New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-26

The Herald has made second attempt to OK
GLIDE the Kansas issue from our ensuing State
election; bat this second attempt does net mead
tie matter. 1t does not at all patch up the holes
which we pointed out in The Heralds former state
ments on that subject. Awfuly wide awake as
that journal is in oil matters Of trade and business
seeming to assume az the basis Of its daily argu-
ments ard Ieasonings. that every merchant is a
cheat every railroad director a knave, and every
holder of stocks in almost any kind Of moneyed
corporation a poor deluded Individual, it seem'
nevertheless to have its Own week side too, and in
this affair of Kansas to be as guble a. the weakest
of U.s. There is NO need, so it tells us. Of saying
anything about Kansas in the pending State canvass
Kansas it would have us believe, is perfectly safe
in the hands Of Buchanan ard Walker. They have
mnde up their minds to have Kansas come in
Free State, and therefore nobody need give him
self the least further trouble in the matter.
But, in the first place, the very apology which
The Herald makes for the conduct Of Mr.. Blu
chanan hitherto in Kansas affairs; for the re-
peated and emphatic ndoI,ement, under his au-
spices, Of the bogus code; for the quarteIiug Of
troops upon Lawrence to frighten and hartass the
Frse-state men, for the recent viainOus appor-
tionment Of the Territorial Legislature so as to
secure, if possible, bagus successor to that bogus
body for the appointment to all the most lucrative
and influential posts in Kansas of active Border
Rufan leaders, for the new legal prosecutions lately
set ON foot against FreeStste men for Old affairs ola
years standing, willie muy ders the most cold blO0ded
and rObberes the most atrocOus gOeverywhere in the
Territory unpunished, except occasionally by lynch
law-the apology sSt up by TIE Herald for Mr..
Buchanan in wibking at all these outraSes is,
that he accepted the de .facto local laws and
authorities as he found them and that he had no
"oh.r alternative "He has," says The Herald
"nether tie supervisory legislative power of Con-
"re.s, nor the judicial authority Of the Supreme
court. His duty is to execute the lawi as turned
lover into bis hsnds" Such was the case of Nc.
Buchanan as presented few days ago, and its
new excuses for Mr.. Buchanan are but repetition
Of the same idea almost in the same words. "Mr.
"B. had no other alternative than to accept the
laws and authorities of Kansas de tacto, a.
turned over into Lis hands by the last Admins
tra'ion aud the !ast Congress" In appointments
to local Offices Mr.. Bucl apan's choice has been
g necessarily Limited 70 that class Of men who
recognize tie general validity Of the said local
flaws and authorities rather mild and diluted
description, as il seems to US, Of such men az Muir.
ply, Emory, Clark and Whitfield The Hrald
admits the irregularities, as it gently calls then
OF tie Pro Slavery regime, but insists that, though
the Border RCfisrs may have secured their present
position through unlawful aud outrageous means
"snd instruments" the President cannot 20 be-
hind The record of the legislature. He must &C.
cspt it as he finds it. Now, if this be a correct
statement Of tie position Of Mr.. Buchanan; if by
force Of this apology be is to stsnd excused for all
hs bas done 81 al he has omitted to do in relation
to Kansas STAIR; If this is to be Mr.. Buchanan
justification for having kept the Infamous Le,ompss
in office, # whom even Pierce grew ashamed;
IL this is TO he NJ. Buchansn's excuse
for having given al the principal ap
pointments in the Territory to men like
Murphy and Emory, principal leaders in the muir
cers, rcbberies and expatrations of the Kanass
reign of terror hat mockery to tell US to look
to Mr.. Buchanan TO make Kansas a Free State
Allowing to Mr.. Buchanan oil the good intentions
which The Herald is pleased 40 grstnitousy to as
aibe to Lin; gan. hat MI Buoaasaa has 'spss