New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-14

mont mad, beforehand Nov for sAe c.her as:s.-,s.
pors understanding sq,as.s: is tes're the ea.a-
s,ist. ,..,,-,,,
"Have you good h,ei.aole house -
4. well 10, a0t exactly. Two gee shin'y
prs.ty much IKE h, others
@. rs !he-e 1ooY IN i: =
4. mo, Sir; nothing but earth hcor:
.. Docs yrur family reside there =
4. mo, Sir; m.y move them tiere, eu' ~eS
ar 10. there now -,
o. Have You any ground uala cultivation !
[ 4. NO, Sir.
Mr.. Conscientious is OF course Eulcted 10 FORTY
dollars Tor his scrupes Truth is too much OF
injury AZ 4 Government land sale 70 cost less than
that And all tits ia in the face OF the most garng
facts. which m Axe The whole thing ridiculous. The
truth e lust this: The claImant is either SCATTER
or be 10 no squatter. II he is real squatoer, and
the Government agents determine 10 respect BIS
rights then is he entitled 20 full privileges or %
none. To nulct him in so much additional on the
ground that bis claim is fraud, or badly hypothe-
Gated, is ridiculous in the extreme. Besides, there
il another point. Who gets this exra price ltn
over snd above the appraisement made IN oeh4n OF
the Indians Is il thrown into the treasury OF the
Delaware nation. as sin-ofering for fraud or
does Il disappear mysterou,ly, a. Was the manner of
the early sacrifices
Next IN the LIST Of supreme humbugs is something
they call Squatter Court. This has been creates
rs a special contingent TO adudicate contested
cases II is not predicated ON any law, federal
bcgus or otherwise. What renders 1t more alarm.
ing H. that oa " examination of the organic aci,
the bogus laws and the statutes OF MissOar, nothing
is flLd at all authorizing the creation OF sucn Dan
gerOus powers. II appears also that they have moi
even got a " charter from the State Legislature.
II is to De hoped that Gov. Walker aud regiment
Of Dragons viii a. once be dispatched 10 put stop
90 Ian If anti
proclamation be issued. Let the organic act,
bogus law and " Providence" be appealed to. The
Union is IN danger II is possible that this alarm
ing % InsurrestlOn' MAY be pat stop to, With
out the efusion of blood"
What renders this fact more a,s,avatiny is that
the " inimiablc - Perrin rs of the judges OF
this Court Mr.. Stevens the law partner OF Gov.
Shannon, the Commissioner who lad charge OF
selling the Peoria lands, is the other. They are
both members of the Kansas National Demoera-
cy," Perrin having lately given his adhesion to that
estimable party. This irresponsible Court was. 1t
appears, auth, rized BY Commissioner Eddy. This,
Of course, does not and cannot sanction II. Ii IL
not Court of hw--neitber is it Court Of equity.
As / must define it, lot me call il Court OF ln'
equity.
Judge lIutchns, q very celebrated Border. Ruiian
LAWYER frsm Missouri, is attending tho sttings OF
this august body, and retas bis legal services to
anxious Etigants for "a consideration" Other
lesser lights are there. The Cont" which is not
q purely disinterested piece Of philanthropy de-
maDds payment in advance for its droppings OF Wis
dom. Each of the parties TO suits has % file his
declaration" in tho shape of ten dollar bill before
one crank in the legal machine will revolye. This,
of course is ten dollars each for our friends Perrin
and Stevens. After all the mimitable Perrin has
said and done for Gov. Walker, the Union, bogus
law, and the bird of liberty" do not see that he
ought to have got less. The public will certainly
rejoice that this faithful public serytor should thus,
like Alexander the Coppersmith" have got the
reward Of his works.
1t is not at al material point that some poor
squottcr, whose claims may be good-good even
amid the general mass Of corruption, but contested,
and who has barely been able t. scratch up enough
to pay for bis and-shouh not be able to pay for 80
expensive justice. was told onelsuch a, case of
young man who had a claim, lived on it, and
improved Il; but as some one had tried to jump it,
a contest followed. lie had not ten dollars 10
pay to our estmabe friends and 80 he lost his case
and his claim.
squatter rights are a little like "Squatter Sove.
reignty:" the greater the swinde in it the more 1t
Gee ms to be reconcled TO the Democratic" powers
that be. Bot if il be genuine-as genuine as the
Peoples Constitution framed at Topeka, then every
Democratic Official howls against and the Commits
soners stick on the "forty dollars" or declare his
claim invalid.
There was rather an interesting political meeting
at Osawkee last Saturday night. In the afternoon
there had been Free. State meeting, at which
Gen. Lane made an able speech. Mr. james Speer
also spoke, and took occasion 10 attack the Squater
Court After night meeting WAS called by Pro-
Slavery men, but ostensibly for both. Mr. Per.
rim, Mr.. Henderson, of the Pro-Slavery Lear
earor,h Journal and Judge IIutchns spoke for the
" National Democratic" side. VIM. S. Philips Of
Lawrence was the defender Of the Free-State cause
ard the Topeka Constitution. It was feared that
difficulty would have ensued, but the meeting passed
of quietly, all the speakers being respectfully lis
tened to.