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

krcibie se,1ur,s Of persors and property = TIC Icn
INV vi,bou, !. gal wsTsnt- Your C"mm"~- I"e'e.
tbs. ,h,y Ger corp. lied 10 wn~ss ms aces VI 90"
NJ ~. AZ ella :. Of nuir@g.a While hol1'ng tne, -
so. ~ W..tp"' NO., at The reqaes. Oh 'os mn con.
a,,sax r,iz. n. Of Mi~sonn mSrcn In'o the Ie'i'oy
OF frsy. ~ a,ns' 't- citzens bnt d, der the
e,t y,.iiy 'he epactDeots b-fre referred 70 Ln "a
cnr # tniarahfs wee 'iopP-o VIC .,d IN .pn.
searched without claim of i~gsl COWS, ar ~ In
!, ~. CT, an their property taken from tne ..s >,
Lave worth Cay kadrg crizens v-re r;,b,ut
n.sncay IN cur p,esehct, BY al armea To- -
~ '~".,.,..d C..umit. &c visiisnHe, many o'
~h.rn ~ere Legislative md E1'cn''.se T--,,or, "a
v,r, rel. a,ed On prousDg ~ leave s - 60 III
o'h1s sf'r b'i "e'"n,o nr penalties. Tns
oulx "A. NJ. cb.rx.d against them We tne' p,etnS
o,iI,ns., spd no one waA thu. s,Ie9'eu !o' 7"-sa
cirrt of an, grade. There Ses 10 rs|s':"ss 70
there lsSess acte BY tns in .iem I'D be aus.
,;..J ard ripfaced BY the crizens OF the pcpuiSds
49, .ouIti., of Missouri from whence hey were
Only separated by toe rye :" @ss ss s IN
rn. vas rrev.nte by the urgent solicitation OF Pro-
ST. n,u, who ipristed tnat it would endanz-r
lie n. Of the prisoner to be discharged UNDER legal
pWtns We remained 10 the Territory. repeated acts
a. outrage we're committed NOON the qai-t, un"f-od-
% ci,iztbs, If " ich We received sutherac lntei,-
g, nee. hen were ausckcd on the highway, ROBBED,
Ard fubet qus Dfy lHTItrhrn. h-n we're e~iLci Gnu
...rch.d d, sDd L.p w-aIrrs Of def-r"e taken FROM
them w,,aDut compensation. Hor-es we're freque, ty
taken ava appropriated. Oxen were taken hom
d. yke Why sewg and Sa''h, ,o1Dg III u ,.e
was seized ill the streets Of the towu OF
AtctsOr, and under circumstances OF gro-s o.roany
taIr,d aud coctoreG, snd IN that condii % woe
s.,t 10 Biz faulty. All Tire provrioos OF the Consutu
ton If th. Un,ed S,a'er securing person ana properly
are tery oisregarded. The officers Of the law,
iprteso Of protecting tue people, were in some IN
ssbc Zig eyed III these eutIages. and IN no ust1nce
did barn that AT y mar was arrest-d lnhi,ted OF
pulshed for any Of these crimes While such oneases
w.Ie conn 'ed With mpuDity, the lave w-rc used a
b n.ars Ut HdicDg U.D for holdiug eiocho9s,
Or, urinary framing Constitution aud applying ir
sdni sior into the Union a. the State If kan-as.
Chsrte, high treason were ma 70 sgninst prominent
citizens upup grounds which seem ~ your Comntee
ab uro and rdiculoos and uod"r the-s charge. tnsy
Ar. now held IN cpstooy end refused the privilege
Of bail. In several cases men we're arrested 10 The
Stat. Of Mi. our while psssicg On their lawful business
through that Stats, and detained until noictmsns
coulc be found III the Territory. ~
Tier. proceedings wer, folio we'd By ofense of still
greater nsg, ud1: Under color Of legal p oce.s, q
company Of about 700 armed men, the great oody OF
wtom your Committee are satisfied we're not ctizehs
OF the Territory, marched into the tom VI Law
~, c- upder Ms,sbal Donaldson and j. Jon 2 ohi.
Ger. claiming 70 at uDd-r The law and bpno.rde1 aud
Ill. Il burp-o 10 the ground valuable hUtel and one
pivse bonse; des r"yed two printing presses ana ma
i.ria; apo ,hrp beng Ielenstc by the officers, whose
poae they q ,med TO be, pr0ceened TO sack, pulase
81 rob b, ures, stOTes, trunks, &c, even TO tho
clotLhg Of women ana children. SINE OF the etten
the correcting pelegste and they were offered III ev'
id,nce Your Cou,aiittee d rot deem that the per.
So, Lldipg th had any right thus to use them, aud
refused TO Dr. made the Instruments ~ report pnVs'e
let en- thus Ohtauier.
This force was not resisted because WAS collected
and marshsIed under the fo'm- Of law. But thus act
" bsrhsIiiy HDeIsmped III the history of our It vsrn
III. IN, va followed by its DsturaI consequences. All
10 ain shich American ci.izpnS aCcuSOme1
To Day ever the appearance of lSw were tbI0Sn oh
one act # VIOLENCE led 10 smother; h"mcides oecsaa
q, qu-nt. A psryu' der c Pae, composed chiefly
of citizens of Nil ouIi taken pr,sOneis oy party
Of .e,ttrs; and while your CO,bntee were e. West.
pot, q company, chiefly Vf NissOu,ians ecconp >ned
by The s't Delegate, sent 10 relieve Pate ana HI;
party aid q collision Was prevented by the United
States troops- Civil war has Ned Impending IN the
1.ini.ry. Nothing can prevent 81 great Calamity
but 'b- presence Ui large force Of United Ststes
tiocps, uhder q comnisn"er who will nth prudence
sno oscretiop quiet the excreo passions Of b0h par
ii-s txp. with force The armed ba ds of la~Iess
men C ming fom Missouri and 81 e~here, who with
cinibsl y, itinscity iuiest the Territory
In son c8ser aud az to one entire election district,
the clifton Of the country prevented the aena4oce
OF w,tnttse-, who were either arrested Or detained
Lille cbe>bg our process VI deferred from 90 dong.
The s. X. ~ ArWs who served the proce ses upon
Ii. nv was tinwef sresfed am detained for short
TIM. b, en- armed fvIc- claiming 10 be part Of the
pCs.e Of the Marsbsl bot was allowed to
poe. ed upon examination of lie papers,
sid was FURNISHED Win pass elRneu ny war
rem d. Wilk-s VI South Csrolns." John Up
ton another ,fccr Of the COMMITTEE, was subsequent
" ppea by lswlsss 'orce on the borders ct the Ter.
fty and sitter being detained and r cted with great
irdignt, 81 released. He al o. was furnished with
ass signed by two citizens Of Missouri and addressed
10 " PioSavery meD." By reason of these dlstur,.
al c.. We we've delayed in We-tpor, 20 that Tile in
session there time was but partially occupied.
But the ohsr ueiOn which sfed The mo seriOus
embarrassment TO your COum,te- was the attempted
of Gov R.eder the contrasting Delegate, upoas
viii of attachment rsued against him by Judge L.
O. mute to compel his stt.n q witness before
the Grand Jury If Douglas County. Wi hem Fame,
y from tie State Of Ge"rss, and Claiming 10 be
H., ID, pu'y Marshall saue ioto the room Of the Con-
u,,tte e while t}ov. Ree~sr was examining WITNESS
before u, and producing the writ required G'y.
Reed 10 stteI d lin. Subsequent events have only
strengthened The couviolisn vi yoar ConmiIce that
tins sss aud uni~wfN Interference oy the
Judg. who the win, tending grra'ly TO obs,rut
q ,u1 ard fair ibvertigatiOn. CIV R-ed,r an Gen.
Whitfield alone we're hly pO sessed VI that local in
formation which would sbsbe Us ~ elicit the whole
truth arc il obvious to every one that any even,
which would separate either Of them from the c. D.
mite woplo n, c.ssarly binder, delay and smb,rasa
IT, Gov. Re-d.r claimed that uuder ,he circumstances
il which be WIS placed he wa privileged from arrest
.,es for ueAOn felony or breach % the pe~ ,hs
Courts, OF for tie privileged pc son alone To determine
on hs peril. clneo to give him any protection or
tsk- o. action in the matter. He rriu'ed TO obey
tie w.t. hel, wing it 10 be mere pref nse TO get the
ustcdy VI his person. ana feanug be alleged, that
he would be q, sa~sinst.d by laWless bsais Of mn
,h,b gathering in and near Lecompton. He then left
Il TeiIi,OD.
Subs+ gu. ntly II. Miles Moore, attorney in Leav
Orth City but for raj var citizen of Weston
No.. ndly furn shed he Committee information a. TO
the i,idence mons voing at the elections I'D in
rome cares exsuneo witness~s before Us He was
s, the streets OF that TO En b, an armed and
OF about thirty pen headed by W: ID. Wilkes, ~i,h
opt Any color Of authority, confined, with Utber ct
xtus under g military goard for "a hou,s, aud then
po'i6.o Ia leave the Territory. His testimony
lepnrird a. il pnrtnl AID upn bus rwnrn y, .el.ht