New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-02


Lesi,ls.ure. And thus the swindlins farce Of
I" Popular Sovereignty" devised By Cas- In 45
10 cover bis own recre sncy and spostacy on the
P,oyiso question, and seized upon BY Atchison.
Deuelss & Co. 10 "a t. palliaie their perfii,us
violation of the Missouri Compromise, approaches
lite corsummaiion.
In November last, (the.29'h.) al Election for
Cor eIe.sionsl Delegate was held, at which 2,235
vote. were cast for Whitfield, the Pro-Sl.very
nominee, to 500 for the rival candidates. Two
months afttrward, Gov. Reeder had an official
census Of the Territory taker, WHEN its entire
population was found TO number but 5,937, in
Guiding I38 held as slsyes; while Of this populs-
tion but 2,O3S claimed or pretended to be voters
-tpo hundred aud tetnty ie,s than tie rote cast
som. time btfore for Whitfield alone! We need
say nothing more respecting the fairness or force
of that election.
In the contest just closed the same weapons Of
fraud and violence have been used, but m,nifes.y
on a more gigsnti: scale, and with more slabo-
rate vilaipy. We cannot, Of course, re,eise de-
tailed sdvices rom our correspondents IN the
Territory for several days yet, but the fat that
the Pro-SIAvery bulletin claims Oae Inou'and
mojority on the north side Of Kansas Rirer, when
there are not so many Pro-Slaveiy voters in tie
entire Territory, tells the whole story.
Blu. the fact that fraud on the largest scale was
plotted and prepared for, was long since n'sori-
Gus A dispatch from Preston, Missouri, of the
23d ult., Zone week before the election states
that Ten Thousand Missouiians had gone into the
Territory to vote for Slavery. The l.streceived
Kansas Herald Of Freedom notices the encamp-
ment in tents aud wagons Of one hundred Ms
sourans on the Wakarusa, waiting the openi0g Of
the pole, and says that similar preparations to
debauch the election had been made at other
election precincts. And Pro Slavery letter
from Whitehead, Kansas, dated March Il, and
published in The 81. Louis Republican of the 2ish
ult. thus eIult, over the sanguiaey andc 2 ated
triumph Of yillainy:
"Kansas is bound 10 Re a Stare State. It canno.
be otheIwise-Gov. Rseder aud the Emigration Aid
Society to the contrary, Notwithstanding. We have
both the numerical aud moral strength b make it so
and It. BY accident AM fraud should bs sten
II geographical geological and agricultural ch Ara ;ter
of the country will render sary 80. Its sut5d
al adapted only to Slave labor. Hemp viii be the
who have hso any experience know thst in its cult
walton Slave labor is indispensable. And be.ides
the subjects Of the Emigration Aid Society can never
get fOOthod here. Ii is 100 expensive for the
Rails and lumber have to be bought at large price to
build houses and fences with; aud TO break the virgin
soil i'll require outlay Of from three to four hundred
dollars per scre-so that the equipment and cul,igs
ton Of farm will be beyond their reach. Taey have
not the strength For the system OF labor to 40 mental
work; indeed. they are not suited for suything ia
country like this. Even their appearance is against
them. Have yoa ever seen any Of them! / will
draw you small picture which is correct portrait
OF them all. From five feet seven inches to Six fees
hiah Tor rather OF an indefinite hight for they double
ND and stretch out suit occssion sallog complex
ion, lean and stingy, suspicious-lookiny, nsrvous
move nents presumptuous, inqusltive, cold aud hun
cry. The skirts and sleeves of their coats and the
legs of their pantacons too short, and their whole ap
pesrancs fofbiddipg. Such are the creatures who
are being deluded and shipped into this country to
suffer; and many Of whom would have starved and
frC zen last winter, but for the humanity and gen.
trcsi,y Of those PEI pie whose institutions they we're
cent here to destroy.
If nybody knows how 50 impudent liar
could be answered better than with the butt end
of musket over his face and eyes, We will stand
back and let him talk to this villain.
We must give one more extract from this base
letter for the credit of Gov. REEDER, who ap-
pears to have honestly (though vanly) tried to Sc.
cure fair election, by imposing some restraint
on the polling Of bogus votes. For this the whole
Pro Slavery pack is let loose upon him. accusing
him of sending private information to the Norththat
the election would be held on the 3Oth ult. while
ii from the slavehOlders; while what
he really did was to keep back the notice Of cleo
ton to the last moment In order TO hold It, before
the bulk of Atcbison's minute-men could be mott
fed and rush into the Territory. A fair election
with only the actual citizens Of Kansas voting,
was just what the Douslasites could not abide,
so they revls the Governor and cslumhiate the
settlers after this fashion:
"This conduct in Gov. Reeder deserves the ssverest
condemnation, ii not punishment. His object was to
defaud the people Of the election, and to esc. this,
be gave notice, two months ago, to the Frees0ers,
two thousand miles away to give them opportupi.
~ to get here He kept it from the people at home.
that they might not be able to prepare for it, he liked
day too early for many good farmers and thrifty
mechanics of Missouri TO abandon their homes there,
and move their families in, and too early for those
poor, hafstarved subjects of the Emigration Aid SO.
ciety, who were brought out last fall and have been
living the charity of the pro slavery citizens, and
upon the bounty OF slaves in Missouri who sub.
scribed fund Of near one hundred dollars in dimes
and quarters for thsr sustenance through the severe
season Of winter, to get awayas they unquestiona-
bly, will do as soon as they are able. And further
STILL to carry out his purpose, he has prescribe the
form Of the oath to be administered TO voters in which
they are to swear that Kansas is their homeths they
are settled thee-and that they hare other home.
He has also authorized the judges Of election to sX
anime witnesses "a to these facts
"Now, he well knows that those poor creatures
from the East have no home, except waere they hap
pen at tie moment to dwell while the substantial
farmers and mechanics who have claims here, to
which they will bring their families soon the
weather will permit have good homes where they are,
and which they will not be able to abandon or dis
nosa Of in the short time which ia RiYau than.