The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-31

and ss), in which he says-'I nnd thai l have not
simply 70 contend against bands Of armec ruiiAns
fil alton and robbery, infatuated adDerenp and
advocates Of conflicting political sentiments and
local institutions, and evil dsposed persons acsaAea
Of all, against the influence OF who have been placed
10 authority, and have employed all the destructive
agents around them to promote their personal mite.
rests At the sacrifice Of every just honorable and awful
consideration have barely time TO give you brief state
ment Of facts as find them The town OF Leavenw'rh
in the hands Of armed bodies OF men, who having
been enrolled militia perpetrae ourrages Of the moot
aocous character under the shadow Of authority from the
Territorial government Within a few days these men
bave robbed and 1rven from their houses unoendng c
zens have fired upon and killed others 10 their own
Rnce OF employing them in the public service. They
have seized persons who hal committed offence aud
after stripping them Of ell their vauabies placed them
ON steamers and sent them out Of the country.
In isolated country places mans life is safe The
roacs are filled with armed robbers, and murders for
mere plumber of daily occurrence Almost every
arm house deserted and no traveller has the temeriy
to venture upon the highways without an escort"
In describing the condition Of the Territory at the time
OF his arrival, in his farewell TO the people Of Kansas
(Sepae Dee, Let 35th Congress, No Il, page 20O)
he says Desolaton and ruin reieDed on every hand
dwellings darkeped the atmosphere; and children,
driven from their habtsisons wandered the prares
and among the ooohnds, or sought refuge and pre-
lection among the indian tribes
Such was The hsc'er of the government and the
dition q The people Of Kansas as described by an eye
witness In his official dispatches 70 the President Of the
United States The very time that Congress- by
Of The OF the Senate 70 the H0uee bill sd
hitting Kansss refused to redress e wrongs of the
people by supparting their usurped Territorial govern
ment by one Of their own formation.
The people OF Kansas again apply for ADHESION as
State inio the Tn on, with voting populanos exceed
ing that Of majority OF the CobgressioDa districts
70 the old statss, and representative popuRon greater
than that OF eth Of the States Of Florida Oreson
and Of eighty thousand square miles Of territory
With undeveloped material resouI ccs of vast extent
For I'VE years the freemen Of the nation have watched
The progress OF events Kansas with intensity Of
ing seldom ever eqnaed in the history Of the country
for then ley beheld, Tor the fra: time during it's exist
ence an organized effort Of the minority, by fraud and
force. and armed INVASION sustained By he general gov
eInment 10 establish slavery against the VII Of Hajo.
rty.
In order to give quiet to me whole country this sub
ect remove an element Of discord from the political
arena and restore the people OF Kansas the right Of
sen government We recommend their admission into the
Union as state, and herewith report bill
The bill accompanying the report provides for the sd
mission OF Kansas under the wyandot constitution aud
Iuesoay next 10 assigned for its consideration Mr.
CLARK, OF Missouri, wi make minority report in few
days,