New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-06
KANSAS.
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tory, IL which thar gentleman .da>takss 10 speak
with great confidence for : r.on,s Of Kansa5
His letter so abounds y n,i-osood, that am con.
strained 20 reply - h.r.ve Mr.. SCHUYLER
vac conn' oly boaest nlsn, politically, before ~
sahe v R.psa., but it is clear that HIS AMBITION
e. here has got the better OF him. lie was a
uor,l aud political Teformer IN NeT-fofk; oni,
~. some others Of that description who em.grated
70 Kansas, having found principle in the way oil
Ms own elevation and ACKNOWLEDGMENT, be turns
Liz back On bis earlier profession, aad concludes
that they arc az united foI this mundane sphere
Gas Buclsoan's Government is unified i,r the
"subhmity Of heaven" He is Of piece WIN
Nat other aDsas worthy who at the Gfasahop-
per Convention, declared that mao Wh) "aa
"too honest TO charge his principles was uuiittei
"to b. po,,ician" Hc was also moral reiormer
before he came 10 Kansas.
Mr. Schuyler, it seems, has suddenly become
convinced that Kansas, az IS, is one Of the most
prosperous ard exquistcy happy spots IN ali Amer
Sea--s peIlcc Paradise hch should be sacred
forever from anything like vulgar reform. We are
nov opjoying "a pOtdjcGi and civil Government,
says Mr.. Schuyler. (Without doubt political
Government, decidedly more political tdan
"ciyil') THE administration OF Gov. Denver
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"of the counties we have civil organization, WITH
ga full corps of officers from Probate Judge, with
every full Judicial powers, Sheriff, &C., down To
Pathfinder" Transported by this glowin, PIC
ture Of his own creation, the compliment Mr.
Schuyler vinds up by saying that " contentment
"and happiness are making their impress ON every
countenancc." at is proven that even an
"KaDsas civil code may BE- enacted and en-
"forced that we can have local organizations,
with officers Of the law, and that there is some
safety to life and property! other than by the
" kuife and revolver"
This is really enough to make a horse laugh.
One OF the very FIRST men IN Kansas 10 favor the
admission of Kansas iotU the Union 40 a State was
this same Schuyler, and that was four yesrs ago.
He was then an aspirant to the United States Sch
ate Under Ito Topeka Constitution lie was
elected Secretary Of State, and adhered 20 the ep
plicaiion for admission with this Constitution untIi
there appeart to him no chance for Topeka, but
chance Of Office under the LeCOnptOn COnstitut On,
when he immediately turned about, and put III for
nomination under that believe be got SECRETARY
of State in the cellar kitchen arrangement at The
HerGId Of FrtedOm office. Ie is now Jepudiated
by the Republican party all over Kansas aud could
not BIZ elected pathfinder in his own town. lie
IL, therefore, very much opposed to any change
from q Territorial IL State Government at this
time. "Conteutment and happiness are making
" their impression on everycOuntenancc :" q,
thou Immaculate SCHUBERT
The truth is, that all the interests Of this people
are langushipg for lack of an efficient State Cow
eminent. The Territorial Government is nothing
say il with all respect to the Territorial OficerS
1t never had the confidence of the people; it never
Will have il. There no county organizations worth
straw in the Territory. There are DO LAVE adj
mnistered There is no official responsibility.
On the recent examination of parties III Lawrence
arrested on the charge Of kldnapp ng. the Court
before which the men were brought could not COM
pei IFS officers IT, process upon essential wit
resses; and when one of the parties ordered
10 be committed or give ball. he refused to give
BAH and defed the Court tO imprisOn hun. He
walked about the streets of Lawrence with iinpu-
nifty, daring Justice and knocking at II; and when
United States Judge Elmore came along he pro-
ceeded AZ his leisure to 90 through the forms oi
habeas corpus, and he was thereby discharged OF
ali legal duress, and allowed to go scot free. Not
three weeks ago the house OF Capt Montgomery in
Linn COUNTY was attacked in the dead oi the night,
and himself and others fired upon By a vOliey OF
rife, musket and pistol shot; and entirely unable
to find protection from the Courts, Capt. Mont
comesy is compelled again to organize his guerrl-
BIS for self-defense. Linn Comfy Is now IN state
OF incpicnt Instruction. On recent visit to
Osawatomie | met an old man from C0ty County
in pursuit of horse-thief. He had offered $500
rev ard through The LGnreHce republican, Tor the
arrest Of the criminal aud bis d, livery to HIN. lie
told me that he was opposed on principle Il any
private citizen taking the law into his own hands;
but in our present anarchlcal state, II was mpOs-
sible to DO otherwise. Heintended, upon catching
the horse-thef to bang him himself. He had been
engaged in the pursuit more than week; had
spent ovor hundred dollars, and was determined
t. continue il until be he'd accomplished bis object.
Do We not all remember how two young mon
were deliberately executed, Only q little
vhleago, in Cofey County, by the people, without
respect 10 law for the crime of horse stealing So
we so. 1t is well known to every body hese that
our laws aud courts are perfect burlesque upon
civil administration; and Mr.. SchuJ Ter ought 10 be
ashamed of himself to falsIfy the facts 30 rep
resent the contrary. To make the Whole matter Of
jucical proceeding still more uncertain and con-
fused, the two United States judges, Lecompte
and -, have both expressed their intention
IL decide against tine validity of the law comforting
general jurisdiction on the Probate Courts Law
which has been IN existence four years passed by
tne first Bordcr-Ruffan legislature allowed to
stand while the Probate Jud yes were Border Raf-
fans, but now ehat they are the opposite, invali-
dated. This, Of course, undoes all past proceedings
in those Courts and leaves everything wreck.
A. 10 our county organizations. If any man wishes
60 know for himself how efficient they are, let him
attempt TO travel over the highways throughout
the Territory. To take care N the roads, l be-
Ieye, is among the first duties Of county org0nlza-
lions There is rot Il road III Kansas which l. not
broken, az least every ten miles, on an average,
VIII an awful sloush-a pertcct abyss-intO which
horses and vehicles constantly pitching, break
inc legs, wheels and everything else. Quito lu
rratiye employment here now il 10 stand along the
roads day and night, with yokes of oxen, ready
10 hitch gu and drag horses snd wagons oat OF the
mre into which they are plunging al every turn.
TWENTY-FIVE cents head for extracting begged
animals is doing better business than making sor-