New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-14


The damage mentioned in the first uon OF this set
and il shall be the duty Of said Co nmD ioners to NEE
at the time and place specified in said aoece tor The
purposes Aforesaid
citizen of ssid Territory. any person who vas eau
zen 81 the .ne Of the injury complained Of no al
desire TO make claim before said Commission, rs, foI
damages in consequence Of the injury loss o. any
property by violence since the passage Of the or
gsnZiDg said Territory, may Ole before said CONT US
sonefs his Der petition, verified by his or her a
setting fsrth suecnct form, the nature and exten.
Of the injury of which be abe complains. and may
offer proof Of the by other testimony before said
Con issioDers and unless such petition shsl be sup
roi ted BY such other testimony, the sad Commission
ers sbs not entertain the same; the said Commission
shall examine al such witnesses As may be offered
in support Of any such petition, and inteuogats said
witnesses on behalf Of the United States and shall take
down their testimony in writing, 10 be filed with the
pepers and reported to Congress and they may pre-
scribe such rules In reference to their mode of conduct
ing Business they may think most advisable snd
most lisely to effect the objects Of this act
SEC. g. And Be II further enacted, &C., That the
sum Of - thousand dollars, or so much thereof IS
may be necessary be, and the same hereby Is, appro-
pIsted oat Of any money In the Treasury not oher-
wise appropriated to cay out the purposes of this act
The fret objection raised to this bill naturally
would be to the power it cOnfers upon Mr.. Frank
lin Pierce to appoint the Commission. This is bad
enough in all conscience and should not receive the
sanction of 8 single Republican in the House.
learn that there is disposition existing to let the
appoptment of the Commission go over 10 Mr..
buchanan; but when Republicans come to remem-
Der that this Mr.. Buchanan has Endorsed the lmbe-
Gle Administration of Pierce, an Administration
red with the blood of murdered men in Kansas, and
that the said Buchanan was elected to the Presl-
Dental chair upon platform pledglBg- according
10 the Interpretations Mr. Douglas the execution OF
The tyraI meal inhunan, 'ball-and-chain" laws OF
Kansas am thinking they will be quite as much
indisposed to trust so important matter 10 MS
Aands with the present incumbrance of the
" bite House. But the proposition for the aP-
pertinent of the Commission IA not the worst
feature of Mr.. Whitfeld's bill. Whether inten-
tiepal or not, it does not contemplate recon-
pense for the destruction of Gov. Robinson house
or the Free-State Hotel and presses at Law
renee in MAY last, and a commission recognizing
the bogus laws-and neither Pierce nor Buchanan
vouM appoint any 0ther-could interpret the bill
o,herwise The Commission are required to
receive petitions and take testimony relative to
propelty that may have been injured or destroyed
" by violence, and other damages sustained by the
"ctizens of said Territory, during Tie pubic disturb.
anoe, which have existed there since the passage
&" of the act organizing said Territory" Here We
have the essence of the bill. WIN Mr.. Wmtheid
DENY that the afore- mentioned property was de-
stroyed at Lawrence the 2lst OF May last IN PR
srance of ekat he recognizes as laD IN Kansas
" III he deny that be sanctioned that destruction
and said il was just Now, in the face OF these
facts. does he propose to pronounce the execution
of what he recognized as law on that occasion a
public disturbance He does or he does not
If he does, then l admit that he means
10 embrace the parties whose property was
indicted by Lecomptes Grand jury as a nuisance,
and in pursuance thereof was destroyed by Jones
and his deputies Atchson, StrlDgfellow Donaldson,
an five hundred others. If no does not then they
can never get dollar under his bill. Ii be does
mean TO include them, why not say so, IN the IAN
puace of the bill reported by Mr.. Grow of Pennsyl-
yania, from the Committee on Territories. for
the relief of X. G. Elliott and others!
That any property taken or destroyed in the Tern
ty Of Kansss by any officer of the Federal or Ierriso
fis Government acting claiming to act in an OH
cisl capacity or by any person posse acting under
auti oty Of iuch officer, or any property taken OF ue
stroyed under authority Of law or color of law the
OF such properly shsl De paid lne Falu. -,
With such camses he or she may baye sustained by
of ,uch sezue destruction. Iha. the loss or
destruction as aforesaid, as well as the value OF such
property and The dansge sustained thereby, snau De
by the best evidence whish the natdre OF
The Gaze will admit Of and which may be in the power
of the party to produce; and the amount thereof when
established and ascertaned according to the provisions
of this set shall be paid to the sufferer or sufferers OUT
of ibe treas ury Of the United states .
Eoually M difficult would it be for Nitherell, or
Kell,r. or Philips, or Macsfee, and others OF
Leavehworth City, whose houses were sacked or
burned 10 obtain recompense for such Destruction,
uufpr
renee 70 obtain redress under It, Those outrages
were all committed under color of law SO at
Osawatapis on the occasion of the destruction q
property there The plea set up, or excuse giVes,
was II at the ruians who fell upon that place and
nilsged 4 and robbed women Ot their ear and niger
rs were there TO arrest prisoners IN
law, In all such cases Free-State applicants Tor
recon- pense would receive the answer, That was
:. in nprsnauce of law, not public disturbance"
Much more could be written on this subject, out
7 have shown | think, that the bill is not a fdIr
one Ia all parties concerned. III Mr.. W htned Is
desiIous 80 to deal, he will either adopt the OH
ofier red by Mr. Grow, which Is now on the Calendar
or specify in his own bill what he does mean ana
;nssrt the names of the Commissioners whom he
onid have sent ont 30 execute the ardu0us and yet
delicate duty. The Republicans should vote Tor
Mr.. Grows bill. 1t names the Commissioner ana
establishes rules for the investigation Tar preferable
10 those laid down in Mr.. Whithelds bill.
The following table illustrates the practical operation
Of the proposed Posta Treaty between France and the
United States, the material points OF which have
already been partially explained;
ExrsAcr Table hCs'as ne s01Sos. oy s' IKE,
ia. by oay Of Frdaes and rice ser'a man oe 'eya
mid brtpesn tie P0.tt.fee Depdrt"sHfp france ana
h' C"fs Total All DUN, Of Postage be paid by the
inbabtants Of the United States and Of me
Territories of the United STATES both tor
l.tte prepaid 10 their destiuAtloh II INC
countries desiEns'ed IN the hIst column oil
The table and for unpaid OF part paid letters
sent from the said counties addressed 70
an. United States and their Territories
Sano Of eovstis' Amount 70 De pau Un =, faction Of
.ho,e COrrspond- American quarter 'uN'' " ousr.
snee en ms o ns,,d CosSitons Of Limit II ter
S''ae, 50 rraSee Prspa,meAL Prepdy@eHt ounce
Great BrX the Low
Countries, Grand Duehy
Of LuxenbouTG. swiss o., r 5.,,,s,,n q
Canton. Ssrdinsn OptlooA' Az N
sf.t.s German States
except he Austrian I'm
E..
peumaIk Austrian
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