New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-10

"ipg ,.o,iss. .s,fsre upm the nstita.ion Of Save
"r, ythin the limits Of Mrsoar, which eppreeensoos
decreasing with the progress OF events, s,nmuey
i'bfeame settled convictions OF the people oi
.His,ou,i.' Missouri builds railroads, seamboats,
and vbarves II cannot be therefore, that me
mere argeness Of the nsmoers Oh me c.see'n
traveller offended alarmed the bofdsrer.
confess my surprise that the so,oursers used vlon'
language II seeIss unlike them. confess my
greater surprise that the borderere we're dturoea 70
deeply by mere words IL seems unhke them- W nsn
Of the domestic institutions OF Mssoul ;rsS
against which the travellers manifested de'etmineu
b0etity Not, certainly, her manufactures, oahAs,
railroads churches and schools. All these are 9mestc
institutions held in high respect by the men OF
cLusetts and are such as these efngran are
no establishing in Kansas. vas, therefore, Acan
Slavery alone peculiar domestic institution oil MS
,ouri, againft which their hostility was directed.
Waving suspicious want OF PROOF OF me uh"Se
conduct charged against them, submit that clearly
tbey did not thereby endanger that peculiar insttaoh
in Missouri for they passed directly through that state
into Kansas. How, then, were the oorderes pro,
vokedl The Mssouraps inferred from the language and
deme amor of the ravers that they would d1ontoai-e
Kansas and thereafter, by means OF Kansas aoohton-
lied prosecute q relentless warfare against Slavery 10
Missouri Far-.eeing statesmen are these Missouri
borderers but less deliberate than far sighted Kansas
was not 10 be aboiionZed. II had never be en- 9TH
erwise than aboltonized: Abohtonized Kansas
would constitute means for the prosecution OF suc5
a warfare Missouri lies adjacent to aooluonzso
Iowa on the north and to abOtonized Illinois on the
east; vet neither Of those States has ever been used
for such designs. How could this fearful enemy pros
ecute warfare against Slavery in Missouri! Only oy
buying the plantations of her citizens at their own
prices and so qualifying themselves to speak their hos
tity through the bsllotboIes Could apprehensio 30
absurd Justify the invasion OF Kansas are the people OF
Kansas to Be DISTINGUISHED and trodden down by the
President the United States in punishment for any ex
trayagance Of engrants, in Missouri, on the way TO
that Territory Such is the Presidents second defense,
80 far ar it presents matter in avoidance OF the
accusation Of the State of Kansas. proceed, in
the third place establish the truth Of the accuse
tions. or what sort must the proofs be nanifesty
only .uch as the of the permit TO
exist. Not engrossed documents authenticated by
executive judicial legislative officers. The trans
actions occurred in an unorganlzed country AL the
authorities subsequently established IN the territory
are implicated, all the compliments disfranchlsed
Only prcsumptive evidences, derived from the cotem-
pora statements and actions OF the parties con-
cerned can be required Such presumptive evidence
derived from the nature and character OF the Presi-
dept's defenses Why did the President plead at all on
the 3st of December last when the new State OF an
s1s was yet unorganiZed, and could not appear mere
prefer her accusations until the 93d OF March WY
if lie must answer prematurely did he not plead
general and direct denall II he must plead specially,
why did he not set forth the facts instead OF withhold
ing all actual information concerning the case why,
since, instead of defending himself, he must impead
his accuser did he not state, at least the ground on
which that accuser claimed to justify the conduct of
which he complained Why did he threaten "to over
come and suppress" the people of Kansas, as insur
reconists if &c did not mean to terrfy them, and to
prevent their appearing here, at least to prejudice
their cause Why did he mock them with promise
of protection thereafter against interference oy ct
selves peacefully and submissvely 10 the Territorial
authorities if for apprehendng such interfe
renee had already been given by previous invasion!
Why cid he labor to embairass his accuser by
identifying her cause with the subject Of Abolition of
Slavery and stigmatze her supporters with opproon
Gus epithets, and impute TO them depraved and Sc
ditious motives' Why did he inerpose the false and
impairment issue whether State could intervene
by its laws or by force to abolish Slavery in another
Statei Why did be dsort the Constitution and pre-
sent il expressly guaranteeing the perpetuity OF
Slavery Why did he arraign so unnecessarily and 80
unustly, not one but all of the original Northern
Statesl Why did he drag into this case, where emily
Kansas is concerned studied, partial and preJu-
dcial history of the past engagements of the nation
al domain and Of the past contests between the Slave
States and the Free States, in their rivalry for the
balance Of powerl Why cid not the President rest
content with one such attack on the character and
conduct of the State Of Kansas in anticipating
her coming II he felt assured that she really had no
merit on which to stand Why did he submit a Sec
ond plea in advance Why in this plea does he de-
plore the delays which prevented the Missouri border
ers from eectiDg the conquest Of Kansas and the es-
tabsbmtn Mt Of Slavery therein at the time OF the Con-
gressional election held in November 1884, IN fraud OF
the Kansas law, and of justice and humanity why,
without reason, or authority OF public or OF national
law, does he denounce Massachusetts,, her Emlgrant
Aid Society and her emigrantsl If "propagandst
emigratioDs must be denounced, why does he spare
the Platte County SelfDefensive Association! Why
does he charge Governor Reeder with failing TO put
forth all his energies to prevent or counteract the
tendencies to ilegaly which are found to exist In
" all imperfectly organized and newly associated
" countries" if, indeed, legality" has occurred
therel While thus, by implication, admitting that
such legaly has occurred In tnsas why does he not
tell us its nature and extent Why, when Gov Reeder
was implicated in personal conduct, not criminal, but
ngruous with his official relations did the President
retain him in Office until after he had proclaimed at
Easton that Kansas had been subjugated by the bor
derers Of Missouri and why, after he bad done So and
had denounced the Legislature, did the President
move him for the same preexisting cause only why
does the President admit that the election for the leg
islaiye bodies Of Kansas was held under circun-
stances inauspicOus TO truthful and legal result H.
nevertheless the result attained indeed truthful
and legal one On what evidence does the President
ground his statement that, after that election, there
were mutual complaints of usurpstion, fraud and
violence, when We hear from 10 other quarter OF
such complaints made by the party that prevailed!
If there such mutual accusations, and even II they
rested on probable grounds, would that TACT a6ate
the right of the people of Kansas TO- Gov,
eminent Of their own, securing safe and welordered
freedom! Why does the President argue that the
Governor Mr.. Reederl alone had the power TO receive
and corsider the returns of the election OF the Legs
lave booies, and that be certified those returns IN
ff, ~ cut If tie twenty-five Districts when he knows
that the Governor, being his agent, gave the
certificates the ground that the returns were echni
cally correct, ana that the iegaiity complained OF
was in the conduct Of the elections and in making up
Of the returns By the judges and that the terror OF
the armed invasion prevented al complaints Of this
kind from being presented to the Governor why
does the President repose tie fact thai the Cover
nor, on the ground Of nfomaity in the returns re-
jeced the members who were chosen IN the seven
other Districts and ordered elections therein, aud
certified in favor of the persons then chosen ~nen ne
knows that the ma ority, elected IN The h'teen DIS
tricts expelled at the persons chosen al such
second elections, and admitted those originally re-
tulred as elected in these Districts on the
ground that the Governors rejection Of them and the