New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-16
THE NATIONAL KANSAS COMM1,>
TO THE INHABITANTS or rHx ~.
STATES. W

FRIEsDs: The cause Of Freedom md Hu..,.
KaDsas is in critical but by no means dsso.,,,.'
dition. The Committee have recent and mo-. -
information by letters and by special messear,,, =
the Territory, and they assure you that The,
good ground for hope. They beseech you 20. "a -
the boastings Of enemies nor the counsels Of A.
hearted friends, who think that because the IA.
tration has raised the military arm TO crush On. -
dom il is therefore useless to persist in sustaan,
The real Free-State inhabitants in Kansas nav -
Der according to the best informstion) ao ls,s a
30 coo souls; while the real permanent ProS.,N
settlers do not number 5000. Between thss. ~ .
was not and could not be a question of pscpoods,,.
in arms or in votes.
The Free-State Inhabitants, coming as they das.
great distances, were by the very necessities Ma
case permanent settlers expecting TO live and d, -
the soil.
Not 70 with the other party. Missouri, whos. =.
fest and public policy 10 plant stakeholder cd .,,.
Free-State men from Kansas-Missoun, scta, 4.
facto as a State, and backed up by many SocsA.,
States, could at any moment throw in Hundreds n
thousands of marauders into the Territory, and nh
it too like he'll for peaceful and law abiding Nor,A
men to inhabit with their families.
1t was between these marauden and the freet-SaL
settlers, and not between the latter and ProSlsvn
settlers that the contests Of last month took place u
who are posted as to the real facts of those ey,n
ments know that the movement on the part 81 v
friends was as polite and usti6sblc as their proceed
inps were moderate, though determined and succc(k
The proofs of an organized conspiracy to blot then =
were becoming daily more open, alarming and foesl
able. letter dated at Franklin, X. T., a. long I'd
as the 22d of July, and published in The Mobile DslJ
Tribune of Aug. H. some days before the coup dts
Of our people thus dscloses the bloody plot Of lA
foreign conspirafors:
"We intend to build q fort in the town iFraakEs
and in few hours shall start for Missouri and N
Leavenworth for money. men. arms, amunhoa ~
fbcn FOR yIN0YANCE! Southerners, come and ~
us, Bring each of you double barrel gun, busi
of Colts repeaters, and trusty knife. Come to "
place. You will find plenty Of soldiers, promises
and an ORGANIZED company" &c.
The writer of the above, according to the eds
of The Mobile Tribune, SIS entirely corfAy I
confidence" The fact of the conspiracy 10 thus n
beyond q doubt by the confession OF the -
tea themselves. Il was between these mans
ers. who at Franklin aud other points had doisa
the Territory with their " forts" and who VEN
awaiting but the hour and the signal for gssxi
and ndiscrminate massacre Of our poor people. o~n
and children included, that the Free-State msa
Kansas few 10 arms. The vandsls, beaten at vsrss
points would have soon been driven forever from "
Territory, and permanent peace conquered, but Ia
the vigorous Interference of tAe Administration vi
has often before interfered when the Slavery Prop
gandists were getting worsted.
While our Free-State men will not contend VI
United States troops they will nevertheless maisaA
their constitutional right to bear, and their Godgs
right to use their arms in defending their own and N
lives Of their families against murderous ruffisMs
whatever guise they may appear.
In the maintenance of these rights they must leaw
and neglect all their ordinary business az long o. h'
present fearful crisis lasts. They must be sustsnedb
others while they are sustaining at their own dear ce
and peril the cause offreedom and humanity.
BY express and confidential messengers they Asw
exclaimed to the Committee in what way impohas
and effectual aid may reach them in time to save W
cause.
With these facts before them, the Committee ma
urgently appeal to the Freemen Of the North for tn
means to send these brave the aid they so essr
esty mplore In due season we promise that props
account of your trusts shall be rendered.
Friends of Freedom, wait not for further news; tn
not alone in the Ides of November, but send N ~
pow-TO.DAYl
BY order of the Committee.
II. B. HuRp, Secretary.
September Is. 1885.