The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-26
O1tbIeals Ia kansas.
THE PRo-sLAvErY ACo0UaT--REAL STATE or tn '.
CASE.
From tho ('bie.,,g. gt-tA.,-t, 49,

From the Chicago Tribune aug. %
We have iurther accounts q shr Kan,as; busthesc
accounts come wholly tnrou1E a rro-sayery source.
They are not TO be reli,d upon Let tue facts
we suppose them 10 exist admitting these reports TO be
true.
l. The border had occupied tha best military points
In Kansas Their object 20 make descent upon the
free State men, murder them drive them out OF the
Territory. Their plan wen understood 20 sure
were they Of success that they dd not keep secret
2 The free State men, as NC nave stated, determinei
10 take the initiative On the th they attacked and car
red the block house at Franklin running OIL the border
men, selling only their arms and military supplies The
next night another block house at Ussawatamie WAS
seized aud the rufians defeated Bstws that AM
18TH and probably the night Of the l5th the fortified
places in douglas county were assei by the free State
men, and the raiians routed and driven away. The
probability s that every block house occupied by the
ruiians has fallen
the pro slavery Bulletin has been carried and the prison
ers, Robinson, Brown &c, released, tt United Sta.es
troops having them under guard not firing gun II 80
they were permitted to escape The free State men made
no attack upon the United states troops This we know
fallen, very likely. Bot beyond thus the free State
men here observed the Law IN every respect-taa we
consider certain.
The free State have acted purely in self defence
They were compelled TO do what they did to them
selves, and therefore could not help themselves The
only wonder Is that they did long ago But they
on the ground, cautious in action If determined AMI
are the best judges of the time for That the
strucon OF the block houses was necessity cannot be
questioned That they were rightly destroyed Is equally
clear.
The stories of the destruction pri rate
property by the free State meu false Mt dime
taken belonging to any citizer-no cents worth de-
stroyed. This Is pretex o. the border men to
their own designs excite sy npsthy and seizure aid
Q. Gen IsEe is not IN the Territory aud had 500
men under his command.
Z. The border fortified. They occupied
block houses. The free State men, in alta king these
were exposed, aud 1T will be strange many of them
have fallen. But the ruiaps have exaggerated the
Der OF killed and wounded heretofore, and we suppose
they have doLe so again.
The telegraph il contradictory. 1t asserts that the
United States troops refused to iuterpose, and then de-
clares that aid had been sent TO Treadwels But
he whole affair will all be made cear iongwe shall
have full and correct particulars of all the
referred TO in Kansas in a few days
The war is begun In Kansas II will be child pay.
The free State have determined 10 defend their rights
and their homes and they towards IL they did not
10 that. They must fight or fall They right then,
n meeting the border men--in wrestling from them the
means 70 annoy destroy them and II general conflict
fpsues, II Ioxa and Illinois aroused, IL the whole
North determines to stand by them let the
pest where they should rest-upon the heads Of the pro-
slavery men. who determined 70 extend the curse OF
slavery at any end at every hazard. The freemen Of
Kansas will rot yield; should they. Life is worth
hothng without liberty, and If tina. must be fought tor,
he pght cannot begin too soon. We have dahed too
ong With this matter. Let II be met Let know
neither free wb 10 men 10 have their rights or
whether the slave power lbal rule for It's class be-
eht and to extend the curte OF lis own class interests