New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-15
Mesu4lurk DAILY Griba,s
KANSAS.
THE ELECTION.
Fsos Our Special Correspondent.

LAWRENCE, X. T., Oct. 4-Evening
Tomorrow is election day. Yesterday aud TO-
day il has rained, rained, raiDed. The roads are
muddy, and some of the creeks are up. Yesterday
and Friday, some Free-State men from johnson
and LybiDs Counties waited on Gov. Walker, and
requested that troops be stationed at different
points on the border. He positively refused. He
said be had the most authentic intelligence that there
would be no voting from Missouri. He was told
that Mi.sourians were already coming over; that
they were swarmipg around the voting precincts
established by the Pro Slavery officials on the boz
der. He refused to believe that these men came
here to vote. He bad the most authentic intcAi-
renee that MissouriaDs would not vote. He was
told BY the men who applied to him that they were
afraid to 20 to the polls; that lie had ordered the
vountt CTS TO disbsnd, and that they were unarmed
He reprobaied the idea Of any volunteer force. He
saia be had stafisped bis troops at Lawrence and
that some of them WOULD be at other points where
he deemed IL advisable TO send them, but that he
could not divide his force without baZardiug blood
sbsd. The Missouri border then. is to be uDpro.
teeted
. Gov. Walker has heralded to the world the fact
that there uould be troops 10 protect the polls. He
an inrasion had been begun and he notified OF 1t.
He has stationed powerful force against Law
renee where they were not needed, and where they
were merely designed to hold in check any force of
Free-State men who might be dispatched u de-
fepd weaker points. On such an expedition, they
would pouDee like hawks and make the volunteer
defenders of the ballot box prisoners. lie is play
mo into the hands of the enemies Of Free Kansas 10
the most high-handsd manner, and ut the same time
pretending to the people of the Free States that he
u usng the Federal army to keep the oallot'Do4
pure.
OF the eight precincts in johnson County, five are
almost Immediately ON the border, and the others
Ut no great distance from it. The nearest preclnct
10 this point is lS miles distant. In LyBins County,
two border precincts have been established. One OF
these. at Elm Creek has no settlement around u.
The land there has been reserved and never opened.
The other precinct is between Paol and Westport'
Not content with refusing the troops to guard the
border. Gov. Walker issued SANDER, which II !.
probable that he and his attaches may have circulated
N the East He said that he had AUTHENTIC
intelligence that 300 men had gone over to Leaven.
worth County from Lawrence for the purpose Of
carving that county. This is utterly false. have
no doubt but that the Governor cOolly fabricated
the story himself as cover to the nefariOus schemes
Of bis friends.
For the last two days, have been enaeavOring to
obtain information to the designs OF tho FRO
Slavery men. L am now satisfied that a result
most disastrous to the FreeState cause will be con-
summated. 1t win not be a total defeat. The de-
sign il to allow the Free State men 10 elect nun
Der of local officers and a minority OF the Legsla-
ture. The design is to tie the Free-State party
down to the bogus government without allowing
them TO have controlling power. One Of the Promi-
nent Pro- Slavery men 10 LecOmpton frankly SAID 70
me- al would inst coon your candidate for sherif
Gin this county was elected ours-indeed, rather
"We would immediately set him at collecting taxes
and serving wrts. Ne would hold him respsnsl-
"ble on bis bond for the collection OF taxes. II
''yoDr people still refuse to pay them, you Will
"haye nice little family affair among yourselves.
"lf he refuses TO serve such writs as we give him
"from tie courts (Pro-Slayery, of course) we Will
''haul him up on writ Of mandamus, eject him,
.'and appoint one of our own" He added, But,
"if you think we are going TO allow you to elect a
majority of that Legislature, you are mistaken. y
And again be said, "In some of the districts, there
"are Free. State men running on your ticket that
i've don't much OBJ ect to, provided they are IN the
minority. They are in favor of maintaining the
Territorial Government, and Will work with US,
"provided we have power enough to keep them IN
"erder."
And such is the programme-such will be the re-
suh. Missouri votes fraud, and ssrvile Governor,
coHld have swept all as well as part. l had FER
vsntb hoped, fret, that justice might triumph;
next that our rout would be total sud that the ldsl
Of the Border Ruffisns for power would impe them
TO take ALL see that cooler Judgment govern:
their actions. / feel that a more in'idlous and
dangerous policy is leading the Free-State party
into the mesSes OF dangerous net But the
election lie tomorrow. What mockery Of elec-
teBs.