New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-20

The People Of the Free States Of all parties
virtually forced the Free State men of Kansas To
abandon their State organization and go into the re-
cent election for Territorial Legislature under the
auspices of Gov Walker and the bogus local au-
thorities. 1t was 10 vain that they demonstrated
aid declared voting under such auspices of no use
that they had tried out the policy Of voting under
| the rule Of the elect of the Border Ruffians, and
found it impossible to Obviate the double danger OF
being overwhelmed by invasion from Missouri and
beaten in the count in case they should be able to
| OveIbesr the fraudulent vote Still buchanan and
Walker pointed them to tie ballot box for the peace
full redress Of all their grievances the Shamocratic
| press thundered Vote Vote" and the great
majority took up the cry, and impatientIy queried
-" Why don't you vote :"
Well: the Free-State men-thatis, most of them
have submitted to the unjust humiliation Of prof
fering their votes to election officers when they
knew to owe their authority to gross fraud, and
| have gone to the polls to vote under laws enacted
expressly to harrass and oppress them, and under an
| AppoJtonment tbe most unjust aud infamous that
vlaiDy ever contriyed. They went into the elec
tion with full knowledge that they would be
cheated at every turn, cheated in detail and in
gross; but the People of the Free States demanded
Of them this sacrifice OF conviction, consistency
and sefrespect; and they made it. Having
dcne SO, and having polled large ma
jority of the votes, though the votes cast
against them were at least half fraudulent, they
have now right to appeal to their volunteer coun-
selors for justice. They have right to say, "You,
People Of the Free States Of all parties, forced us
into this Territorial Electon-we now appeal to
you to see us treated with some show of decency.
If you let the fraudulent vote against pass with
out rebuke, at least zee that we are not trampled
under the feet of Walkers dragons 10 obedience
to the dictates Of authorities whO even according
to bogus law have been ousted by the popular vote.
They have not been able asaio to vote us down
do not let your deputies count us down"
We call attention to the following letter from its
Kansas correspondent to The N. Y. Times, not be-
cause the statements of our own correspondent need
confirmation but becaute Owirg to The Timtss past
| confidence in Walker & Co, no one will Pretend
that 1t is accusing them upjustly. Hear Tae Times
THE KANSAS ELECTION.
| From Our Own Correspondent
| LAwREScE Kansas, Friday, Oct. 9, 1857.
The late returns are somewhat more Pfo-Slavery
than those first given u.s. and the Lecomptonites are
claiming majority in both Houses from the figures
| Brown, NeDaha, Atch.on and Donphan Counties
they feel sure Of and grant them all but the last
which may yet be doubtful. In Franklin County
they had no County Commissioners whose duty it is
TO appoint voting precincts, beside the county seat
Therefore the people in convention decided to vote
at several other places Now, it proves that all the
votes cast in the county except those poed at Cen
tropolis the county seat, will be thrown out Here
q 70 Of foxyar a xrif
precinct granted them, while johnson County on the
border where we cannot have over from two to four
hundred legal voters, bas seven or eight legally
spponted precincts for the special accommodation OF
Missouri. These some OF the beauties Of the
rapgement provided by that party which claims to
| be the incarnation of Squatter Sovereignty.
Some Of tie returning out'andeis passed through
here yesterday their way back to Missouri with ne
grOes even in attendance. train from New Mex 20
also came through our town. and of the families
said this was the first town they had for seven
years
| One Of our most reliable public men in Kansas is
just in from Kckapoo, who Gays he was there on the
Gay of election, and sac he elephant. Gov. Walker
was there in penon with company Of dragons. Now
force of imported voters there from Missouri, and
Walker was apped to, and asked TO interfere to pre-
vent it, Whist followed A majority of 500 Pro-
Slavery votes were cast in town of about 30 lega
voters, ard instead Of Walkers giving protection
| as a hgh.minded and honorable dsp .nser of an i'm
pOrtant public trust he permitted the invaders to in
duge their most interruptions propensities for voting
ard worse STILL he told he soldiers 10 rOte and they did
rote, IN rotation ef lac of Congress. This is a
most unparalleled Outrage. Now let Us who will
attempt an apology for It.
p. S-A messenger just in from Lecompton states
that several gentlemen have arrived there from
Johnson County, with Cicial r. .turns and they claim
10 have carried the couoty by 800 majority. If true
It gives them all the members in both Houses for this
6siIic do not vOuch for its correctness but it is
probably true. RAspoLrH.
| Th;s nrataoJa1 al Sao
from county in which not hundred white men
live, and these are there in violston of treaties and
10 defiance Of our laws. If this bogus al, 800 ma
joriiy" is to be treated as any thing but joke the
Pro-Slayery yoke is again fastened on Kansas, and
| by frauds more barefaced, if possible, than the
original Shall this villainy be allowed to prosper
| Ismentable as cur present misfort lne is in being