New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-09

level with oodhounds and become o s.ayeeaicher
and the law IVES passs Wrestling the pe~er from
| tie STATE that it might be exercised by Congress
which was rot authorized 10 exercise il IL ps-scd;
creating tibuuas Of justice which Congress wss noe
sNihcriKed 10 create rejecting from ITS PROVISIONS th0
most sScIcd rhts of trial by Jury and bsbeas corpus,
this law passed, imposing unusual and ofen-
sne renatie- upon all who should rsfu~ 10
ske part in its 'uon and bribng the officers sp-
pointed To administer il by offers Of higher wags- in
case OF decision adverse 10 the poor iegitive: us
SN,ns anu dissIaoeGl law recorded CA hs sa:ois
t"oks OF tie " Model Republic in the central, cho
cum mating point of the nineteenth century, Its pass-
age however, Was not the worst feature of the
eeioni ne craven acceptance vouchssfed il by tho
pulpiis and tie commercial circles the plant es<s
tn VI eh The North bent 10 the insult was the sgai-
{, ant fact in tie procc ding which more than oil others
covered man! an honest face with shame.
The Freedom of Kansas is the subject Of
sircularly able essay. Mr.. Goodwin gives Q glow
ing description Of the Importance Of that rich and
beautiful Territory. The geographical center Of
the Western Continent, larger than the Kingdom Of
Great Britain aud equal in area TO the Austrisn and
French En- pres, il holds the key TO the entire and
eig,n,ic civilization which shall soon fiji up thoes
vast soll,udes What the plains of Iran werc to
Western Asia what France is 10 Europe, will ba
the region Of Kansas 10 the Valley OF the Wet.
There lie the granaries Of the New World, and
thence shall spring the seats of future empire. For
nearly half century this pivotal locality Wa con-
secrated by solemn act Of legislation TO perpetual
freedom. In an evil hour, the pledges Of liberty
were removed by the willy arts Of demagosue.
This magnificent domain was thrown open to rso-
bic of con petitors. As the Roman Empire, III 'ns
days Of It's degeneracy, WAS sold To the hxnest od-
der, SO this empire Of the future experienced tno
mere degrading fate of abandonment 10 tne MOO
All the ri.raf Of the borders-men Of rude snd vio-
lent natures, regardless Of principles, aud avid Of
plunder-were invited. along with soberer citizens,
to pcll-me scramble for the prize. The world
saw. with astonishment, great republic surrender
ing its right to the control Of lis dependencies,
surrendering its noble prercgatiye Of fixing tina
character of inchoate and unsettled communities I'd
the precariOus arbitrament of miscellaneous herd
Of frst-comers. Ii saw the few honest and legit
mate settlers, who, taking their fortunes in their
hands, had gone thithsr with an exalted purpose of
founding a state worthy of the most advanced
modern civilization, overwhelmed, in their very
first attempts at organization, not y the red say-
ages of the wds but BY the white sayages Of tb,
border.
The principal issues at stake in the present can
yass are all treated more or less directly in this
volume, and the suggestions which It 50 forcioly
sets forth are eminenty pertinent TO the great con-
troversy which is to be decided within less than
a month from this time. Although not intended a.
an electioneering document, it is adapted 70 pro-
duce a powerful effect on large and important
class of the American people, and If 1t finds en-
cuaton in proportion to its merits, its iniiaen'"
cannot fail to be felt in the coming elections.