New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-05
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WASHINGTON, Monday, Aug. 8, 1857.
49, r.r occurrences in the struggle between Slavery
"a freedom in Kansas have done more injury to
t.e came OF the latter than the foolish and mis-
ch4yous dispatch Of Gen. Granger Of Syracuse,
from his place in Congress-, that Kansas "oum
.come in Free State easy; the heavy hepuo"
=. can vote has settled that" And thereupon nu0,
dreds Of thousands Of weary Republicans srounoe"
their arms considering the victory won, anu o'"c'
thousands Of honest Democrats and Amef'-
cans, who had cooperated Win INC
publican party on this point aione' iesu,u
ther old organizations Iners new, a. i large vote
IF foundation for the confidence IN ,i ~ ~
" 5osa.ted candidate would overthrow the Poncy
~, .h;.n h;s successful competitor was identi-
eiS When the Pro-Slavery party OF the South
Ia olected Mr.. Buchanan, they had nothing more
20 IA in their great work Of converting the ensiaved
Territory Of Kansas into Slave state Until Ne caue
into ofice They were comparatively quiet through
tba Winter but they showed their firm purpose TO
establish and strengthen Slavery in the Territory by
their defense Of Lecompte, whom Pierce pretended
10 remove, and upholdiog the refian edicts called
Jaws. -.
There never was the least chance for driving
Slavery out of Kansas, save in nuiylng those pre-
tended because those DEGREES Iot only lntro'
oppopents Of the right of voting for It's expulsion.
~he BEGINNING aud end of the whole matter Is IN the
enforcement of the acts Of the mob Legislature. Ii
those acts are laws then the whole question is at an
end.
that the Constitutional Convention Is 10 be merely
continuation of the mobs committees, which sat as
4 legislatures Their work will either be withheld
from the people altogether, and thrown upon the
approval of Pro-Slavery Congress, or it will, as
Able SAYS, be submitted 10 exactly such gang OF
Missouri volunteers as were belched upon Kansas
at all the sham elections that have yet been held.
/ lock upon it as the EXTREMIST illustration OF
stupidity and creduy that can possibly be gwen to
suppose that any really fair vote will be allowed on
any Constitution that may be formed. Inc adoP-
ton of the Constitution will be the cum-
nation of the whole struggle. The country
has not forgotten and cannot forget the
horrible and gbastly crimes which these same
men who will form the Constitution caused 70 De
committed in the earlier stages OF the conflict,
when the stake Immediately at issue was compare
tyely of little moment Is there the least fOunda.
ton for the belief that their courage or their
wickedness will fail them at the moment when they
are to secure or lose forever all the fruits of their
hl,ors and atrocities 1t seems to me that people
who can imagine it have eaten Of the insane root,
and are MADE mad BY some mysterious Providence
that they my be destroyed
The truth is, that Freedom was never in such
deadly peril Us now The Border-Rufian invasion
will again crush out every effort of the Free-State
men to assert their rights at the polls, unless the
most efficient preparations be made to resist these
bules by farce and even to prevent their entrance
into the Territory on the day of election.
The South is pretty well satisfied with the present
state of the game aud doubt the letter OF Akhl-
son, apparently giving up the contest was written
for the express purpose Of uling all excitement at
a.. "A tha ot he
State men. Fhe organization Of the Blue Lodges
ia secret, and cannot be effected by such publca-
fiOns.
The return Of Mr.. Buchanan ia anxously ex.
pected by select corps OF Office seekers who have,
with noble disregard Of their personal comfort re-
NAMED through the hot weather. But L learn TO-
day from source entitled to credit, that most OF
the ;nportapt appointments will be deferred until
after the meeting of Congress, because the President
has adopted the Duff Green policy of rewardlng his
fr,eods and furnishing bis enemies, and TO do thls
efficiently he must have time to decide III whicn
list to place applicants for his favor.
The Hen. Philip Clayton, Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury is absent III Georgia, where lit VIII IT,
rssin for fortnight
Ex. Senator Smith is here on business visit.
wrote YOU month ago that Arthur w. Fletch-
ar nenbevy IN the great Daniel Webster, had been
Charged with Fremontlsm and put on probation.
His probat lion terminated on the 3Ist, ana ne was
chopped with the cruelest disregard OF ms hishP
to tie expcunder of the Constitution. The busl'
ness of saving the Union was once prontao'e one,
hnt II left no accumulation Of capital. Inc amount
Of the salvage seems o. have been squandered ana
the wreckers by trade are anxiously expecting
another storm. n...:.
A friend of Mr. Reucher informs me that ne IN,
.ends to take TO. New-MexicO only few household
servants as slaves and does not design working the
mines with them. The laws of Ncw-Mexlco have
already established Slavery in the territory ana II
viii be Slave State whenever admitted
The cold ore of New Mexico is represented to be
worth IS, and not Oper bushe, as wrote.