New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-14

w.stnor, Are respectable Col. Boone. one ofthess.
ia t,ne cf this respectsbility. He is certainly
Osntlemanly man; and although be has gone up 10
Kansas TO vote at al of the elections, those kind
efforts of him and his neighbors were aouosless tAs
result of wish 10 have the thing done respectfully
He deprecated the murder Of Barber at the hms
he came up 10 Lawrence with the Governof-cca
demned the taking of corn and other srhcieee5
the Missouri invaders but II never seems 20 ocoaf
to him that these MissOurians, himself includes
hsd no business in ansss meddling with its shairs
And vet he behaved so handsomely that many o.
the Free.State men who listened to his dignlhea
assurances that he merely wished TO " see svery'
thing done right" thought he was quite
eentleman;" and If il ever occurred to them that
lie had seut flaming dispatch all through Westsrs
Missouri calling on the Border Ruffisns to come
10 the rescue and telling false and rightfu. story
about the outrsges committed oy free-os'e mco
in Kansas Territory-a story "ncn ne ,noorsee
AS true. in the most solemn manner, aithoasn n
WAS impossible for him to know that II was So
AL this seemed merely the result OF the Aoresaas
Misunderstanding Yes the people Of West
mort and of the Missouri border generally are all
r,spectabs. like Col. Boone; but c0niourd saoA
respectability. say l.
Gov Shannon is somewhat under cloud -
Westport but be is not without friends here ycs
I end These contend that the treaty. as pss-
the people Of Lawrence to defend themselves; that
the, bad really promised to surrender their arms
and their principles and to leave in before Pre-
Slsyeryism generally: and that their failure TO 10
so is only another instance OF " Yankee rascaiity.
/ have heard q great deal of talk about the
Governor" in Westport. and, in fact Gov. Price
of Missouri might We'll be Jealous, as the people
on that frontier appear to recognize ShsnRon s>
Governor" and the only Governor worth talking
.hout Same few openly and | have no doubt
many secretly. curse him but they hnd that they
can scarcely DO without him yet, and, as no sau
appears to entertain hopes of pleasing both parties
tbey have not altogether lost hopes OF him IS
useful tool find that Shannon has been mlsrep-
resentiug to these men the true character oil ths
settlement of the recent difficulties. The fearful
dilemma into which his indiscreton plunged him.
and which came so near causing cull war does
not seem to have taught him lesson. lie u stii.
and ever will be, the same weak, vacuiausy
official and trembe for his indlseretion and
lack of principle. go
The recent settlement was, indeed. NOT q settle
ment of the difficulty. A large majority Of the
re al settlers of Kansas are still in favor Of its be-
ING Free State; but there is still the same Bor-
der League of men who have sworn that kansas
shall be a Stare State; and they have not the slight
est inteutionI of receding from that position
There is no misunderstanding Both parties
know what they desire and both are still resolved
ON its accomplishment. There is slight diher-
ence as to their positions the one party belonging
to the Territory, and the other to Missouri; but
eyery step have taken along the Missouri border
has convinced me that the seeds OF future difficulty
are widely and thickly sown, and that nothing bat
the immediate and prompt action of tho General
Government in the matter will prevent the ques-
tion of Freedom or Slavery from being settles
in blood