New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-13
THE SIEGE RAISED.
Fron Ger Special Correspondent.


LawRESCE, Evening Aug. >, l.j1.
The most glorious military achievement of the
DAY has at last been ght to termination with
out any efusion Of blood. The troops who came
here after hobgoblin of city charter have raised
the siege and gone after hobgoblin Of Cananche.
The long array Of tented lines which have lately
adorned the Suburbs of West Lawrence, have as, in
the celebrated Sennacberb case, "melted Like
snow" Gov Walker has gone to lecompten. The
CITY charter has survived the shock Aldermen
meet in grave debate to determine such cases OF
constructive treason " As bridge ever the ravlne
or a watertank. The water cart perambulates the
streets rebclliOusy laying the dust, with none 10
noest or make afraid. Ordinances are framed and
quietly acquiesced in, and the Union still survives.
Providence, instead of inclning the hearts ofthe
people Of Lawrence to desist from Their trea-
sonablc practices" has, in its wisdom, induced the
great Pacihcsor to pull up stakes, and make an IN
glorious retreat
On this result let politicians ponder. Brains are,
after ALL a more powerful element than braggadOco.
The precise amount OF capital that Gov Walkcr mas
made out of this exploit it would be difficult TO esu
mate Whatever its effect upon his national reputa
ton its effect has been very decisive his Kansas
reputation The only point on which public SENT
ment differs is to whether he is more knsve than
fool Ihaye adopted both views, as do not like to
be invidious. As a military man. am not sure
whether he most resembles julius Casar or Napo-
leon. | am waiting TO see how he conducts ms re-
t,eat in hopes that may find another parallel 10
XenophOn.
As Lawrence has survived the shock, it is II fair
inference that the city government IL fixed nsttu-
ton. AS Walker aud the United States army could
not prevail against il, il is nterental that nothing
con. TIE bogus charter which consigned the best
inerests Of this town to the tender mercies OF Dr.
~ Le. lied nt
the Border Ruhians behind it, the Pre- sdent aud hs
prOchmatiOn the Governor and his proclamation,
Col Cook and his regiment Of dragoons all have
fallen quietly and rresisbly before the stern will OF
the people Notwithstanding all that has been said
| and done, there is sin such thing as " Squstter
| Sovereignty"
The amount of ink shed in hypocrtical Demo
cratic tears over the insurrectonary movements Mt
| Lawrence has been much pure and undecided pa
l triOiism thrown away. The specuations OF Gov.
| Cumming D. t. whether eight hundred Dragons
/ could reduce Lawrence nre settled a. concluslVey
| US that all the other towns in Kansas would submit
IL the bogus laws when Lawrence should tdll. Gov.
Walker has saked vcryihing oil the issue, and has
| lost He made it point himself that unless he put
l Stop to The municipal organization at Lawrence,
for all practical purposes, the Territorial Govern
ment would be oytrtLrown. What does h think OF
| il now The mistake hi made III the hrst place
WIS surprising that the Territorial laws needed
Il
| from the FIRST and all the hypocritca tears atcut
| Lawrence being i'll arms against the regularly con-
siituted authorities shed in vain, for there
never was any bogus authority here, regular or ir-
| regular The bogus laws have been myth, con
fined TO the yellow Of the precious du"deClmo
| volume got up in THE Missouri HrPabican Office
and to Presidential Prcclamation,. This is very
shocking 10 conservative nerves. no doubt, but as
an playing the part Of historian, lot me rrale 'he
| facts.
So far as this was a crusade to maintain bogus
| authority its failure is fatal. When Gov shannon
led I'D the heroic squadrons Of Missouri TO denohsh
| Lawrence, during the Waherusa war, be, though
no morse successful at least got something to cover
his retreat By the terms Of the treaty then made
each party could Hattcr itself TINT il had done some
| thing The result was papabe dodge, aud II con-
taired, therefore much of the essential element oil
| treaties. Gov. Walker has no absurd document OF
| treaty TO show. The people of Lawrence refused
| and his proclamation cooly at defiance.
| Let il not be supposed that awakened conscience
deferred the Governor from still further outragcs.
Ii was merely the fear Of making still mistakes.
| lie would, doubtless, have arrested Mayor and
Aldermen, hut he would have found il difficult TO
make any case against them. Besides, ii was the
determination to elect new Board the rnomcst ne
arrested the first one and on IN case OF further
arrests. His difficulties would thus have mutphel.
II would have been out of the irving pan into the re,
and would only have multiplied the obstacles waiting
10 oyerwhelm him. which were sooner or later des-
lined to terminate this rash crusade.