New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-31

In new attempt on the part of The Herald to
persuade the people of NewYOrk that they have
20 occasion to trouble themselves any further
about Kansas affairs, that journal begins rather
oddly, but very candidly, with substantially sd-
hitting the justice of the complaint which we have
so repeatedly urged on that subject.
The Herald admits that, through the searching
inquiries of the Kansas Congressional Committee,
it was proved that the Kansas Pro Slavery party
did secure the local government through the seiz-
ure of the polls and the control Of proceedings at
the first Territorial elections BY an armed invasion
of Mssourans to the number of three or four thou
sand men. The Herald further admits thai, in an
ticipatiou Of similar Missouri invasion, the Free
State men of Kansas suffered the second Terrific
rial election to 20 by default; for which it might
have given also additional reason, that the Free
State men did not acknowledge the binding charac.
ter of the sct of the preceding bogus Legislature
under which this second election was held. Such
The Herald fully admits to be the origin of the e1
listing Government de acto and the so-caled Kansas
Code-the ProSlavery men having thus BY force,
violence ard usurpation, everything their own way
-"elections, laws, appointments, ta1es, and
everything else" while some of the laws of this
bogus code are in the words of General (now Sec.
retary) Cass, in the Senate, ga disgrace to the
civilization of the sge"
Now, to set up, as The Herald does, that under
this state of the case, because President Buchanan
on assuming Office finds a set Of usurpers in po,
session of the Government of Kansas his hands are
tied, AID that he can do nothing but wait the
coming together Of Congress and in the mean time
give the whole weight of his Office and authority to
sustain ard help carry out this usurpation; to
make an assertion of this sort is simply absurd and
it is impossible that any right minded man can fail
at orce to perceive it to be go. In truth the sans
argument which is set up to excuse the President
from interference, may, and no doubt will, be set
up to excuse Congress from interfering. But BY
whomsoever set up, it is totally untenable There
is no title, whether to power o: property, however
formally complete, that's not vitiated BY fraud.
Iced Of land may be signed, sealed, acknowledged
with every fomality, but if obtained by fraud it is
good for nothing; and the pretensions of the
BOGUS authorities of Kansas have, by the
acknowledgment Of The Herald, no better
foundation. So far from its being the duty of the
President to recognize and enforce the legislation
against which great majorityof the Inhabitants
| protest, and which Congressional Committee has
pronounced fraudulent and invaid-it is, on the
other hard the clear duty Of the President to refuse
all participation in the enforcement Of such code,
or apy aid toward il, till Congress shsll have
taken the matter in hapd. The President has
totally failed to do his duty in the matter. He
leaves the people Of Kansas to the mercy of their
/ Rufisn oppresors. The political character OF
| the Congress elect is well known. The Southern
members will 60 in a body for sustaining the
Kansas outraees, while there are Northern men,
Der. enough to make up strong majority willing
| n LET the shareholders have their own way, and
who will let them have their own way, unless
tbey are frightened out Of it by the determined
aspect Of the North.
tits strange that The Herald, with such just
sppreciation as it has of our Northern, New-lofk
| Damocratic politicians, sbOuld be 81 very aux-
| ION. 70 throw back Ncw-York into their hands.
I" of late years," says The Herald, "not only
Kansas but every other promising territory or
"rev State, has been cursed with food OF reck-
"less and rayenous political hacks, quacks and
I. snoi,smen. The nuisance was fairly inaugurated
with the great politicians hegira to California.
The consequences in that State need no repetition
here. But look at MinnesOta-two party State
{. Conventions formed Of the Delegates elected TO
"oue. II is the dirty disease q Tam'nany Hda
" SPREADING as,y ersyrhsrs among the diry
Z. syoilsmen Of the political perties O the day'
| IN the very breath in waict The Herald thu'
I,ueuts Tie spread to rev States sIi territories Of