Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-11-07
Important from Kansas.

4MpUl tduC 1IUM AduodSs
TThe NeD Yorl; Daily Times of the
oath Of Oct, contains a full detail of the
outrages recently committed upon parties
of emigrants to Kansas:
Some two hundred aud fifty Northern
emigrants, under the escort Of Col. Ed
ridge, Gen. Pomeroy, and Col. Perry,
have been arrested by United States troops,
while endeavoring to enter the Territory.
They were Free-State men, and this was
their crime. Their trunks were broken
open, they were rifed of their money and
arms, and then were escorted as prisoners
to Topeka. 1t was in vain that the emf
grants exhibited to Col. Cook, the COM
mander Of the dragons, an order Of Gov.
Geary, eusuring them protection. The
Colonel had other instructions; and these
instructions revealed piece of unparal-
lelcd treaehery on part of this model Gov
ernor Of Kansas. For, knowing the de-
sign Of the Pro-Slavery Party to prevent
the ingress of Free-State men into the Ter
ritory, Gen. Pomeroy's emigrants had as
they believed, taken every precaution for
their safety. They sent advance messen-
gers, who personally conferred with Gov.
Geary, and obtained not only verbal,
but written promise, that the party
should not be moested. The messenger
further represented that the emigrants had
come from Iowa City, and were willing to
enter the Territory in body, or in small
detachments, as the Governor saw fit.
They were peaceable citizens, travelling
with farming utensils, and intending to
become permanent settlers. They were
armed, it is true, as every American ci;i-
zen has a constitutional right to be; and
when this fact was represented to the
Governor, he made no objection, but said
explicitly and We have his words from
one who heard them-that he preferred they
should bring their arms openly. He, at
the same time, sent his warmest regards
to Messrs. POmerOy aud Perry, and well
coined their arrival. While these fair
words wero falling from the lips of Gov.
Geary, he knew that at that moment the
Frees State Party were prisoners in custody
of United States Dragons, dispatched Iy
hiS especial orders sereral days before to ar
rest them. Words are wanting to charac-
terize duplieity so villainous as this.
The process of enslaving Kansas is GO /.
Ing on slowly but surely, and the last pro-
gramme Of the Administration begins to .
reveal itself. The wiles by which the
Free-State people have been induced to
believe that the Border Rufiian Democra-
cy has abandoned their designs Of exter-
them, and forcing Slavery into
the Territory, are exposed. When Gov
Geary first assumed his official duties, he
made fair, and, to all appearances, sincere
promises that the outrages committed upon
the Free-State settlers should for the fu-
ture be prevented. His acts, too, sub
stantiated in measure his promises The
Missourian invaders were sent home, the
Southern chivalry disbanded, ard gave
up their pastimes Of horse-stealing, house
burning, and scalping Abolitionists
" hat iuducement was held out to them?
Why, the whole plan il clear as the sun
1t monday, and the dulest intellect can
athom it. The frequent outrages upon ;
he settlers, and the fierce determination of
he Federal Government: to force Slavery i
t all hazards into the Territory, had t
aised such a storm throughout The whole i
|, oIth as threatened to hurl from power e
he prime movers in the scheme So it &
'as found necessary to change in appear S
nee the policy to be pursued, and a new
Governor was chosen to inaugurate it. An
famous tool to carry out an Infamous de- !,
gn! Gov. Geary has partially sue
eeded. He has succeeded SO far in de- :,
Giving the Free-State men, and lulling \
lem into fancied security, ,ha, they have
ispersed throughout the territory. Law. P
,nce is at present defencelcss, and CON-
etely at the mercy of an invading force VI
ON the neighboring State. Tha. force
even now organized and only awaits the I
suit Of the Presidential election to over. a;
in the Territory, and secure it for ever
Slavery. In the meantime, Gov. Geary
It's his port to perfection. To the Free !,
ate men in the Territory, he gives bland =,
surances of protection. To his Pro.Sla. IT
ry allies he says, "keep quiet for the =.
esent, and when we have elected our -
ndidate, the game will be in our own
nds." To the United States dragons, II
5 orders are to prevent Northern emi. OF
ants from entering the Territory pa
If any Northern man doubts, let him Y,
nn3ccciyed At oucc, as to the policy of u