The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-29
Affairs in Kansas,

The condition of things in Kansas has
notify the latest accounts, changed much
since our last issue. Gov. Walker is
still lying about there, with his army,
while the people are quietly pursuing
their business in dignifed. defiant atti.
tude, or gratifying their love of the H..
dierous by publishing bogus procIama.
tons The prospects are that there will
be no blood shed, the purposes of the
administration will be accomplished with.
out.
A brief summary of the case seems to
be abont this. The people of Lawrence
found that the growing wants of their
city inparatively demanded moro eff.
cieut municipal regulations, and to effect
this they chose not to avail themselves
Of provisions made aud provided by the
Bogus Legislature. The citizens of
Lawrence, are with two or three excep.
tions free State men, and these excep.
tions, are favorable to the movement
Under these circumstances they chose
to be law unto themselves, trusting for
its support the sure basis of public opin.
ion. A similar course has been adopted
BY many of the lesser free state towns
OF the territory. About this time the
administration at Washington, and in
Kauaas, were suffering under the pres.
sure Of the extreme southern clam or,
against the conservative policy proposed
to be carried out in Kansas, and Gen
Walker, having AZ eye to his future
prospects, though, it necessary to make
demonstration that would have a soda
tive effect upon the fire eaters. Where.
upon he te:egraphsd to Washington that
dangerous insurrection had broken out,
and that large military force would be
necessary to sustain the laws of the ter.
ritory. The requisition was PROMPTLY
complied With BY putting at his command
the entire Utah Expeditiouafy force, as
also the troops in Minnesota which, ow.
ing to the Indian hostilities, stands in
urgent need Of military aid to defend
the inhabitants. In the meantime Gov.
Walker works himself into methodical
rage, Eliminates TO the people of Law.
renee proclamation threatening to i'm
pinge upon them with the whole weigh,
OF the government, if they shall presume
10 mako any provision for their imme.
diato wants in way that will not recop.
nize the validity of the territorial gov.
eminent 1t appears tina, with these
proofs Of fidelity tho fire eaters are be.
coming more complaceut, and it ia now
hoped that they will not require the ex.
sinction Of Lawrence. There being ,oi,hin
the territory no occasion whatever for
any such demonstration, but probabili
ty that such an assault as was proposed
would DO foil owed by civil war, il is OK.
Pectsd that the storm will be allowed to
pass without raining fire aud brimst one
upon the almost devoted city. Aocor
dinghy. by our latest advices from Wash.
iDgtop, 1--WE learn that "the President
and cabinet have ceased to have any an.
prehension OF bloodshed 10 Kansas
Gen. Harvey and his staff will leave in
a few days for Utah, &C." We have
hopes that such will provo the case,
though subsequent events may prove
them delusive, and suppose such to be
the event, though the farce may be a.
musing, il cannot but be humiliatiDg to
those who have from childhood consider
cd themselves free people, to have their
best interest," thus triaed with, and for