New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-12

racy intend, il possible to keep Kansas Territory
as kind of Capital Botany Bay, or Cayenne, Or
Upas Valley, to which aspiring members OF the
party WHO may happen to be in the way may DO
consigned, ostensibly to exercise gubernatorial
functions, but really that they may be plunged into
discrrditable and damaging dilenm@. We say
nothing Of Reeder, Shannon and Geary; but just
look at Bobus Walker without giggiing if you can.
He went to the field Of operations as Great
Pacifeator-he now appears in the character OF
the Great Pacifcatal. He bad little reputation
when be went into this fatal land, as financier.
But the fnancier 10 now finished, and his political
cash box would show, if examintd, but beggary
account. He has fallen into the error which over.
took and crushed the bibacious Shannon. He
thought it necessary not merely to smell the
fragrant whisky, but 10 sniff the fumes of villain.
GUS guDpowder. He must, forsoOth play soldier.
He must save himself in the opinion Of bis man
selling friends by crack at the devoted City Of
Lawrence. II is quite the regular thing to
" demonstrate before chat thriving but rascally
little colony. 1t touches tho heart Of every slave
breeder to hear that it has been burned or sacked
or robbed, or in some way despoiled. Demo-
cratic Governor is not considered without shame
and without reproacb, until he has in some way
harra,sed Lawrence. 1t is in the creed. 1t is q
sixe qua ron.
So to LawreEce went His EIcesncy with long
following Of Uncle Samuels dragons. He vowed
tn treason was plotting in that pestferous place.
The iDhshitapts were revolutionary scOundrels, who
would not gay their taxes, and who had insisted
spon abiding by the Topeka Constitution, and upon
having Charter Of their own. This was not to be
bVrne. Somebody must be hung or shot. Some
eji6ce must be battered. Lawrence must be be-
seiged.
When we heard of this fierce determination we
were prepared for douehtier deeds than were done
before Troy. We said to ourselves: "Bobus
Walker, great in figures, is also greatin lighting.
He is marvellous as 10 cash, but be is really
nirscu,ous as to campaigning. We shall, ere
long have letters from our Lawrence correspond.
emf Of he survive the assault), bloody enough to
make cur columns blush." We waited prayerfully
ard patiently. Meanwhile Walker was meandering
up and down with his Dragons, going through the
most ntmid atiDg evOlutioDs, and maneuveriDg to q
perfectly frightul extent. The saddles, the sabers
tie steeds, were all right; but somehow there was
not tiny tax money collected. The cash was not
forked over by the contumacious bed people Of
Lawrence. They persisted like evil-disposed and
unconvertible people in voting under their home
spun charter. All the bullying of Bobus Walker
could not induce these nty hearted rebels to crook
the hinges of their snees to the bogus Legislature.
BeSus was in quandary. 1t might have been easy
to charge, bernhard, assault, shoot burn, hang and
sssossinate; but these exciting and pleasing games
have already been tried once too often. The high
prancng dragons had been intended for ihtimida-
tj,p. but they had scared nobody. In fact, with
their arms and equipments they were grand CON-
bined scsrecrow to the Perambulator himself. He
was in decided quandsry. The often.fa.homed
depths Of the Bourbon bottle gave to him no inspi-
ration.
AT last, being intolerably grinned at by the
Lawrences," R. J. w. hit upon notable exps-
6ient, By virtue of which he might march, evacu-
ate, clear out, and withdraw bis doosid Dragons,
with drums beating and colors flying. He was
suddenly seized with dread of Indians, painted
with the llsebest pigments, with rings in their
posea, with bows elastic, with arrows poisoned,
with tomahawks bigger than the AK Of the gulO-
tine, with necklaces ofnternDgled and scalps,
rushing into Fort Riley, and putting to death all
the men, women and children therein. Frightful
thought What were the horrors Of the Topeka
Constitution to this Oh, my faithful dragons
Ten gallons Of whsky to the fastest rider
Traap, tramp, along the road they rode but
Walker. where was he! Was he behind on q
bssssge-waeonl How must his noble heart hsve
cracked to think Of 50 much undertaken and so
little accomplished! Forty faithful troops, how
ever were left behind. Will they emulate the
doughty deeds of tire six hundred We do
not know; but We shall get something thrilling
from Fort Riley. The list Of the killed, wounded,
.cslped and eaten will probably be yard long