New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-11

With regard W INC Coulec VI cNcuts III Aausos' f'0
leading Journal Of that party, published in any Of
the Free States, has maintained q regular CORE
spopdence from Kansas throughout the exciting
scenes of the last three years-no one Of them has
presented through its columns consecutive and
toeraby full narrative Of tie events transpring in
that Territory. We do not complain that those
events Rave not been narrated fairly, but that very
large proportion Of them have been suppressed BY
those journals altogether. We have vivid recol'
lection Of the wondering surprise with which the
accounts of the first positive outbreak in Kansas,
growing out Of the murder Of Dow BY Coleman,
near Hickory Point, and eliminating in the first
Law and Order" forsy on Lawrence, was re-
ceived by "Natioral" men of all parties at the
FEDERAL Metropolis in December, 1855. The whole
matter was complete an astonisber to them as If
they had just heard BY telegraph that Russian
feet and army had captured San Francisco and was
about to ovenun all California. Earnest efforts
were promptly made by active Republicans to have
the leading facts in the case made public through
the Washington journals, but with very poor
success. OF courte, The National Era pub
lisbed the facts; but that Journal though widely
circulated in the Free States, is barely known in
Washington and never seen about the great hotels.
The National Entuigenc~, which will not assert
known falsehood to serve any party, yet exceed
ipely timid with regard to the statement of truths
which it supposes will be decidedly unwelcome to
the most Of its supporters, and to those who con-
t,ol the advertising Of the Federal bureaus. The
Union was and is in sympathy with tie Border
Ruffians, and never gave the Free-State men OF
Kansas any shadow of fair play. They were
always represented rebels, anarchists, outlaws,
wbs provoked all the outrages to which they have
been subjected, and would not be at peace so long
as there were laws to break or negroes to steal.
To this hour, the readers of these two great "Na-
toDal " metropolitan journals know nothing unless
enlightened through other channels, Of the origin,
true character or extent of the crimes whereby
Kansas was long devastated and is still legally eub
jugated. And the consequences of these and kin.
dred suppressions have been most disastrous. We
have faith in the instincts and judgment of the
American People; but how can they de-
eide correctly when the material facts are
carefully withheld from them, and glaring false
toned and accredited instructors1 "Whst can
We reason from but what we knowi" We firmly
believe that the last Presidential Election would
have had different result had the great body of
tie People been permitted through 1856 fairly to
understand the nature of the events then transpir
ing in Kansas. Nay: Had but single journal
The Public Ledger Of Philadelphia sent an honest,
intelligent man to Kansas, as its correspondent, on
the passage of the Nebraska BILL and kept him
there to the present time, printing his letters as
received, with or without appropriate comments,
We believe John c. Fremont would last November
have been chosen President 1t is only by sys-
tematic and guilty suppression ofimportant truth,
by journals paid and trusted to supply it, that an
adverse result was secured.
DR.. GihOD, like Gov. Geary, and Gov. Rceder
before him, went to Kansas lifelong Democrat,
a supporter of President Pierce and partisan of
that Mr.. Buchanan designated Col. Geary to the
late Administration as a fit person u supersede
Shannon in Kansas, and restore peace and security
to that distracted, desOlated region. 1t was obvi-
ously necessary to Mr.. Buchanan at the moment
that peace should by some means be restored, and
for his cake Col Geary undertook the critical task.
He succeeded, aud saved Mr.. Buchanan's election,
but he sacrificed himself in the operation. Being
uDprovided with funds from Washington, he was
obliged 10 draw heavily on bis private resources to
meet the e1ieencies of the public service; and
those drafts had not been repaid him when
he resigned, ard we presume have not yet been.
He Quoted the Territory for the critical period by
treating all parties as honestly, fairly and kindly as
the infamous claws" Of the bogus Legislature
(Which he was obliged to treat as vald) would per-
nit; but, the immediate exigency being passed and
another four years ascendancy of the Slave Power
secured, inpartialty and justice toward the People
of Kansas became treason to the Slave Power,
which would no longer be endured. Gov. Geary
Was the same in February, 1857, that he had been
in September, 1856; but the times had changed and
be was required to change with them,
which he was not ready to do. He still
esteemed it bic duty to repress outrage,
robbery and murder, whether committed in behalf
Of " Freedom or Of Law and Orders" but this
was not to be tolerated by his associates in the
government Of Kansas, especially its Judiciary.
collision necessarily ensued; Pierce declared him
in the right, and promised to sustain him BY re-
moving Lecompte, and actually did send the name
of n successor to the Senate; but the nomination
was stopped in that citadel of Slavery, aud Gov.
Geary awoke to the fact that it was the Slave
Power which was the real governor Of Kansas, aud
he must act as its scribe or cease to act at all.
He suddenly found himself without real authority,
without support from bis associates in the gov
eminent, without friends among their partisans,