New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-20

TIE Commercial Adrertiscr complains of having
been misrepresented in THE TRIBUNE OF yester-
day. and, by way Of testimony to its own moral
worth and political orthodoxy, publishes the follow
ING certificate froma Hard" Democrat Wishing
to do The Commercial all justice, we give it the
beleft Of our circulation:
9. T9if,ys Ne,c. York Commercial 4drersi,e,.
'In your leading editorial article of ths day there
is power of conservative useful, practical common
sense that meets the earnest approval OF the writer,
n NCw-Yori1 merchant who differing from you in poll
tics, being Hard Democrat, but has subscribed
for and read your paper for the past eleven years. can
still admire honest earnest policy, steadily adhered TO-
policy that owns. upholds, and clngs to the Cons-
tuition Of the United States; policy that believes IN
being re ally honest and never talks about sacrificing
the ship because there may be defective plank in
her construction You right, If not for the day.
yet for all time No mere sectional party paper, or
men can long sustain themselves in this country. L
cheer you on. Measures, principles, honest men to
administer affairs of State, forever.
" " Hday, P. IN, Feb H. 1850"
TIE Commercial Adrertistr is exceedingly dis
tressed at the existing state Of things in Kansas,
and seems to think that civil war is imminent. We
are not of that opinion. The Commercial is misled
BY taking the statements of the Presidents procla-
in arms, not against Shannon, nor even against the
sham officers of the sham Legislature, but merely
to protect themselves against new invasion Of
Border Rutiians similar to that which lately be-
sieged Lawrence, and which they have or had rea-
son to believe to be organized in the Missouri
border counties. The Free-State men have no
intention to attack anybody, but merely to
defend themselves. The real control of the
United States troops will be not with Shannon but
with Colonel Sumner. We don't think he will
allow himself TO be employed in arresting or dis
persing the Topeka Legislature. As to Shannon,
We have no doubt he is much more afraid of the
Border Ruffans than he is of the Free-State men.
He has had sufficient experience of both. The
real fact seems to be- that the President and his
cabinet have at last seen that if they go on encOur
aging the Border Ruffans they have done, blood
shed in the Territory, on a much larger scale than
has vet occurred, is inevitable; and further,
that they will be held by the public response
bic for it. To repress the Border Ruffians and
keep them at home, we believe to be the real OBJ
ject of the orders lately sent to Colonel Sumner,
to act on the requisition of Governor Shannon.
The talk in the Presidents proclamation about
insurrection and resistance to the laws on the part
of the Free-State men, is mere tub thrown out to
the Border Ruffian whale. We have confidence in
the good sense of both Colonel Sumner and Cover
nor Robinson, and have not the least apprehension
that the meeting Of the Free.State Legislature
and the organization of the Free-State Govern
ment, will lead to the slightest collision between
the United States troops and the citizens of Kansas.
As 70 the Border Ruffians, the idea of encounter
ing the troops of the United States will make
them quiet as lambs. Persons intending to move
to Kansas may 90, we think, in full assurance of
finding things more quiet, and life aud property
more secure there than at any time since the first
Border Ruffan invasion.