New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-19

| Z" De mocrstlc dlVblty Dow IN meek reverence, ana
wbose shrine they ofer up their as. relic Of con-
sis,epcy and dec.bcy. Why, tses, shocld Border
| Ruffapism be ashamed of itseh wees such pre-
MUM 10 paid for it The ruling party and the
hilhest fuDcn0naries OF the Government hide them.
selves under the shadow Of its wipgs and the
conservatism" Of the country Rlorides il ss Il
"Union.ssviDg" institution. Border. Ruff ,nism and
Slavery . 1t. nsionism are twins aud nseperl lbl-
| Were the latter 10 cut loose from the form-r IL
| miebt 20 further and fare worse. What quar- r4nty
has il that more legitimate form of goyernmen.
| would receive half the respect from Buchanan and
bis Cabinet PrO-Slave lem WIS, 10 itself sufficient
y attractive 10 secure the esteem Of all cOussry itye
nohtician, and orthodox Christians; but Allied with
Border. Ruffianism it has grown int a national im-
portance never before reached. When, h,wever
| Pro.Slsyer,ism, Border Ruihanism and "Democ-
racy" aie united in one We have trinity of power
| and perfection 10 which everything must succuub
To be sure. Kickspoo is net the only place where
R1rder. r Itapism has made its mark at this elect.
| ion. Wherever the impartial sppOrtijnment had
owen enough representation to make it worth while
there Was the gallant and ndefatiaable Missouri
apostles of slavery at work In many places how
ever, their success was b, no means commensurate
with their zeal They encountered an opposition no
less vigorous than their own efforts, and which ex
bibted decided preference for those peculiar exer
c;ses of shooting and cutting and cudgellug, on
bich 90 much of their own strength rests. Threats
were at discount, and only appeared TO excite the
hopes of the Free. State Hessians who had few old
scores 10 settle and who would have considered the
introduction of hostilties as constitutional" eI
cuse for driving them out. Under these clrcum-
stances the burden of preserving the peace really
| rested with them, and called in many places for
sef.acr fcing forbearance decidedly prejudlclal to
BerderRu interests. But bere, at Kickapoo, it
was not only inducted but successful. All other
| frauds: the fasehOOds Of Cow Wslker and the
Democracy" and the power and influence of the
| administration on the most mOney.wOrshlpng COM
munity in Kansas, had only succeeded in reducing
the Free State majority Of LeavenwOrth county to
| three hundred, when it ought 10 have been twice
| that the vote of KickapOO included; but in this
strait Kckapoo came gloriously to the rescue, and
saved Leavenworth andthe democracy" doubtless
| the "Union." With only two hundred registered
votes, including the Free.State inca OF Salt Greek
Valley and sprinkling OF Missourians from Wes-
ton, and only able to poll some seventy prO-slayery
votes in June last for delegates to Convention, Kick
apoo has at this important crisis poed the best part
| Of thousand votes. No wonder the pro-slavery
men glorify KickspOO. Kickapoo will henceforth
| be the Mecca of their political pilgrimages.
do not suppose that there is man in bis senses
who considers the vote of this town to be ans thing
but q fraud. The Pro-Slavery men themselves
openly laugh at it. Tne Vigilance Committee OF
FreeState men appointed to prevent frauds at this
|
full they did not attempt to arrest the tornado. and
| we're merely witnesses Of the prostitution OF the
elective franchise and the robbery Of popular rights
But" asks some conservative and credulous
believer in Democracy in the States, "Where were
the troops that were to protect the ballotboxesP
and where was Gov. Walker Did the people of
Kansas take the proper steps to secure his CO.
| operation to protect the ballotboxes J"
| The troops ntre at Kickapoo. Coz. Hatter nds
| at Kickopoo. This gr,s fraud was not only perpe
| trated under his great nose, but no one was more
active in securing the dishonest and dishOnOrable
result than II. j. Walker. Shortly after he came
TO Ksnsas, | had the most conclusive evidence that
be meditated tIeaehery to the Free-Ssate party
| that bis promises were merely designed to lure
them from their iDpregnable position as prei'mi'
nary step 10 overw helming them in defeat 1t was
therefore that have scrutinized his acts so closely
/ and have not shrunk from doing even when iniu
entail parties whom esteem were inclined to dis
| sent aud have faith in his promises. He has now
torn of the mask 50 rudely that he leaves his apollo
gists without an iBch Of ground His military raid
| on Lawrence might have resulted from temporary
alteration but bis at the election in this es-
timabe village is not open to any construction ON
| which an apology can be predicated.
| He, Robert j. Walker-Federal Governor Of
| Kansas TeIrtOry-htlr apparent TO the Demo
cratic throne the future President of the United
| States"-tbe man of famous Treasury reports
and "national reputation -peddling Pro-Slayery
tickets through the muddy streets of the most miser
able Pro.Ssvery village in Kansas He who had
"autbeptic intelligence" that Missouri wOnld not
vote at this election" trying his best te swell list
! of Missouri votes and when he came across
Missouran in Kansas who did not come to vote, and
| who bad too much selt.respect to offer his vote,
| Gov. Walker, forsOoth, must buttOn.hOle him, and
assure him that he could see no improperly in bis
voting He who surrounded the polls with Fede.
.,TD kaot,p ham, lA his
power and influence in getting the soldiers OF that
army to vote only taking care that they voted the
| ProSayery ticket.
OF these facts evidence can easily be obtained
| AHdayits from sources the most respectable stand
| ready to prove them. First that Walker worked
personally to get Missouri votes second that be got
the PrOSlayery deEizens to vote several times over;
and thirdly, that the soldiers of the army voted the
Pro Slavery ticket at his instgation. Pretense is
even now made in the most bare. faced manner, that
soldiers have "A right to vote. To these stickers for
"the Organic Act and the laws of this Territory V
I | would refer the two following clauses. The trst
is a provi,ion in the twenty-third section OF the
| Organic Act:
And pyorded further Tia: officer, soldier, seaman or
marine osher persoa in the irny or Nary ne nn.<a
Sfae, or attached troops in :he service Of the Uned
States. .hs be allowed to yoTE or HOLD 'N'
| And on page 332 of the bogus statutes there is
| provision in Sec. IL which reads:
P,Orded That no .odi4 seaman marine. in the regular
Amy Navy the Umted States shall be entitled 70 vote y
| reason of being service therein"
| What pity that Gov. Walker aud the - Dcmoc-
racy" had not sent large force of the regular army
to Johnson County. The Boider Ruffians were
unable to do the work unaded. AS Buchanan takes
these things into consideration, let ne refer these
two clauses Of law to him and "all the members OF
| his Cabinet" together with the conduct OF Gov
| Walker at Kickapoo.
| AMI John HerndOn Of Platte County, No, VINO