New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-24
piece Of ultra-Southern preparation against the
time when the Union shall be dissolved.


bridge over the chasm which yawns between the
doctrines Of Squstter Sovereignty, which were
necessarily asserted in order TO admit Slavery into
Kansas, and those Of Territorial subordinston,
which must inevitably be promuged to justify the
forcible sUbjugation Of Mormon hierarchy in Utah.
How well be has succeeded in this difficult task, we
do not care TO examine; but with his readiness of
assertion and iuency ofspeech it would be strange
if he had not satisfied the great body of bis follow
ers that the two apparently Incompatible doctrines
were easily reconcilable. But there are other por-
tons Of his speech which we cannot suffer to pass
without comment. And first Of Kansas:
President Buchanan first, and Gov. Walker
more definitely and emphatically since have as
sured the Free-State men Of Kansas that they
should be afforded and guaranteed fair and free
vote on the question Of Slavery or No Slavery
within their borders. Gov. Walker has just been
stumpng the Free State stroDgholds, assuring the
People that, should the Pro-Slavery Constitutional
Convention, just elected and about TO assemble, re-
fuse or neglect to submit their Constitution to
fair, unfettered popular vote, then he would join in
resisting such Constitution before Congress and
procuring its rejection. In this resolve, be more
then intimated, the President and Cabinet were
fully united. But Mr.. Douglas-who is plainly re-
solved to overbid Walker for the Southern support
in the next Democratic National Convention, thus
delivers himself:
Kansas about resk for hersef through her deegstes
,sHbd in Conver2n to form Constitution preparatory to
her admission into the Union equal footing with the orig
ma States Pesse and PFSPy nov pey. t1,o1iho9 her
10
Thee every reason hope and believe that the law
,u,e to e2y bona Gde a1a5tanf se and qa elerc,, Of
nc etee J,sEea II any portion of the inhabtsnt. aeng
sbsen, the polls withhold their
votes with view Of leaving the FIeesae Democrats in
minority end thu, securing Pro Slavery Constitution in Oppo
stiop to the r.he. Of nory Of the people living under it,
L.. the responsibility those who for partisan purposes
yin sacrifice the principles thy profess to eheT.a Ae promote
under the direction # whose leaders they let the blame be
ton. repusnant to their feeling. and violation Of
Of Kcn.s, the sole and exclusive right Of forming
and esustng their domestic institutions to suit themselves
Of he United ST. 'impO.e, The Democratic party deter
mined 60 zee the fundamental principles q the organic
carried Sg IL god S Of f' the Hs9:a: az.
clearly defined and the eIerce OF those rfat' VIII be Ell
the people Of Kss. desire 10 have Free STATE land ". are
dy the Republican party that nine tenth 0' tas Ss
way Of brr sDg Kansas into the Onion Free ST. he
vote: and Voice Of her , own people and in conformity ~
Free State viii 60 to the polls and vote their principles In
accordance with Their II such is not the result let
policy produce strife anarchy and boodshed in Kansas
hst ther ps may profit by Slavery agitation in the Northern
We have placed some Of the more deliberate
aud atrocOus falsehoOds above in Italics, so as to
render them conspicuous but in fact the insinuated
caumnies are not less atrociOus but only more
cOvaIdly. AT the moment this speech was made
il was perfectly notorious, ]. That no man could
vote at this Kansas election unless his name stood
enrolled on Registry ordered by the bogus Legis.
lature to be made by their creatures alone, no
Free-State man having any voice or influence in
making il up; 2. That nothing like half the Free
State citizens of Kansas-even of those who had
been such previous to the 18th of last March
mere enrolled on that Registry, while the time for
adding to it OF in any manner correcting it had
passed; 3. That no ceDsus-taker and registry
maker had even been seen in a majority Of the
Free.State settlements, while in Leavenworth,
Douglas and other contested Counties, all the Pro-
Slavery aud but a fraction of the Free-State men
were registered; 4. That the greater number Of
the Overwhelmingly Free-State Counties had
been vOuchsafed no census and no registry
at ALL and SO could not possibly choose delegates to
this bogus Conventions; and 5, No Delegates were
even apportioDed to a majority of those Counties,
though Stanton Gin Walkers absence) had authority
to make seasopsble registry in such Counties, in
case the bogus officials should fail to do it; and 6,
The demonstrating citizens Of those Counties had
been told by Walker that they might elect Delegates
by guess in some rough. and tumble fashion, and
take their chance of the admission Of such Dele
gates into the Convention act Especial grace
on TIE part Of the inevitably Pro-Slavery majority
of the Delegates regularly chosen according to
bogus law. Such are the undeniable circumstances
and conditions under which Stephen A. Douglas
pronoupces the bogus Convention act "a law be-
"heved to be just and fair in all its provisions"
and one that ENSURES to every bona de inhabltant
1.-THE free and quiet exercise of the elective fran
" chise." Nay: be accuses those who sPonta-
neousy and Indignantly refused to give color to this
gigantic Pro Slavery fraud by voting under it as
"actns under the advice Of political leaders in dis
liant States" as refusing to vote with view
"ofleavpg the Free. State Democrats in minority,
"and thus securing Pro. Slavery Constitution as
ready, "for partisan purposes to "sacrihce the
principles they profess to cherish and promote
and thus " fastening on the people of new State
" institutions repuenant to their feelings and ia
"yiolation of their wishes" These are by no
means all the false and venomous caumnies that
this demagoeue cOntrives to crowd into the brlei
extract above given. No man beside him seems
ever to have had the faculty Of COMPRISING so
man, lies into 80 few lines as he can. 1t was thus
that in the last Congress We saw him stand up and
insist, day after day, that the Legislative election