New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-03
KANSAS.
TIE PROcLAMlTION.


the ancient hestbep, Gcgeruors' ProclDations sre
10 the People Of Ksmss. These ohi;'ai imDuoi-
cs'iors have a.sum d essry phase This time the
exercise OF ex, cutse authority has re point aud
10 ess ohlectioraols tban in o.her cs.es There is
q single act in this, and it is an act Of justice.
Ii night appear uDgeDerous to carp al the 6rst
really good act Of the Governor. Whe,hsr
Il be the tfsprDg Of circumstances or awakened
oeasciebce il perhaps, not material so tba. we
have IT, That be should have been the chief inst
gator Of the swiodle that carried LesSenworth
County ia, after ALL teriOds reason why he
should have been the aveDgiDg Justice OF johnson.
Ii he has not plucked cut the mote that prevents
Inn from seeing anything improper 10 tne woes re-
tarDfd from McGhee and Marshall and kickap0o,
10 has at least seen with tOlerible clearness 10
remove 90 the beam" from the eye of johnson. Let
him have double credit for il.
But while wish the Governor and Secretary TO
wear their blushiDg h0nors il may not be amiss to
throw what light can Oh this rather remarkable
sfair. To s1ppose that either Of these fuctiOnares
did it purely for the good that was in it, woad be
10 render very little respect to their sagacity as pol
fieians.
The Territorial Executive, in its collective CO.
pacity, had two principal for this step. In
the hrst place. the fraud not only very br.zeD
fraud, but miserably botcbed one Instead OF
coDspiratOrs brought 10 list Of names longer than
che pedigree Of all the patrarchs put together. That
everybod must know that il was fraud was bad
enoufh but the matter was worse. IL had the
mOst damDiDg evidence Of the fraud on its face. 1t
was q mere scaIecrow of an election return. But,
If received, it must be kept On file. 1t would be
an enduring monument Of one OF the most bare
faced pieces Of ylllany ever psrpetrated our Re
publican institutions To ask Gov. Walker and
6ecretay Stanton to shoulder this iniquity, in the
face OF protests, was asking too much. This Is
frankly stated in the preclamations. They say;
1--WE cannot consent in any manner ~ give the
sanction Of oar official positions 10 such ttausa ;tion
IL 10 a gratifying and cOnsOiDg reflection that
there point beyond which official perversiOn can
not be carried. That point is when the most ex-
IRENE fraud is coupled with equal irreguarity. At
that point, Gov. Walker has halted.
1t will be clear to every one that, by giving the
certificate in such case, both Governor and Secre
tary would have been fully implicated; but, both
of them are implicated already to fearful exteut,
It was not To be expected that their downward ca
reer would be arrested by that consideration Alone
Going half way and then stopping in the dirty work
of Slavery would not pays for the last step, il back
ward would forfeit all the fruits of the former, with
out fully restoring the confidence that had been de-
stroyed on the other side. And this brings me to
the other reason. Gov Walker by this step would
have placed himself completely in the power of the
Prc-slavery party Whatever he may think OF our
proclamation, he thinks at least much of g his
own self The fate Of Wilson Shannon is before him.
He will not reEDqush the rod of empire Let us see.
Had the Governor and the SecretaryswallOwed this
monster fraud and given certificates to the Pro-
Slavery men, the latter would have constituted the
Legislature to suit themselves and would have been
independent of Walker. He would have disgraced
himself so indelibly that he would have no refuge
elsewhere aud would be at their mercy The Con-
stitutonal Convention before it adjourned set his
wbhes at defiance. All be had done for them was
not sufficient to make them trust him. BY ruling
out the fraudulent return from johnson County,
Nessrs. Walker and Stanton have not only saved
their reputation but kept their power Again: the
House as now constituted will have Pro-Slavery
minority of more than one. third. The Governors
veto power will, therefore, be potent element 1t
will be seen, therefore, that the perpetration of all
the other frauds just as necessary as the Preven-
tion Of this. Without those frauds, the Slavery
men would not have that minority. Gov. Walker |
has succeeded in placing his foot on the first subsan-
tai power. on,
have said the language and general tenor OF this
proclamation Stree from objection. In his attempted
denial that Missourisns really voted, which Is the
point most open to objection, he admits to one hum
dred fraudulent votes directly and larger number
of those who shave cabins On the reserve 10 John
son County and claiming residence therein, though
" generally absent" who voted. These latter are
the Westport members of the Shawnee Association,
whose absence has been very general.
In this Official document, the Governor admits
some wholesome truths which the "NatiOnal De-
mecrscy" will do well to ponder. In the first place
that the bogus Territorial officers have established
part Of their government in part Of the Territory
not open legally to settlement Secondly that more
than sne-half of the vote really polled there was
fraudulent. Thirdly, that the PrO.Slavery officials
constituting the bogus Territorial authorities sent in
fraudulent returns four times greater than the whole
vote of the county, and sufficient If allowed, TO
carry of the heaviest districts in Kansas; and
fourthly that these frauds were in gross violation OF
bogus law itself
Here would merely suggest what the Governor
and Secretary have omitted. That the frauds 10
McGhee County are not whit behind those oil
johnson, and that the frauds that carried Leaven-
worth and Marshal if more regular, are not less
yilhinous The whole of the Pro- Slavery effort
forms q complete and symmetrical dcture, of which
johnson County is but part. Study the part the
Governor revess Had others told you, you might
not have believed it.
The Governor and Secretary do not hesitate to
make clean breast about johnson County. Ihey
well knew that if they rejected the Oxford list at al,
The ohgarchs would accept of no softsnng down as
compound. With these men, therefore, they
knew they could have no credit for the TRANSACTION,
and they determined that they would have it where
II could be got. 1t is document that will bring
them some credit in the States. 1t may even blot
cat their completely in the other election frauds.
Upon the whole, il is very clever proclamation.
Indeed, it is a good proclamation. Gov. Walker 10
looking up.
THE RESULT.
From Our Special Correspondent.
QUiNDARo, X. T., Oct -, 1857.