New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-31

"His prosamssiep has gone upon the wings OF the |
aud the chance il that half the country, qppos
Ing that proclamation II hsve at lest ho uo'o
lie legstions will think q, to be IN state CT oaen
rebellion and war. II will be dfhcut % csnveyt TO
ou,eice,s the exact state OF ahars IN ma sty nen
in be slow 20 believe that such proclamation ne has
beer issue BIZ Gov Walker could have been got up
ard sent TO the world AID that at The head Of large
force Of United STATES troops, he would have entered
our city, when all the while were, and are IN
state of the most profound peaceno, the first act OIL
violence Q. outrage, not he slightest ,nrssfh scn
comm tilted or attempted Yet such ls the fart- Oar
municipal election held on Monday, the i5.h mt,
and Oh Wednesday, the 18th, before the officers had
qualified or even assembled n official capacy, OF
single act OF any kind bad been performed by then
Gov. Wslker issued his beIiicose proclamation, ana
inn edintely ordered the troops upon us. .o;..od
The inst copy Of the proclamation was receiver
hoar. So strange w'1e its segstions, 80 untouaaed
every assertion representipg as state OF rebeon
80 utterly ppepOsterous was the Wnole thipg t"o.
was regarded as clever joke OK some malicious nas
at homework. And yet, the style was 80 vlpaa'
icaily HaK.rish-the self.laadsti0n, the Gnr"nic
spains Of patriotic devotion te Union IN no kna VI
danger except from his own Insane fanaticis, ana tle
hypocea appeals to Hsaven ;bs sors 70 Wa se @
possible TO doubt lie occurrences.
"Men would take il up, read it, burst into laughter
at tie righteousness of rse thing, aud then ex lain
What does the man meen! IL ne crazy, Or W9hh,
or what ia the matter With him?
"On Friday morning, however, It was ascertained
that Gov. Walker and the troops had encan'ped the
night previous the Stranger Greek, between TINS
city and Leavenworb, and so there was Ho long any
doubt in the natter Well everybody went about his
business as usual The carpenter showed his pIsne,
the mason welded his trowe the shoemaker pounded
ms p.stone oil though nothing had happened, or
was about to happen. The Convention had brokeL
ND at Topeka the day previous and large numbers oil
the delegates from Southern Kansas were in town.
The presees Of The Repu6.dn office were running all
ond foryf m
of the Chart.r. We issued an extra OF several
thousand copies containing the Charter on one side
and the proclamation on the other Probably there
is not q town in Kansas now but what has copy OF
that Charter They had not been circulated out Of the
ciy TO any extent previous to the ssnng OF the pro-
climatler, but that Immediately created a great de-
IL md for them. Shortly after noon on THURSDAY the
nc vance guard ofthe Dragons appeared, under CON-
maud Of Col. Cook, and crossed the river, aud
deed into town, drawing on the open space at toe
north end Of Massachusetts sheet. CURIOSITY drew
several hundred people into the street 10 look o
bcamipg down upon them, and crowd OF
peaceful people looking at them The troops and ofi-
Gers are Incorporating set of men,, and must have
,Eopdered why they were called to Lawrence. They
soon moved off and encamped in W'st Lawrence,
little ont of the city. The people dispersed and went
about their business as usual. All the afternoon the
heavy baggage wagons of the array, each drawn by
six mules thunc cred through our streets The Gov
enor pitched his tent with the soldiers. He has usu-
ally taken rooms in the Morrow House. bu, now, with
the heroiem of commander upon whom rests mighty
responsibilities, ne chose the tented field
Tile Herald of Freedom claims the result Of the
Free-State Convention at Topeka as substantially
accordant with its own position. 1t says:
1.-The platform of Tie Herald Of Freedom, enun.
ciated three weeks ago in leader, the defeat OF
the LecODpton Constitution, either by voting It down
or killing by eecng the officers under IT. then to
elect the Territorial Legislature under the organic act
as also Delegate to Congress. This accomplished,
We PROPOSED to repeal the entire bogus statutes, and
when the people desired it take action under the
Legislature through the Territorial Governor, to
call d new Constitutional Convention, submit the To-
peka Consultation TO it, and after approval or revision
Submit il to vote Of the people, and if ratified bya
majority Of them, send it up to Congress for admis-
sion into the Union.
"To the Topeka Constitution we had no hostility,
but made it a SINE qua nm that 1t should be sub
mitted again to the people before it should be sent up
"Tbe late Convention of the Free.State party in
session at Topeka, the 18th and 10th init, has
adopted and reiterated our platform t. the letter.
True, they have made no provision for another Dele
gate Convention and it is wei! they have not for such
movement should originate with the Territorial Gov
ernor or Legislature, not with partisan Convention
1.-The Convention resolved to take action under the
organic act, and elect Territorial Legislature, and
Dele gate TO Congress. 1t also expressed hostility to
the bogus statutes, and resolved to get lid of them
and substitute healthy code in their place. They
resolved to defeat the LecomptOn Constitution.
"The only feature OF difference between our plat
form and thtrs-they propose to keep alive the To-
peka O,ganzatien by voting for 1t again IN August,
and electing new Legislature and tho various State
officers. We have no objection to this policy, II it
does not prevent efficient action at the October cleo
ton Those interested III the Convention say it will
not and as before stated have resolved to 60 into the
October election. This is all we ask, and is perfect
triumph of our policy over the do nothing policy
Of those who chung with such tenaciy to the Topeka
movtmt in the past to the excson Of all other az
ton. II is the policy urged by us more than year
ago. while prisoner, and is characteristlcaly the
policy Of the PEOPLE OF Kansas. The night has
triunphed owitl standing the violent opposition to
it, ard the E'eeStote patty ty-ddg IS a UNI, a"d al
ITS monGcrs united in policy which will soon give
freecom 10 Kansas"
The Republicans on the other hand, says:
''Ihe dongs Of the late State Convention held at
Topeka will he read with interest. 1t of the
largest as well of the most important Con-
ventiobs ever assembled in Kansas. Its action had
been locked to with great deal OF interest ana not
little solicude. Predictions Of division and discord
had been currently made. Oracular carpers ahd pol
cians striving TO rise into newspaper noorety, lad
foretold the deseron and abandonment Of the State
Constitution and Government. The Topeka Pafty,
we were told, about to give up the ghost. Gov.
Walker had exhausted his powers VI arsu'
mtnt, sophistry, iuvectiye, wit and ridicue
upon the miserable minority, whom, as he
asserted, the Topeka Constitution represented. At
Topeka, at Big Springs, at Pao the stump and ia
private conversation, lie had made the State COnsti
luton and Government the burden of his cong. His
echoes had taken it pand rupg the changes with al
the zeal of recent cOnverts The ims ration Of this
season had been appealed 10 10 array itself against
the struggling patriots Of Kansas who had borne the
heat and burden of the day. Every means possible
had been ued TO induce the people to desert the lofty
position Of pIir ciple and come down to the ignobie
level Of a short sighted policy.
"Wel, the Convention met, nearly two hundred
strong There is hardly locality in Kansas but what
bad its Delegates there. From Lcayenwouh on the
cast to Manhattan On the west; from the Nebraska
lire on the north to Fon Scoto the south they came
Among them were men who have stood by kausas