New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-05

than fifteen out Of the thirty-one organized and
settled counties Of Kansas, there were no bogus
Sherifs nor Judges OF Probate the reason for the
most part being that tbese counties were so eIciu
siyely settled BY FreeState men that nobody could
be found to accept these bogus Offices. Under
these circumstances il became the plain duty oil
Governor recognizing the validity Of the bogus laws
10 appoint some competent resident Of such coun'
"ty to perform such duty" But, as no help to
the cause Of Border Ruffiansm was to be expected
from these counties, no such appointment was
made, no census registry Of voters was taxed,
and Mr.. Acting Governor Stanton, in his dstribu'
ton Of the delegates has totally disregarded them
that the inhabitants Of these fifteen counties,
embracing, it is said half the population of the Ter
ritOry, have been totally and absolutely dlstran-
chised and that not by the bogus Legislature but
by the direct act of Stanton himself
Nor is this the whole extent of the Acting Gov
ernor's efforts to pack this bogus Convention in
PrO-Slavery sense. Of the sixteen counties having
bogus Sheris and Judges of Probate there were SIX
in which these gentry, for reasons of their own,
did not see fit to take any or list Of voters
which omission Mr.. Acting Governor Stanton has
undertaken to supply BY foistng in part of the
census returns certain old lists of voters at the
last bogus election, at which no Free-State men
voted Such is the basis upon which Mr.. StantOns
proclamation appOTtiOns the delegates to the bogus
Convention First, we have the bogus Convention
act itself-carefully drawn for the express pur-
pose of securing to the Slavery party
the control Of the Convention. Then We have
Mr. Stanton, by bis own acts, both of omission
and commission, outrunnng the bogus Legislature
by directly excluding fifteen Free State counties
from the Convention because no census was taken;
no census having been taken because he had neg
lected his duty of appointing anybody to take it;
while at the same time he does assign delegates to
Elk Pro.Savery counties, equslly without census,
that defect having happened through the neglect of
the bogus officers to whom that business belonged.
The Convention having been thus doubly packed,
first by the act Of the bogus Legislature, and
now again. to make everything secure, by the bogus
hearted acting Governor, we have Mr.. Walker
making his appearance on the stage, his mouth full
Of fair words and treacherous exhOrtations to the
Prostate men to submit to tire action of this
doubly fraudulent election, to accept good law
the bogus Convention act and StantOn's apportion-
ment and to proceed forthwith to give their and in
making and their support in enforcing COnstitu-
ton of which the great object it seems ought to be,
if we correctly understand the rather vague tele-
graphic summary Of Gov. Walkers inaugural adj
dress, no. to secure the right of the people of Kan
sas, but TO protect the slave property of the few
Missouri slaye-Owners.
Should Kansas quietly submit to government
imposed upon it in such q way and for such pur-
pose, well may it be said, in the words which the
telegraph puts into Gov. Walkers mouth, that
fraud, violence and injustice will reign, and
&" history will record the fact that Kansas was the
grave of the American Union"