New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-03
"The man tina. will be cheated 70 the last,
D.lu,iops strong A. he'll shall hold him fast"

80 says Inc poet Co"Per IN roieIencc W 0'"s'
Of nen, numerous in bis time and numerous now
very good men, doubt, in certain points of view
but whom no experience seems to have any power
OF curing of their eulbbiily. We should suppose
that The Commercial Adrertissr in its view OF
Kansas affairs, instead Of continuing TO allow
itself, Ike a very young and innocent nesting, to
be caught by the chaf of words and professions,
might by this tune, have got at least one eye
open to the reality of facts.
If 1T were true that the Kansas registration aud
election act did offer to the Frees tate men o.!
the Territory the chance of voting freely aud fairly
aid of exercising their due weight in the choice Of
delegates to the proposed Convention, it might
perhaps be very well for them to vote without too
particular an inquiry as to the authority of the
Legislature by which the election has been ordered.
But so far from being designed Of intended to allow
to the Free-State men any such exercise of the
right Of suffrage, which would doubtless result in
giving them msjority Of the delegates, the act
has evidently been passed with the view and the
exclusive view, of securing to the Border Ruffian
interest the control of the Convention at the small
est possible outlay Of money, travel, cheating
and violence. Indeed, the employment Of violence
has turned out 80 dsastrously for the Ruans, that
they are now anxious TO avoid it altogether. The
provisions of the registration and election act are,
therefore, drawn with view to securing the con-
trol of the Convention by the use of fraud alone.
Under the provisions Of that act, the employment
of force will be entirely unnecessary to enable the
Border Ruffian interest 10 pack the Convention
entirely to suit themselves, since they have tho ex-
elusive right to appoint every officer to be employed
in tie census and election; while in those officers is
vested an unlimited right to admit or reject as
voters whemsoever they may see fit.
Next comes tho taking of the census. This is to
be executed by the bogus Sheriffs, Of whom Jones
and the deceased Sherrard may be taken as fair
specimens. The census completed, and the politics
Of the registered voters can,a.sed it will appear at
once in what localities the Border Rufan interest
needs strengthening Provision is made for this
operation by apower in the bogus judges of Pro-
bate, to be exercised during month, of adding to
or striking from the lists, as they may SEQ ft-an
operation which may be expected to go on until
the lists shall be brought into such state as serves
to secure Border Rufhan msjority. In the dis
tric.s in which the majority of the Free-Ssase men
is Overwhelming, no attempt will probably be
made to cook the lists of voters. The Prostate
II en- will be left to elect helpless minority, BY way
of proof of the fairness Of their opp ,nents and to
give, also, certain moral weight to the proceedings
of the convention. At the same tiue it remains
eniiIely IN the power Of the bogus Probate Judges,
BY doctorng the llts of the districts best adapted
to ibis operation, to secure themselves, at the
smallest outlay Of fraud, u reliable and working
msoriry. But The provision for keeping the election
under the thumb Of the Border. RuifiaDs does not
stop here. The chance of any mistake in making
IN the voting lists or in cansassing the
voters, is carefully guarded against. These lists
are 10 be a mere convenience to the Border Rufian
csnvassers and packers, but nothing more. The
being tu, upon these lists does not secure to any
body the right to vote at the election. That point
is TO be absolutely determined by certain Border
Rufian Judges Of elec:ion-the third sieve, as it
were. through which The Free State men are to be
sited, and who, by the time the operation Is over,
will doubtless be made to come out very fine meal.
If in any district the Free State men should ap-
pear 10 be getting in too many vOtes-and as the
voting ia viva voice. the exact state Of the poll
will always be kpOwn-sll that will be needed will
be to rule the supeifuoas FreeState voters out.
To EXPECT, under system of operations thus
evidently AID expressly cortrived to enable the
Border Rufians to pack the Convention TO suit them.
selves, anything Ike fair expression of opinion,
would be like going iatO den Of thieves aud
s,nblers In the expectation that they would neither
rob ROT cheat you. As to the twartle telegraphej
from Washington to the effect that the Aiminstra-
ton will Assist in carrying forward this Delegate
election with the intention and desire to terminate
the Slavery controversy BY leaving the people at
large to settle IT, by free and untramreled vote,
for themstlyes-all We have TO cay is, that under
the Bogus Election act referred to- neither the Gov
erpor nor the Federal Government have anything
10 do with the matter, the whole authority of say
ING who may and who may Iot vote being vested in
certain bogus officials over whom neither Governor
nor President has any control. Ii is said that the
law providing for the election is fair enc is the
law Of the United States on the subject Of treason
but we have seen how that law was perverted for
party purposes by Chief Justice Lecompte, and We
have shown above what is reasonably to be expect
ed of the bogus Election law in hands of bogus Of
fcals.
As to Mr.. Walker and Mr.. Stanton, We shall
only ssy that it is pretty fair rule to judge Of
people BY the company in which they are found.
simultaneously with the appointment of these gen.
t!emeu to Office, we find Woodson, under whose
proclamation the last Border. RufhAn invasion Of
Karsas took place, rewarded for bis BOrderRaf han
service. BY lucrative position in the Land Office,