New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-21
From Or Special Correspondent.

from y, 2 SPECIAL Correspondrnt
LECOMPToN, X. T., April :, 1897.
The "Law-and Order" party are eNuberant-a
,2>uthcrn Governor and Secretary for Kansas,
Wood son pensioned of with "a Land Office for his
arduous Pro-Slavery efforts; Emory, the murderer
of Ph;llips. also lucrative and influential position
in the Land Office. Mayor Murphy, the Border
Rufiau Mayor of Leayenworth, steps into the shoes
Of Clark. the murderer Of Barber, and Murphy is
The worse Of the two. johnson, the bogus Sheriff
OF Johnson County, and an active agent of the
"Sbawnec Association" appointed Shawnee
Agent-important post in view Of the contemplated
frauds of the aforesaid "Ass0ciaton." Joe Ander
son of Lexington, Mo. member Of the bOgu
Legislature, aud who comes up during Court to Off
ciate Prosecuting Attorney, an office bestowed by
the consideration Of the body Of which he was
1sember has received Federal appointment, the
emouments and duties of which may hapy induce
him to fOrego the pleasures Of home IN BOrder-Ruf-
fandOm, and cast his lot among the people he has
helped TO abuse. The Free-State POsmasters who
under Pierce, held office in communities where
PrO-Slayery man could scarcely have been found
with search warrant, have been rotated out--even
yhen they were so Hunkerish to corrupt Admins
tration. that all sound Free-State men suspected
them-the keen eyes of National Democratic"
Administration have scented out PrO-Slavery men,
and Law and Order is indicated Such are the
6rst stems of President Buchanans Administration
in relation TO Kansas Such is the answer to those
whose cara were tickled with Buck and Breck, and
FIRE. Kansas" Border Rufhanism, which had be-
gun to start with alright at the rapid influx OF popu-
lation feels the inyigOratlOn OF new impulse. III
scents blood and fraud, and gives scream OF exul-
tant delight
The pulse of Freedom in Kansas beats irreguary,
but quickly and strongly.
Tie handwriting on the wall is too plain to be
mistaken although some, blinded by the spirit OF
speculation. and rendered deaf by aweak hope in a
vena government cry, peace, peace, when there
il no peace" Yesterday | met gray-haired set
tier who asked if the reported appointments bad
really been made. The deep lines in his weather
beaten face assumed their sternest curves as ne
calmly responded:
"Well, have shOuldered my musket before and
can doit again"
Gov Walker comes out 10 recognize all the usur
pat;ons of the bogus Legislature valid. He also
comes specially instructed to the census law car
red out 80 that the people have free, independ
ent and proper expression under IT, What gross
insult to the people Of Kansas are those words " tree
and indcpeudentl' What malignant perversion of
language. What does it mean Has black grown
white and white grown black or is fdlsehood de-
flied Those very bogus enactmentS render any fair
EXPRESSION an impossbility. They We're carefully
framed SO AS to render a fair and equal election nm
1oss;Me If the Administration desire to wrong the
peope Of Kansas let Them at least not add insult to
wrong, aud misrepresentation to duplclty. we do
not want the assassin-dagger to be stepped IN
hone,ed words.
the basis of all the action of our new Territorial
Executive. What is meant by the new Governor
carrying out the census law fairly He has nothing
to do with that law. That law strips him of all
power TO interfere That law throws the whole
management of the census and election INTO the
hands of the bogus officers. The law Is fraud
itse and since that law began to 60 into operation
frauds under it and gross perverSl0ns OF II nave
GROWN up ike mountain; but should they tower up
like the Andes the Territorial Governor has nothing
TO do with it. There is not hrehng OF bogus
iniquity who is in any way amenabe either to the
Governor or the people.
The Executive of the Territory who comes here
with the determination to sustain all the usurpatlons
of the Border Ruffians has nothing beyond purely
ministerial function TO perform. He has to array
the United States troops and the Missouri Kansas
militia to sustain all they determine to do, or they
may use such militia without him. What has he
got to do with " fairness" and " freeness, and
equality" satrap sent to Utah to see that the
nrcccpts and practice of the Mormon Church were
hllly carried out--as the basis of all his actOn-Ony
to do so in a way that would secure pure and
healthy morality, would not be a greater anomaly.
IL the people of Kansas are to be wrOngcd let them
at least not be misrepreSented and msulted.
Lee no hopeful friend Of Kansas deceive himself;
the work is being done to-day. Before Gov. Walker
reaches Kansas all the steps i'll regard to the census
will be- taken-will be fixed and irreyocable except
h, the ailnulling of the bogus laws. The Secretary
al the Territory will reach this in one or two weeks,
aud Gov. Walker some time next May. In little
more than two weeks all time for appeal or corrcc-
ton of the census lists will expire The time IN
which the census lists were to be- publicly posted up
for public notice has about expired, and they are
not up. and cannot BE- seen. They are locked up III
bogus desks for future bogus uses. Ihe LecomPfon
tRiOn says that the census lists show the V0lcrS o
this county to number eighteen hundred. There
are at least twice that number of FreeSae voters.
WHAT names are on it What names are of that
list Even if the settlers knew, and could tell what
TO contest, and desired 10 do SO, there very few
active FTec-Statc men who dare to 90 10 Lecomp
ton TO do So there are warrants hanging over the
heads of nearly all such for defending themselves last
Summer. The terms of the bogus census act have
not been complied with, hut the fraudulent certif.
Gates Of the bogus Court will show that il has BEEN
The small population returned for Douglas County
vii he duplicated in other Free-State counties, 50
as to cni 3orn the representation Of these counties as
iO,c as possible while the counties on the Missouri
border and Missouri River will be swelrd to the
most inflated proportion by the fraudulent listing of
MiSsourians The whole of this swiniing process
viii be signed, sealed and delivered before his
ENcelency Gov. Walker who comes TO see II
"talr VIII cross the frontier. Even II he mclnes
to interfere with the remainder of the working ot the
bogus law all that would be- left for him 20 do would
be- 20 SEE that fraud protected by United States Oops
Sgr ttr ht ,erath Of outraged people at TIC polls
Arsady have heard many men Indignantly declare
that such fraudulent election shall never disgrace
the soil Of Kansas. Alas the bogus County Courts
are TO manage the election, and the Governor and
the troops will stand at their backs to smother the