New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-19

the influence Of the tuty he eas sent to do as to
question me at this ONT relative TO our friends, the
existence of Free state camps, &c; the impend-
ing fate OF Osav sattamie made it painful. | re-
peated again &c, him that unless could carry back
some euaran' re that all the troops could do would
be done IN .nediately, and promise to that enect
given W.. would Immediately march on the point
ourselves He then assured me that everything
they Gould do would be done. He would start
imT iediatey for the other two camps one OF which
As nine miles below, and the other near Osa~at-
annie. and that everything that could be done
would be done, and those men driven back II they
were there; he did not wish us to take any steps.
conyersed with him while he prepared TO leave.
He accused the Free.State people. Spoke OF their
di,inclnstion to obey the Territorial laws, fire
sistpp these tyrannous enactments was sin; spoke
barsbly of few of the more impusive OF the Law
renee people who had treated Sheriff Jones with
disrespect in the performance of his duty! Alas,
il was evident that he regarded the bogus law a.
law. and the Squatters Of Kansas as a species OF
rebels. saw him on the way toward OsawaHa'
ME aud returned at the gallop. Our friends were
satisfied with the result; concluded to abandon
the field and trust the DRAGONS for the present.
Alas, next night We received intelligence OF the
sack of Osawattame, and that part of the robbers
were retreatipg unmolested toward WestpOrt with
their booty, while the remainder were camped Sc
curely on creek seven miles south 0f.the plum
| dered town. i do not reprodch tndt Ofncer as an
| individual; believe him to be a gentleman, but
| I, aud every other Free-State man heard, gave
deep erosn for the Dragon Government OF Kansas.
Although many appeals were made and warn
| ipgs given, the troops could MOI save Lawrence.
They could not protect the people of Lesvenworth
| against the armed Reign of Terror fugitive LOT
| nv life AT that time fed to LeavenwOrth. tod
| Col. Sumner what was then going on a fe" miles
from his door; he could not ipt it. asked for pro-
| teetion and although he was polite enough NOT W
| SIM could not have il, ibid not get It. Palmyra
was numbered BY the recent Missouri INVASION; put
| nothing has been recovered. People nave oeen
| abused ard robbed every day for more than
LEX ON the Westport road; the mail has even
beeu robbed, and oxtcams loaded heavily with hour
smo,,o the plumber taken, but l have never
heard of a solitary instance OF the Dragons re-
storing any of that property, or even a'tehPIIne
10 do So Osawattamie was sacked because tne
Free State men were disarmed aid dispersed. up
70 this date do not know that the troops nave
been any protection to the free-State people, ahd
their exploits may be numbered up in stopping
cirH WdR in Kansas by dispensing the rdnyng
forces of Free. Suite men. do not repr0ach these
officers: / think it is all the natural result OF
Dragon Government on the heels OF " Law ana
Order
TIE crisis is at hand when Kansas shall be won
or lost 10 Freedom. Men of the North will you
renquish it Tno! you must non act!
On more than one occasion l have heard the
ringing of the auction bell and seen timid family
of many helpless members preparing to escape
from a struggle for which they did not feel able.
The Free. State squatters wrlthe In the aands Oh
their oppressOrs. Their leaders are in prison Every
act they make in their defense is menaced WIN
writ. or a less eQuiyocal Border Rutiian bullet.
There is but one remedy of which the case is
c.psble Kansas must be admitted under the To-
peka Constitution. That Constitution breathes
the wishes Of three fOurths OF the settlers; that
Constitution is model organic law for any State,
and has but one Objectionable point: 1t says KANSAS
SHALL BE FREE. Shall it be rejected for this
Must the Border-Rufian authorities here go on to
finish their work. Must Congress keep Kansas
vritbipg in its present agony, and the country or
the verge of civil war by prescribing some new
stems TO organize future state Inc people oi
the Territory dare not protect the Daiiot III
case of such elections ne 80 .o,,u
m.nt rouH not protect them and the troops eo"a
NOT There are but three alternatives ana one vi
them must be chosen, and chosen "o'o hansa'
INST he admitted under the Topeka CONSTITUTION
Ii must be relinquished to navery-or matters
must be permitted to 20 Oil uhtli the whole coul-
try il involved in civil war.
The idea of the FreeState and Slave-State in
terests quietly deciding their own local institu.
tions for themselves" is as Internal piece of
political rascality as ever imposed on the
American people. The two systems are the an
tipodes ofeach other. They cannot live together.
merge their differences. If Kansas is Slave State
no Free-State man remain for in order 10
bolster up Slavery among the population now here,
the laws would have TO be so oppressive and des'
potc that freemen could not live under them.
This talk of tie people settling the question of
Slavery for themselves" is merely pretext un.
der which the antsgODstic elements in Gov
eminent are invited to a warfare on coveted
battle-ground. Oh you have but TO see the ha-
tired with which men here regard each other TO
feel this; the suspicion with which one traveller
regards another, to feel it's weight If Slavery
triumphs, the principle on which our Government
is founded is virtually Overthrown. If Freedom
triumpbs the greatest evil in our country is kept
in bounds.
LAWRENCE, K. T., Tuesday, June TO- 1856.
THE DRAGoONs.-T~o hundred Dragons ar
rived at LeavenwOrth yesterday from s.. Louis;
they will march into the Territory. One company
is at Topeka. Three companies are abou: Palmyra
and Prairie City. Two companies are at Franklin.
Two companies are about LecOmpton. Col. Sumner
appears TO act partly with the Governor, AMI partly
on his own responsibility. He has been great
deal in the Valley OF the Kaw lately vent to Leaven-
worth two days ago. and is expected back to-day.
The troops have get Two Free-State men prisoners
in their camp Lear Palmyra. One Of them, Capt. !
Brown, is mad lis liable to such attacks. His son.
John Brown, jr., is chained 10 him. the young man |
ia unwe They were taken on a charge OF killing /
some Pro. Slavery men. Horrible stories of these |
monsters are told. | am endeavoring 10 ferret out
the true state of the case and vii! state II as ,oon
as can obtain il. If any Free State man has done
wrong tie Free-State party have no wish 10 IN