New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-07
THE CITY OF REFUGE.
Correspondent.


LAWRENCE, X. T., April q, 1855.
Mr.. Buchanan has evidently been reading the
10Th chapter of deuteronomy, but reading it badly.
He has felt the necessity and proprety of appoint
ing another city of refuge" We have, already,
Washington, to ray nothing of the Pro-Slavery Ruff
fan cities of refuge along the border Perhaps
this new city added" has been in consequence of
some contemplated enlargement of our borders
by the powers that be- The circumstance to whi;h
| refer 10 the removal of the Surveyor-Genera!s
office from Lecompton to Nebraska City. CAL
houn who, as the assassin OF popular rights was
already fugitive from the soil OF Kansas, had TO
return to his Snryeyor-Generai once. MS suo'
Mclean, who was reduced to the necessity of per-
turing himself III the Pro-Slayery cause, and who
had to flee precpitstely in the night dare not return
auy more than his chief. Under such crcumstan-
ces. the appointment OF Nebraska City as place OF
refuge for these LecomptOn swinders is most
considerable act 1t shows cOncluslvtly that Mr.
Buchanan is much better posted in Kansas matters
than he would have us believe. He seems to com
prehend exactly the state of the case.
| certainly do not see any Objectionable feature III
this step. To be sure, according to Deuteronomy
the cities of refuge were only to be for him who
"killeth his neighbOr gporantly," and Calhoun has
stabbed at the hfebloOd of republican liberty with
"malice aforethought" Apart from that trifllng
consideration which have no doubt Mr. Buchanan
overlooked for the sake of the Union, the matter
is not open to serious objection, unless we raise a
plea of immortality ON the ground that 1t Is not right
TO Danish rats and rOgues to torment our neghoors
However, if the people of Nebraska are willing TO
take the criminals with their supposed pecunlary
advantages, do not know that any Ons has right
TO complain. The only commercial interest that
will suffer here, will be the grogshOps of Lecomptoh
1t will be equivalent to the bankruptcy of those IN
stitutions. As for Lecompton itself, il is going to
the moles and the bats inevitably in cruel slow
decay that if is only act Of charity to expedite
the matter. The people of Kansas will certainly
not complain Of that. This same Suryeyor-Gen-
erals Office with its twenty clerks has been the
headquarters of Border Rufiiansm in Kansas.
That it is 10 be removed to Nebraska shows that
Mr.. Buchanan begnst appreciate the tastes OF TINS
people. But what of Calhouns " Lec0mpton Con
stitntOn " What of Calhoun for United States
Senator What of the returns, the count, the
cande-box Ia all the magnificent denouement 10
be cOnhded to Blake Little Il Co. Little Is IN
Fort Scott, and his compeers, some of them are
rustcating in Platte County. Wouldn't II be well
to send the Lecompton Constitution, candle
and all, 10 Nebraska City, too, After all. is It not
rather a small business for the Congress OF these
United States TO have to undergo such monstrous
struggle TO kill that which is dead already ina.
the President dare not send back his chief agents
l suppose Mr.. Buchanan however carries On tn's
struggle purely for the sake of principle