New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-23
KANSAS.
-,u.srs OF THE KANSAS STRUGGLE.

"A
y>s varying current Of events in this terr'"ry
All. its history BY epochs, each varying 'foni ''e
~, Init none Of them opening up the mystery Oh
=. tt,ye or offering in itself Sufficient solution
- ,Ae vexed question. The hopeful have hoped
- Aespsiring have despaired, ana the unfortunate
~ uttered. Each Of these distinct phases had
=. MAJ. in the drama which has accomplished so
.,eh for Kspsss, and which progresses in all ts OK:
and ASPECTS as il began. Yet the masses, III
"A cut Of the Territory, have never allowed tneI
expt rence of the past to f. their conclusions upSn
Ne future. If matters were dark to,a "s,ro, u0
f,e,ds Of Freedom hoped for brighter 70 morrow.
n was not essential TO the growth Of this uu'-s
An that il should have something tangioe " iIss
II hoped and believed that Kansas wouid oo
e.. Il scarce knew soAy, and looked ior Tue i1'
~ accomplishment Of this, it scarce Knew @o0.
This might be implicit trust In the goocnoes y.
Providence and the ultimate success OF justice os
Wrope; but however respectable IL nsy Do n,r
.srtiIept il is blind to the fact that mucn ol our
-, ,st;ona territory has already been oilghted py
q influence Of Slavery, although III lnese Eases
- friends of Freedom must have hopea ior ooe'e'
a, ..o,s. came and then bemOaDed IT, Itls also oo
1900 IN the consideration that the fate OF Kansas,
~ the .uaerinps of American citizens IN II, may
- BART of the retributve justice visited upon our
pscrle for their apathy at, and toeraton Oh oil tne
Srirnes flowing from this source.
Thirteen months ago the Free-State men were
;~b,Isnt over the Topeka Constitution just framed:
it prospects were above par, and " Kansas scrip
mt little below it, A few weeks later the inaugu-
rstOD of LAW and Order" at Leavenworth, by
sonbination of Territorial officers and Border
Rsfians, made affairs look darker. Still Free
Kansas hoped, although she hoped more IN Congress
ana the country than in her own strength. Then
Uaka
MAS not 90 much principle as existence, and the
hspe was escape rather than success. Then came
fhe severe winter cb squered by the ruian violence
ef the Pro- Slavery power. Spring was ushered in
ky the appointment Of the Congressional Committee
q Investigation. Hope burst into blaze. The
revelations would work speedy cure, since IL was
believed that no politician would dare to MAINTAIN
a pOsltion with those who were " subdulng Kan
nas;" the sequel has proved this mistake, but
Free Kansas hopes on. Summer came and with
Il the burning and puDdering Of towns, and muir
der of the citizens Of the Territory. There was
tornado of villainy and Freedom wept blood freely,
but hoped on. Prominent aud leading friends OF
Tie cause were thrown in prison by gross perversion
Of law, which it pretended u carry out When
fhey were released through political intrigue, Free
dom hoped that legal persecution was at an end alas
II had hardly begun. 1t has since ragged with fury,
and exists in all its horrors to-day, bat Freedom
hopes On. The State movement Was crushed at
Topeka by Federal troops, and We have had both
assurance and the earnest OF the Federal Govern
Dent that all it can do will be done for Slavery, yet
trusting Kansas have not even lost hope OF the
General Government, and have lively faith IN the
resurrection Of the local Frse-State one. The
bogus Legislature is about to assemble again; Il
Constitution recognizing Slavery is about to be
framed, and Missouri stands prepared to vote for
t. The present Congress has been unable to do
anything OF Importance in our favor; the next will
certainly contain q majority OF our enemies.
President elected the antagOnistc issue will s0on
take his seat. The Free-State cause is surrounded
Nth peril; its resusctatiOn il rebellion Congress
vll not recognize State movement, the initatOry
steps 70 which have not been taken IN pursuance to
- direction, or that of the Territorial Legislature;
Hhase steps Congress viii not take, and
- Legislature belongs ~ Missouri. These do not
present very attering prospect for the Free state
oaase-they are cruel, Stubborn iacts but still the
friends Of Freedom hope on.
II becomes question of no small moment to de-
termiue whether this hope is absurd and falaciOus;
whether it is the apology Of towards or The dreamy
of fools; or if il has solid ground OF
rsi. nal encouragement. The h0peis, 10 some extent
= all grounded. The Slave States never have and
never can compete with the Free III immigration.
Kansss 10 filling up more rapidly Win free-o!aH
settlers than PrO-Slavery settlers. Shareholders
are not numerous in the Territory. In
"a Kansas, slave property is timid IL will not ven.
f,re without a certainty, and that certainty may
6epend upon the venture. The SCUM may SEND
so9iment after regiment of her poor deldded White
ssyes 10 conquer for slave arlstOcracy what that
AristOcrscy cannot conquer tor ITSELF out ii sue
sends decent men, there Is serious cause tor aPpre
AendiBg that they will 60 over to the O'her side;
and IL she gathers from the pureus OF her society
al the wickedNess that the demOrallzng power of
Ma haca 10
Isss Of purpose, any more than she eau give them
Intelligent force to succeed in their vaoy, or Keep
them from leaving the Territory last as she can
can send them to it. Yes, Northern enterprise
nay prove more than match for fro-Siavery VII
lAiny, even upon such field as hansas. MOI oy
mieht, or the sword" but by the resistless moral
1broe of Free Labor. Tue feroclous tiger may be
driven from the den it has coveted by bordes OF In
apstrious ants the influx OF which 1t cannot arrest
Even in this age Of blood, when war has shown its
greatest crimes and imPotency, the doctrines OF
1ssce may be vindisated BY the resisless march Of
virtuous and intelligent labor.
With al the difficulties Of access, many Free
State settlers have arrived in Kansas III the Fall Of
MS season; with all the inducements TO remain,
With political performance and legal security, the
Eeuthern emigrants have mostly et Ia some
oenmunites all the claims are taken. I con-
vorsed with q settler yesterday who lives twenty
miles south Of this. He said all Of the land from
ITEM to the Santa Fe road was taken, and that
claims were sought after and freely sold at from
43O0 to el,400. There are still many sections
= Eastern Kansas In which claims can be found,
nd good locations for capital and enterprise are
sGsrcd; but if the emigration 10 Kansas in the
S,rina Of 1867 from the Northern States be as
meat 10 il is sad it will be, and it ought to be,
8ere will not after il has settled in the Territory,
He much opening for land spectators on frs:
entry price, On that emigration depends much
q TIE hope of the Prostate cause. SO sanguine
are many % to ts success that business aud enter
prise were never 20 brsA as now even at this late
-..u. .o.ua.ta1 that fha Simultaneous