New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-28

| lOWaro l'e clOee the members OF the CONVENTION
appeared to lay aside their pets poit;a jealouses
AID go hand in hand ADD with are ,ter zeal 10 their
| work AS the fruits Of their labOrs rose before
them, they evidently felt a. men Who have taken q
! position pOsi ion they must sustain, perhaps
through trial and blOodshed-and therefore the
bonds which held them together became more
clOsely knit and for the m"nien. the political dif-
ferences on which unquestipnably political parties
Will be srrsyed against each other In the future
were psr1y forgotten.
One feature in the aspect Of this Convention
| must note, although II ia matter for hereafter.
| We do so because We have reason 10 believe that
1t has been concerted perhaps by others than the
| immediate actors There is certain class OF
politicians here who are nervously anxious for the
proper construction of parties in the future Sta e
FOreseeng that Kansas will be State before long,
they determine that thOs parties shall be
formed as TO secure the prepOnderance 10 their
OWL tide, ard knowing that the Republicans viii
have majority az sO0a es p ace and security
purge the ballot box they are preparing to prevent
tbi. BY dra ing off Free Coil Den Ocrats wI;h the
shibbOleth OF DE- mCcrscy;" and they take espec al
pains to prapifiate the Pro-slavery men here By
assuming o position a. favorable N them az they
can, ana BY oeDOuncing as AbOlitiOnism every
phase Of the Anti Slavery sentiment, excep. the
bare fact that Kansas shall be free sre paving the
way for a union with those Pro Slavery men-a
union that will certainly be cOnsummased the
moment Kansas is admitted as a Free State
That more Slave States cal be formed out Of
other Territories than this, is n'TvOusly clulg
to- and that upon the doctrine OF " lulttsr S)ve-
reen'y" d his ia the basis upon which they ap
peal to PrO-elavery men, You csnnot make
Kansas Slave state H01," they say; there are
too many Republicans In the country bat lie; us
unite in the Free - ate movement, and SO it vii
nov be q Free state any how, make Squstter Sow
ereienty the basis. and By eleysiDg this principle
to power you may have other Save State"
That such theories and such speculatinns should
Lave been taught and preached in Washington
was 70 be expected We were no. prepa Ell,
however, to hear them so clearly or distinctly
enuncia'ed il Kansas have heard il repeatedly
urged By the cla,s of politicians to whom have
ALLUDED that Slavery was not 70 be kept out OF
Kansas because it was wrong or originally forbid
den, but beca ise majority OF those now here are
against il. strenuous effort was made in tue
Convention to leave toe Slavery question open, or
submit the question whether Kansas hIult or
should not be slave State as q Sc Jarate article
to the people. This proposal was ind gnautly
voted down, like some other political schemes i.
being well known that it would only offer pre-
text to Missouri tn rush 10 and take pos
session of the polls, and thus plan. Slave
~ irrevocably on this disputed ground.
The Pro-Slavery men stIll in she Territory refuse
TO fall n with these Overtures, because they haze
not lost hopes Of making this Slave state. Feel
ing confident thst the power Ofthe Administration
ia with them, end believing thai Douglas and the
other Northern men who have vO'ed for the
Kansa- Nebraska bill, have taken too decided steps
in favor Of Slavery to desert them now, they are
determined By whatever means necessary to plant
Slavery here. The battle is not over yet The
result although the Free tate men feel confident,
is certain and that vioeUce may be resorted to to
secure the Infamous result So earnestly sought for
is far fron improbable. The genuine Free state
men, though superior in number, want political
tact The two most prominent leaders OF these
are the Hon. Z. c. Schuyler and DR.. Robinson.
Both of these are honorable, high minded men ~ho
do not stOop to intrigue, and therefore, their
opponents sometimes get the adgint-
age of then. The former MI Schuyler,
is spoken of for United States Senator
from the Young State, and from the sentiment pre-
vailiDg throughout the Territory could probably
be elected more easy than any Other Republican.
That Kansas should seed tro United States sena-
tors who would be willing to vote for the adms-
sion of other Slave States, weUli look stra 1ge at
ter ali that Kansas has suffered But If the Free
State Democrats Of the would be national school,
fuse With the Pro Slavery men after the admission
of Kansas, such result is not improbable, unless
the Republican party herels awake 70 It's interests.
LEAyENwORTH, K. I Saturday, Nov. IL.
A week of exciting political interest is dra wing
tn a close in Leavenworth. The weather is cold
ard raw and snow covered the face OF the earth
this morning, but long before night the empire OF
mud was unquestioned and supreme. Muddy
streets muddy politics, and muddy men have
been The order of the Last three or four days. |
do not mean to throw q slar on the good pc pie ct
leayenwsrth by the latter remark, for the morals
of the great mass here are as good as they are In
the majority Of river towns; bur the political ele-
nent eschew maine Law faDaticisn" with q
sublime and practical conservatism, hence 1t 10
not astonishing that " fre-eating" speeches should
smell strongly of burnt brandy
The law and order meetiog is fairly ooer.
The sectors have gone bach t. Missouri, or to the
Territorial Offices for more than bali of them were
men whose real homes were in Missouri, and
fair portion of tie remainder were Territorial
officers, under the general government, who had
DO more right to participate In popular move.
With all of these &c uncts the meeting was very
sllm one. hot more than one hundred persons
were present st the day session On the night OF
"Wednesday the citizens Of LesvenwOrth turned
out AID there were perhaps two hundred present,
certainly not more; and one half OF thtse were
Free State men Who came 70 look on, Tor they
were not allowed to participate.
The proceedings OF ia Convention ss published
in the Pro-Slavery paper hers are amusing, and ss
they have undergone species Of purifying revision
since they came from tue meeting 10 is clearly evil
dent that some of the actors have discretion
enough lett TO try ana give its aspects smoothing
ND before they 60 to the outside world Having
seen the proc. edpes As kept By the Secreary and
copied the resolutions sent you from the dOcu
ments Just as they passed, can speak Knowingly
on this point These proceedings were lar more
Conservative thaa the meeting at hist aud were
not intended 10 De an exponent Of It's objects and
character; but in the papec have spokea Of they
have beer still further modified and 8 new one
i Al sha tha al IN