The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-01-08
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1--WE have Just had conversation with a
gentleasn who returned two or three days
since from Kansas, and who confirms. in a
most satisfactory and explicit manner, the
view which we have already 'takeh Of the !
present state OF things in the Territory, The
great battle between freedom and slavery in
Kansas may be said to have been f0egR and
the agents OF the slaveholdsrs have been de. I
.Geated.T The Tree sStats- .settlets compared
with their oppopents are ten 10 one, apd be-
tween those w1e are actual residents,
friendly understanding has sprung up. In
the first days ofihe Idnd sales they ali went
10 the land auctions armed to the teeth; in q
short time they found that this precau,ion
ives not necessary, and wisely laid their
weapons aside. The pro slavery and free
State settlers showed no disposition to iniers
lere with each others claims; on the contra.
ry, they did their best to cause them to be
respected. and the manifest desire to do each
other Justice begat mutual good will. The
free State and pro siavety settlers bought
lands side by side, with the understanding
that they were to behave 20 each other as
good neighbors. The Preponderance Of the
free State population is so great in Kansas,
that those who favored the Introduction Of
slavery have given up the contest. ssUdl lg
'sBut 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 ind themselves marked,
detesIed, Stunned, and some of them are so
suspicious that they are not safe in the Ter
rtory. Sheriff Jones, who. distinguished
himself as the leader III several Of these out.
RACES, has yscated the Territory, and lives
ot Westpori, in Missouri, four miles west of
Kansas City. Atchison, who proclaimed
himself settler q few months since, finds
Weston, in Missouri, more desirable place
of residence than any part OF Kansas. He
isprobably waiting for The arrival of the men
whom he sent Whitfield to recruit in Missis.
; sippi and Louisiana. 81; The late Marshal, Of
the Territory, q notorious confederate Of the
invaders, wus lately. at Lawrence, where he
was Encountered by one Of the free State
settlers, " no cooly said to him. while you
are here in Lawrence unong my friends you
; are, safe; but It we ever meet alone. one OF
US is dead man. Since that time it is said
that Marshal Donaldson keeps himself at
LeaVenwortli, avoiding the road leadingto
. Lawrence, and'itis thought that, when his
successor in Office arriyes,he will leave the
Territory s.astt b,s L,.5.. ,,, l...,, T. 81,
) "Govcrnor Geary, who at first received his
impressions OF the state of the country from
; such men as Lecompte and Titus, has begun
to observe for himseH aGdto lorm his Owl
conclusions. He has declared his intention
20 govern the Territory impartiaily, to keeE
himself uloof from the influence OF any par
ty,'ahd 10 protect all peaceable citizens in
! the enjoyment oftheir rights. The people
, of Kansas are willing to give him their conf
dence, and the manner in which he has late
" exercised his official power indicates tha
3 he deserves it, He has tlle good sense t
see that the prosperity of the Territory de
: pends upon the security Of personal rights
and knows that his own reputation is con
cerned in governing we'll, 49,,