Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-15
AnInterestingrG Confession


The New York Euening Post, as
readers know, a prominent Republican
print, says:
ave have just had a conversation
with a gentleman who returned two OF
three days since from Kansas, and who
confirms, in a most satisfactory and ex-
plieit manner the view which we have
already taken of the present state of
things in the Territory. The great bat
tie between freedom and slavery in Kan
sas may be said to have been fought and
the agents of the shareholders have been
defeated The ffeel State settlers COM
pared with their opponents are ten to
one, and between those who are actual
residents, a friendly understanding has
sprung up. I In the first days of the
land sales they all went to the land auc-
tons arrned-to thesteethJ; ina-shorttime
they found that this ~precaution was no
necessary, and wisely laid their weapons
aside. The pro slavery and free State
settlers showed no disposition to inter
fere with each Others claims; on the
contrary, they did their best to cause
them to be respected, and the manifest
desire to do each other justice begat a
mutual good will. The free State and
pro slavery settlers bought lands side
by side, with the understanding that
they were t. behave to each other as
good neighbors. The preponderance of
the free State population is SO great in
Kansas, that those who favored the in
PRODUCTION of slavery have given up the
contest.
"But with regard to those who were
the leaders in the outrages committed ON
the rights of the free State settlers, the
case is different. They find themselves
marked, detested, Stunned, and some of
them are so suspicious that they are not
safe in the Territory. Sheriff Jones,
who distinguished himself as, the leader
in several of these outragess has vacated
the Territory, and lives at Westport, in
Missouri, four miles west of Kansas
City. Atchison, who proclaimed him
self a settler a few months since, finds
Weston, in Missouri, a more desirable
place of residence than any part of Kan
sas. He is probably waiting for the ar
rival of the men whom he sent Whitfield
to recruit in Mississippi and Louisiana.
The late Marshal of the Territory, a
notorious confederate of the invaders,
was lately at Lawrence, where he was
encountered by one of the free State
settlers, who coelly said to him, while
you are here in Lawrence among my
friends you are safe; but five ever meet
alone, one of us is a dead man. Since
that time it is said that Marshal Dom
aldson keeps himself at Leavenworth,
avoiding the road leading to Lawrence,
and it is thought that, when his success
sor in Office arrives, he, will leave the
Territory. -, 4. IL eig Il.
Governor Geary. who at FIRST receiY-
ed his impressions of the state of the
country from such men as Lecompte
and Titus, has began to observe. for
himself and to form his own conclusions.
He has declared his intention to govern
the Territory impartially, to keep him
self aloof from the influence of any par
ty, and to protect all peaccable citizens
in the enjoyment of their rights. The
people of Kansas are wiling to give him
their confidence, and the manner in
which he has lately exercised his official
power indicates that he deserves it,
He has the good sense to see that the
prosperity of the Territory depends up
on the security of personal rights, and
knows that his own reputation is con-
cerned in governing well,