New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-10

al formerly Pro Slavery aud now Free-State, pear
witness to this truth. Most Of the seems oil former
conflict and violence, having become FREQ o.''''
have become as quiet as Sunday until, apart from
few petty villages directly along tho MISSOURI
lire, there remains but one focus Of Pro'SlsvefS
domination ard prac,ica! ruff Lnisu-Fort Sco"'
This old Federal fort is place Of some military
strength as against any force unprovded Win Ar'n'
lery, and, having been abandoned By tue Govern
ment, was clutched by company of Mis'ouninS'
who sii live in and about it, and claim to have pre-
enp pied most of the land in the vicinity. ibis Is
so far toward the south line Of Kansas thai II Is
practically isolated from the msin settlements
where the Free-State strength is. Here is q U. D.
Land Office here lives Blake Little, fede'A
Marshal and candidate on the Lecompton state
Ticket at the 4th-of. January election; and here
always to be obtained at an bour's notice Grand
Jury ready to ndct for high treason any FreeState
man who objects to having his horses stolen. fort
Scott was thus from an early day nest OF Pro-
Slavery viaiDy, both legal and illegal; and some
scores Of FreeState men are uuder indictments
four here for treason, to be tried when the Fed
eral Judges see fit.
Formerly, Free State men were not allowed 70
settle in this county Bourbon; but they have OF
late poured in and have settled gradually nearer
and nearer the Fort, in spite Of the robberes and
abute to which they were from time to time sub
jected. At leneth, in the month Of March, party,
first reported as Federal dragons, but this has
since been dsproved, visited BY night the dwellings
of several Free State men living near the Fort
warning all to leave the country and shooting three
Of the citizens whom they called from their beds,
so that two fell dead where they stood and the third
was severely wounded. Nc effort was made by the
Federal authorities troops to detect and arrest the
authors of this murderous villany.
Ons wrong begets another. A few days after
ward, party who are not identified, but whe
must Of course have been Free-Stete mep, paid
similar visit to the houses of several Slavery men
in that vicinity warning them to leave the country,
ard Git is said with great probability robbing them
of arms and ammunition No resistance was made,
and no one was hurt. But an alarm was quickly
communicated to the Fort, aud some drsgoons
started in hot pursuit They cane up with the
Free. State Darauders in a wood, and were ordered
to halt, which they Of course disobeyed, and were
thereupon saluted with volley, which killed one
drsgocn, wounded the captain, and disabled one or
two horses. The Dragons thereupon fell back, and
their advtrsares have not yet been arrested nor
identified
We have endeavored to set forth this sad bust.
ness fairly, with no desire to excuse what is wrong
in either patty. Those who have been wroDged,
outraged trampled on, as the Free-State men of
Kansas have, and especially those in the vicinity Of
Fort Scott, may fail to see that such acts az those
ofthe presumed Free-State men in this instance can
hardly fail to prejudice their own cause. They
have only TO be patient and bear wrong little
longer and the sword of their enemies will assur-
edy be broken. Meantime, il is the duty Of Free
State men out of Ka sas to take that the errors
of an rdignant excited few not allowed to pref
udice righteous cause. If an election under the
English bill shall be allowed to come of in due
season, we shall expect to see advantage taken of
these Fort Scott or rome kindred troubles to pro-
duce new reign of terror in Kansas by wholesale
arrests of Free-State men for alleged oien'es and
by launching against them another "Army OF Law
g Order" from N''ilr. We may be sure that no
stone will be lct Inturned to break the force of the
rebuke which the People of Kansas ara prepared
to administer to those who have SO long oppressed
and abused, and are now conspiriDg to coerce and
bride them. If anything like fair play be afforded,
this will prove of the many Pro Slavery failures in
Kansas the most signal and overwhelming.