New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-23


tie fact th.t the great Of tine people Of Law
renee and Of Kansas regarded the so-caled Terri
torisl Legislature and i,s acts as the fruits Of
foreign conspiracy, rufiamsm, wholesale bailot'
box stufhpg, and general villainy, and that they
strepuously deuied to both Legislature and laws
any Tghtful validity. With full knowledge OF
tle,e facts, Mr. Wsllervi,ited Lawrence, addressed
q large meeting of it's citizens, and was cour'e-
ously heard Did he then, or in his Inaugural,
| threaten with FIRE and sword all who dlsregsrded
| the mandates Of the Territorial Legislature
| Surely not. When the Free State Legi'lature
reas.en bled last month at Topeka, he was on nand
and made another speech; but he prompted no
arrest Of its members, no obstruction OF its pro-
cetdipps. Yet, surely, this meeting OF rival
Legislature, receiving message from rival
Governor, afforded far better prettxt for ordering
out tr OPS with loaded muskets and fixed bayonets,
II an does the forming of Municipal Charter, on
the naked basis Of Popular Sovereignty, by the
settlers.Of Lawrence.
| It's scarcely year since the People OF San
Francisco did Just what Mr.. Walker accuses those
of Lawrence Of doiOg-organized a Municipal rule
uterly unauthorized by any Legislative authority
ond in opposition to the Municipal authorities
recognized by both Federal and State authorities.
| This rule was upheld by the strong arm for several
weeks militia organized, precepts served, offend
ers tried, and punishment inflicted in obedience TO
its mandates. The Governor Of the State de.
nounced it, and called for Federal aid to overthrow
| it: vet none was granted-not even Proclamation.
Why should peaceful Lawrence be dragooned as
armed and militant San Francisco was not
Suppose Lawrence fully organized under her
home. made Charter, and her Municipality proceed
ing to establish police pass ordinances and COL
lect taxes a. it must or sink into nOnentty: what
power exists for enforcing this assertion of authority
How readily might not any person aggrieved or
harmed by it bring bis before the Federal Ter
ritoral Judiciary, and there quash all proceedings
under the Lawrence Charter! The Federal bay.
onets should be invoked, if at all, by the Governor
in support of the action of the Federal Judges
there is in Kansas necessity, no reason, that he
should anticipate the action of the Courts. The
man is evidently playing to the Southern pit.
Mr. Walker continually and artfaly mixes up
and confounds the bogus Legislature of Kansas
with the Federal authorities therein, Jumping them
under the common designation Of the Territorial
Government" The People of Lawrence, and the
Free State men generally, are thus held up to
odium as denying the rightful authority Of the
Federal Executive when they have striven through
out to respect and obey the Federal power. and to
implorc that it be not exerted to sustain the Border
Ruffan usurpation which has subjected them to
iDdgoity, alarm, spoliatiOn and murder. But
Mr.. Walker carries the principle of "Love me,
love my dog" to the utmost, and will not let the
people obey and respect the Federal authority unless
they will bow down to the MissOuri.orgi nsted,
Slavery. extending fraud which has rendered Kansas
elections and Kansas rule the sco of the civilized
world.
Dir. Walker cOolly says:
OF laws have been enacted by the Territorial Leg
isature which dsapproved OF by majority of the
people Of the Territory, the mode in which they could
elect q new Territorial Legislature and repeal those
laws was also designated
But the fundamental objection is not, as Mr..
Walker we'll knows, that the Territorial Legislature
enacted bad, oppressive laws-as it unquestionaby
6id-but that t was itself the child of premedtated
and overwhelming fraud, and had no rehtful author
ity to enact laws at all-not that the power it
cised was in some cases abused, but that it was
never really conferred.
And if they could have waived this objection, how
were the aggreved people to select new Legisla-
turei" An opportunity was to have been afforded
them last October; but, when the time came for the
second Territorial Election, the Territory was I'M
der the feet of invading bands from Missouri aud
other Save States who had just driven out or killed
every known Free. State man in Leavenworth, had
recently burned Lawrence aud sacked Osawatamie,
and had harred and plupdered the more scattered
F1eeState settlements that no real election could
be held. Some of the settlers were hiding from
their spoilers; Others had been driven out of the
Territory; all was confusion, anarchy and civil
broil. That was the only chance yet offered to the
Free. State men to redress the great wrong of the
fraudulent election of March 80, 1865; and what
sort of chance was that And what guarantee
does or can Gov. Walker give of fairer or better
u October next
Gov Walker asserts that the Free-State Govern
ment of Kansas has been rejected by Congress-"
Not SO. The House accepted the Topeka Consti-
tuition, ard voted to admit Kansas under it as a
Free State. True, the Senate dissented; but this
did not constitute rejection by Congress. And,
at tho last session, the House passed by a large
majority fresh bill, wiping out the Border-Ruf-
fan Legislature and laws, and ordering new cleo
ton to supersede them. True, the Senate again
failed to concur; but are these facts compatible
with Gov. Walkers bold assertionsi
The People of Lawrence and of Kansas protest
against the domination Of Legislative power
which they know to have had its origin in dark
conspiracy against their dearest rights, consum-