New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-30

Wsshipescp, sine, that may be done for notai,s
Even, this however. surpassed In K~sas
whero murder, robbery, arson, fAlse ia.
prisor ment ard sven rape are not only
unpubished, but paid for BY the Federal
Government, or will be, Congress ~
propristes the money, ct regular prices
from judge Lecompse's three thousand dollars pr
.nnum down to the per diem allowance Of Mar.
shal Donaldsons posse, and Of 'he bsnditti brought
from Alabama and South Carolus By Major 3d.
ford and Capt Pate, and taken into pay Is . psrt
of Shapnon's militia. Throughout the State of
Missouri also, a. well - In Kansas, the Border
Rufisns are at present in the full enjoyment Of I'll
the pleasures and emoluments Of stopping trsv-
elers from the Free States, whether BY land OF
water, robbiDg them Of their arms, their clothes,
their horses and their money, and compelling thsm
to retrace their steps; nor, for the moment does
there seem to be any means whatever OF obtatniss
redress. either from tho Federal or the State sa-
thorties.
But however lame and limping Justice may for
the present appear the time Of redress and repus-
ton may yet come, and that too, much sooner
than the COW truuphsot perpetrators Of these oat-
rsees imagine can pOssibl, happen. Ii seens to
be clear that in case Of most of the ourages perpe
trsted on passengers up the Missouri In steamboats,
the captains Of thcse bosts have been In secres
lesRue with the Border Rafhans on shore who
have BEARDED the boats and robbed the Psssen-
oer,. IL il even stated that In some OF those
c.ses. the captains, having In their Po'kets
tue fares for an uhfuflled voyage up the
river, which fares they refused to return,
extorted .tiIl second fare for carrying the psssen-
gers back down the river, when compelled 70 re-
tarn sgsinst their will In all these cases, 1t n
clear that not only the csptaos bus the owners Of
the boats are personally responsible In damages 70
the peers tor all the injury they may have sui
fertd, whether BY the interruption Of their voyage
CT the pluDder of their goods. Again, these plan
dered goods are stated to have been, In sevefai
cases at least, deposited with certain wealthy
trading firms in towns on the river. These firms,
BY thus consentDg to act the part Of receivers Of
stolen goods have not only made themselves civilly
responsible to the owners but may even be reached
b, criminal process, while all who have acted In
s,oppina travrlers and seizing their goods arc
liable ~ be prosecuted for highway robbery.
The perpetrators of these crimes may Laugh at
this suggestion, and consider themselves as In 90
danger. At this moment they are not In danger.
but let them remember that If justice be slow 1t Is
apt also to be sure. The state of feeling under
which these outrsges are now winked at, and even
cannot lsst long; q. any rate, should
Fremont be elected President, Ii will be followed
by very sudden revulsion. Mississippi and Ar.
kansas have made themselves infamous BY the re-
pudiaton Of their public debts. The State Of
Missouri would make herself still more infamous
By the denial of private justice to opesceabe travel
era on her roads and rivers Neither her owe self
re. peci, when she has once Gu. of the Border-Ruf-
fan RUE by which sbe is now cursed, nor her
regard for her interests, will permit her TO
allow there robberies to go unplnished, and We
doubt not that within four or FIVE years from this
time at the furthest, and perhaps much sooner, not
only may ample damages be recovered BY the ver'
tict Of Missouri jures sgainst every party in any
way connected with these rObberies able TO res
pord in honey, but also that nunber Of
he ripgeaders, sufficient 70 serve as warning
and exun pie, will be seLt to think over the
u after AID serve the s ate In the Penitentisry.
Ul der these circumstances We suggest TO those who
bave suffered by these sort Of robbertes. whether
IL Karsas or on! oft to take roeaus for preserving
The esidt nee of their loss, its amount, and the
under which Ii occurred, and espe.
rialy where it mSy be possible Of showing the
,oDplicity in it of soue individuals pecunarily rs-
'poLsible.
So of all the persons, whether governors, judges,
Of United States troops, or persons
pretending to bold ofice under appointments from
he bogus Territorial Legislature. they may all yet
be held personally and pecunisrty If not crimia,Iy
responsible fer ou1ages committed by them under
,OIcr Of law. Every member OF the Topeka Legi-
ature dispersed by Col Sumner may hereafter
,al upon bin to respond in an action of damages to
which it will be no answer that he acted under or.
i.rs from President Pierce if President Pierce had
40 authority ss certainly he had Lot, to issue such
riders.
We do NOT regard AZ Of much conaAuusnca tha