New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-05
KANSAS.
Special CorerrorSsnse CT n. " Y. frSuns.

working, but f'W days ago, II Tue cause 'hs' p'"-
duced the syirdiDg result Of the late Convention,
seem 20 take other views Of The MISTER. SOMEBODY
has been ,winoed. or somebody wants 70 i~ln1e
somebody else. Quite a number ef Free-S,ste men
in the confidence Of Walker and Stanton aver that
the ster are extremely indignant at the dodge sao-
mission: that they repud ate II as swIndle on tue
people. which il undoubtedly is; that they even
counsel against it. On the other hIHd' II
have eyes and ear., they as surely iehs tnsn
influence 70 secure the passage oil tnst thioe
through the CONVENTION, precisely In the shape
il is Now what does all this mean IL
m.y be dupIcity; bu. if so, it has very snor'
r,ce to run. Important matters press on each
other too rspidly b. make such temp Drsry sPndles
worth while IL It possible tia. Walker and stan
ton were cheated By the bought-uP delegates nave
they paid for gridde and gJt flying pin! Are
they sincere in deprecating this Cohs'i,u. onii
iniqutyi l. it another rick n ul our people TO
distract and divide them to keep them from TAX.
ing necessary steps Or hiss new h2ht JUS
dawned on the Governor and Secretary Does ths
South intend 70 sacrifice them in order to make theif
bowling over the recent Oxford matters wear Sc
riOus face And do these men suspect TINS, and
wake up to their du.y under the sting tate al
these a, theories tia. may be plausible, although
do not believe the latter.
There i, some strange CONFUSION going on with
the Administration party. Walker gave the most
| solemn essursnces that he would convene special
session Of the Territorial Legislature ii the COnven-
lion dif what they have done. week has elapsed,
ard Walker has not kept hiswo 1t was reported
that the Governor had left the Territory and he did,
indeed intend 10 60, but learn tonight tha' ne was
| still at Leavenworth this morning. Secretary
| Stanton has gone over there. He was here two
days ago, while ON his way aud he, too, had to con
| denim that bogus submission and TO give bis
opinion 90 to how it should be met. So far be also
| has failed He bore with hun an apple alton for
calling session, and ne was going to confer WIN
Walker about s0nHthing-Our friends suppose ABOUT
| the propriety of issuing said call. But his answer
| was to have been here before thus time, anu the
| bopefuls have been on tiptoe.
Now must confess 20 a somewhat skep,lcil turn
Of mind in all this business. While have liberal
faith in the doctrine of repentance, and can even
| comprehend radical change Of policy for policys
sake, still never allow my faith to become hxed
without more tangible evidence. will therefore
defer saying at the present writing tina. there Is
some trick in all this and wait for further evidence
The position of the parties does not make the mat
| ter much more hopeful. At t,e latest ctictat ac-
| counts, Gov. Walker was sick az Learenwortb
That the Governor proposes starting East imne-
dately if he has not already gone, pretty CERTAIN
| Not only did Stanten go 10 consult with hun, but
Walker had sent for him. He had instructed his
messenger that if Stanton did not come, to get
| Judge Cato 70 issue mandaRus 10 fetch him. That
was plsyfu and f.cetious Now they have got
together and the query is what will they do The
Free State men propose to hold another OF 1elr
| abombable Conventions, in which his influence Is
II very likely to be predominsnt-and, unless he
calls an esry session OF the Legislature Just elecsed
and directs all action in that channel there s danger
Of bis influence, if he has any, going to the dogs
But there are lions in the way. It's oy no means
| settled that Gov. Walker or Secretary Stanton
would do anything that would redOapd TO the inter.
ests of the Free State cause for the honor OF
| initiating it. Their circumstances with their own
party may be very desperate but it certainly does
occur that the converting Of the Legislature would
be a new feature in their experience.
What renders the matter still more perplexiDg is
the tone Of The National Democrat, the LecOmptOn
organ of Walker issued yesterday. Its condo ma
ton of the action of the Convention is very unequlv-
ocal. How fsr it may reflect their views may be
open TO doubt; but will give them the credit OF It,
Ii il s merely trick it is hard to judge highly OF 1t
as masterstroke Of Pro.Savery policy. For in
stance:
"The proceedings Of the Convention have not yet
been published and We are rot altogether certain fhat
We are correctly advised in ell Particular But,
according TO our information the only question upon
which the people authorized to decide is upon the
scuar provisions presented the subject OF Slavery
They are called upon to vote For the Constituto.
but event. h.y %u.s vote r
Constuton in the other of the two exact forms
| in which the Convention has chosen to frame it.
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credit the statement that the submission is not
in 50 good form this. According to this informa
ton the question left TO the people s only whether
slaves ,hal hereafter be introduced into the STATE or
whether it sball continue in tie condition 10 which the
Ter,itory nov is with limited number Of slaves, 70
remain as such under the new Constitution IL this BE-
the true character of the propositions sui oy the
Convention, lie very evident nst tney DO NOT meet
the eIgenies Of the case, and VIII never satisfy the
people. Independent Of the fact thai there 10 no
oppor unity given to reject the instrument altogether
or 10 adopt Il BY free and unconstrained vote in it,
| favor there IT, in truth nothing substantial involved
in the alternative presented rothng but the OLD
story of the white man and the Indian: III take the
"tuIkey sad you take the buzzsrd or you take the
"buzzard and III take the turkey" Its nothing out
| g dodge Of the most diMepstsble character.
1--WE eanno. bat consider this result ~ most unfortu-
nate and calculated to proIong the difficulties in the
Territory
| 1--WE think the Convention has committed cspital
I error II was in their power completely TO redeem
themselves 10 the eyes Of the people. add to cure al
the defects Of their original election
And again: 81,
| "Wiih all our unfortuna.s hiAory before a., with
the spirit Of agitation and strife still Numbering among
Us, ard ready TO be aroused at any moment oy toe
| slightest wrong or even sppesraIce Oh pluseeS, ~o
c.pno. but repeat orr declaration that oil Tie labo-
rOus deliberations Of tie Convention have culnnsted
in folly and are calculated TO produce nothing but mis-
fortune TO the Territory. The people cannot be de-
ceived by the mockery Of election. in which they
are at liberty only to ohoose between two proposnons
when perhaps they may not be willing to take either
| Of them.
Most earnestly do we deprecsts q result so unfor-
tunate and calculated 70 produce such seri01s dis-
tu,bsnce. viii the troubles Of this unhappy Ierfi'o
struggle for sscspdercy to be gsned by srstsgen IN
stead Of by fair ana manly appeal to public opinion
| We believe there will never be peace AMI 9u,s' IN
Kanss. until every question OF difference shall hsve
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