New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-24
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Il Instantly II canrot cleeriuy return SooI oi e'i
in sr,h case as t!ux" She aimlne cred renci Ia the
fi,T,r az t.rdery as If she hsd been her o"n s'er
sud The poor woman eNpTeS' ed gra'1 gu. - :"
uucouth wsv When ha;e remsTkn ina. we! Sou' '
feel kindly toward The nsAkets' nv o oIey ma"
wished ttey wouldn't keep up such mus but L"s
what tie use .leakn Its jis like -Pittin ssin ''e
wind. In, 1850
That night M Bradforis horse and saddle were
stolen. They never snew by whom ou' lucy "'''
afte ward seen in Missouri - l.,
In tie midst OF discouragements snn uahgs uo
brayo bard 81. settlers wtrt on WIN u'ls ""'A' u
ter stores were erected. and. one after announcer, VIC
Temporary cabins gave place 10 cCmiOItaoe s'Vne
houses.
An Fmi.rant Aid society had been formed IN the
North whose obrc, II 10 assist IN TIE erection OF
mills school house, aid other buuGingS Tor me puouc
lenttt. Tier motive was partly bnancial, ludsmucn
as al such inn rovemeuts rapidly increased the viGe
Ct property in Kansas ard they were wen asafe max
lie outw ara prosI erliy We a. the moral strength ora
State depended greatly upon encouraging eagran'S "a
60 ir con muI l,s where i4ey had been acc ut med
10 free Institutions, educational privileges, orderly
habits. and saiuary laws Their motives IN eN'endils
helping hand 10 these infant coloLlt were both NOR
j y COCO and worldly wise. There was Lao parti4'ity
in ihDr. manag' mtLt OF affairs. Emigrants IRON the
southern States shared their benefits equal with those
from the North Settlers were pouring from all SC
iors OF tie country, but chiefly from the North sud
Wet becsuse the hardy inb ibitas OF those states
aie RlwGys rtady for enterprise and toll Many OF
Il, II had large families OF children and the small half
Il III shed tavern call q the Cincinnati House. WAS
quite insufficient TO afford them shelter while cabins
prepared fer them. In the course of their fret
Sun n.or. John Bradford ana his band of ugnms I'D
the satisfaction of seeing noble stone hotel of three
,ores se in Massachusetts, street, making the place
beautiful with it, glazed windows and doors OF pol
she'd black walnut.
Unortul ately the only route To Kansas, by railroad
or ,teambo passed through Missouri. Baggage
wecous were continually pundered, and letters broken
cuer and destroyed by the Border Rutfans. Supplies
OF provisions purchased by the settlers, or sent 20 them
by III cir ,nCs went To enrich helr enc mes. Money
inclcsed in letters met with the same tate. Still the
settlers of Kansas pursued pacific course toward her
IorseoutorS. They came from communities where
laws were reliable for protection. and following ther
old habits thew appealed To the laws deslrOus, al Al
hazards not TO involve the county in evil var This
conscientious patriotism was KOt appreciated lne
bauditti on the borders laughed to scorni WINE the
slaveholdng gentlemen and statesmen VINO u'ed them
as rupltt. Ia do the dSgracetul work they were
All, med 10 do themselves smiled ut the Yankees
reverence for the Union and successfully played ther
old game of praCciDg ON CONSCIENTIOUS iOVe ot couu-
try in order to tighten the serpent color slavery more
securely about the neck OF Freedom. Missonians had
voted their own creatures into most OF the Ocas oi
Kansas Some of Il EN- pitched tent III that Territory
fer While while others did not even assume me APP
ue arapce of residing there. From such officers o JUS
ice Il OF hansas could ma no REDRESS Tor e
rolb.res and WRONGS continually inflicted ON them by
the band of rutans commissioned 10 drive them out oi
the Territory by any means mat wodd 90 II MOST e.
tectualiv. Our wrongs from the BrNlsh bpNeruulel
were slight, compared with theirs. Snl These
Western Colonies refrained from revolution they
s,n, agents to Washington with well attested evidence
Of then outrageous wrongs lhey reetlveI Iar WORDS
ard no relief Every day il became ore evident that
ttc President of tie United States was III League with
A. NJ Kansas
soutaps emhoCened by their knowledge OF thus tact,
playe their bad game more and moreOpeny' lhey pau
m, u dollar Gay, with plenty OF whisky, ana iree
essaee across the ferries 10 go into Kansas and vote
down the rights Of the citizens More and more the
conviction grew upon the people OF Kansas that they
could not trust the Government Of the United states
and consequently had only their own energies TO rely
mon. They published paper called The Herald ~
e.. dom in which they maintained the right of all
American citizens TO choose their own magistrates, anu
make their own laws They rejected the legislators
imposed upon them by the rabbe OF Missouri, at the
poipt of the beyonet. They declared that large
majority of the settlers q. sirous to have Kansas
tree State ara that they would maintain Their Tlght
to be heard To this paper j hn Bradford ana Wn'
Bruce were constant contributors and Nate Drother,
TIL. mas dgent i'll setting the types. Of course,
the family became odous TO those who were bent on
driving Freedom out OF Kansas. go -
A Convention of the Free Soil citizens of the Terri
tory was called at Topeka. There were representatives
fon ne ary all sections of the Union Emgrants from
Carolina Virginia and Missouri, agreed with em9rants
from Ohio and Massachusetts, thar the Introduction OF
Slavery would prove disastrous 10 the prosperity OF the
State They framed Constitution tor Kansas, and
chose legs ators Some required that fee colorei
p.ople should be excluded from the Territory, ~ Well
as slaves. Others deemed that su n regula,
ton would be- Infringement upon Freedom, ana
urged that no could culae the future bad con-
sequences OF Introducing wrong principle INTO the
basis Of their government. No one urged THIS point
more strenuously than did William Bruce in hls mild
firm way. But Southern emgran9s were oPposed 70
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concede as far possible, yet unwilling TO introduce
such clause uto their Constitution concluded to leave
that question 10 the votes OF the people
II was a trying time for the women in Lawrence.
The wisest and bravest men were absent III Topeka,
which was twenty FIVE miles further up the river The
Convention excited great wrath in Missouri. They
called themselves lovers of law and order, and de-
nounced those as traitors who dared 10 make other
laws than lEo,e imposed upon them with b0wle-kniyes
and revovers The widest stories were circulated
The most moderate Of them rum0r that Mr..
Bruce Insisted upon having ringers become mem-
hers of the Legislature. This they regarded as the
greatest monstIosity Republican eODid be guilty of
TOR they blind to the fact tia OF coored
slaves could be nd who more NJ for the office
than the white ones they had appointed 10 rule over
kansas. Insults multiplied and curses and threats
grew louder Every family in Lawrence went to bed
each night with the feeling that they might be muir
derCd before morning.
When the Delegates returned, JOIN Bradford
ouyht his wife seemed at least ten years older than
when she came TO Kansas, the preceding Spring Inc
baby who could now toddIe alone, had caoght me
trick OF fear al hid himself when his father knocked
at n g fastened door.
William was alarmed TO fnd Alice go thin and pale,
ar 10 see Der gentle eye. look 80 large and frightened
He folded Der closely in his arms and rs she wept upon
his bosom, be said 80 my wife my loving and gem
erous wife how reproaob myself for accepting the
sacrifice you offered Yet had iorseen this st tie Of
things ever would have consented that you should
lave followed me into kansas."
Don't cay that" she exclaimed nervously. " 1t
will be 10 die with you than II would have been
to live wthou; you. But oh William, why mad they