The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-10

have sought by every poss BILE device to destroy
his administration, that they might rise upon its
ruins.
BORDER RUFPIAN1sN AGAIN RAMPANT IN KAN
sAs, AND BATCH OF New TERRITORIES ON
HAND.--It appears that in Southern Kansas
the free State border ruiians have lately
broken out into the widest excesses-carrying
their marauding incursions even into Missouri,
and involving the burning of houses and the
stealing of negroes, horses and cattle. AT Fort
Scott, in Kansas, the notorious free State cham
pion, Captain Montgomery, has sgnalized his
proves in the rescue of a prisoner from the
hands of justice, and in killing or wounding seve
raj individuals who had the boldness to resist bis
armed invasion Of the village. OF course a
general border excitement has thus been revived;
the Governor of Kansas is again calling out the
roops, and the Governor Of Missouri is following
his example. What will be the upshot of these
new Kansas disorders it is impossible to conjec-
ture /; but doubtless the desperate and despica
BILE free soil "Kansas bleeding" politicians are
at the bottom of all these rufliauly movements
In the meantime we perceive that the repub-
leans OF Congress have resolved to hold the ad-
mission of Oregon subject to the English Kansas
restriction, and this movement we may rest assur-
ed, will be supplied by the Kansas border rufians
with all the necessary stimuants for new agi.
| tation. At the same time there is quite q
| gang of Territorial delegates from Dacotah,
| Colona, Nevada, Arizona, and we know
not how many other unoyganized Territories, at
| Washington, or on the way there, in view of the
chances of a Congressional recognition and their
| pay and mileage. 1t has been given out that the
House Committee on the subject are disposed to
| provide Territorial government this session for
Dacotah (north of Nebraska) and Arizona
| down on the Mexican frontier, region known
as the Gadsden Purchase); but if any thing of the
sort should be seriously attempted, we apprehend
that between Congressional sovereignty and
| squatter sovereignty the experiment will fall
| through. In the same way, most likely, bleed
ing Kansas" will operate to the defeat of the adj
| mission of Oregon.
Thus far the original Kansas-Nebraska blum
| der of Douglas and Pierce; and from the subse-
quent Kansas border ruf1an rascalities of despe-
| rate vagabonds and reckless politicians, North
| and South, a new brood of Territorial chickens
are in process of Matching, from which we can
only anticipate new outbreak among the
wrangling factions and sectional parties of Con-
gress and the country. Such are the beauties of
"squatter sovereignty" and we are only at the
beginning Of the end.
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The SOUTHERN PRESS ON THE AFRICAN SLAVE
TRADE-SLAvERY IN MISSOURI, &C.-We publish
to-day a chapter of extracts from our Southern
exchanges, from which our readers will perceive
the essential soundness of the Southern public
mind on the policy Of the revival of the African
slave trade. We have no doubt that these views
faithfully represent the opinions of the great
body of the Southern shareholders and nom
shareholders upon this question: and we accord
ingly hope that we shall not soon hear of an
other African adventure into Georgia, Alabama,
or any other Southern State, like that of the
mysterious yacht Wanderer. The worlds de-
mands for cotton of late years have operated to
raise the prices of negroes in the cotton States
to an average which is very tempting to the AZ
rican trader; but as the only safety of the South
is in rigid adhesion to the federal constitution,
and the laws of Congress enacted under its au-
thority, we are glad to see that the policy j" of
the South in this matter is so correctly under
stood among the leading organs of Southern pub
lie opinion.
From the extract from the St Louis Democrat
it appears that the high prices of slaves farther
South are rapidly carrying off in that direc-
ton the slave population of Missouri And
thus, from the pressure of free white labor
upon her shores, and from the superior cash
value of her black slave labor in the cotton and
sugar States Missouri at no distant day must
become free State; and in due season Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky will fol-
low in the same direction, under the fundamental
laws of climate, products and compensation.
These are the fixed and natural laws of slavery:
but under them and under the saving compro-
misses Of the constitution in favor of State sove-
reignty, slavery, even when reduced to the limits
Of the cotton zone, will be competent to main
tain itself. But, North and South, our mis-
chievous and disorganizing sectional politicians
are at work. They are driving us headong to
the shoals and rocks of disunion, and il is high
time for the sober, conservative body Of the
American people to wake up from their lazy
dreams Of security and bestir themselves to save
the government and the country
ANOTHER Book JOB FOR CoNGREss.-We
have received from Washington the copy of a
petition to the Senate and House of Representa-
tives from the publisher of o biographical and
historical account of one of the early ilbusters
The petitioner thinks it is great work. of
course, and suggests that Congress ought to be
patriotic enough to buy ten thousand copies of
it at one dollar and half per copy-making the
neat little sum Of fifteen. thousand dollars hard
cash. The petitioner don't desire to make any
nrofit ont of Con oresa (ubo avor d;d y, ard IN |