Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-26
WASHINGTON VIEWS AND GOSSIP
The Condition Of Kausss-

HhshlhtTtN Ns~s AMI 0USSIP
The Condition Of Kansss-Not long since
we took occasion to procure and publish
Chas. Robinson, the psuedo Governor of the
mock State Of Kansas, wherein the leading
incident was his connection with the outrages
on the law and the rights of his law-abiding
fellow citizens, that occurred in what was
known as the Sacramento squatter claims
riots In that affair he led on to the destruc-
ton of their business prospects in life, to that
Of the lives of some of them, and that of more
of their opponents who defended the suprem-
acy of the laws, thousands of followers delu-
ded through his specious demagogism into
setting all authority, except the will of their
violent, headstrong and inscriptions leaders,
and their own unbridled passions, at defiance
he ran away from California, it will be recol-
lected, under circumstances which made his
previous conduct the more atrocious, because
they caused all to believe that his sudden
change in politics was the result Of direct
bribery. In Kansas be has closely parodisd
his California career. There, he has stirred
up fragrant rebellion to the authority of the
United States, turning the fair territory, 50
capable of blooming with bountiful fertility,
Into land Of desolation. returning no fruit Of
husbandry, but cursed with all the evils of
civil war. We know that the systematic
falsehoOds concerning affairs there, manufac-
tured by the 90 called Free State" writers
for the New York Tribune and Times, and
hundreds Of other Northern prints-the writers
being Of the class of demagogues who were
lately vagabondizing throughout the North
deny the correctness of our version of this
subject matter But all moderate and COM
mon sense people have long since come to un-
derstand from experience that no reliance
whatever can be placed in their misrepresen.
tations. As matters now stand there, it is
plain that those who have gone into the ter.
ritory to abOlitionise it, are paying the penalty
Of their reasonable labors Acting on Robin.
sons theory relative to their rights, they set
up government in opposition to the govern
ment constituted for them by Congress,
snd combined forcibly to resist the latter.
Judge Lecompt, in obedience to his oath
of office, called the attention of the grand
jury to the fact that they were in open rebel
lion to the authority of the United States
setting at defiance, by force of arms, not
only the laws Of the Territorial legisla-
ture, but those Of the General Government,
and obeying instead those Of their mock State
government The grand jury, in pursuance
Of its plain duty, also, proceeded to inquire
into the facts alleged against Robinson, Reed
er, and the rest of the Abolition leaders, some
of whom were summoned to testify in the
matter. Robinson, and most Of them, imme-
diately took to their heels, and the Adolf
tionists Of Lawrence gave them protection,
fOrcibly resisting the authority Of the marshal
who essayed to arrest them under United
States warrants for their attachment for con.
tempt Of the United States District Court and
treason. Reeder also put at defiance the au-
thority Of the court under the foolish plea
that, being contestant for the delegate 8 seat
in Congress, he was exempt from obeying the
process Of the court; although in case where
treason is charged, the constitution grants
no such immunity even TO a member of Con-
gress. We presume that there is not a lawyer
worthy Of the name in the Union, who really
cOnceives that being = contestant for the posi-
tion Of delegate, clothes him with the privi-
leges Of delegate in this connection; while
we also feel sure that no member of Congress-
not craEsd by abOlitionism, dreams that hi,
claim to be the legally elected delegate. is
more than an impudent pretence involving,
if successful, the prostrstion of every thing
like the supremacy of the law. In his re-
fusal to acknowledge the authority Of the
court he was backed up by Messrs. How.
ard and Sherman, whose course as members Of
the special committee Of the House proves
that they have gone TO Kansas simply as Abo-
ition emissaries-not as public functionaris.
bent only on procuring for Congress true and
just testimony on which to base its future ac
ton with reference to Kansas Theodore Par.
ker and Henry Ward Beeeher would hardly
nave conducted themselves more under the
guidance Of their cGmical notions Of thei,
duty In suoh q case than Msssrs Howard and
Sherman have done. In eounseling Reed Q,