The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-01-03
Kansas.

| slant and high-ft0wn commence Vi 'ne pre-
d;ct;ons of the freedom shriekers that if
buchanan was elected Kansas would be lost
10 Freedom, even Greedy and the New York
Erenino Past now admit that Kansas will
be Free State, unless the Shri,kers them
selves ruin it. A correspondent of the Post
writes from Kansas:
IF there 6e quiet Till next July, we shall
have twenty tn one on side in tao Ter
ritory. Some men say, if Kansas becomes
free, cur occupation is gone. &c it so. We
will be honest"
The same writer says:
81 don't relish the Vremont appropriation.
II is not needed, and will co rupt the settlers
more than it will help them. There IS no
suffering in the towns-that in The Territory
will be relieved by what has been sent, and
only Dositjve want OF food, clothes, and
shelter should be the objects Of bounty
"Thcre is. since peace has prevailed,
crcA, deal of back biting among our leading
men in the Territory. Speculation aosoros
their minds. Nsw towns are AL they can
! attend to. was sorry 70 hear on a! sides,
| of gross sGuauGcring OF the charitable iund'
I sent fror, the East. | an not sufficiently
/ advised of their lruih-but they are enough
/ TO put rncn Oh inquiry. Hyatt has turict!
! speculator, and Is interested il the new
! town on the mission. You send 4 man there
/ and he will tn Spectator in six weeks, and
perhaps use your funds rs you least cx-
pectcd."
This is expressive enough. Il shows thut
1" freedom shrieking" can no longer help
Kansas, and that aid from the east is not
needed, as it only creates back biting and
corrupts the shriei,crs themselves.
The New York Ttaes, furious freedom
shrickins organ, now also admits that il the
free state men had relied on the government
instead Of rebellion in the early troubles in
the territory they would have Jared better,
and that the aid movements in the States
, only damaged their cause. Il alluGes TO the
better state Of affairs that now prevails, axd
says:
! EARNED emigration has ceased. The free
7 state men in the Territory say they want 10
more arms-no more fighting iGen, but
peaceful emigrants who come TO make Nan
sss Their home. The pro-slavcry men
those of ;hem who have been leaders in the
scenes of violence and outrage which have
Aa-rassed anu disgraccd the territory, are
.
Geary is doing ail in his power to administer
Justice, and restore public confidence, and
the administration i, removing the officials
no have been the most formidable obstacles
to Justice and peace and putting in their
places men who will DO justice to all alI@c.
Under existing circumstances, as Congress
has abdicated the duty of making all need
full rules and regulations for the Territory,
this g all we can expect and we believe 1t
is aIl that is required"
The Chicasc Press slso admits the hopeful
state Of Kansas since i,eedOm shriehiHS and
aid movements have died OF; With the cleo
ton. ard don't hesitate to ascribe the cha?Gc
20 the true cause.-The cessation of inter
ference from without Ii says:
1.-The most hopeful indications of the re-
demp'ion of Kansas, however. are to be
found in the temper Of the free state and
ro-slavery people Of the Territory toward
each other. Notwithstanding the bloody
feuds that prevailed for many Inenttis, old
animosities seem to have been allayed, and
the two classes treat each other as friends
and ueighbors-thi> fact showing that the
! f,e5,asGs that DISTURBED their pence eans
from ,cithout."
Not only is Kansas at peace and the free
state cause prosperous since the aid move
mcnts and freedom shriekins of the aboli-
tionists have ceased, but Nissourians them
selves, among them the champions Of the
pro-slavery cause, are now willing to let
! Kansas become 4 free state if the people
themselves want it, and the St. Louis Rspuj
! Hcda, the leading pro-slavcry organ of Mis-
, souri,, goes SO far as TO agree that ROW II
were better for nansas and the whole coUn-
( uy that Kansas should be free. the fo.-
lowing is the concluding paragraph Of an
admirable article in the RspuJlicaR:
eve, therefore, say in conclusion, that il
is better for the whole coTntry, better for
the west, and infinitely better for Missouri,
| tina, Kansas should bc free and IN declaring
( for such an issue, We declare for white men
: against negroes for free labor against slave
( labor, Tor commerce, industry, and talent,
! and for the rights and Interests of eight hun
: drc,i thousand against those OF twenty-five
+ thousand"
These are thy conouests. o Peace How
many millions OF money, arms, munitions,
and implements of war contributed by Ma
,ional Aid Societies could have accomplished
rs much in years for the free state cause in
Kansas.
There is but one imminent danger to the
peaceful settlement Of the whole Kansas
difficulty, and that is. in the action Of the
free state legislature about to convene at
Topeka. Gov. Geary has determined not to
interfere with their meeting; but if that
body attempt TO pass laws, and to set up
their code in defiance of the laws Of the ter
ritory, as the abo.itionis,s, under Instructions
from Greedy Co., attempted TO do last
summer, then Gov. Greary will be obliSed
TO intel fcre, and there Will be more trouble.
May they have the sense, the decency, the
honesty to act once for the good Of their
couatry, adjourn, and 60 home. Gov. Geary
has promised that all the obnoxious laws
they complain OF shall be repealed by the
next territorial legislature, and will they be
so mad as not TO take his word, since he has
thus far redeemce every promise he has
made!
Great Destruction OF PROPERTY BY a
Mad DoG.-A mad dog in Hancock county
about month ago, broke loose from his
owner about q o'clock in the evening, and
f from that time, until noon next day, when
he was killed, he had bitten ID horses,
, head Of cattle, ID or 30 hogs, besides nu