The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-13
VOL. XII.
KANSAS NEWS.


ington correspondent, Mr.. simonton, to Kansa.
to gather reliable news in that Territory Fl, .,
readers. We make few extracts from n.
letters:
In my letter of yesterdays date prese,..s
view OF the divisions of sentiment in Ieava,
worth. That view applies equally TO the en,i..
territory, except that outside some Of the 80
towns, and in the neighborhood of Fott S..
there Is no remnant of party having the 49,,
disposition even to embarrass the Free ,s,.
men. There are almost no Pro. .Sarer,, 80
IN Kansas today. Border Rafian oppress; ,,r'
have been 80 fearfully retalated By Free Stat
men sinee the latter were FIRST aroused 10 arr,sS
resistance, that the ProSlsvery minority bava
been compelled to fee the Territory vbicS
themselves had made too hot to hold them. N.
question OF Slavery here is settled. and forere,
no matter hop many Lecompton Constitutio,,
are attempted TO be enforced. You of the ENsfJ,
not fully realize this fact, or did not when | lsf
new York for Kansas. Slavery has no foot
nolu, ana can never get it here; nor can the L.
compton Constitution ever be carried int,
operation, even if passed by Congress-tba1;,
70 say, by some means or other, peaceabIv .,
forclbly, be the onsequences what thev mo-
the people will never consent that it shall ba1a
any practical effect. 1t may stand as a Law q,
brief period, but it will be utterly dead and
imperative N''" anu
But although the people of Kansas stand 8,
one man, almost, against Slavery and Lecomp.
Ton, they are seriously divided otberwise
Among the evils which always follow civil var
none Is more prominent than the eonseoper,
spirit of intense intolerance. Kansas has nas.,
ed through civil war, not half the horrors q,
which have yet been told, and her private am;
mositles and intolerance can hardly he 90,
ceived IN a community like your own Til,
ADDS an unfortunate bitterness TO all their poli
zeal differences. Scarce man here ia able 70
concede particle of honesty to the neigbbor
whose views differ from his own in the sliyb,ps,
degree, and confidence 10 each other ia destrov
60 tnefmoment the least variance is discovered
on Will readily perceive what, then. must D..
tne state OF feeling OF these men against Cal
noun, Ciarkson, Henderson, Jones, Pate, Titus
and all others who are considered 10 have baa,
among their Pro-Slavery oppressors. or toSari.
any who are suspected of sympatbiziug with
them. l do not believe that Calhopn's EG.
would be safe a day, even in this commercial
centre, and naturally, therefore, the most con.
serVanve OF the Free-State strongholds. CLARK
son, the POSTMASTER, who went to Wasbinytop
with the bogus election returns, and lab1red
zealously Tor the success of Lecomptop. has
never dared to show his face here since. He
came up the river two or three weeks 400 lint
was met at the boat by friend, who warned
HIM OF the danger of landing. He accordingly
passed on to Weston, whence, it is understood.
he has returned to Washington"
This was written before the passage Of III.
Conference bill was known in Kansas.
1t will take time to soften the ssnarti..
born of the past, and humanize again the nobI-
men and women here whose hearts have been
stepped In bitterness and woe, until their very
natures seem changed. Nothing will tend a.
much to produce this desirable result, as the
absolute death of the Lecompton Constitution.
Tor that Is looked upon as the embodiment Of
all the iniquities Of the past-the long concocL
ed point of outrsge-the concentration and
consumation of all for which the RuHians have
struggled, and In resistance to which the Free
State martyrs fell. When the Lecomptop
swindle is dead, every Federal ofice.holder IL
the Territory who has baen mixed up in The
least degree with these partisan strifes should
be promptly removed for their retention by
the National Administration is necessarily con.
sidered to be a public endorsement of their
acts and thus the irritation of the people Is
individually kept alive and augmented rather
than sllsyed. The notorious Emory, for in.
stance, the leader of the murderers of Phillips.
has, since that deed OF horror, been rewarded
with one of the best Offices in the Territorv.
Unless l mistake the feeling Of adherence wilh
which be is looked upon, il Mr.. Buchanan does
not remove him soon, the gravedigger will for
IN an unguarded moment he will ind upon biz
track some avenger of blood as remorselsss as
the friends whose scorns of a tender womsn's
fearful entreaties drove her reason from its
throne. write not of what ought to be, but 0,
what as, and would not give straw for Emory's
lie, when convenient opportunity offers in which
to sacrifice 1t upon Phlllips's grave"
Zen. Lane, with all his ultraism, has a re.
markable hold upon and iln1ence over the
Free-State masses, notwithstanding very many,
even OF the radicals, totally dlsspprove his
course, as unwise and calculated to do serious
harm to the cause which be espouses He ar
rived here on Wednesday morning. having
travelled thirty-fve miles, from Lawrence. du
ring the night, on horseback, for the purpose
OF addressing the people in favor of the Lesven.
worth Constitution. The meeting was held the
same evening, In front of the Times Office. Not
less than two thousand persons were present,
ana the windows of the surrounding buildings
were hlled with ladies who came TO hear the
discussion, General Lane having, In his 81
nouncement, invited the opponents Of that in.
suument 10 meet him In a review of its advsn.
tages ana objections. The General opered the
pail, out had not proceeded far when he was
interrupted with demoniac yells, Kisses. groans,
DC. he proceeded steadily, however and col
through, although much of his speech was lost
in the confusion
Thomas Ewing, jr., followed. eloouen,y
and ably presenting his feelings against the
Free Suffrage clause at some length Hisrs
marks were cheered by the Conservatives. and
also by the company of two or three hundred
Irshmen, whose preiudices had been highly
excited against the voting niggers' 1t soon
became apparent that they were being urped
on by some ProSlavery rufians prominent
among whom, as the evidence clearly Shows.
was Franklin, notwithstanding that he denies
1t. Of course, 1t was their policy to applaud
Ewing, which they did with will, until be de-
clared that, notwithstanding his objections, in
view OF all the circumstances, be would vote IL
favor OF the Leavenw worth Constitution. This
was received with groans and other demonstrs
tons OF disdain-the friends of the Conshtu.
ton meanwhile having refrained from any par.
ncipatlon In the excitement. After Ewing,
came Mr.. II. p. johnson, a STAKEHOLDER. who
brought many slaves into the Territory when
he first immigrated. Mr.. johnson sustained
the Leavenworth Constitution throughout, and
proceeded to reply to Mr.. Ewing's argument
when he, too, was greeted with Kisses, yells,
and groans, from the disturbers, among WHOM
Franklin was distintly recognised, patting the
rioters upon the back, aud encouraging them
to the work. Their conduct chagrined and
disguised the conservative Free-State men
quite as much as the Radicals, the former Of
whom appear 10 have been in no degree re
spons;ble for their disgraceful conduct"
The Senate has confirmed Mr.. Denver IS