoua outrases
p.h their aim completely. That shocking exhibition OF
cruelty anu tyranny haa been responded 10 be-
versa sentiment OF execraton, against which toe
Missouri Rpuboan tho vndc ator OF all The acts Of Acb
hop, Strp fellow. ana their comrades, The lie
publican tss justified everything hitherto done and ssd
by the prosavsry men In Kansas but has not had the
bardibood a. YET 10 defend the Lesyen worth outrage
Perhsps will employ corresp ,ndent Zone Of those who
took Jart In the dsgraceiul sna') " defend the guilty
parties.
The details OF this insxcusabe and fragrant outrage are
sell known 10 the most OF ctzens. Thirty forty Of
the ciuzsns Of LesveHworih among whom subsiau
tia and respectable echants well and favorab
In tho business circles % ~ Louis by their intimate
relations with our city, driven ou Of the place
their lives, leaving their stores, their shops, and
tbsir homes % The mercy OF their persecu
rebels sgsinst the Territorial authorities, they
abSliuonsts. They simply free state men, WOO
desred nothing than the right Of living IN kansas
and quietly pursuing their svocsuons--s right which
every American citizen entitled be bis private OPT
Mons what they may. BIT they COMMANDED 10 take
up favor OF the pro.lavery cause and because
they could not and would DO his they driven
ca and forced TO seek elsewhere that shelter which they
denied on the inhospi,sble soil Of Kansas.
We are not surprised, shen such atrocities a. tns
and the horse stealing outrage at Lexington pcrpe
trafed almost daily the bordcr-we surprised
10 harn, az we DO rom sources emnenty reliable, that
the pro. slavery sentiment n about 70 react
Just such conduct this that has coined Tree soilers
out OF slave state men, Disguised many pro slavery
citizens Of Missouri with . associated vib cruelty
oppression and wrong.
iron the Springfield. mol Mirror, (pro slavery }
Sept
There In one thing connected with Kansas and her DIN.
cuss that tihers probably well ourselves have
noticed, and that IL Ever the commencement
OF the difficulties that Territory there has been par
eel Of ready n add 10 the exclemeut by spresfns
false alarms all The county. On the FIRST appro
of danger such q. Roberta and others 0f like
kidney, who more expert In hoiong horses than in
The of the rife, sntcally rush into Missouri cry
ing that The aooltonete numbering ali who oppose
their viii aud offer them any resistance. Others, like
Atchson and Stringeiow send forth ncendsry appeals
calculated up bad blood and lead the unthouehted
into acts Of violence These mensaso tell that In all
auily quarrel that government had nothing do with
H. and no risbi 10 interfere.
Prem these facts the people readily zee who Il s
that II keeping up the excitement and urging their
peisbbors become volasors of laws OF the land
The administration by lis acts first brought about
ire difficulties and now with the aid Of the aboi,iouiss
Keep them up We end the President encouraging men
the idea that government has right interfere and
que these disturbances, by refusing 70 order the
United states troop--by refusing move a finger 10
aay the excitement Party drill and party tactics keep
him sknt. for fear sill have bad effect 10 the Prcsi
dental election. II was such acts and such men
that caused toe people Of Missouri 10 be sgmatzed
border rufiansv throughout the land, and almost
looked upon AZ a set Of abandoned outlaws.