New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-02

Tho following tho Report Of the Ilveaigs,ipg
| Committee:
REPORT ON THE OUTRAGES IN KANSAS.
| A journal Of proc edinss, Including sundty com
| muhicstops nsdc to and b, the Committee, vas kept,
a copy Of which is herewith submitted The .sl
mo, also is herewith submitted, "a copy Of il h -
bsb made and ausreed. not according t. the order
which il was taken, but 10 to present. cloaiI,
81 possible, consecutive history Of events in tho
Territory. from its organization to the 10th day Of
| March, A. D., 1855.
Your COMMITTEE deem it their duty 20 state, a.
briefly a. possible. the principal facts proven bs'cre
| them When the act to organize tho Territory Of
| Kansas was passed on - day Of May, 1854. tho
greater portion Of It's eastern border incIaded 10
Ipdar reservations not op'n for settlement and there
were but few white SETTLERS in soy portion Of tho Ter
ri'ory. It, Indian population rapidly decreasing.
| While many euIgrants from different parts of oar
country were anxously waiting th. extinction Of the
lcisb title and tho establishment Of TorrIt' rial
overppeht to SEEK now homes ne fertile prairss.
II Garnet be doubted that If iu condition q free
Territory had been left undsurboG by Coogress is
settle inert would have been rapid psaosful and PROF.
Porous Ito climate, coil, aud its easy &C Jess to the
cider settlemen would have uado 1t the favored
COME for tho tide Of emigration constsny flowing TO
| the West, and, by this time IT would have bssn i'd
uitt~d into the Union a. Free STATE without tbs
lesst Q. ctona excitement. II organised, none but
the kipdest feeling coud have existed between and
the adoip NJ State Their mutual interests and atcc
course instead Of a. now, epdsDgering the harmony
Of the Union, would have IT. enlightened the ties OF
national brotherhood. The testimony clearly shows,
that before the proposition to repeal the Missouri
Compton, ice was introduced Into Congress the people
of Western Missouri appeared indifferent 70 the pro-
bbitivn of Slavery in the Territory, and nsther asked
nor dtGrsd its repeal.
Wh.p, however, the prohibition was removed by
the action Of Congress, the aspect Of affairs entirely
chspged. The whole country was sgitated by the re-
opening Of q controversy which conservative men in
different ctons hoped had been settled in every State
and Territory by some Law beyond the danger of re.
nal The excitement which has always accompanied
tho discussion of the Slavery question was greatly In
CT. ased by the hope on the one hand Of extending
Slavery into region from which it had been excluded
BY law ard on the Other by sense of wrong done by
what was regarded as dlshonor Of national COM
pact This excitement was naturally transferred INFO
III. border counties of Missouri and the Territory az set
tiers fsvori,g free or slave institutions moved into it,
Lew difficulty soon occurred. Different constructions
were put upon the organic law. IL was contended By
the one party tina. the right to hold slaves in the Ter
rtoy existed and that neither the people nor toe Ter
,itoral Legislature coad prohibit avery-that thst
power wss alone pos ss-ed by the people when they
were authorized to form State Government. Ii WAS
conendsd thai the removal of the restriction virtually
established Slavery in the Territory. This claim was
| urged by many prominent men in Western Missouri,
who actively engaged in the affairs Of the Territory
Every movement OF whatever character which tended
~.oAo ,ntnr
| terence with their rights
Within q few ds1s after the organic law passed, and
AZ % its passage could BIZ known the bofdor,
Leading czenr Of Missouri crossed INTO the Territory,
held Squatter maetings and then returned TO their
hsmes. Among their resolutions are the following:
rh. We will .Yurd protection Ab,,iouist settler
we r..c.nre irrtrson Of Slavery slresa,
i:n IL Ills Tei.,, Gd .d7s asveholdss' " introduce
/ tisir property a. early - pcssioe !"
Similar resolutions were passed in various parts OF
the Tsrrtory and by meetings in several counties OF
Missouri Thus the frat eff ct Of the repeal of the re.
.tr cuon sgsiDs Slavery to Substitute the resolves
Of .quatter meetings. composed almost exclusively OF
czens Of single State, for the deliberate actiVn Of
Coneres, scqui.scee in fox Thirty five years.
| This uulsw al interference has been continued in
every important event in the history Of the Territory;
ere,v Election has BEEN controlled not by the actual
rettera but by citizens Of Missouri, and as come
quepcc every officer in the Territory. from copstables
to Lex lators except those appointed by the Prssi'
cent owe their positions to resident voters None
have been elected by the stticrs add your Commit
tee have been unable TO find that any political p1w-r
e be. of Tso hA' Oe'n
| IN October, A. u. 1854, CIV. A. VI. Reeder and the
other officers appointed by the President arrived IN
the Territory Settlers from all parts of the coanty
| were moving il j, in great tunbers, making their
| .t.;,y,a and ui heir same
time and before any election was or could be held IN
the Territory, secret political society wa. formed IN
the State of Missouri ~. II WAS known by different
names such as Social Band" :. Friends Society
| " Blue Lodge" The Soos of the South Its men,
b.rs weie bound together by secret oaths, and they
had patswords, sgps, and grips by which tn'y were
known to each other. Penali.s were imposed fr vO-
lutinr the rul,s and secrets of the Order. Written
minutes kept Of the proceedings Of the Lodges,
snd the different LOdg-s were connected together Dy
| an eff, ctvo ORE anizaton 1t embraced great mum
be,s of the citizens Vt Missouri and was extended Into
other Slave States and ioto the Territory Its avowed
purpose was Lot only TO extend Slavery into Kansas,
but ato into Other territory Of the United States aud
to form onion Ct al the friends OF that Institution.
Its pan of operating was to organize and send men 10
vote at the et ctoLs il the Territory to collect money
10 DAY their exp, nses and il necessary to protect them
| IN voting. IL also propo ed to induce Pro-Slavcry
n,en to ,migrste into the Territory, to a,d ana sustain
IL. Ill while there and 10 elect none to office but those
! fi,noly 10 their views. This dangerous society was
cuntr led by men who svowed their purpose to ex-
| tsnd Slavery into the Territory az all h,zards, ana
was altogether the most effective instrument 10 or
ganzipg the subsequent armed mvssion. aud forays'
In its LODGES in Missouri tho Affairs OF tnsas we're
discussed the force Necessary control the election
wss DIVIDED into bands and leaoer. rejected mean.
were cole ctec, and tigns and badges were agreed
upon. " bile the great body of the actual settlers Of
the Territory were relying upon the rights secured to
them by the organic law anu had formed 70 Oiganza-
ton or combustion whatever, even Of party chsrsc-
ter this conspiracy Against their rights gathering