New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-31

cvv,,, AyyLIcrroEs.-THE TRIBUsE-we bad rea,
A. 20 note on the 81 600 materials become oesi ona
dumb-but now, alas! blind-ss we res'es !" Wv "
"e i0'~""s' F,o~ II. Albany A'su. ...,.,,,, f.,
"r. NY rasuxE hes given us the su
.aA We sp % scrip hc.s tire asnd,ss
s.. o o.sns eonbusd By the benevolent @ so,Ss as
naked Yet been so,d and the proceeds used 70
scrip we pause for reply
The Torek. ,crip and Kansas Fund, many sppre-
bend. will turn out In the end to be another Sievegsn
mon (Irish) fund.
III. Erpress and The Albany Argus, whicn
combine to nsinuate the above libels profess 70 Dc
in favor Of Kansas becoming Free State; ana now
do they prove iti By heaping calumny and susPl'
cion on every one who earnestly labors and incurs
sacrifices 10 secure that end. Wherein aud wnen
did these critics ever risk, or suffer, or pay for the
Free State cause to entitIe them thus to call to
account those who have done all these
So far az THE TRIBUNE Kansas Fund ID con-
G. ned, we hold ourselves accountable at all times
to the call Of any contributor to that Fund for the
fullest account of the disposition made of it by US.
II there was ever dollar contributed to that Fund
which was not duly acknowledged through our COL
umns, We exhort the contributor to state the fact
forthwith; and if there be single dollar of that
Fund which we have not already paid over to the
order of the National Kansas Committee, We en-
treat that Committee to draw for it as soon as pos
sibe. We never desired nor sought the trust con-
fided in US by the contributors of that Fund; bus
we acknowledge our full responsibility to those
contributors, and beg them, if they deem it desir-
able, to appoint Committee to scrutinize our ac-
counts and report thereon to the public.
And now, why are we required to account for
"the operations of the National Kansas Commit
tee" No person connected with The TRIBUNE
was ever member of that Committee, or had any
voice in electing it; no member Of that Committee
10 within our call; and, If he were, The Express
al Argus might call on him as easily as we could.
Why DO they not question that Committee respect
inc that Committees acts Why come to US for
information as TO other peoples doingsl
We happen to know most of the members Of that
Committee, and they are among the most honorable,
upright and worthy gentlemen with whom We are
acquainted. We feel very confident that there is
not one of them who could be guilty Of dishonest
or dishonorable act. And that they have never
Sold for any purpose whatever, box of clothing
contributed for the relief of the sufferers for Free
dom's cake in Kansas, We are very sure. Some Of
that clsthing was taken to Kansas last Fall and
distributed to the needy; another portion was
stopped as st. Louis by the early freezing Of the
Missouri and did not 60 up till this Spring. We
trust all has by this time been received and dis
tributed.
We never heard of any money or other valuable
contributed for the relief of Kansas being barered
for Kansas Scrip; yet we can conceive of that OK
change as probable and every way commendable.
If any such exchange ever took place. under the d.
rection of the National Committee, it was doubtless
in favor of Free-State men whe once had means,
and invested some of in Kansas Scrip to help or
ganze and uphold the State Government; but who,
having since been despOiled by the Border Rufiians,
were left destitute and suffering. Thus needy and
unfortunate it was probably deemed well to relieve
Them by the purchase of their Scrip rather than
subject them to the humiliation Of naked beggary.
ibis, we have no doubt, was the foundation for the
story caught up BY our carpng contemporaries, pro-
yided it has any foundation at all; but why The
TRIBUNE should be required to account for it, we
do not perceive Do the writers hope that the
cause of Free Labor in Kansas can be dlscredised
with the American People BY bsckening the repd-
tatons of some of its champions