Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-17

h Darh9naa border ruf1An papers h IL
M Stsses uaiversaiiy condemn any and ev~sy
shtng dsas By Free staie men IL Kansas and
sppiasd every scs Of the border ruaassa. The
unparalleled outsges recently eonmittsd 4
Lsavenworsh City By which large number Of
peacsble eitissns were bsnished from their
henes because they would not take up arms n
fsver Of slavery bas not been condemned BY
sisgls Bschasaa paper. They are perfectly
Wiling these men stall snfsr in their pefsonr,
tlssis property and be driven from their homes
fos sginioa ssks. There has been no Outrage
thsa they hsvs not openly or tAciiiy sanctioned
no dsmstpg cold bIooded murder no outrage
spoa female chastity no act Of oppression and
bAsbssisy committed by the heIl-hoands IL Ksn-
sas, bus their coadjatorr Of the Buchanan and
Fillmore papers are willing 70 gloss oscr, laugh
1t aud sxssss bsfosc an Intelligent aud Christian
people In ~ ftee States. 10 the frenzy Of their
political disssnper II looks a. though they would
be glad 70 rs-epact In this land Of churches and
school hoasss the internal drama Of the French
revolution. We look In rain over the free States
for eyidensss Of civilization Or humanity in the
Baehanan and FILLMORE papers. Bat we are glad
TO sec shas The nsdness Of party has not des
mosslised the whole people Of the country south
OF Mason and Dixon's line. The following ,s ex-
trscted from the 81. Louis ln,elligencer, Fill
more paper:
the AFFAIR At LEAyENwOkTH.
IL the pro-slavery-psny in KsHsas are deter
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draw down upon themselves the reprobation OF
good men 1t the South us well a. at the North,
they have only to continue in the preparation
oi such sbominable aud hdeous outrage as DC.
cured n LeAsenworth last Monday week, and 10
accomplish their aim completely. That shocking
exiiiUiti0n OF cruelty sud tyranny has been re-
spOnded u by one universal sentiment OF ex-
ecration, against which even the Missouri Re
paa!icaa, tue yipdica,or OF all the acis of Al.
c,,,son, .stringtcilow, and their comrades, COW.
ers The kepabtican has justified every thing
hitherto done and said by the pro slavery men
In Kansas, but IL has not had tie hardh0od, as
yet, 10 defend the Leavenworth outrage. Per-
laps IL will employ correspondent tone oil
those who took part in tue disgraccial affair, to
defend tho guilty parties.
The details Of this incxcusable and fragrant
outrage ere well known 10 the most Of our cili-
zens. Thirty or forty Of the citizens OF Lcaven-
worth, among whom were substantial and re.
sIons.nle merchants, well and tavorably known
in the business circles oil St. Louis, by their in-
innate business relations with our city, were
driven out Of the place, aud compelled, without
an hours warning, to dee for their lives, leaving
their stores, their shops, and their homes to the
mercy of their persccutors. They were not ms
nrgents, they were not rebels against the Terri
torisl authorities, they were not Abolitfonists.
They were simply Free State men, who desired
nothing moro than the right Of living in Kansas,
and quietly pursuing their avocations right
which every American citizen is entitled to, be
his private opinions wha, they may. But they
were commanded to take up arms in iayor ofthe
pro-slavery cause, .nd because they could not
aud would lot do this, they WIRE driven of, aud
forced to seek elsewhere that shelter which they
were denied on the inhospilable soil Of Kansas
We are not surprised when such atrocities us
this, and the horse.steuling outrage ut Lexing.
ton, arc perpetrated almost daily on the border
we are not surprised TO learn, rs we do from
sources cminently reliable, that the pro.saycry
sentiment is about to react
1t is just such conduct as this that has coined
freesocrs out OF Slave State men, disguised
many pro-slavery citizens Of Missouri with a
cause associated with cruelty, oppression and
wrong.