New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-11
KANSAS.
DRAGON DEMOCRACY.

"A
y,,ss, !, overr,,n by the United States amy. A
hes,y force with eight pieces OF brass artillery.
es|d neces and howtzcrs, lies before Lawrence
Another heavy force. with two guns, IS az TOPEKA
Another force guards LecomPton. Se'erS nun
dred more have gone southwark with fourth
battery, to Fort Scott, or to any point st or nsss
which there might be an uprising OF N" people
AGAINST the despotism of the olgsrchy. The iroa
basI of the soldier "a on Kansas. Amid the ngop
Of midwinter, the soldiers are called out OF theT
quarters to have 8 campaign against the people.
EVERYTHING is made 10 wear the aspect OF aetua
bostilties. The gunners sre supplied VAN aoun'
dance Of ammunition. We have the proper modl-
cun of horse foot and artillery for effective oPer'
,tion.. Some $500 soldiers are on the soil. and
learn that several regiments more are expected
to reinforce them. There are, OF soldiers per-
hans nearly "a many as Free Kansas could RAISE Oh
men who co~ld or ,roNN fight, while the people
would be poorly armed and equipped aud t1e
soldiers have powerful batteries, are wen equPPoo
have abundance OF ammunition, and are kept ~
regular supplies by one Oi the most po"'hlN WV
erDments on earth.
What are these troops here for > Ii certainty ~
not " TO preserve the purity at the ballot'oot: n
fraud Of 100 votes IN - johnson County "as
perpetrated under their sOdierly noses. aud Dsnd
OF $50 Missourans, under the notorious TITUS,
marched into the Territory 10 guard The fruits 81
that intended fraud, at the very time that several
hundred l'nitcd States troops were marching down
70 Fort Scott 10 oy,r;wc The free-Statc men.
But what are they here for II is certainly not
10 "preserye the Laws Except II be IN n lew
border counties where Missouri votes aud swindlng
returns robbed the people of their right To elees
;un Net, har AT
mon are not anxious now to enforce The laws
It would harll, suit them. The - laws are no'
only A shadow of their former selves. AL That "a
good" in them. the Border Ruthans have plckld
away in their bogus Constitution. 80 lar as y tho
law" mean the present law-making power tho
laws" are uullity. The GOODNESS with wmch "a"
Border Ruiians and their official allies treat the
recent specisl session of the Legislature and s acts
is astonishing. They have n purpose, aud the> never
swerye from It.
Amonth AGO matters looked differently grofn
of INDIGNATION went up from the people against tho
Iecompton swinders. IL seemed very doubtful
whether the latter would dare to carry out their
yillan0us Intentions Some ~ thfln TOOK r'luge in
Fort Ieayenworth to escape their fears, or an un-
seen enemy. Now the tent. of the army dol the
wintry landscape wherever there ARE settlements IN
Kansas devoted 10 Freedom. What particular IN
cuse has been gwen for all this does not appear
very clearly here. umor was set Hfoat nj Fort
Ieaycnworth that Lane bad fought the dragons at
Fort Scott and that an orderly and n few Lesser
buntined heroes had been Killed. Doubles, you
have been dosed with the story in advance and the
report has Starred East from LeavcnwOrth IN adj
vance, of the march of the troops DO not be- un-
easy too soon. Ii is possible that the people may
he obliged to fight the Federal army quartcred ON
them IL trampe them Ia the dust. Two questions
occur in such connections FirSt--ls there enough
of the old spirit of 70" in the American people
to make il SURE that they will not submit TO military
despotism Secondly-With the scarcity Of sup
plies poor arms and ammunition could Fre-Sts,s--
army be raised in Kansas sufcirutly strong 10 fight
the l.. :. army here, and another army OF Border
Ruffans, with Western Missouri at their backs
These are que stions which the thinking men "
Kansas are asking themselye to-day. They ere
fearful questions On the one side degrading sut's
mission, under o military despOtism; on the
other a civil war under fearful odds. II is nm issue
which ought To be- carefully weighed. single
blow can make war. Years Of struggle may not
bring peace. The Border Ruffans were already
defeated The probabilities are that they would
have abandoned the enterprise. But Pro-Svery
Administration cheers them on, and now takes tho
lead. 1t is the power of the General Government
that is placed the necks Of the people Of Kansas.
We have had BOrder-Ruffian "DemOcracy," now
We have dragoon 4" Democracy." saber is the
rod of empire; bayonet is its scepter.
The people of the United States do not think that
a despotism of the most vile aud tlagrant character
is to-day upheld by I'm insulting army, paid by them.
Should the people OF kausas prove equal TO the
emergency under such circumstances, al may DO
we'll; but the odds are against them. Wire-working
politicians are in their midst 10 distract and divide
them by pretending TO BE- their friends. Hungry
wolves of Officr.seckers have taken places in their
Ranks led there by their numerical strength at the
same time bowling against everyt thing like principle
Still there are many brave and good hearts in the
Frec-State cause in Kansas, and the question il
whether dragon Democracy shall ride over them
rOu0h shOd