New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-11

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Buchanan at Washington with regard to Kansas
affairs. Considering that these two journals pro-
fessed to support Col. Fremont for President, and
to condemn the Kansas policy of Pierce and Cush-
ing, we might be surprised at this rivalry, if these
were not quarters whence nothing is surprising.
The Times of yesterday dates this subject in its
leading columns whereof the following are speci-
men passages:
"Up TO this time, the course Of Mr. Buchanan has
certainly justified the declarations OF his friends,
rather than the representations of bis foes He met
the issue offered him in Kansas promptly and plainly
Without protesting to take up the ground assumed
from the first by the Northern friends OF freedom IN
Kansas he put himself into the breach between the
assaanis ard the defenders Of liberty in that Territory
Accepting, as he bound to accept, as Mr. Fremont
himself had he been chosen, would have been pound
to accept the action OF the last Congress upon tne
question of the Territorial organization in Kansas
Mr. Buchanan proceeded to select for the discharge
of the Executive functions a statesman OF North
erp origin, but Of Southern associations; states
man whom no one could suspect of Aboitlonism, nor
of Anti-Slavery procvties; and whose capacity
for the impartial execution of the momentous trust
confded to him, acknowledged by Southern as
well as by Northern men,"
What faction of Congress" is here referred to 7
The House of Representatives one year ago, passed.
in the teeth of The Illness opposition, bill ad-
hitting Kansas into the Union under her Free.State
Constitution framed at Topeka. This action was
never reversed but near the close of the late ses
sion, the House, by very large majority, passed,
another bill overriding the bogus Territorial Legis
lature and authorizing the People to hold new
election under the authority of Congress alone, to
replace that band Of usurpers. This action was
not stultifed by the appropriation, finally forced
through the House by one majority, after repeated
defeats, to pay the Territorial Legislature. What
faction of Cons ress is referred tot
But Col Fremont we are told, would have been
bound by this action Would hel Do you re-
member his letter to Gov. Robinson, written and
published before the House had ratified the Topeka
Constitution Reconcile, if you can, the terms
and bearing of that admirable letter with any sort
of countenance of the Missouri impOsture to which
Buchanan and Walker are bent on subjugatng
Kansas.
But Mr.. Buchanan we are told, has Justified
the declarations of bis friends Northern or
Southern ! by quitting himself in the breach be-
tween the assailants and defenders of Liberty in
that Territory" Has hel What single cham
pion of the State cause in Kansas has ne ap-
pointed to any Office whatever On the other
hand, see Whitfield, Emory, Clark, and other lead.
efs of the Missouri marauders and murderers, ap-
pointed to all the bert places-see Lecompts re-
t,nsd in Office, though even Pierce promised to
to remove him, and actually nominated successor
To the Sepate-see even Lawrence supplied with
Border Rutfan Postmaster, a Free State Democrat
being removed to make room for him-see Walker
and his caravan everywhere ignoring aud scouting
the Free-State organization see the handful OF
Pro-Slavery usurpers and their hackers, who dare
not keep in Kansas if they had not the Fede-
raj bayOnets at their back, now threatening
to collect their bogus taxes by the strong
arm though they know that this is to provoke re-
sistance and bloOdshed-see the Pro-Savery Ter
ritorial Convention indOrsing Buchanan and
Walker on all points, while the Free State men
stand alOof-and then tell us what Mr.. Buchanan
has done to justify The Tim'ss eulogy on his i'm
partial execution of the mOmentous trust con.
fded 10 him." All his acts up to this point have
favored the utmost pretensions Of the Pro- Slavery
interest; his only manifestation leaning toward the
Free.State tide relates to event yet future, and
is embodied in the following passage in his Inaugu-
raj Address:
at is the imperative and indispensable duty Of
tie Government of the United States to secure to
erery resident inhabttaHt the free and independent
expression Of HE opinion by his vote. This sacred
rght of each indirduai must be preserved. This be-
in accomplished, nothing be fsirer than to leave
the People Of Territory free from all foreign inter-
ference TO decide their own destiny for themselves,
subject only to the Constitution Of the United States
This, we repeat, is very good so far as it goes.
oh in of tha
community to enslave another-we deny the right
full power of ever strong local majority to curse
q community with Human Savery-but, from
candidate elected on the Cincinnati Platform, the
above is all we bad right to expect. II the pledge
it implies be fulfilled, we admit that nothing more
can be expected Of Mr.. Buchanan as the embOdi.
nent Of that Platform.
But is it to be fulfilled We apprehend that it
is not. The fire-eaters have discovered that Kan.
sas has slipped out Of their hands-that while they
were preparing politically for an ultimate triumph,
tie Free State men have filled Kansas with pOpu-
lation out of which a Slave State can hardly by
possibility be manufactured. 1t would not only be
a Slave State practically without Slaves, but a
Slave State with nine tenths Of its inhabitants hos
tile to Slavery and regarding it as an obstacle TO
their prosperity. Hence their ground is shifted,
and new game of bullying the Administration be-
gun by the Southern Nulli6ep. In glazing defiance
Of Dir. Buchanan's voluntary pledge above quoted,
they buster and menace disruption of the Demo
cratic party unless it shall be conceded that the bogus
Conrenfion Just chosen by less than tenth part Of
he legal rioters Of Kansas shall be permitted to limit
at pleasure the right Of roting to adopt reject the
Constitution they are about to form. This is their
ultimatum and they evidently expect to browbeat
cur tnid and vascillating President into adopting