New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-12
KANSAS.
TIE TROUBLES N SOUTH KANSAS AND
GOV. DENyER'5 EXPEDITION 70
EopT SCOTT

Ire recent y.slc of GeY. Denver 70 LIZ ahl
Bourbon Couutes hss exhibited Father larger
amount o. ,kI and ability in us Exceilency taan
usual. Itwss brought abolt by 5te horrible mss
sscre ct Cbo,eaus Trading Pcst, and the threaten
Ig aspect Of Affairs which 1t sUpsrinduc5d. Inc
marierers have no, been arrestsd No guaranty
has been given tnat ttey will be, and the ony
secsrity sgsDss the recurrence Of such disasters
Les in the fact that the people may be able TO
defend then selTes. Ba. one good thing Gov.
Denver did DO: lie used pis influence 10 secure
elections By which TIE people have been sole TO
get few local Offices out Of the hands of the fraud
beg.ttDg usurpers. He also promised - appoint
such persOns TO the Offices in his gift as the people
signifed Their desire 10 have. And the point de-
manded was tina. tie troops who have been protect
ing the Rufans in their outrages should be removed
from Fort Scott. These comprise the substantial
advantages derived from the visit of the Governor,
and they are important and Will tend to secure
peace. They are, on small scale, what the people
OF Kansas haze demanded from the Administration
on a large scale; namely, that the huihin usurpa-
tion of power the fruits of which were used for the
accomplishment Of Rufian purposes, should be
given back to the people Without these subst9n-
tia concessions the visit of the Governor and his
suite would have been productive oi no good what
ever. Since they have returned report has Just
reached here that party had come in from Mis-
sour and had been met, aud that there had been
skirrnisb, in which one or two were killed; but
from Augustus Wattles, esq, who is just up from
below, learn that it is probably Incorrect.
While Gov Denver, in taking these steps. has
gwen evidence that he was really desirous 70 stop
the dlflicbltics he at tne time never forgot
that he Was Democratic politician, aud tnat De-
lnocracy means the protection OF the interests Of
Slavery and, also that he .as the appontee of the
Administration Thus in MS visit be neither traces
nor elics the fact that IL the nest OF Federal Of
fees about Fort Scott that is the nucleus aud sup
port of this rfiansm, does he trace the recent
massacre Ia any one OF all With shreadness aud
foresight that shows Dim 10 be wise IN hls own
generation" be- attaches To his suite several Free
state men, some of whom have had prominence 10
the Free State party, and endeav0rs by very adrot
Management to get them to relieve him from tue
embarrassment of any investigation. Some OF
these gentlemen, doubtless, went through the beat
motives to aid, if they could IN adjusting the dIff
culties. The design of Denver evidently was to
get these gentlemeD under a feeling OF beng or ap-
peariDg impartial 10 admit, il for the Free State
party several of the allegations made ag anst some
Free-State men in that sectioo and thus keep out
of sight the direct object and character OF the Pro-
Slavery vloeIce in this quarter.
Candor is virtue which most Of men are anxious
to be understood AS possessing. 1t il chesp exer-
else of it, too, that would merey sacrifice somebody
else especially if that somebody else is person we
personally do not care for In imitation of the old
Hebrew prOphetica sacrifice il is quite customary
to send scapegoat 10 the wilderness, bearing the
snis of the congregation. 1t Is not material whether
this scapegoat is chosen by lot accident. The
general effect is expected to be very fine, and the
sacrificing priests, at least, hopeful Ot being
Onerated from all the Sins 50 deyOuty heaped on
the goat in ueston. In imitation of this Hebrew
custom, some Of the Free-State gentlemen whom
the Governor made part of his suite were expected
=. hos. hat Sfaf. bod
done wrong also, and have general class meeting
OF it. A sort Of Committee Of three went
Messrs. Robinson, L. l.. Whitney and Lewis Tap
pan. The two latter gentlemen were willing to
wait uut they reached the scene of the difficulties
before they expressed any opinion on the subject,
or formed one. DIR. Robinson, however, on the way
down, made speech at OsaDatOmle, in which be
took for granted all the charges made by the Pro
Slavery men against Capt Montgomery, and urged
that he be given over as sort of scspegoat. But
this volunteer opinion received no echo. Chas.
Foster, OF that place and other gentlemen, merely
suggested that they wait until they got to the scene
OF trouble.
In Lynn County it was fouBd that the masses of
the people were all friends of Montgomery; that
they looked on him sort of delIyerer in their
hour of trial and peril. Lynn County has been
very hunkersh aud conservative county. Its
population is 10 large extent Western. And yet
Captain Montgomery seemed to be neld in the kind
est regard and esteem, and the most sober and stald
citizens declared that they should tight for him, If
necessary. before he should be arrested Mont
gomery himself did not avoid the Governors party.
Almost unattended he sought them, and assured
them that the moment that Courts could be- had
under the auspices OF the people, and not the Mis-
sour ard Rufiian usurpers who were thlrsting
for his blood, be would court investigation
of his conduct. So favorably did he Impress
these gentlemen that the opinions of most Of
them underwent radical change. Judge Wright
formerly of Indiana VINO had al,o been induced To
believe the most evil reports of him, presented him
With Sbarps rife. He Travelled with several of
these gentlemen for some distance in their carriage
He showed them how the Rufii0ns had begun and
continued their Outrages. hOw he had been called
on time and again 10 aid in resisting such encr0ach
, nents and how be mad thus acquired the hatred Of
the Fort Sc"tt den of Rufians. His own explanation
of what occurred after the Rufiians had thus insu
gursted the difficulties is natural enough. Ii s in
relation 70 he charge of horse stealing. He says:
They gave mo a bad character, aud every man
"who is a rogue comes TO me expecting that am
" what they have stigmatlZed me. Finding that
i" there Is no stealing TO De done, they take some
" mans horse and leave on my credit" That some
of the retaliarory acts are such az no cue would
want 10 vindicate is not wonderful; they We're the
inevitable result Of the civil war which thus really
ragged When the alarm was given at the different
acts, men would muster who had their brothers and
fathers murdered in cold blood by the Rdfiians.
Captain Montgomery is man Of fine and gentle
manly appearance somewhat OF enthusiast but
bevond all question be never did or intended TO do
what he did not regard honorable and right under
u. circumstances That some of those with him
may not have been so scrUpulous is very possible.
Bur Csrt Montgomery was demanded as the
scapegoat The Pro-SlaveTy men intensely hated
aud feared him; but as they were mostly across the