New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-15
KANSAS.
THE sUBJUGArIoN OF FREEDOM.


Ccrre'por aeree ~ The y. Y. rribeDe.
LEAvENwoRrH CITY, Friday, July 4, 1856.
have seen i. stated that the Free Sests mon ia
Ltavebworth were in srms, threatenios revssee
FOX their wropgs and ordering their ensmies from
the Territory There has been nothing like L.
tell you tie Frse-S'ate mes Of L4svenworsh have
been for the last six weeks as completely under tAs
subj ctiou Of armed tyranny q. ever people could
be. The rame armed band which Imprisoned Pss-
Territory Elk weeks ago. have been here constant
Iy, ard have hept Free.Snte men completely ID
awe. They dare rot held public meeting, tAey
dare not express their sentiments in any pobkc
manner; scarcely dare they write letter 10 Q
friend lest it should fall into the hands Of men wbe
would commit some outrage upon them.
We have Do arms-we have never prepared for
this state OF things, and the whole force Of 0e
Slave power j. concentrated upon the border here.
Only last week there were not fess thso two huA-
dred Of their meD here in town armed with United
States u.kets, 10 ak hours time they could call
five time that Dumber of men from Missouri, and
were the Free State men to offer resistance = Aeir
outrsges it would avail nothing, and result u The
useless sacrifice Of life. This is the true condition
of things here.
Free.State men in Leavenworth are basiaess
men, who came here to make their homes in pesos;
war is net their trade-they came without afms-
they look upon their cause ~ the nations cAuec,
ana they regard the Outysses committed hero -
being committed against the rights Of every Free
man in the nation and they call upon such 70 rescue
them from the CALLING tyranny which they feel 10
90 hard for til. m ~ bear.
have been disposed TO condemn the inactaon Of
our men here; the word corardiy has been on ny
lips more than once, but when look at faots ~
have stated them above, am persuaded tnat there
should be 10 hot headedness here.
! cannot send you letters regularly, and With
certainty Of their reaching you. These are spies
upon every act.
On last Sunday the steamboat Sultan came up
with some forty prisoners, made so BY the Slave
men here, and sent back by them
On Wednesday last the Arabia came up with
about the same number from Illinois, who had
mostly landed and had their goods conveyed 70 Q
warehouse before the Southern force were aware
of their arrival, when they were seized, and With
the most of their goods put on board another beat
and sent down the river. Word Was sent to tho
Fort Of what was going on, and tho officer IN com
Dund (Col Sumner is away immediately came
down with q squad Of dragoOns, inquired Of Capt.
Clsrkson (the leader Of the SOutherDers) - %
what bad occurred, and. upon hearing Clarkeon's
version of it. declared that what had been dono
was all right, and according t0 the frosadcnvs
proclsmatioD and having taken drink with tho
Captain, he marched his men back.
Such occurrences are becoming common Ia
Leavenworth. Can any one doubt that tho guilt
of these events is upon the Administration and its
party, which ndOrses it, or rather upon the party
which makes the President its tOOll
Last week, on Wednesday, sixteen wagons Of
emigrants, quietly vending their way to Kansas
across Missouri, were met two miles east Of Platte
CITY BY an armed band, and turned back. Thoy
were emgrants who made no warlike demonstra-
tioua. and who came out under no impulse Of 81.
citemtnt; they came with their teams and ateDsas
to make their homes in kaDtss; but they canne
from Free State, therefore they must not bo
allowed TO enter Kansas.
have been informed that boat was stopped BY
an armed force at Delaware, six miles below
LeaveDworth, last evening, and q demand pnsde
for Abolitonists on board, but none were found.
The work is going on.